Theatergoers were in for fun galore, the week beginning October 28, 1901, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s entertainment page of October 27.

Theaters were not open on Sundays so the Monday show ads were in the Sunday paper. The 2,000-seat Orpheum at 578 Fulton Street announced a ladies matinee every day and featured new Vitagraph films as well as top-notch vaudeville acts. The Grand Opera House presented 12 musical numbers and high class vaudeville specialties, including Mrs. B. O’Shaughnessy. The Bijou on Smith Street advertised a big scenic production of Home Sweet Home. For the gentlemen no doubt, the Star was having “smoking concerts� with Bissell’s Fads & Follies Burlesquers (Admission 15 and 25 cents — the cigars were probably 5-centers). Except for a few short Vitagraph novelty films, movies were not yet “in.� But there was no shortage of entertainment in Brooklyn.

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