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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1926
Page
6
A vintage film note describes Jackie Coogan in This Picture and his role as a jockey in a race horse story by Gerald Beaumont. It highlights his youth and rake in earnings, his father’s cigar habit, and public misbelief about his health, noting his athletic vigor and screen charisma.
Screen and Spotlight notes a 30 Negro performers troupe delivering lively dancing humor. Also announces new films: Seoul Mates with Aileen Pringle and Edmund Lowe at Fair. The Half Way Girl starring Doris Kenyon and Lloyd Hughes at Mission. The First at Mission with murder mystery and ship explosion. Buckin the West starring Pete Morrison at Liberty plus a Fighting Skipper chapter.
In Centerville Mississippi on April 28 Misnes Floy and Jeeta Glass risked their lives to awaken sleeping residents as a fire swept a block of telegraph district phones. They notified Gtuane of flame and faced heat three times before returning to their posts and continuing to operate the lines to evacuate occupants and save lives and limit property damage estimated at 1500000.
Hollywood star Ronald Colman recalls his hard early years in New York and London when meals were scarce. He notes doughnuts and cheap bread kept him alive as he struggled for acting work, before his breakthrough in The White Sister and later stardom on Paramount's Kean Geste set. He shares how fellow actors Noah Treery, William Powell, and Neil Hamilton endured similar privations.
Fragmentary report describes attempts to produce genuine Gir almonds and mentions chemicals, cane game, and various locations. The text is garbled, with many unreadable phrases and missing context, making a precise summary difficult.
A survey of curious claims spans ancient China using fingerprints as seals before Christ, a car at 30 mph covering 22 feet in half a second, New York electric stems lighting with over a million incandescent lamps, Joan of Arc’s specially made armor from Tours, Mark Twain’s daily hair massage before death, and seed cleaning reducing weeds and plant diseases. It also notes Walter Sharp of Knox county Tennessee earning $300 from 1000 White Leghorn hens in February.
A discussion on how film titles influence public interest, noting that early titles aimed to pad box office time while later studios shifted to truthful names. It highlights the public’s reliance on stars and the evolving balance between title appeal and story accuracy.
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