Lights of the stages screen picks and reviews
The Fair Rose Marie with Joan Crawford leads a slate including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at the Mission where Lorelei’s rise from Arkansas to Paris is traced. De Mille moves toward uplift with a King of Kings, while The Patent Leather Kid debuts at the Mission. Hollywood buzz notes Rex Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton at the Rialto plus war tanks in The Patent Leather Kid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Fair
Joan Crawford
Mission
Ruth Taylor
Deandi
Fighting God
Laffin
Rialto
Wallace Beery
Raymond Hatton
Virgil Proctor
Rose Marie
The
Fair Theater
West
Feather
Merced Rivers
Yellowstone National Park
American Rockies
Las Turas Lake
Santa Monica Mountains
California
James Murray
Jim Kenyon
Ronald Colman
Los Angeles
London
New York
Lorelei
Mission Theater
Mack Sennett Comedienne
Alice White
Ford Sterling
Trixie Friganza
Chester Conklin
Holmes Herbert
Emily Fitzroy
Mack Swain
Blanche Friderici
Malcolm St. Clair
Miss Loos
John Emerson
Arkansas
Little Rock
Hollywood
Paris
America
Cecil de Mille
de Milles of
Patent Leather Kid
Alfred Santell
al Rockett
Ray
Abraham Lincoln
East Side
Barthelmess
Molly O'Day
Division of Scout Council in Panhandle Planned
The Panhandle Boy Scout council may split into four councils if financing for an expansion program can be arranged. Directors reported after an all day session and plan to reconvene in March with April as the target for the division. FE Voss noted Texas councils are undergoing similar changes. Twenty eight boys earned Eagle Scout honors at a closing banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Movement
Panhandle
Boy Scout Council
Texas
FE. Voss
Mrs Fields to Attend Ouster Meeting in Texas
Mrs J A Fields of Haskell, ousted state chair of the Federation of Women's Clubs arrangements, plans to attend a Texas board meeting February 27 to discuss the ouster. The national board had relieved her and Mrs Henry Drought of San Antonio over conflicts in duties. The Dallas meeting was called by Mrs W R Pottert of Bowie to decide on the dispute.
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Associated Press
Dallas
J. A. Fields
Haskell
Federation of Women’s Clubs
San Antonio
Texas Board
W. R. Pottert
Bowie
Texans Federation
Fields
National Board
State
Henry Drought
Potter
Federation
Texas
John McCormack Plans Retirement From Concert Stage
Tenor John McCormack, age 42, states he will retire from the concert stage at 49, aiming to avoid farewell tours. He will not perform opera again and may sing for charity only after 40, citing self‑imposed limit and respect for his training. He plans to appear in recital at the Auditorium in March as part of the 1928 Musical Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCormack
Jean Reszke
Sink Ship To Save Port Town From Fire
The steamer Bogota moored in the Atrato river off Quibdo caught fire. The blaze spread rapidly and the crew saved themselves by jumping overboard. The sinking of the burning ship averted a major disaster by removing the fire threat to the town despite limited firefighting gear and nearby wooden houses.
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Preass
Bogota
Colombia
Quibdo
Atrato
Marmola claims easy weight loss and slender figures
In a period ad Marmola touts simple slimming using a modern science based formula. It claims millions of users over two years and promises visible results with a book in every box explaining the reasons behind the weight loss.
Festival opens March 7 at Amarillo College Music
Season tickets are selling fast for a festival opening March 7 at the Amarillo College of Music venue on Polk Street. Gottfried Galston and McCormack are mentioned in relation to the event with performers linked to the season.
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Gottfried Galston
Plantat
McCormack
Madame Sehunwarah-Tetok
Amarillo Col
Polk Street
Rheumatism Relief Claim Prompts Consumer Testimony
An old advertisement touts 3.8.8.7 as a cure for rheumatism with unsolicited letters praising relief. It cites Earl Campbell of Johnson City Tennessee and a testimonial about swelling joints improving after a course. The ad claims the product comes from medicinal plants and is sold in two sizes at drugstores.
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Hot Springs
Earl
Campbell
West Main Street
Johnson City
Tenn
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Nida
McAvoy
Bonaparte
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Rialto Theater
Janet Gaynor
Gene Tunney
Miss Gaynor
June Collyer
Haneman
Fox
Don Byrne
Ireland
Madge Bellamy
Syria
Chester, Conklin
Broadway
James Murray House
Pathe Review
Anita Loos
Richard Barthlemess
Orpheum
Kansas City
Scout Council
Mrs. Fields
Orphos
CDE
Miyd
Randal Drug Company
FOX Drug Company Pour Stores
BAYER
SSS
William T. Tilden
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