Out of Town Laughs Amid New York Street Scene
A collage of urban characters and vignettes from New York’s sidewalks and theaters. Includes Annie Nichols, Edna Ferber, Peter Arno, Lois Long, Ina Clare, and locals in 42nd Street, Fifth Avenue, and Broadway. Notes street hawkers, hotel crowds, and the hustle of shop girls and commuters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
0. C. Mcintyre
New York
Annie Nichols
Nate Collier
West 45Th Street
Edna Ferber
Appleton
Wis
Holland Tunnel
Clare Briggs
Stout
Texas
Peter Arno
Lois Long
Burns
Melis
Reggy
Jim Quirk
Ace
Comediennes
Ina Clare
Robert Emmett MacAlarney
West 42Nd Street
Broadway
Bud de Sylva
Katherine Cornell
Frederick Burr Opper
Fifth Avenue
Vaudeville’s Decline and a Box Office Grumble
A 1928 column laments vaudeville’s waning appeal as cinemas blend in, noting sharp cuts in kitchen staff and seat distribution. The writer criticizes box office clerks while praising Leonard Bergman, now general manager for A. L. Erlanger, and recalls rough experiences seeking seat locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Bergman
A. L. Erlanger
French Cadets Study Battle Tactics From War Films
In Paris on June 8 the polytechnical school showed a montage of motion pictures from the World War. The Battle of Montdidier, March 21, 1918, used 80 000 frames to illustrate how reserves arrived and were distributed and how liaison and supply units maintained coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Paris
France
Montdidier
Polytechnical
General Staff
Electrocution of Flies Latest Packer Device
In Arkansas City Kansas a meat packing plant uses a 100 watt bulb with a wire network to electrocute flies at a doorway area. Flies contact the wires and are killed instantly reducing pest numbers around slaughter areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Arkansas City
Kan
Keefe le- Stourgeoin Packing Plant
Plan digs for ancient city near Cortez Colorado
Dr. Paul M. Martin, state archaeologist, leads a party from Denver to a windswept plain near Cortez to excavate a prehistor ic city with an 80 foot diameter kiva. The project aims to link the site to Mesa Verde ancestors and possibly Pueblo or Aztec lines. The two month dig follows Martin’s Yucatan work on Chitea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Paul 8. Martin
Cortez
Colo
Mesa Verde
Martin
Dr. Martin
Italy’s 6000 War Volunteers Vet Impostor Check
Rome reports Italy’s 6000 war volunteers screening candidates to preserve elite status and prevent imposters from joining their society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
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Apstol Hotel
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