Laura La Plante and Jolson Stars in 1920s Theaters
Feature notes celebrate Laura La Plante as Universal star in Finders Keepers at the Fair and preview The Jazz Singer with Al Jolson. Highlights include Laura La Plante’s rise from humble roots, Jolson’s stage salary record, Janet Gaynor’s vocal prep, and the era’s push toward spoken dialogue in cinema.
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Laura LA Plante
Universal Picture Tures
Mission
al Jolson
Deandi
Rialto
Richard Dix
Virgil Proctor
Nida
the la Plante
Universal
Miss la Plante
St. Louis
California
Laura
Pictures
William A. Seiter
May McAvoy
Warner Oland
Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer
Bobby Gordon
Otto Lederer
Nat Carr
Richard Tucker
Tenderloin Ovation Tops Jazz Singer Premiere On Broadway
New York March 29 A gala premiere of Tenderloin at Warner Bros on Broadway drew unprecedented crowds and ovations. Dolores Costello drew praise for her voice with eager crowds hearing spoken dialogue in the Vitaphone era signaling a new talking pictures era.
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Warner Bros
Jolson
Eugenie Besserer
Pecal
The
Globe New York
New York
Broadway
Dolores Costello
Vitaphone Organization
Mission
Richard Dix
Rialto Theater
Vitaphone
Dolores
Miss Castello
Harry M. Warner
Albert Warner
Jack L. Warner
Doctor at 83 Found People Preferred His Prescription
A vintage promotional piece extols Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild vegetable laxative remedy for constipation and related ailments. It urges safe use, warns against drastic purges, and offers a free sample bottle from Monticello Illinois to readers.
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Caldwell
Medical College
Dr. Caldwell
Dr Caldwell
Monticello
Illinois
Tenderloin to Follow The Jazz Singer at Mission
The program lists Tenderloin slated after The Jazz Singer at the Mission theater.
Legal notices set for submission and civil actions list
Case items include Rutledge versus Crow and Littard versus Palmer three others, with multiple parties from Lubbock and surrounding areas. Also Floyd Parker versus Bailey and Walter Davies versus Henderson listed among submissions. Proceedings date noted as April 18, 1988.
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I. Con. Rutledge
Hall
B. B. Cochran
C. D. Crow
Lamb
Mutual Life Association of Texas
Corrie A. Littard
Palmer
JM. Radford Grocery Company
Bi al. Ve. Poney
Employera One
Asan
Walter Davies
Lubbock
T. H. Henderson
Williames
Lynn
F. Potty
Mary Putty
I. Lawson
M. BE. Abney
Collingsworth
Banker, Poor Emigrant on European Vacation
Peter W. Goebel, president of the Liberty National Bank in Kansas City, born in Germany, came to the United States at 15, worked his way from New York to Kansas City, and has applied for a passport to sail in May for a first trip back to Europe.
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International News Service
Kansas City
United States
Germany
Peter W. Goebel
Liberty National Bank
New York
Goebel Plans Three Months Europe Tour and Meeting
The article notes Mr Goebel will tour Europe for three months visiting Nassau and Germany, his birthplace. It mentions a relative Mhetatlan Cashel eositos traveling to Washington for a Federal Advisory Council meeting, and adds unrelated household tips about adding vinegar to improve brilliance and cleansing pearls.
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Europe
Goebel
Nassau
Germany
Mhetatlan Cashel
Eositos Thaws
Washington
Federal Advisory Council
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Paramount
Mollywood
Legion of the Condemned
Wings
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Cooper
England
Hollywood High School
Janet Gaynor
Vienna
Miss Gaynor
Middle West
Samuel J. Raphealson
Benedicts
Dorothy Wegman
Palm Beach
Miss Wegman
Rosalie
Shuberts
Chicago
Ene
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Abraham Lincoln
John Drinkwaters
Amarillo
TriState Fair Association
South
R. T. Emmett
Tri-State Fair Association
Polk Street
Dolores Castello
Jeff D. Bartlett
Court of Civil Appeals For the Seventh District
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Affirmed
F.C. Cullum
J. P. Neece
Dallas
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Insurance Company
Ed Miller
Wichita
Western Union Telegraph Company
Walter Lovelady
Cottle
Waterburys
Waterbury'’s
Waterbury's
Staphones
Jaz Singer
May M‘avoy Warner Oland Rosenblatt Cantor
Miss. A Dent Theatre
George M. Cohan
America
Ue Strike
the American Tobacco Co., Inc
V.c. Aectlee Tobacco Buyer
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