Broadway Melody Pre Release Set by Dent Theaters
Louis L. Dent announces April 12 as opening date for the pre release engagement of Broadway Melody. The talkie plays at the Astor in New York with advance prices and limited regional releases. Critics hail it as the era’s most advanced talking picture with color spectacles and a strong plot featuring Bessie Love.
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Louis L. Dent
Dent Theaters, Inc
Astor Theater
New York
Bessie Love
Houston
Texas
Los Angeles Evening Herald
Hollywood
Floral superstition blamed in divorce in Chicago
In Chicago on March 29, Mrs. Martin testified in Judge Joseph Sabath's court that flowers, especially daisies, caused marital strife with Walter Martin. She described his petal plucking ritual to decide love, repeating verses. He ignored alimony, and the court held him in contempt.
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Chicago
Tra
Martin
Film and Stage Highlights from a Motion Picture Week
Features include Fair brothers Dane and Arthur in Brotherly Love praised as top team comedy since Rookies. The Canary Murder Case stars Powell and Brooks with psychology solving the crime. Also We Faw Down with Stan Laurel and Movietone News. Born to Saddle debut with an all star cast and Rafe Emerson Orchestra headlining.
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Karl Dane
George K. Arthur
Texas Cowboy Band
William Powell
Louise Brooks
Stan Laurel
Movietone
Deandi
Rafe Emerson
Carnival Sign of Spring Opens With New Features
The Bernardi Exposition shows open tomorrow afternoon at Hayden and Seventh Streets with the ferris wheel rising and a new merry-go-round installed. Equipment arrives from the Tri-State fair grounds, and over 150 people will provide entertainment including a plastic posing show and jungle land. The event is under the Tri-State fair association.
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Hayden and
Seventh Streets
East Highway
Undertaker given eight year term for unusual perjury case
Houston undertaker Leo Weadock was convicted of perjury and sentenced to eight years in the state penitentiary. The case centered on a burial bill charged to James Collins estate and a later exhumation revealing a nude body buried in a cheap pine box. Weadock claimed he was busy with oil leases and that his firm was managed by Richard Dwyer.
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United Press
Houston
Tex
Leo Weadock
Houston Undertaking Company
Texas
James Collins
Weadock
Collins
Sealy
Richard Dwyer
Dwyer
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Promises Quick Gum Relief
An advertising note claims sore bleeding gums can be cured with one bottle of Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy. It urges use as directed and offers a money back guarantee from CITY DRUG STORF if not satisfied.
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Leto
STORF
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