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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1932
Page
19
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Fort Hill Corp negotiates for film rights to The Silent Witness as Lionel Atwill anchors the cast in the Broadway stage hit now headed to the Ohio Theater. Fox officials push to cast Atwill in the lead for the screen version while stage producers transfer the role to the road show. The cast also features Grete Nissen Helen Mack We anticipate further details on director Marcel Varner and co stars across the ensemble.
A Fox film hailed as a very funny picture arrives at the Ohio Theater. Louise Dresser Minna Gambell Jobyna Howland William Collier Sr Howard Phillips Ferdinand Munier Stanley Smith Barbara Weeks Mary Forbes star in a tale of two former burlesque chorus queens who reunite for a charity party and keep a past secret. New musical numbers and dancing novelties accompany the plot. Directed by Seymour Felix, the production adapts Howard Warren Comstock’s stage hit with strong comic turns.
Frederick Lonsdale, English dramatist, previews Charlie Chaplin's City Lights at Columbia Theater. He calls it magnificent a riot of wit and broad comedy with panio predicting Chaplin's best work and lasting fame beyond Grimaldi. The film features Chaplin as the Tramp and stars Virginia Cher and Harry Myers with synchronized music.
Making up for 112 historic figures in D. W. Griffiths Lincoln film took five weeks of makeup tests to recreate Abraham Lincoln and other key characters. Artists used Brady photographs as reference to capture authentic likenesses for generals, Webster, Mary Todd, Booth, and more during the United Artists release at the Majestic Theater Sunday and Monday.
R E Goldsberry of Lodi Township files for the Republican sheriff nomination returning a petition to David Johnson, clerk of the Athens County Board of Bletons. He is a farmer and former railroad officer with five children. Frances Biehl files for county recorder as the second woman candidate, a stenographer by trade and the fifth person to seek the office.
A review extols a film that blends magic with reality. Doug delivers witty quips and attracts famous cameos. The plot features a Hindu fakir, a Tope trick, and a Magic Car ride circling the globe to Egypt, Vesuvius, Rome, and New York before returning to Hollywood.
The page lists a slate of film showings across theaters including The Silent Witness with Lionel Atwill and Greta Wissen Thorn on Majestic sun and Mon. Look for Charlie Chan's Chance starring Warner Oland at Majestic. Other titles feature Dolores del Rio in Girl of the Rio and Buster Keaton in The Passionate Plumber with a wide mix of stars across MAJESTIC and PASTIME venues.
Doug Fairbanks leads a three companion voyage through China Japan India Siam and Indo China in a playful travelogue that blends humor with spectacular scenery. The film features encounters with royalty, exotic locales, and daring stunts showcasing Fairbanks’s wit and crowd-pleasing energy.
The Freiburg Passion Play will be presented in Columbus at the Columbus Auditorium by George Fassnacht and the Reeburg family of Germany on February 25.
The Majestic Theater in Nelsonville hosts Sooky Sunday and Monday with Jack ie Cooper and Robert Coogan returning in a story of Shanty Town and Morristown. Norman Taurog and the Crosby team again deliver the same heart and humor, introducing new adventures with Skip peerless wrenching emotion.
The Frei burg Passion Play in English presents performances each evening at 11 p.m. with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2 30 p.m. It is described as no visualization of the life and works of Jesus Christ.
Hartman Players present the Casella drama Death Takes a Holiday at the Majestic Theater next Thursday. Charles Harrison stars as Death in the prince disguise, visiting Duke Lambert in an Italian palace and falling for Princess Grazia as he learns life’s meaning. The production is billed as a major theatrical treat with a spellbinding climax.
New York February reports many people seek reservations for a lunar excursion aboard the Pendray designed rocket. G Edward Pendray, AV of the American Interplanetary Society, notes a rocket model was displayed to show the project.
Buster Keaton Jimmy Durante and Polly Moran star in The Passionate Plumber opening Friday at the Majestic for two days. Keaton hams through the plumber role as he tries to rescue a Parisian beauty from a two timing gigolo amid riotous scenes. Duringes romance with Moran adds laughs as cabinets shatter in a furious domestic quarrel echoing Private Lives.
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