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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1924
Page
20
A First National drama centered on the modern woman opens at the Colonial Theatre tomorrow and Tuesday. Corinne Griffith and Conway Tearle star in a story about seven women facing fate, with director John Francis Dillon praised for crafting a powerful stage to screen adaptation from William Hurlburt.
The article highlights performers led by Sylvia Breamer and Myrtle Stedman with Alma Bennett Craufordent Charles Murray Phyllis Haver Cissy Fitzgerald Edith Ransom and Charles Gerrard. It notes two year old Dorothy Brock as a significant discovery and key figure in the narrative.
Sam Wood directs the film adaptation of Arthur Train’s novel, starring Bebe Daniels Dorothy Mackaill James Rennie and George Fawcett with Mahlon Hamilton Warner Oland John Davidson Joe Burke. The plot surveys modern society, finance and parental neglect across Wall Street Denver yards Long Island mansions Broadway subways and Greenwich Village with New York City as the backdrop. A new cigarette lighter uses benzine and an electric spark.
Hollywood notes Margaret Livingston plays a glamorous vamp in a tale of marital strain directed by William Beaudine and written by Gardner Sullivan. The film centers on a wife who uses charm to keep her husband, while a neglected spouse matches wits, ending in a dramatic launch-boat climax that resolves the affair.
Georges Barbot, famed French aviator and former glider endurance record holder, arrived in Japan to demonstrate aviation advances for the army. He will teach Japanese builders at a major airplane production center using two planes, the lightweight avionette and a Hispano Suizo engine model for future fighter planes.
London June 21. Despite social cosmopolitanism in the capital, Scots dominate domestic work. High demand for Scottish cooks, parlour maids, and houseworkers outstrips supply, with higher wages and bonuses. Registry offices and papers confirm the trend as factory lure fails to attract Scottish girls who work diligently.
London June 21 Air Minister Lord Thomson told the House of Lords he expects in three years two types of airships for commercial and naval use and in ten years six constructors competing in Britain to build a growing imperial industry. He also foresees nobles departing Parliament by glider along the Thames or to Scotland and a floating caravanserai as a high up resting place.
London sport figure Louis Goodwin aged 23 is noted as both a clever pugilist and an artist with several pictures on display in an ongoing exhibition.
Omaha hosts a four day Lions Clubs convention starting June 23 led by International President John S Noel of Grand Rapids. A Cheyenne stage coach parade will carry dignitaries to headquarters alongside an old fashioned barbecue and racing meet at the track. The event highlights civic improvement work with chambers of commerce officials schools Boy Scouts and other youth groups. Plymouth Rock chickens are often confused with stones.
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