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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1922
Page
5
New York notes reveal a diary entry found with a man dead from gas in his East Side apartment. The writing, dated April 4, expresses exhaustion with life and farewell lines to a person named Alice before the diary ends abruptly.
The giant liner Leviathan will depart under her own power next Sunday from Hoboken for reconditioning at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company plant. The ship has ended its role as America’s greatest troopship and will be moved to undergo overhaul.
Lucille Carlisle, a former beauty contest winner, rose to fame in Vatagraph comedies with Larry Semon and is rumored to be his life partner and reel co star. Pathe releases the screen drama The Isle of Zorda featuring Jules Verne inspired hero Mathias Sanderf.
Hugo Sherwin returns from Europe with three five reel films. The premieres occur in Boston rather than New York, and the stories draw from The Adventures of Mabel Bakett by Walter Waterman and Richard Wilde. Prominent characters recur across releases.
George Fitzmaurice will direct the new screen adaptation of Mary Johnston’s famous story for Famous Players Lasky with Mae Murray and Wallace Reid in earlier Paramount versions. Betty Compson is slated for the principal role in the upcoming production.
A look at famous literary heroes brought to cinema, including Jean Valjean from Les Miserables and D Artagnan from The Three Musketeers, tracing how these colorful figures have been immortalized on screen and shaped popular imagination.
Frank Borzage, the young director of Humoresque, shoots on location in Banff Canada for Cosmopolitan Pictures. The Moon of the Silent Valley stars Alma Rubens Lew Cody and James Oliver Curwood with 3 W Johnston in the lead roles.
A clipping lists cast and production updates for silent films. Niles Welch stars opposite Elaine Hammerstein in Remorseless Love shot at Fort Lee and 318 East 48th Street, New York, with plans to move units to the West Coast. Further notes cover actors William Desmond being married with a daughter, Mary Joanna, and ages of Mary McAvoy and Myrtle Lind. Annie V Pat OMalley stars in The Wild Irish Rose at Vitagraph in Hollywood, an adaptation of Dion Boucicault. The piece also mentions Helen Holmes not currently acting and a Boston claim about chorus girl employment amidst wide unemployment in New York.
A novelty tonic offers dandruff removal and hair strengthening. One application claims to stop shedding, restore vitality, and add brightness, color, and fullness, priced at 35 cents per bottle at drug stores.
The Boston Post invites skilled performers for roles in New York Picture studios. PRUNELLA HALL handles inquiries and casting questions for interested actors and experienced players.
New York dispatch reports Joseph Johnson a malt dealer told police to remove him self after he called from a Lexington Avenue 97th Street signal box. Six officers arrived and found he had patronized himself and he was fined three dollars.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will feature Vingie E. Roe's outdoors tale The King of Smokey Slopes. Readers can expect a vivid wilderness adventure in the upcoming issue.
New York April 4 Wall street is arming itself against bandits. Between 10 000 and 12 000 bankers brokers and others who handle money in the financial district have taken out permits for employees to carry revolvers. The fee rose from 1 to 1 6 dollars. Police records show about 25000 permits issued since January.
Police testified in Second District Court that two stills were found in operation at 264 Pitman street Fall River last night. One was in a room with a son asleep and the other in a room where another small son was ill with pneumonia.
Police questioned why a sick boy’s room windows were kept closed. Grillo said he followed the doctor’s orders. He received a $190 fine and 60 days in jail.
Vingie E Roe presents a fascinating narrative planned for the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The story titled The King of Smokey Slopes promises unusual settings and vivid character depiction in a serialized format.
The American Legion post in East Boston will escort the body of Lieutenant Lawrence J. Flaherty to the Legion rooms. Jeremiah Casey, war hero and naval cross recipient, will lead the march at 2:30 with district’s decorated men following.
A list of battery and garage businesses across New Hampshire includes Berlin City Garage, Claremont, Concord Battery Section, Contoocook Garage, Dover Baker-Wright Battery Service Station, Exeter Roland C. Emery, Franklin Benson Auto Co, Laconia Page's Garage, Manchester Battery Company, Nashua Battery, Peterborough Snow's Battery, Portsmouth Baker-Wright Battery Service Station, Rochester Theodore Perreault, Woodsville W. G. Keyes.
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