Funeral services for Silas Peirce Today
Funeral services for Silas Peirce of Boston University will be held at St. Mark's Church in Brookline today at 2 p.m. Dr. William Leslie will be in charge and reading scripture by Dr. William E. Huntington, with prayer by Dr. B. O. Hartman. Boston University executive offices will close for the day.
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Silas Peirce
Boston University
Mark's Church
Brookline
William Leslie
St. Mark’s
William E. Huntington
8. O. Hartman
Zion's Herald
University
Liquor Violations Fail to Calm Prohibition Fears
Washington figures show 4467 arrests for liquor law violations since March 1921 as Treasury cautions a peak Christmas turnover. A special force will be sent to Boston to curb traffic and President Harding plans a governors conference in January on enforcement.
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Washington
Harding
National Capital
Treasury Department
Boston
Conference of Governors
Lon Chaney Tops Boston Screens in Trio of Roles
Screen gossip highlights Lon Chaney as a leading character actor with appearances at Tremont Temple Modern and Beacon Theatres and Loew's State Theatre. He earned praise for Fagin in Oliver Twist and convincingly portrays Yen Lin and a village lawyer in Quincy Adams Lawyer before starring in The Hunchback of Notre Dame on the Universal lot.
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Lon Chaney
Boston
Fagin
Tremont Temple
Modern
Beacon Theatres
Mr. Chaney
Yen Lin
Loew’s State Theatre
Universal Lot
Notre Dame
Valentino loses contract order to resume acting in 1924
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court ruled Valentino must honor his contract with Famous Players-Lasky until 1924. Rudolph Valentino cannot appear on screen until terms are fulfilled. His salary is $1200 weekly now, with $3000 weekly in the third year.
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Rudolph Valentino
Famous Players-Lasky
Supreme Court
Mr. Valentino
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Corinne Griffith Plans Her Own Production Company
Corinne Griffith will form Corinne Griffith Productions after The Common Law for Selznick. Widespread releases will be handled by Hodkinson Corporation. Her husband Webster Campbell will direct, with projects adapting popular novels.
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Corinne Griffith
Selznick
W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
Webster Campbell
Miss Griffith
His First Production Under Goldwyn Contract
Eric Von Stroheim will direct his first feature under the new Goldwyn contract a film version of McTeague the novel by Frank Norris. The San Francisco dentist tale marks a departure from Stroheim's prior Continental flavored productions at Universal.
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Eric von Stroheim
Goldwyn
McTeague
Frank Norris
San Francico
Universal
Willard Mack to Debut on Screen in Your Friend and Mine
Willard Mack a playwright and legitimate actor makes his screen debut in the Sawyer Lublan production Your Friend and Mine. The film is an adaptation of a vaudeville sketch The Rat written by Mack. Enid Bennett stars as the principal female lead.
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Willard Mack
Sawyer-Lublan
Mr. Mack
Enid Bennett
Miss Bennett Busy in Double Stage Shipments
Enid Bennett finishes Your Friend and Mine at Metro studios then moves to Charles Ray studios to play Priscilla beside Mr Ray's John Alden in The Courtship of Miles Standish.
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Enid Bennett
Metro Studios
Charles Ray
Priscilla
Mr. Ray
John Alden
Miles Standish
Clara K. Young in The Woman of Bronze for Metro release
Clara Kimball Young will star in The Woman of Bronze in a Metro release. King Victor will direct the production with Laurette Taylor in Peg o My Heart as precedent. John Bowers leads a cast that includes Katherine McGuire Lloyd Whitlock Edwin Stevens and Edward Kimball.
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Margaret Anglin
Clara Kimball Young
Metro
King Victor
Laurette Taylor
Peg O' My Heart
Miss Young
John Bowers
Katherine McGuire
Lloyd Whitlock
Edwin Stevens
Edward Kimball
Film gossip and star notes from early talkies
Answers to questions cover actors and titles such as Forsaking All Others Singed Wings The Stranger's Banquet Foolish Wives Dr Jack and Orphans of the Storm. Details include actor aliases birthplaces salaries and marital status with notes on Miss Daniels Mrs Hughes and Rudolph Christians.
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Boston
Cullen Landis
Miss Daniels
Beebee
Loew's Orpheum
Edith M
Lynn
Johnny
Lawrence
Miss Dupont
Hughes
Rudolph Christians
Mae Busch
Maud George
Eric von Stroheim
Count Karamazin
Oe Chanéy
Chindmien
Thomeéh Meighan
Wesley Barry
Harold Lloyd
Dr. Jack
Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Guglielmi
Tarranta
Italy
Mary X
Joseph Schild
Chevalier de Vaudrey
Elise Bartlett
Paonble Wate
Death of Shipping Bill Seen in Senate
The administration shipping bill opened with a rocky start in the Senate as opponents moved to delay and filibuster. Senator Fletcher of Florida objected to consideration and forced committee report read, consuming most of the day.
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Washington
Senate
Fletcher
Florida
Doubtful Passage of Measure Teeters on Filibuster Risk
The outlook for passage is highly doubtful with only a three to four vote margin possible. If the LaFollette group persists a filibuster could force the administration to concede defeat or risk abandoning the President's program this session. An extra session looms if Congress stalls on appropriations and agricultural policy.
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LaFollette
Congress
Harding
Opposition mounts as merchant marine bill faces cautious passage
The opening day fight over the merchant marine bill sees opposition based on form rather than principle. Democrats, led by Senator Robinson, charge funds would favor private shipping interests, while administration leaders fear public opinion and electoral consequences.
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Lasker
The
Shipping Board
Treasury
Congress
Standard Oil
U. S. Steel
Repubblican
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Gress
Senate
House
Robinson
Washington
Mondell
Power and Votes Decide Fate of Bill in Way to Vote
The article notes that political forces aim to push the bill through despite opposition. Supporters hope for passage while opponents pledge to block it, stressing the need for strong administration and determination to defeat the measure.
Jury Finds for Gov Russell in $100000 Suit
Oxford Miss December 11 A verdict for the defendant Governor Lee M Russell was returned at 6 08 tonight in the $100000 damages suit brought by Frances Birkhead stenographer alleging seduction and other charges. The jury wrote we find for the defendant and it came 28 minutes after submission. Neither side was in the courtroom at the moment of report.
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Oxford
Miss
Frances Birkhead
Lee M. Russell
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