Debate on State and County Control of Penal Institutions
County Commissioner Walter Wardwell of Cambridge led a conference of the Massachusetts Federation of Women's Clubs at 68 Boylston Street. He accused Sanford Bates of neglecting duty and urged Bates to spend time visiting and conferring with directors of state and county institutions. The Rev. William B. McNair spoke for the federation endorsed bill.
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Walter ©. Wardwell
Cambridge
Massachusetts Federation of Women’s Clubs
Boylaton Street
Daughters of Ne
Sanford P.bates
Wardwell
William B. McNair
State Federation
Powell Returns to Hollywood for Gloria Swanson Reading Role
After months at Famous Players-Lasky in London, David Powell returns to Hollywood as reading man for Gloria Swanson in The Gilded Cage. In Europe he acted opposite Ann Forrest in Love's Boomerang and starred for Mae Murray in On With the Dance The Right to Love and Idols of Clay. Powell, a bachelor, is noted for his hobby of books.
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London
Famous Players-Lasky Company
David Powell
Hollywood
Gloria Swanson
Mr. Powell
Ann Forrest
Love
Mae Murray
Ruggies to Star in Screen Comedies by Wesley Ruggles
Charles Ruggies, famed on stage as a clever comedian, will headline a series of screen comedies produced by his brother Wesley Ruggles, the noted director. Ruggles currently stars in The Demi Virgin on the New York stage.
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Charles Ruggies
Wesley Ruggles
Mr. Ruggles
Demi-Virgin
Ow York
Editorial Opinion on Films as Liberal Education
An editorial notes motion pictures educate the American public on finer life aspects. Based on worldwide questionnaires led by Thomas H. Ince, 88 editors reply that the silver screen reaches minds unlikely touched by other media. Seventy one editors stress wholesome truths conveyed in theaters to elevate mass appreciation.
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Thomas H. Ince
Local color sought for Cecil B DeMille film Manslaughter
Jeanie McPherson the soloist arranged with police in a Western town to be arrested and imprisoned in the State penitentiary. She spent four days. The plot centers on a rich society girl jailed for killing a policeman with a speeding automobile. Leatrice Joy to star.
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Cecil de Mille
Jeanie McPherson
Leatrice Joy
Movie News Notes On Cast And Personal Lives
A reader hints at a Boston Post contest and asks about a player. Xavier Brookline notes Bryant Washburn’s return to film in Hungry Hearts after London project The Road to London. Gibson divorce from Helen Gibson is confirmed and Farnum's marriage to Olive White with adopted daughter cited.
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Somerville
Xavier
Brookline
Bryant Washburn
Goldwyn
Olive White
Betty E
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
Governor Praises David Griffith for Censorship Debate
Kentucky Governor Edwin P. Morrow lauded David W. Griffith at the Frankfort General Assembly session as a leading Kentuckian in cinema. A motion picture censorship bill sits before the Kentucky Senate. Griffith, with Dorothy and Lilian Gish and Monte Blue, attended the Louisville opening of Orphans of the Storm.
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Kentucky
Edwin P. Morrow
David W. Griffith
Frankfort
New York Telegraph
General Assembly
Griffith
Kentucky Senate
Mr. Griffith
Dorothy
Lilian Gish
Monte Blue
Louisville
Ladderman Coleman Curran Commended for Heroic Fire Work
Ladderman Coleman Curran a World War II veteran attached to Ladder Company 4 Roxbury was commended by fire officials yesterday afternoon for his actions at a fire at the house 241 Warren Roxbury Wednesday afternoon.
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Coleman Curran
Roxbury
Warren
Atrecet
Jones Named Executive Clerk in Boston Publicity Bureau
Joshua H. Jones, a Boston newspaperman, is appointed executive clerk and statistician in the new city publicity bureau at City Hall by Mayor Curley. He will work with William H. Mac Masters and Joseph Smith, elected last week as publicity men at a 5000 dollar salary each.
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Joshua H. Jones
Boston
Curley
City Hall
William H. Mac Masters
Joseph Smith
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