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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1922
Page
3
One hundred and fifty one trades and professions are represented by fathers of young women students at Radcliffe College, reflecting wide social and professional reach among the student families.
Dr. Harry Peirce of the State Department of Animal Industry cites police failure to enforce laws as boosting rabies. He urges mercilessly killing unlicensed dogs and strict quarantines in affected districts. Pasteur treatment remains free to bite victims and prevents disease progression.
A February 27 fire in the North Block on Water Street Augusta caused damage estimated at $65,000. No injuries are reported. Responders battled the blaze through the day, with investigators reviewing the scene for cause.
Enid Bennett rejoins film work after a year away to have daughter Loris born in July 1921. She will star in Douglas Fairbanks’s forthcoming The Spirit of Chivalry, with her husband Fred Niblo directing Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers previously. Bennett came to America from Australia and debuted after a year on stage, becoming a Paramount favorite.
The young director producer King Vidor begins a series of films starring his wife Florence Vidor. The first picture adapts Henry Kitchell Webster's The Real Adventure with Clyde Fillmore in the leading male role.
Syd Chaplin, brother of Charles Chaplin, is returning to the screen as the Hollywood studio buzzes with activity around the Chaplin operation.
After a two year hiatus the star will headline a five reel burlesque feature. Edna Purviance begins production on her first starring vehicle while Charlie has another two reel comedy planned.
After the launch of his latest production Per rod, Marshall Meilan starts work on Her Man, a Statevepost story.
Answers to questions mention Marion C and Mahlon Hamilton as the leading man for Betty Compson in the stated film. The fragment confirms the pairing and identifies the star and lead actor in the production.
Reporter notes that several stars including Shirley Mason Glamour at Fox and Gloria Swanson at Lasky Studios are headlining new films like The Ragged Heiress and The Gilded Cage. Photographs priced at 25 cents, Vivian Martin off screen, and questions answered at The Boston Post by Prunella Hall.
News from Chicago on February 27 reports a continued decline in egg prices for Lent. First quality eggs fell another cent per dozen, bringing the quotation to 24 cents, marking a ten day downward trend.
Charles Ponzi is to testify as a witness in a federal equity suit opened before Judge Anderson. Trustees claim Benjamin Brown withdrew 1200 from his vested funds before the Ponzi collapse. Brown made no profits.
Advertisement urges use of Laxative BromO Quinine Tablets for colds flu and as a preventive. Claims genuine product bears FE Grove sig natura. Advises ensuring BROMO is present and notes a 30c price point.
Preparatory work has begun on the second Glenn Hunter feature production Stage Door Johnnie with filming to start about March 20. Hunter returns to New York from The Intimate Strangers tour with Billie Burke at Hollis St Theatre. The film, like The Cradle-Buster, is a dramatic comedy about a typical American boy.
May McAvoy returns from New York and meets Eddie Sutherland at the train in Los Angeles rekindling marriage rumors. McAvoy stars in A Homespun Vamp at the Modern and Beacon theatres while Sutherland appears opposite Agnes Ayres in The Ordeal. Ruth Roland wears a diamond solitaire and withholds the fiancé’s name. Leatrice Joy’s brother Billy is mentioned in gossip.
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