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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1922
Page
5
A mock liquor raid ends with Kilroy and Sullivan chasing youth Sputtoni through alleys in Kilroys Killarney. The crowd watches as officers pursue, Sputtoni surrenders after a comic high speed chase. Forty relatives gather at Central Court awaiting the outcome and Kilroy's legend grows.
Miss Grace Clifford, favored by Flo Zeigfeld for Miss Nantasket 1922, will select her 1923 successor at Ellis Ballroom Cambridge this evening with Mayor Quinn assisting. The Nantasket Strollers reunite, a Frisco boxing match Tighe of Brockton versus Lavery of East Boston draws interest, and a Boston talent show caps the program amid reports of 100 foot waves on transatlantic crossings.
About 1000 yards of fine fabrics from our stock in odd pieces and discontinued styles. Values are exceptional and compensate for the broken assortments. Yard.
Pola Negri will star with Conway Tearle in Bella Donna for Famous Players-Lasky. The veteran actor brings stage and screen love experience to the role, including past acclaim as Armand in Camille with Ethel Barrymore, prompting Negri to express excitement about their pair.
Charles Chaplin won a lawsuit against Charles Amador who used the stage name Charles Aplin and imitated Chaplin in costume and manner. Judge Crail barred Amador from appearing in films in imitation of Chaplin and found he even altered his name to resemble the comedian.
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford Fairbanks attended the Chicago premiere of Robin Hood to a tumultuous welcome. The film reaches New York on October 26 and Boston in November.
Movie villain Charles Gerrard complains that press agents and newspapers have misspelled his name for six years. He insists the correct spelling is Gerrard and aims to keep acting until his name is properly shown on screen and in print for Alice Brady’s Paramount picture Anna Ascends.
Stuart Holmes is chosen to play the intriguing other man in Katherine MacDonald’s new film The Scarlet Lily. The piece notes his screen presence and sardonic smile as a signature aid to villainy, comparing past roles such as Black Michael in The Prisoner of Zenda and Valentino’s Leopard scenes in The Young Rajah. Ralph Ince is set to direct Way Down South with Marion Swayne cast as the leading lady.
A series of brief notes from readers and correspondents in Boston on 1920s film roles and stars. Mentions E W L Gloucester Claire Windsor in One Clear Call and Alice Calhoun Myra in The Girl in His Room, Gladys Brockwell as Nancy Sykes in Oliver Twist, and Kathryn Williams in The Silver Horde.
Sam Goldstein of New York admits to swindling by laying a $1000 check and drawing against it to obtain hotel accommodations and about $400 worth of silks from United Silk Mille on Bedford Street. Inspector Egan and Inspector Rooney trapped him at South Station where a parcel check was found. He quipped about his cuffs and collars as the officers recovered the large gripsack.
Sam admits failure after attempting to prove silks were shipped. The stock of silks was obtained by a false check, and the scene centers on his surrender as he faced disbelief over the supposed shipment.
The Rev. George P. O'Connor directed diocesan charities addressed the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association on applied sociology. He outlined three social work fields poverty health and economy and urged aid to the aged poor and participation in upcoming charitable lectures at Boston College High School by medical men and sociologists.
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