Peter Ruff and the Double Four Entangle a Noted Ex-Criminal
Spencer Fitzgerald a former lawbreaker, now clerk, hides from Inspector Dory’s men and plans to pose as a private detective with Violet as partner Miss Brown. He escapes arrest at Daisy Villa and seeks a better life while Mae Barns becomes Mrs Dory a year later.
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Peter Ruff
Peter Ruff and
the Double Four
Spencer Fitzgerald
Daisy Villa
Fitzgerald
Miss Emerson
Violet
Dory
Miss Brown
Delilah from Streatham Mystery in a Daily Mail Ad
Peter Ruff reads an appeal in a Daily Mail personal column by “M” believed to be Maud Barnes now Mrs. John Dory. He fears treachery from his old enemy John Dory as he contemplates replying, while Miss Brown prepares the coded response for submission.
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Peter Reff
Peter Ruff
Daily Press
Daily Mail
Spencer Fitzgerald
England
Vagali’s
Cook’s Alley
Ledham Street
Soho
Maud Barnes
John Dory
Amie
Fitzgerald
Mr. Fitzgerald
Digestive Warnings and Tanlac Remedy Ad
Public urged to heed nature s warning on digestion and health. Indigestion linked to liver and kidney issues, acidosis, and serious diseases. Tanlac advertised as the rapid remedy with Tanlac Vegetable Pills supporting bowel health. distribution via International Proprietaries Inc. and sold in Boston Liggett Drug Stores.
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Bright
Tanlac
International Prorietaries, Inc
Boston
Liggett Drug Stores
Maud Dory Reopens Old Wounds With Peter Ruff
In a tense London office scene Maud Dory visits Peter Ruff seeking details about her former fiancé Spencer Fitzgerald now missing. Ruff tests her motives while probing for proof of good faith and hints at a confidential lunch to discuss Fitzgerald further.
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Peter Ruff
Fitzgerald
Spencer
Supreme Judicial Court Western circuit meets in October
The justices began their Western circuit visiting Pittsfield Greenfield Springfield and Worcester and will reconvene at Pemberton Square courthouse on Oct 3 for the October consultation. No decisions on the Christian Science case or the Tufts case were handed down yesterday.
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Supreme Judicial Court
Pittsfield
Greenfield
Springfield
Worcester
Pemberton Square Court House
Christian Science
Tufts
Reserves Decision in Tremont Trust Case
Judge Sanderson of Buffalk Superior Court reserved his decision on Tremont Trust Company through its liquidating agent W Rodman Peabody to maintain its bill against Simon Swig Taunton police court judge and attorney for the trust and against Guaranty Securities Corporation.
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Sanderson
Buffalk Superior Court
Tremont Trust Company
W. Rodman Peabody
Simon and
Louis Swig
Taunton Police Court
Trust Company
Guaranty Securities Corporation
Screen Gossip Leader June Mathis Shapes Metro Pictures
June Mathis heads the scenario department at Metro Pictures Corporation and has written or co written numerous notable photoplays. She mentored Rudolph Valentino in the role of Julio and helped launch his career. Mathis began as an actress in traveling stock at 13 and later performed in a dancing act.
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June Mathis
Metro Pictures Corporation
Nazemova
Miss Mathis
Rudolph Valentino
Julio
Julian Eltinge
Curtis Wins Site Battle for New Station House
Police Commissioner Curtis prevailed in a dispute with the City Council over locating a division 2 station house. The Supreme Court held the commissioner may select the site and designate space. the council must provide and pay for it. Curtis chose Milk and Sears streets, rejecting Hawley and Arch as too small, a plan saving about 45000. The council had not approved Curtis’s site, prompting a mandamus petition to force action.
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Curtis
Supreme Court
Hawley
Arch Street
Milk and
Sears Streets
Goldwyn Plans Exclusive Rights for Zane Grey Works
Samuel Goldwyn contracted to distribute all Benjamin B. Hampton productions with exclusive rights to photoplays from the works of Zane Grey Harry Leon Wilson William Allan White Stewart Edward White Clara Louise Burnham and Winston Churchill. Mr Hampton will directly supervise all productions.
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Samuel Goldwyn
Benjamin B. Hampton
Goldwyn Company
Zane Grey
Harry Leon Wilson
William Allan White
Stewart Edward White
Clara Louise Burnham
Winston Churchill
Mr. Hampton
Hagberg Hearing Resumes Monday in Immigration Probe
After nearly three days at the official investigation into charges against Immigration Inspector John G. Hagberg, Commissioner-General W. W. Husband left for New York with Irving F. Wixon. Robe Carl White of Washington will oversee hearings in the interim as the probe is expected to continue into next week.
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John G. Hagberg
W. W. Husband
New York
Irving F. Wixon
Wixon
Robe Carl White
Washington
Studio Gossip Sparks Divorce Suit Rumor in Film Circle
Report says Eeith Haller plans to sue husband Jack Dillon director for divorce after four months of marriage. Haller's latest screen role was in The Inside of the Cup. Charles Meredith chosen as male lead for Ethel Clayton’s The Cradle. Billy Sunday campaigns against censorship, aligning with Cecil B. De Mille.
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Eeith Haller
Jack Dillon
Dillons
Miss Haller
Charles Meredith
Ethel Clayton
Billy Sunday
Mr. Sunday
Cecil B. de Mille
Fox Signs White for Three Western Screen Novels
William Fox contracts writer William Patterson White to supply three Western novels for film use featuring Tom Mix or Buck Jones. The titles are Buster Heart of the Range and Lynch Lawyers.
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William Fox
William Patterson White
Tom Mix
Buck Jones
Buster
Heart of the Range
Lynch
Answers to Questions on Silent Film Figures and Studios
Dimples address Shirley Mason at Fox Film Company in Hollywood. Priscilla Dean is with Universal Film Company in Universal City. Alice B Dorchester Paulin Frederick born in Dorchester, now with Robertson Cole in Hollywood. latest pictures Salvage and The Sting of the Lash. Gloria notes no Boston studios active. Mary Miles Minter at Realart 211 No Occidental Building Los Angeles. May Allison not in pictures currently. Address questions to Prunella Hall at The Boston Post.
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Dimples
Shirley Mason
Fox Film Company
Western Avenue
Hollywood
California
Priscilla Dean
Universal Film Company
Universal City
Alice B. Dorchester
Pauline Frederick
Dorchester
Beatrice Libby
Robertson-Cole Studio
George Beban
E. B
Fall River
Eileen Percy
Thelma Percy
Alice Busch
Thelma
Clara Horton
Beatrice Joy
Juanita Hansen
Marguerite Courtot
Gloria
Boston
Mary Miles Minter
Realart Studio
No. Occidental Building
Los Angeles
May Allison
Prunella Hall
The
Boston Post
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Bell Syndicate, Inc
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Ruff
Estare
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Prince's
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Daily
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Boston University
Law School
Homer Alberts, Dean
Ashburton Place
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College of Secretarial Science
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College Secretarial Science
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Huntington Avenue
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Goldwyn
Hagberg
Fox
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E. E. Gray CO
Hanover
Union & Blackstone Bts
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Arzan
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