Five Novelty Girls Lead Three Day Vaudeville Run
A three day showing opens with the Five Novelty Girls delivering a singing and dancing act praised for novelty and costumes. Corbett Sheppard Dunn trio and Newell Hisa Most pair attract big applause with encores and piano aids. Bab Williams headlines a film feature, while Millette Sisters and Greenlee Williams pair showcase dance and flashy costumes. Somers Morse add light novelty with new material.
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Fac
Corbett
Sheppard
Dunn
Newell
Hisa
Santa
Afroat Johnson
Babe Williams
Thell
Hon
Millette
Greenlee and Williams
Somers and
Morse
Lyric Theatre Presents Other Wife and School Board Backing Movies
The Lyric Players stage Other Wife a vivid tale of a man who remarries after a wife’s reported death then faces a legal challenge when the former wife reappears. The Board of Education supported moving pictures for children, with matinees and a program of educational films arranged by a committee of city leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Theatre
Poli
Board of Education
Pauline Frederick Stars in Double Crossed at Hippodrome
Pauline Frederick appears in the Paramount masterplay Double Crossed at Hippodrome today with a strong supporting cast of screen favorites. The program also features Triangle Play Timelocks and Diamonds with William Desmond, plus additional select comedies and dramas. Tomorrow Pauline Frederick returns in another Paramount production of pulse-quickening situations in Double Crossed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ne Frederick
Paramount Iia
Hippodrome Theatre
Miss Frederick
Stratford 8
Carroll
Wilmothes
Dia ‘Monds
William Desmond
Pauline Frederick
Polis Theatre Presents Week of Diversified Programs
A Polis theatre program showcases a varied week including history and war scenes. It features a Halifax to Boston special extra on devastation, Atlantic frontline battles, and performances in song, dance, and comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ifax
Halifax
Boston
Aisne
Bridgeport
Mayor Wilson Addresses Girls Patriotic League Meeting
Mayor Clifford B. Wilson spoke at a mass meeting in the High School auditorium urging strong public effort. He urged women carry the burden for national duty as the country faces a grave period and praised the Girls Patriotic League's role. Mrs Ansel G. Cook of Hartford explained the pledge and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford B. Wilson
Girls’ Patriotic League
F. B. Grannis
Wilson
Ansel G. Cook
Hartford
Cook
Saturday Calendar of Events at Local Clubs
On Fairfield Avenue Mrs. William Chew hosts the Queen's Daughters benefit with 2:30 and 8:30 bridge. Tea at Brooklawn Country Club at 4. A table d hote dinner at 7 and moving pictures at 3:30. Dinner dance at 7 at Black Rock Shore and Country Club.
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Bridge
William Chew
Fairfield Avenue
Queen's Daughters
Brooklawn Country Club
Black Rock Shore and Country Club
Fadts and Fashions Describe Street Wardrobe Trends
Green lined with gray street suits and sombre dresses feature soft rose hats. Silver evening slippers are brocaded in black and gold. Cowl hooded blouses with tassels and brushed wool collars cap sweaters. Silver or black brocaded slippers pair with most outfits.
Keeney to Produce Photoplays with Catherine Calvert Star
Frank A Keeney, owner of Seeney Empire theatres and other circuits, plans to start producing sea eae photoplays with Catherine Calvert as lead. He heads Frank A Keeney Pictures Corporation with offices in New York, while Ray Owens serves as secretary and treasurer. Calvert, noted for Brown of Harvard and later film roles, is billed as The Lady Beautiful of the Screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Keeney
Seeney
Empire Theatre
New York
Brooklyn
Newark
N. J
Seaeae
Catherine Calvert
Mr. Keeney
Paul Armstrong
Keeney
Broadway
Modern Coeds Winning Place in the Sun
A feature praising University of Pennsylvania coeds as top college girls, noting their looks, confidence, and career focus. It includes remarks by George F. Kearney, editor of the Red and Blue, about coed culture and gender attitudes at Penn. The piece shifts to a Christmas gift theme, promoting practical gifts from the Caesar Misch department store with Cheerful Credit options.
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College Girls of America
George F. Kearney
University of Pennsylvania
Red and Blue
United States
Mr. Kearney
America
Caesar Misch
Art and War Talk Highlight College Club Meet
Mrs. Frank Miller hosts the College Club at 540 Brooklawn Avenue for a talk by Mrs. Rollin Sherwood of Westport on Art and the War. The Westport librarian and Columbia art student will discuss art’s role amid wartime.
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Frank Miller
College Club
Brooklawn Avenue
Rollin Sherwood
Westport
Wilson Praises Stage Work and War Relief Efforts
Mr Wilson highlights the theatre profession's war relief work and pays tribute to Harry Lauder. He shares stories that amuse listeners and challenges popular beliefs about the stage with facts and anecdotes.
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Wilson
Harry Lauder
Smiths welcome daughter on Laurel Avenue
Mr. and Mrs Archibald Smith welcomed a daughter yesterday morning at their home on Laurel Avenue Mrs Smith formerly Miss Maud Lane is reported to be doing nicely Barbara Waldo of Brooklawn Park is visiting Mrs Brice of Evanston Illinois The pair survived a near overturn in a New York bound car near New Rochelle escaping through a window Carleton E Hull recently visited the Hulls of Guilford
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Court Exchange
Grace Dalrymple Clark
Olaf
Maude Latham
Ada G. Woodruff
Asenath Goodwin
Ethel Beach
Theresa Hegeman
Mary L. Downey
Isabelle Pillans
Beatrice Marsh
Florence Davidson
David Monahan
Isabelle Carey
Elsie Clark
Margaret Drake
Selma Eckler
Celia Motler
Shirley O Connor
Edith Rosenbluth
Marguerite Smith
Frank Miller Clark
Francis Wilson
Contemporary Club
BE. N. Sperry
300Ark Place
Charles G. Waldo
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Archibald Smith
Laurel Avenue
Smith
Maud Lane
Barbara Waldo
Brooklawn Park
Brice
Evanston
Tll
Waldo
New York
New Rochelle
Carleton E. Hull
Mrs. H. & Hull
Guilford
Etiquette Notes on Theatre Etiquette and Wedding Servants
A collection of social tips covers theater manners with hats and coats, wedding guest attire for helpers, preferred wedding decorations, polite responses to well wishes, and evening card calling etiquette. It notes Governor Cox of Ohio ordered coal to needy areas amid fuel shortages.
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Cox
Ohio
Reliable Recipes From The Past Tomato Soup And More
A collection of kitchen guides including tomato soup made from canned tomatoes and water, and steps for butter roux, marshmallow marguerites with crackers, cottage cheese from sour milk, a date pie, and a simple emergency bread using bran and oatmeal. Also includes a basic biscuitlike gun cake and bran bread variations.
Fashioning War Time Silhouette Steers Toward Straight Lines
The piece argues for a wartime shift to straight, scant silhouettes to conserve wool for the army. It notes early signals, mass adoption by designers, and cautions against excessive short skirts or extreme fashions while urging practicality and patriotism in dress.
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POLIS
Mayor Wilson
Patriotic Girls Meeting
Star IN Cinema
Remiz
L. Remiz
Clayton Hamilton
Clayton Hami Iton
Bridgeport Center
Drama League of America
Stratfield
Mr. Hamilton
France
England
Hamilton
Nazimova
Detroit
Ception Shoals
Madame Yvette Guilbert
G. B. Shaw
Percnals
Bernice
Mrs. I
Nirdlinger
Salts’ Esquimette
Georgette
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