Amusements at Polis feature Pop Anson and stars
Adrian C Anson known as Pop hosts a late week vaudeville program with his entertaining daughters and a monolog claiming a batting average above .490 in the vaudeville league. Chaplin offers a two reel Police. Vivians rifle act from Europe joins. Fred Halen Mollie Fuller return with The Corridors of Time. Montgomery and Perry sing and dance with The Four Entertainers to close.
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Adrian C. Anson
Robert B. Mantell
Genevieve Hamper
Vivians
Europe
United States Army
Fred Halen
Mollie Fuller
Plaza Week Presents Chaplin Film and Viable Vaudeville
Bridgeport offerings feature Charlie Chaplin in a new film amid a lavish vaudeville bill. The Follies of Vaudeville stars ten performers with elaborate scenery, plus the Absolu Sharrif troupe, the Old Time Darkies, Kingand Werd, and a five part Triangle feature Going Straight with Norma Talmadge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Chaplin
Charley
Kingand Werd
Iper
Callan
Norma Talmadge
The House of Lies Opens with Cecil Spooner
Cecil Spooner will present the novelty comedy drama The House of Lies next week. She appears as Rose Morton who has married John Livingstone Kent played by Poll Trenton. The play blends domestic comedy with dramatic moments and a strong moral, drawing praise for its plot and humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Spooner
Rose Morton
John Livingstone Kent
Poll Trenton
House of Lies
Miss Spooner
Half Billion Bride stars Hamilton Revelle and Marguerite Snow at Lyric
Metro motion pictures present a Sunday night program at the Lyric from six to ten featuring Hamilton Revelle and Marguerite Snow in the five act romance and mystery Half Billion Bride. The photodrama marks the first screen pairing of the notable stars, with Revelle previously seen in The Price of Malice and Enemy to Society, drawing strong acclaim.
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Metro Motion Pictures
Isham
Lyric
Hamilton Revelle
Marguerite Snow
Mr. Revelle
England
Miss Snow stars in Metro program highlights
Big screen success noted with Miss Snow’s last Metro contribution A Corner In Cotton praised for its Wall Street and Sunny pony tale The Half Million Bride features Miss Snow opposite Mr Revelle giving strong characterizations The Model Cook with Mr and Mrs Sidney Drew promised as season’s laugh The Midnight Marriage called a genuine melodramatic thriller Bentley’s orchestra provides music as usual
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Miss Snow
Metro
Wall Street
Mr Revelle
M Sidney Drew
Bentley
Cecil Spooner Opens Park Theatre Summer Engagement
Cecil Spooner begins an indefinite summer season at the Park Theatre starting July 3 with her Lyric company and added players. Joseph Solly and P. F. Shea signed the lease. After a year at the Lyric, Spooner keeps busy in Bridgeport due to patron demand, promising direct control and new, exciting innovations each program.
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Cecil Spooner
Lyric
the Park Theatre
Miss Spooner
Joseph Solly
P. F. Shea
Spooner
the Lyric
W. H. Isham
The
New Canaan
Bridgeport
Park
Days of Big Scores in Baseball’s Early Era
A reflection on old time baseball fans preferring high scoring games while noting the era of big scores fading. It recalls the June 8 1869 Niagara vs Columbus game in Buffalo with a 203 to 10 score, the era’s long games and sparse scoring details, and contrasts past and present approaches to the sport.
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Buffalo
Niagaras
Columbus
Alien Souls at West End Theatre Tonight
Sessue Hayakawa stars in a Paramount photodrama titled Alien Souls at the West End theatre tonight. The cast includes Earle Foxe Grace Benham Florence Smythe Robert Grey Isabelle Malone and others as part of an all-star Lasky lineup. Tomorrow features Douglas Fairbanks in The Good Bad Man in a five act Triangle presentation.
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Lasky
Sessue Hayakawa
Fannie Ward
West End
Paramount
Mr. Hayakawa
Earle Foxe
Grace Benham
Florence Smythe
Robert Grey
Isabelle Malone
Douglas Fairbanks
Record Scores across early baseball leagues and naval news
The article surveys historic high scoring games from 1865 to 1911 in early professional baseball including Forest Citys and Atlantics 1321 clash, Philadelphia Athletics 101 to 8, and 36 to 7 by Chicago and Louisville. It notes professionalization lowering big scores, and mentions Emperor William addressing North Sea sailors and Balfour reporting British naval losses at Jutland.
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Chicago
Memphis
Cleveland
Forest Citys
Atlantics
Philadelphia Athletics
Williamsport
Danville Alerts
Athletics
America
Brooklyn Atlantics
Louisville
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Reds
Louisville Colonels
Cincinnati Reds
Boston
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Lyric Sunday Pictures
Reel Comedy Police
Scream Chaplin
Chicago Nationals
Aprian Anson
Anson
L Trunk Vivians
Rifles
Ned
Spider and the Fly
Montgomery
Perry
Fred Hallen
Bill
Poli’s
Mea
Park Theatre
Dorsen’s Department Store
Armer
Emperor William
Wilhelmshaven
A. J. Balfour
Admiralty
Jutland
Socony
Standard Oil Con
Dunn Sisters
Abslam Shariff
King & Ward
Ain
Fairfield, Conn
Sherman Hall
Hutchinson
E ‘'Down’ . Besser
Margaret Somerset
Newfield Park
Hartford
New Haven
New London
Royal Order of Moose
Circus Grounds
Fairfield Ave
W. D. Cook & Son
Water Street
Warner Hall
Christian Science
Charles I. Ohrenstein
C.S.B
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Mass
Lyric Theatre
Keeney’s
Empire Theatres
Iri Ruaram
OTN
Metro Ste’ T
Metro Wonder
Olga Petrova
Peg O’ the Ring
Universal Circus
Sydney
Fashion Plate
New York
Sumner Nichols
Lyric Hall
Mer
Highland Spring Water Co
Zuvuw Voi
Warren Street
Plaza ‘Theatre
Plaza Box Office
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