Poli's Amusements Showcard Farewell for Anson Daughters
Amusements at Poli's in Bridgeport bid farewell to Pop Anson and his daughters Adele and Dorothy this evening marking their final appearance. The bill features Fred Halien and Mollie Fuller in their old timers act, The Corridor of Time, The Vivians rifle team, and The Four Entertainers. Charley Chaplin performs in The Police and The Spider and the Ply stars Rob ert Mantell, with Flora Parker DeHaven in The Madcap Duchess tomorrow. Poli's plans two shows with 10 reels and a featured orchestra.
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Pop
Anson
Chicago Nationals
Adele
Dorothy
Bridgeport
Poli’s
Fred ‘Halien
Mollie Fuller
Flora Parker DeHaven
Poli
Charley Chaplin at Plaza in Last Day Showing
Local at Plaza offer final chance to see Charley Chaplin in his latest two reel scream Police. Also featured is Going Straight a Triangle brand five act play starring Norma Talmadge Ralph Lewis and other favorites. Vaudeville program includes The Follies of Vaudeville The Old-Time Darkies King and Ward and Abslam Shariff Arabs.
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Charley ‘Chaplin
Triangle Brand
Norman Talmadge
the Pretty Star
Ralph Lewis
King and Ward
Abslam Shariff
The House of Lies opens next week by Cecil Spooner
Cecil Spooner presents The House of Lies a domestic comedy drama in three acts with Rose Morton played by Miss Spooner Pell Trenton and John Livingstone Kent in key roles The production promises a truthful plausible story with strong moral lessons and a balance of comedy and seriousness reflected in everyday life
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Cecil Spooner
House of Lies
Pell Trenton
John Livingstone Kent
Empire "The Evil Thereof" Shown Tonight At Local Theater
The Famous Players- Paramount feature Empire "The Evil Thereof" headlines a diverse photoplay program with other select features. Tomorrow evening presents "The Making of Madelina" starring Edna Goodrich, followed by a Metro special with Hamilton Revuelle and Marguerite Snow. The Half Million Bride story, based on The Red House, centers on a murder at Cradelbaugh's and a courtroom twist as Challoner faces charges and possible vindication amid bribe schemes and forged confessions.
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Frank Losee
Players- Paramount
Paramount
Madelina
Edna Goodrich
Isham
Metro Feature Pictures
Hamilton Revuelle
Marguerite Snow
Red House
William Hamilton Osborne
Colonel Hargraves
Cradelbaugh’s
J. Lawrence Challoner
Thorne
Murgatroyd
Miriam Challoner
Nee Iband
Challoner
Metro
Hamilton Revelle
Sidney Drew duo star in The Model Cook at Bentley theater
Seeming cupidity and unscrupulousness are noted as background to a program featuring Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew in The Model Cook. The program includes The Midnight Marriage melodrama and concludes with Bentley's superb symphony orchestra performing the musical numbers.
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Sidney Drew
Bentley
Mrs
Sidney
New Lyric Hall
W. H. Isham
Newtown News Highlights Local Library and Town Plans
The Sandy Hook Library adds 50 popular volumes and classics by Austen and Thackeray. Miss Mary G Botsford wed Edward W Twist in Monroe. A charity social netted about 18 for the Sandy Hook baseball nine. Town hall expansion and a new Sugar street bridge are debated by the Men's club. A plan favors sale of the Brick building to finance improvements. Rev Timothy J Lee will lead Hawleyville services. Pootatuck grange meets June 13. Albert Rasmussen buys a new car. C E meeting features a slide lecture on The Land of the Lotus Flowers. Veranda and bay window work proceeds on Martins Botsford residence.
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Newtown
Sandy Hook
Jane Austen
William Makepeace Thackeray
Mary G. Botsford
Walkers’ Farms District
Edward W. Twist
Monroe
Habersham
St. Peter’s Church
Monroe Center
Delia Botsford
Sociable
E. J. Thrall, Jr
Glover's Hall
Sugar Street
Main Street
Town Hall
Timothy J. Lee
Congregational Church
Hawleyville
Pootatuck Grange
Albert Rasmussen
C. E
Martin Troy
Botsford
Botsford Brothers
Low Railroad Rate To Roton Point Set For June 27
Charles A. Goettler of the New York Hippodrome announces a low fare excursion from Bridgeport to Roton Point park on Tuesday June 27. Trains leave Bridgeport around 9 am, with trolleys at South Norwalk to deliver passengers to the park free of charge. The day features park entertainment, bathing, boating, dancing, and rides, plus shore dinners and a dairy lunch menu at the casino. Roton Point, under new management by Neville Bayley, has expanded attractions and The Excursion promises special inducements for park amusements. One Cent a Word.
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Charles A. Goettler
New York
Bridgeport
Park City
South Norwalk
Park
Roton Point Park
Bayley
Swedish Church Fund Campaign Opens Monday
The First Swedish M. E. church of this city launches an eight day drive to raise a $10,000 building fund. At 6:30 p.m. Monday, 10 men teams led by Charles H Olsen and 15 women teams led by Mrs Adolph Thelin will host a supper at Maplewood and Iranistan avenues to outline plans and begin the drive. The campaign honors the church’s long history dating to 1881 and 1888 land purchase, with a new lot recently acquired.
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M. E
Beechwood
Iranistan
Charles H. Olsen
Adolph Thelin
Ladies’ Aid Society
Maplewood
Emma Magnusen
A. J. Anderson
Brooklyn
Point Union Mission
Swedish Emanuel Church
Charles Paulson
West Liberty Street
B. M. Adams
Revoy
Carl J. Stenstorm
Francis O. Logren
Charles Samuelson
John Em. Hillberg
Erik N. Hedin
Hilmer Larson
N. J. Chilstrom
David Bjork
H. W. Eklund
Clifford B. Wilson
C. A. Seaberg
Willi. E. Chellgren
Adolph Sherman
Charles J. Lindstrom
Charles H.olson
George Carlson
Carl Ericsson
Gideon Ericson
Otto Eckholm
Ernest Johnson
Alexander Johnson
Charles J. Johnson
Emil Olson
Adolph Olson
Herbert Olson
Richard Olson
Stage Employes Concert To Benefit Sick Fund At Plaza
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes presents a Sunday Plaza theatre concert for the local sick fund with a $15 ticket and a big photo play feature. Advance sales suggest one of Plaza’s largest crowds, aided by New York booking offices and professional acts. A second annual local production is promised, with diversity as a keynote and widespread favorable comment. A large photo feature is included in the program. Heavy loss of life was reported aboard the Japanese steamer Oyo Maru after foundering near Nagasaki.
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International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Plaza Theatre
Plaza
New York
Petrova Stars In Playing With Fire At West End
Ame Petrova, the gifted emotional actress, headlines the Metro program at West End theatre on State street near Clinton avenue tonight. The five act wonderplay offers a strong vehicle for Mme Petrova with a sympathetic role likely to win new admirers. Tomorrow Hazel Dawn appears in The Fetid Girl in a five act production.
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Petrova
Metro
West End
State Street
Clinton Avenue
Mme. Petrova
Hazel Dawn
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Charley Chaplin
Sallie Crute
Mignon Anderson
Esther
Lyric Pictures
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Swedish Church Fund
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Japan
Adrian C
Gap
Anson Daughters
Wrame OG
Fred Hallen
THE
Vivians
Robert B. Mantell
Rama’ the Spider and the Fly
Montgomery & Perry
Chas. Chaplin
Abslam Shariff Arabs
Norma Talmadge
With
the Barnum of Carnival
Levitt-Taxier United
Inclusiv Moose Carnival
Pairfield
Nia
Main St
Hick St
Cecil
Spooner
Sterling Company
the House of
Goldfield
New York Society
Arizona Gold Fields New Lyric Hall
Keeney
Empire Theatre
Itirit Rou ‘Bramounts
Famous Players Paramount
Daniel Frohman
Channing Pollock
Bennard Wolf
Cape Cod
Buzzards Bay
New Haven
Conn
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
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