Amusements at Poli theatre with top vaudeville acts
Valeska Suratt headlines Poli theater today with gowns and stage allure. New York vaudeville stars Grazer and Bell perform Blue Paradise and The Century Girl while Gygie Vadie and Bicknell charm with musical acts. Lulu Beeson Company in The Road to New Mania. Hearst-Pathe News screens thrilling world events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valeska Suratt
Ower
Poli' Theatre
New York
Grazer and
Bell
Gygie and
Vadie
Bicknell
al Shayne
Lulu Beeson & Company
Hearst-Pathe News
Poli
Plaza to present Mary Pickford film and more at Plaza Theatre
Mary Pickford in A Romance of the Redwoods will close the Plaza Theatre program with A Maiden's Trust The Marionettes and Her Anniversary also on the bill The main Sunday attraction is Littl Miss Fortune starring Marian Swayne Next week features The Bar Sinister a nine act drama of race prejudice with music and special effects Author Anthony P Kelly and director Edgar Lewis contribute to the program, which aims to promote racial equality.
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Mary Pickford
Plaza Theatre
Anthony P. Kelly
Edgar Lewis
Within the Law at the Strand a major melodrama on screen
The Strand presents Bayard Velller’s Within the Law with Alian Joyce as Mary Turner and Harry Morey as Jos Garson. The photoplay attracts large crowds with nine vivid parts and tense melodrama. Evening showings at 6 and 830, last chance this week to see this acclaimed Vitagraph production.
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Bayard Velller
Strand Theatre
Strand
Alian Joyce
Mary Turner
Harry Morey
Jos Garson
Law
William Foxs Grand Motion Picture Offer At Agric Theatre
The Agric theatre hosts a Sunday screening of William Foxs top feature that box office staked a million on. The epic shows a baby boy and girls journey through reincarnation and fairy lore with Jamaica natives in crowd scenes. Annette Kellermann stars with a famed mermaid sequence among six major features.
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William Fox
Agric Theatre
Jamaica
Water Kingdom
Annette Kellermann
Diana of the
Diana
Earth
Sea
Dryad
Pan
Triton
Park Theatre to Stage It Pays to Advertise
Spooner Stock Company presents It Pays to Advertise at the Park Theatre next week. The play promises a well developed plot with rapid action and rapid humor, aiming to provide the most delightful entertainment and several novel twists.
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Park Theatre
Spooner Stock Co
Soap Trust Farce Brings Rodney Martin Into Play
Cyrus Martin and his private secretary scheme to push Rodney Martin into a business career. Rodney falls for the secretary as Ambrose Peale uses publicity to bolster the soap trust’s terms. The outcome remains to be seen but the farce blends humor with a hopeful heart appeal. Matinees Tuesday Thursday Saturday.
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Cyrus Martin
The
Soap Trust
Rodney
Martin
Ambrose Peale
Soap
My Lady's Glove at Shubert Theater New Haven
Oscar Straus new musical comedy My Lady's Glove plays at the Shubert New Haven with Leo Stein as librettist and J J Shubert directing the production. Cast includes Charles Purcell Frances Demarest Charles Judels Vivienne Segal and a large chorus. After New Haven it heads to a summer run at the 44th Street Theatre in New York.
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Shubert Theatre
New Haven
Oscar Straus
Leo Stein
Leopold Jacobson
Shubert
Charles Purcell
Eve
Mailed Fist Pledged to Restore Constantine to Greek Throne
A Berlin telegram to a Greek diplomat abroad quotes Emperor William promising to back Constantine’s return to the throne. It declares the German and allied armies will avenge the ouster and invites Constantine to Germany at the first opportunity.
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Constantine
Rome
Berlin
William
Germany
Middlebury Grants 66 Graduates in 117th Commencement
Middlebury College in Vermont began its 117th annual commencement with 66 graduates. Class day ceremonies were held as part of the event. The report notes prior coverage of Liberty bond campaigns and government taxation on advertising revenue.
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Middlebury
Middlebury College
Liberty
Rumanian Oil Fields Fail To Meet Normal Output
Berlin newspaper reports that Romanian oil production has resumed but will take time to reach peace conditions in the oil fields. The piece notes oil products are crucial for Germany's navy and railways, with ongoing lubricant shortages hindering operations. It also mentions shortages of baseball equipment among U.S. troops.
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Copenhagen
Berlin Vossiche Zeitung
Rumania
Germany
Germans Waver on Indemnity Date for America
German decision on accepting indemnity from the United States remains unresolved with options to take it now or later. Meanwhile the American tanker Moreni was sunk by a German U‑boat after a two hour engagement on June 12.
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America
Moreni
50 000 Tons of Food to Belgium
The American Commission for Relief in Belgium announced 11 ships with 50 000 tons of foodstuffs have arrived in Rotterdam since June 7. This aid will relieve the severe food shortage in occupied Belgium and parts of France.
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London
American Commission For Relief In
Belgium
Rotterdam
France
Strikers Compromise and Return to Work in Stonington
In Stonington on June 16 a strike by 300 machinists at Atwood Machine Co ended. Workers accepted a 50 hour week replacing the 55 hour schedule while keeping pay intact. The Atwood Co issued Liberty bonds totaling 13,000 dollars, most of which are to be repaid.
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Stonington
Atewood Machine Co
Atwood Co
On the Installment Plan Company Purchase for Employees
A firm arranges purchase on behalf of employees through an installment plan. The arrangement enables employees to acquire goods while payments are spread over time.
Daughter of former president engaged in New York
Announcement of Miss Marion Cleveland youngest daughter of Glover Cleveland wedding to William Stanley Dell of New York City was made in Princeton New Jersey. Dell Princeton graduate 1916 works on the New York Evening Sun editorial staff. Miss Cleveland studied at Teachers College Columbia University for two years.
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New York
Marion Cleveland
Glover Cleveland
William Stanley Dell
Princeton
Thomas J. Preston, Jr
Cleveland
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Dell
New York Evening Sun
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