Coming Attractions At Local Playhouses
Bridgeport announces three night run of The College Hero at Park Theatre beginning Monday May 19. College sophomores form a major cast segment led by Miss B Curniss, with 600 local performers in thirty groups. The sophs wear white lingerie dresses maroon sweaters and letter S for Sagehurst College. soph men wear white flannel trousers dark coats and straw hats. Names for both groups listed. photos taken at Haley Studio and to appear in a souvenir program alongside 500 performers. Additional make-up help sought from Visiting Nurses Association volunteers. subscriptions available at Security Building before Park Theatre sale opens next Friday. full-dress rehearsals scheduled all next week.
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Park Theatre
Pis College
Sophs
Housing College
Colliers
Gerie
Sagedhurst College
Soph
Alice B. Curnias
Saidee H. Caldwell
Mabel Coughlin
Gertrude M. Isee
Ethel L. Eisenman
Mary French
Adella FitzRoy
Ruth Hill Agnes Jacobs
Badith Hara
Helen A. Parlow
Ella Sang
Haley
Bridgeport
Visiting Nurses Association
Jeer
The Man From Home at Plaza Next Week
Poli Players present The Man From Home by Harry Leon Wilson and Booth Tarkington at the Plaza next week with matinee and evening shows. The Hoosier lawyer Daniel Vorhees Pike, played by Paul McAllister, defends his wards in Europe against a noblewoman’s schemes, returning to Indiana with the young couple to wed. Cast includes Brenda Fowler, Marguerite Starr, Parke Patton and others in four acts set before Naples and Vesuvius with Guino Boccia directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hodge
Poli
Wiliam Hodge
Liebler
Astor Theatre
New York
Chicago
Harry Leon Wilson
Booth Tarkiington
Kokomo
Indiana
Europe
Daniel Vorhees Pike
Earl
Paul McAllister
Mr. McAllister
Brenda Fowler
Marguerite Starr
Countess of
Champizny
Miss Starr
Parke Patton
Paul Doucet
Burke Simon
Arthur Griffin
Arthur Bunnan
Benedict McQuarrie
Harigan Thompson
Italy
Bay of
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Guinio Boccia
Ach Lecir
Mar Pi McAlister
Poli Players
Plaza Theatre
B H S Notes Reflect Class Activities And Games
Senior class notes report a meeting in Room 15 with Ralph Hurd, Willard Allen, and Russ Porter among attendees. Students prepare for the Slocum exhibition at the Armory and edit the Commencement Number. Heroid Gilman was elected treasurer. the Independent team nearly beat the varsity 12 to 5 with Bob Hurley pitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hurd
Armory
Criterion Board
Heroid Gilman
Wash Park
M. EB. Church
Epworth
Wardrobe Question At High School Meet
The Board of Education will hold a meeting Monday evening to decide on wardrobes for the new high school. Architect Rogers is expected to attend to help reach a conclusion on the matter. Senior academics note the attempt to finalize the issue and follow through with the plan.
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Board of Education
Rogers
Junior Commercial class pins mirror the 13 Academics
The text notes that Junior Commercial class pins are the same shape as those of the 13 Academics but slightly larger, suggesting they are more prominent or substantial in appearance. The line indicates a comparison of pin design between groups.
Italian Bakers Organize Union In Bridgeport
Italian bakers in Bridgeport formed a union at a Warner Hall meeting attended by over twenty leading residents. Fedele Del Vecchio was elected president and Giuseppe Fusco secretary. The group aims to ensure legal weight loaves, sanitary conditions, and union wages.
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Bridgeport
Warner Hall
Fedele del Vecchio
Calhoun Avenue
Guiseppe Fusco
North
Washington Avenue
Elks Mardi Gras Dance Promises Good Time Wednesday
Bridgeport lodge of Elks and friends plan a Mardi Gras dance with a concert at the Hand some Club rooms on State street during intermissions. Local talent will perform vocal and instrumental numbers and a monologue. Admission cards available from lodge members. guests welcome. A baby girl arrived at Louis Vereili’s home, Columbus Place.
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Bridgeport
Hibs
State Street
The
Elks
Joan of Arc Parade at Ringling Circus Visit
Ringlings present a grand spectacle in Bridgeport with a Maid of Orleans theme. The production features 1200 characters, 800 dancing girls, 400 voices, and 600 horses recreating Paris Rheims and Orleans scenes. Thousands attend as the show pitches its tents on a Wednesday in May.
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Joan of Arc
Paris
Chinon
Rheims
France
Charles VII
Fox Lyric Theatre Presents Baseball Night Extravaganza
Fox Lyric Theatre features four Baseball Four stars led by George Crabb with Broadway stars, moving pictures of Keating Cobb Wagner Speaker and others, plus Eddy Family and Miss Cleveland. Mike Cleveland promotes a new playlet Bobby with comedy and pathos in a high standard Monday show.
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Fox Lyric Press
Bridgeport
New Haven
Fox Lyric Theatre
Baseball Four
George Crabb
Brooklyn
Keating
Cobb
Wagner
Speaker
Johnson
Weed
Mathewson
George Finkelstone
al von Tilzer Music Publishing Company
New York
Eddy Family
Burke
de Rhone
Kamplain
Bell
Miss Cleveland
William Fox
Mike Cleveland
Bobby
Gertrude Dean Foorbes
Poli's Vaudeville Promises Big Week Of Acts At Poli Theatre
Poli's vaudeville and first run photo plays showcase a packed week with bold acts. Mysterio headlines the first three days claiming escape feats wow police across countries. The 7 Bracks from New York Hip podrome join as top billed risky artists. The Gypsy Countess performs a European opera to ragtime mix. Pearson and Goldie present an act called the act dainty. Albert Donnelly stars as a comedy shadowgraphic act. Elwood and Brickett deliver a comic turn with affordable prices.
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Poli
Polis New Theatre
Mysterio
Pearson
Goldie
Albert Donnelly
Elwood and Brickett
Gay Masqueraders and The Three Widows at Park Theatre tonight
The Park Theatre presents The Gay Masqueraders a two act comedy The Three Widows with a clever plot and funny situations featuring George B Scanlon Mark Adams and Countess Hedwig von Mueller Also appearing Eddie Nelson Sam Rose Stephen Paul Mabel Clarke Lillian Webb and Mildred Gilmore The chorus performs songs by Ted Snyder and Irving Berlin with lyrics by Ray Goetz and staging by Julian Alford The City of Bridgeport celebrates Old Home Week with Fred Gilman hosting a season of entertainment
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George B. Scanlon
Mark Adams
Hedwig von Mueller
Scanlon
Marks
Eddie Nelson
Sam Rose
Stephen Paul
Mabel Clarke
Lillian Webb
Mildred Gilmore
Ted Snyder
Irving Berlin
Ray Goetz
Julian Alford
Vaudeville Anniversary Featuring Ceballos and Whalen Trio
The bill for the town’s vaudeville anniversary includes the Ceballos act with Mona Desmond, produced by Ince, alongside Jos Minnie and Martha Whalen returning after 40 weeks. John J. Reynolds directs music with special Old Home week numbers by a larger orchestra. Tickets are selling fast after yesterday’s advance sale. Cyr Remover advertised at Cyrus Pharmacy.
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Mr. Gilman
Ceballos
Mona Desmond
5. S. Schubert, Ince
New York Winter Garden
Jos
Minnie
Martha Whalen
Whaiens
Gilman
John J. Reynolds
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tarkington and
Wilson
B. H. S. Notes
Willard Allen
Russ Porter
Columbia
Heir's Lot
Waterbury
Crosby High
Elks Plan
Louis Vereili
Columbus Place
Fox’s Lyric Theatre
the Park
Fred Gilman
Cyrus Pharmacy
Fairfield Avenue
Lyford Bros
Daniel Pike
Marguerite Stark
Countess Champigny
Ethel Granger
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