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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1916
Page
14
A lively PoliS show features Victor Morely in A Regular Army Man with a 15 member troupe, praised for witty songs and the double male quartet. Virginia Pearson leads the film Play Blazing Love, Barry Fisher shines in Partners, Kenny and Holli delight, Clara Howard sings well, and Collins and DeWall close with skating novelty.
Douglas Fairbanks headlines The Good Bad Man a five part Triangle play at the Plaza this week. He portrays Passin Thru an outlaw with hair raising stunts and a romantic subplot. Ford Sterling and Polly headline a vaudeville bill with Snow Cure and musical acts, plus a black face skit by Carsta and Tom Bown. E Mahoney, Hartford's singing cop, appears in uniform. The DeKock Troupe showcases acrobatics.
Geraldine Farrar stars in the five part Lasky Paramount feature Maria Rosa in a grand opera style drama. The plot follows Maria Rosa, a Spanish peasant girl loved by two youths, one jealous. A fatal act leads to a confession and a reunion of Maria Rosa with Andres.
A lyrical program of clean uplifting rural life with Ce cil Spenster leading a company in The Volunteer Organist after Nearly Marries. The tale centers on a fallen master of the organ who aids a church, with a ministerial plea and a ragged hero delivering a final, bewildering performance.
The Lyric presents a rustic Volunteer Organist with Cecil Spooner and company plus a boys choir with Masters Joseph Mason and Ralph Bolter. Mary Miles Minter stars in Lovely Mary, with Wade Dempster and Roland Manning in a tale of land, betrayal, and love. Sidney Drew also appears in Their Quiet Honeymoon and the Russian melodrama Brother Pentane Brother, with Bentley’s orchestra providing music.
Trenton’s leading man Pell Trenton is set to write and star in a new Lyric production titled Her Two Weeks Honeymoon. Cecil Spooner’s management plans an elaborate romance about two sisters from New England with Broadway dreams and cabaret life as a central motif.
Excerpts discuss physical culture and daily routines with humor. One section praises walking and bowling as healthful, urges daily practice, and describes leg raises and weight-anchored moves for endurance. A Farm Life piece notes life is a climb, using small steps to rise.
A caption note identifies Mrs Peckington in a photo studio scene. The exchange hints at a staged moment with a playful mispronunciation and a proverb about busyness versus idleness.
The long running dispute involving marine engineers in New York harbor has been resolved. Details confirm a settlement ending the strike and restoring normal port operations, with labor representatives and harbor authorities agreeing to terms to resume work.
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