Under Cover at Lyric Theatre and Big Sunday Night Program
The Lyric presents Hat Cooper Megrue’s Under Cover at the Cort style run, with Cecil Spooner bringing the production to New York audiences. It features a Secret Service pursuer and a smugger with a $200,000 necklace, and promises thrills and a strong love interest. Also on the bill are Mabel Taliaferro in Her Great Price, Sidney Drew in The Swooners, and Over Niagara Falls with Bentley’s Orchestra. The Eternal Sappho stars Theda Bara in a five act photoplay. Briscoe Four and supporting acts provide musical comedy entertainment.
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Apaurotay
Hat Cooper Megrue
Cort Theatre
York
Cecil Spooner
Lyric
United States Secret Service
Broadway
Isham
All America
Mabel Taliaferro
Sidney Drew
Niagars Falls
Theda Bara
Charley Chaplin
Eddie Carr
Peg Rosedale
Adonis
The Results of War at Poli's theater
The program at Poli's showcases a large mechanical and scenic production titled The Results of War. It depicts the ravages of war with vivid realism, showing destruction in a major European conflict as spectators view the spectacle as a visual presentation rather than a traditional motion picture.
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Poli's
Seo
Tos
Theda Bara
Plaza Show Highlights Wealthy Viewers and Stage Acts
The Plaza program features Susan Rocks the Boat with Dorothy Gish and Owen Moore, plus five part Triangle film, Ted Warwick and the Kiddies' Burglar act with notable violin and dance, Thomas and Henderson singing and dancing, Frank Markley on banjo, Aeroplane Girls aerial gymnastic, and the two part Keystone comedy Her Marble Heart with Murray Fazenda.
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Plazaerday
Susan
Dorothy Gish
Owen Moore
Triangle
Ted Warwick and Company
Thomas and Henderson
Vaudevilian
Frank Markley
Keystone
Charles Murray
Mabel Fazenda
Empire Screen Star Hazel Dawn Stars In The Food Girl
Hazel Dawn portrays the carefree mountain girl in The Food Girl at the Empire. The five part Paramount feature promises thrills and dramatic climaxes as two mountain bands wage a feud. Evening and tomorrow showings highlight a tale of suspense and romance amid rugged settings.
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Hazel Dawn
Famous Players Paramount
Empire Theatre
Aime
Iron Mountain Sets Rift Between Rivals in New Film
Railway engineers explore a disputed territory hoping to unite feuding factions as a Famous Players Paramount photoplay promises a stirring tale. The program also features several other first run masterpieces for an entertaining night.
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Iron Mountain
Famous Players Paramount
Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth Arrives Friday
The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth plans a Friday arrival with 89 rail cars, a 630 foot big top, 1500 staff, 750 horses, 40 elephants, a three mile street parade, and a three hour arenic performance led by Arthur E. Diggs advertising. The show features Persia or the Pageants, a baby giraffe, and champions in various feats.
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Barnum & Bailey
Arthur E. Diggs
Arenic
Persia
Stepney Social Notes and Local Obituaries
STEPNEY residents hosted visiting relatives including Miss Helen and Bertha Broderick of Bridgeport at Mrs. Emily D. Leavenworth home. Mrs. Betsey Whitlock Hawley’s funeral was held at her Bridgeport area home with Rev. Henry Habersham officiating. she died at 70, survived by Frederick Hawley and two sons. Interment was at Elm Street Cemetery. Milton B. Hawley upgrades his house with a veranda. Turney Northrop buys Rockwell place near Stepney schoolhouse and may move here after selling his farm. Harmony Grange to visit Far Mill River in Huntington Friday evening. Levi Edwards sustained serious injuries.
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Helen
Bertha Broderick
Bridgeport
Emily D. Leavenworth
Moses Hull
Carrie Morgan
Betsey Whitlock Hawley
Henry Habersham
Hawley
Frederick Hawley
Frederick, Jr
George
Elm Street
Milton B. Hawley
Turney Northrop
Rockwell Place
Stepney
Harmony Grange
Cecil Spooner in Under Cover at Lyric Theatre
Cecil Spooner company brings Under Cover a modern melodrama from New York to the Lyric Theatre next week. The plot follows customs agents pursuing a necklace smuggler valued at 200000 as they navigate social pressure and a society woman drawn into the case, ending with a surprising curtain twist.
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Roi Cooper Megrue
United States Secret Service
Cecil Spooner Company
Lyric Theatre
Cort Theatre
New York
Boston
Chicago
Brother Fined for Mill Accident and Local Social Notes
A man injured near his brother's mill after stepping on a loose timber suffered broken ribs and bruises while his sibling also had a similar accident last week. A Clover Leaf Whist club meeting occurred at Riverside hall with Mr and Mrs Charles Lacey hosting. Ella Beyer and Marjorie Coit visited in Sherman. A group including Milon Hawley and Blanche Gilbert took a motor trip to New Milford.
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Daniel Edwards
Clover Leaf Whist Club
Riverside Hall
Charles Lacey
Ella Beyer
Marjorie Coit
Miss Beyer
Sherman
Milon B. Hawley
Frank Gilbert
Elliott Peck
Clayton Hawley
Blanche Gilbert
New Milford
Swedish church on Lee Avenue eyed for boys club home
Albert DeLemos of Wordin Avenue bought the Swedish church on Lee Avenue at auction for about 3475 dollars. The building is expected to house the West End Boys' club. Meanwhile German steamers Kolga Bianca and Hera were submarined off Landsort Sweden.
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Lee Avenue
West End Boys’ Club
Albert DeLemos
Wordin Avenue
Kolga
Bianca
Hera
Landsort
Sweden
Irish Minstrels and Dance at Eagles Hall
Seerae ee eased Irish Minstrels and Dance Given By Division No. 1 A. O. H. At Eagles Hall Thursday Friday Saturday Evenings May 18 19 20 Music Bracken's Orchestra J. J. O'Neill Prompter Curtain rises at 8 sharp Admission 35 Cents.
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Seerae Ee
Eagles, Hall
Bracken
J. J. O’neill
Atlas Powder Co Declares Quarterly and Extra Dividends
Directors of Atlas Powder Co. declare the regular quarterly dividend of 3 percent and an additional 3 percent dividend on common stock. This action signals strong earnings and returns to shareholders.
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Atlas Powder Co
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Atiusemi
People’s Playhouse
Park Theatre
POLIS
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Comeng
Dorothy Gish and
Paris
Thomas &Henderson
Jesse Lasky
Ted Warwick & Co
Sapho
LEIA
Wittiam Fox Proouwuctio
Customs House
Susis
Europe
United States
Secret Service
Quilty’s School of Dancing
Es Ae
New London
Briscoe
Eddie Carr & CO
Adonis & Company
Pavlova
Keeneys Empire Theatre
Best Zaramotn Pictures
Ali
Daniel Frohman
Cecil
Spooner
Inva
England
Ralph Bolter
Joseph Acon
Evertoe Dees
W. H. Isham
Populus
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