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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1925
Page
18
A woman recounts saving her husband from the drinking evil through moral struggle and the Golden Treatment. The poem contrasts a sunlit heart with nights of moonshine and degradation, urging reform and faith in overcoming addiction.
An OCR fragment advertises a free treatment coupon offering assistance to families. It references Dr Js OW Falnes of Gleno Jade Cincinnati Ohio and promises a form of drink cessation in exchange for mailing the coupon. The legibility is poor and the exact offer is unclear.
Patrons recall the Bathing Beauties in a new run at the Union Theatre with Jack Hunt and the Jintes presenting their box of tricks and stage patter. Hazel Romaine, Sinnie Philips, Madison and Mane Hartt, and The Aeroplane Girls headline a two act program with singing, dancing, and mid air precision. Ladies invited to an afternoon performance as a finale features The Butterfly Whirl.
The article notes American audiences welcomed Italian settings in early cinema with The White Sister filmed in Rome. It previews Romola in Florence, Henry King’s Metro-Goldwyn production starring Lillian Gish, Matt Moore, Willam Russell, and Matthew Betz. It highlights themes of Italian culture and 1492 background, along with praise for American home life in Seven Chances and other features at local theaters.
An old time advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle herbal remedy to cleanse the blood and bowels. It claims cosmetic benefits for pimples, dullness, bad breath, and constipation, urging nightly use for a week with “olive air” colored tablets and a note on the product’s vegetable composition.
Local interest centers on Bobby Folsom offering Story Songs with John R. Agee’s Performing Horse the sole trained bull on stage today. The NY Hippodrome premier is recalled as the Brooklawn Riding academy hosts the act with veteran equestrian John R. Agee formerly with Ringling Brothers. The program adds Billy Swede Hall Co Miss Jennie Colborn in Hilda and appearances by Jimmy Bernice Foster frolics and news feature films including The Way of a Girl adapted from The Summons.
Polls Vaudeville features a top amateur night alongside a strong professional bill and the film Playthings of Desire with Benetta Taylor Mia. The lineup includes Jimmy Gliden and eight actresses in The Great Lovers, The Three Gennetts and their animal act, Not Now with Phornton and Carlton, Mammy Jinny, Mack Sennett comedy, Pathe News, and Miss Nance ONeill with Alfred Hickman in a vaudeville vehicle. The circus of acts promises music, song, and dance with romance and spectacle.
A tale explains how a grinning black cat used in Charley's Aunt advertising became a lucky emblem, driving the play’s success. The cat, nicknamed umbrella, symbolized the hit as it toured London for years and boosted profits for writer Brandon Thomas and star W F Penley.
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