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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
17
A long, garbled report notes Eclectic faces a 400 fine and intends to appeal to the Supreme Court. It mentions Dr Gerald A Richardson, Dr Hudson, and other medical figures involved in prior examinations and hearings. The piece references a courtroom posture and potential delays as appeals proceed.
A lavish week at Polis Vaudeville features the Great Nicole and his company with a deception themed show plus other acts including Mixon and Sans, Thomas and the Frederick Slaters, Dick Barton and D Dalton, Ally and Ethel, and a new feature The Smoke Titers. Corleon Mome stars in Twinkletoes at the Lyric, a dance and drama piece with Kenneth Hallan Gladys Brockwell and Tul ly Marshal in the cast.
The Hawaii adaptation of The Courage of Captain Plum opens at the Palace Theatre today as Captain's Courage. Edward Fore and Dorothy Dwan star in pivotal roles in a Christmas vaudeville program featuring The Faker comedy by Edwin Burke, Garden of Melody with ten performers, a children’s act Hott Seale, and attractions with Bisvon Herrbert and Barbara Need, Ray Kody, Martha Wilson, and Mintc.
The Third Degree screens at the Majestic today through the week with Dolores Costello in a sympathetic lead as Annie the trapeze artist. The film centers on a well to do man shot in his Fifth Avenue apartment and the clues surrounding his wife and alleged lover. The program also features King Vidor’s The Big Parade as praised by major newspapers and editorial boards.
Today women only will be admitted to the Park theatre where The Naked Truth an educational film is shown all week The picture exposes modern social evils and a conspiracy of silence It follows the lives of six youths and warns early childhood traer stages audiences as well as a male audience reel preview. Warner Brothers will present Vitaphone and John Barrymore in Don Juan at the Tomes theatre starting Christmas night with the Vitaphone prologue and a score by Mischa Elman and the New York Philharmonic under Henry Hadler Glosann Martinelli and a cast including Mary Astor Estelle Taylor and Helene Costello.
The Shubert theatre New Haven presents Lea Carrillo in The Padre a Christmas Day one night performance prior to the New York opening. The play set near Paris features a jovial priestly figure whose antics spark clashes and humor amid villagers and a lively supporting cast headed by Nini Pryant Vivian Tobin Robert Tee Allen and others.
Washington dispatch reports police have nearly stopped active search for Mrs Ramutt Houck wife of a St Elizabeths Hospital psychiatrist. Relatives believe she is alive but in hiding. Alienists detain Mr Houck for observation after he was found wandering in a street in Hamell X wearing only underclothes. He showed signs of mental imbalance and irrational talk. Doctors say he believes his wife is alive.
The government’s finance bill passed both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, imposing taxes on billboards and most forms of outdoor advertising, marking a new tax policy move by Paris authorities.
Easton reports a Christmas pageant Joy to the World to be staged at Jesse Lea Hall by 26 church members under Pastor Rey Howard B Warren. The program features twelve scenes with titles such as Paradise Lost and The Birth of Christ, actors listed, followed by a candlelight service and funeral notices for Henry infant son of Mr and Mrs Stephen Wotre.
The Dancing Masters of America Inc filed articles of association in Hartford as a Connecticut incorporation with about 2600 dancing masters from across the United States and Canada. Bridgeport’s Walter T. Soby serves as secretary treasurer, with leaders from Hartford and New England joining the new group formed from two historic associations.
London dispatch reports the American schooner Cleanor Fo Bare Tram missing per Lloyds. Bartram, commanded by Captain Perry with four of eight crew aboard, is believed washed ashore in the Caribbean hurricane impact last September. The vessel sailed from Norfolk August 28 bound for Puerto Cabello with coal. owners, Boston ship brokerage, have not received further word.
From Bucharest December 22 King Ferdinand has recovered from recent operations. He has left his bed and his general condition is considered satisfactory.
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