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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1927
Page
14
A spoof page edited by Maxsmn Foxashduce presents playful verses and jokes about gifts and Santa. Readers are invited to solve a puzzle involving Santa and Mary Jane, with frayed rhymes and quirky captions from various contributors.
Between 2:07 p.m. Saturday and 9:45 p.m. seven small fires stretched the local fire department. A stove fire at 269 Carton Street damaged the kitchen. a chimney fire at Morris Ludo Home produced no damage. a grass and brush fire near Sylvan Avenue and the railroad trestles drew several alarms and was fought with brooms. a final grass fire near Augustine Cemetery caused by dry grass burned briefly but caused no damage.
ABridgeport column imagines future Christmas days through 20 40 years of progress. Automagic heating, electric alarm signals, mail delivered by carriers, boosted travel, and radio the at-home party spirit. Hosts greet guests from around the world via telephones and broadcasts.
Poli's Vaudeville theater opens a holiday program featuring Ste James Barrie play Quality Street with Marlon Davies and Conrad Nagel, a six act vaudeville bill, and the tropical Aloma of the South Seas presented by Poll Players. The program includes Our Gang spoof Spooks and the John Gilbert Garbo drama Love at Poll's Majestic.
Holiday program at the Cameo theatre features Vitaphone and Loves of Carmen with Dolores Os Rio and Victor McLaglen. The scene recalls What Price Glory with Carmen as a cigarette girl and McLaglen as a torcedor. Eddie Peabody in Banjolard along with Crowell Purvis Dun can Harring Zea and Red he Follies Entertainers headline jazz orchestras.
Rang Tang starring Miller and Lyles plays Shubert Theatre New Haven for three nights starting December 29 with a Saturday matinee. The show, written for the pair, features 35 cast members plus a 20 voice chorus and Ford Dabney's 20 piece orchestra.
The Messrs. Shubert present for three days only beginning Monday December 26 at the Shubert theatre a new musical comedy Lovey Dovey Edna Leedom and Guy Watson are featured with a large supporting cast including Doris Patston Jack Sheehan Wesley Pierce and Hazel There is a large beauty chorus. The plot translates the French farce Dejeuner de Soleil into musical comedy with light breezy story and lively performances.
The Palace presents Lon Chaney in London After Midnight with shadows and strange denizens of the Great Beyond. Marceline Day stars as the heroine, Conrad Nagel as the lover, and Joyce White leads The Spirit of Broadway Christmas show with a company of twenty.
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