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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1928
Page
16
Fragmentary OCR yields a biographical sketch praising a man of notable professional achievement. The text hints at a revered status, a celebrated career, and a life marked by distinctive talents and influence. Details are garbled but imply recognition by peers and public esteem.
A dubious advert promotes Gecipe as a hair remedy claiming it can darken gray hair. The short copy urges readers to buy the product, presenting a simple sale pitch with no verifiable claims or sourcing details.
An old advertisement touts Foleys Honey and Tar Cough Remedy. It claims a natural blend of pine tar, honey, and other ingredients stops troublesome coughs and offers relief. The ad highlights quick soothing action and widespread availability.
The article notes Davis, long known on stage since youth, now a permanent Molly wood screen comedian. He is praised for his varied performances with notable roles in The Gentle Mad Ad Ventures and Captain Ren. The piece mentions Dia’s dazzling screen presence and engagement with the Majesties Concerts and new reels.
Brent Piebka delivers a commanding performance as a revolutionary in The Last Command. She earns praise for dramatic scenes while Jannings, the Russian commander, watches her rise and falls in a vaudeville bill stacked with novelty acts and Chaplin's The Circus opening next Sunday.
Fantasies Parisienune leads a vibrant vaudeville act at Pots with top singing and music talent. Dancer Miss Dozie De Mertier and pianist Joseph Maros anchor a stellar cast including Enzo Costa and Esthe Ralston in a backstage style Paramount feature The Spotlight. Nell Hamilton stars with Lew Welch Co wlth Bar Rest Estate Eddie O Rourke and Blanche Krebs in Sit Down. Charlotte Worth In Bits of Broad way Hita and Presert and Schofield offer a complete package as a new Our Gang scream Play ing Hooker ane latest News issue conclude features
A theatre piece in New York centers on a secretary who hires two maids to spy on a society as her sister joins the scheme. The comedy blends sharp wit with moments of sobering warmth as deception unfolds and audiences enjoy the lively premise.
Mary Pickford appears in a new romance packed with light humor at Park City theatre. A key sequence features a dramatic basement chase through a five-and-ten store, with Pickford as a diligent stock girl slipping away to a quiet nook for chats with the millionaire owner’s son, amid comic misadventure.
Viton McLaglen stars as Escamillo in Raoul Walsh directed Loves of Carmen at Fox Films Pilot. The hard boiled Captain Plagg from What Price Glory is shown in the title role with the virile bullfighter edge. The big fellow underwent severe training period including toe bending and sword pankos Rio.
Officials from Bridgeport including City Engineer James A McElroy City Clerk Alfred W Burdick and others are summoned as witnesses in Superior Court on the trial brought by Mary A Thelin against Frederick H Downs and the City of Bridgeport over injuries from a brick falling from a wall near Main and John streets two years ago. The suit claims a city cut through John street private wall liability disputed as the wall was a party wall and later removed by the city. Downs contends no responsibility.
The Jazz Singer dominates at Cameo entering its third week while Al Jolson wowed audiences as a dramatic star. Douglas Fairbanks returns to Cameo in The Gaucho, a peppy tale set on the South American Pampas with romance and action. A new vaudeville act opens with the photoplay.
James Olner Cur woods Back to Gods Country with Renee Adcree and Robert Frazer presents Chief Toma the international baritone in full war paint portraying Sioux life with war dance. A special matinee for children is planned at 1:15 oclock.
Ernest Johnson a 40 year old paper maker from Montville died at Bockus hospital after being struck on the Nor wich Montville highway by Hibberd R Norman an attorney and county health officer. Johnson was walking on the concrete highway when hit and hurled toward trolley tracks as an oncoming car halted within a foot. He is survived only by his widow.
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