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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1918

Page

6

Poli's and Plaza Stage Stars in Rural Comedy and Ghosts of Yesterday

This cinema card notes Poli theatre shows starring Charles Richman and Anna Q Nilsson in a patriotic rural comedy The Village Tinkers and mentions Fred Ardath and company. Norma Talmadge appears in Ghosts of Yesterday at Plaza with strong praise. Also advertised are Evans and other vaudeville acts, Birds of Prey at New Lyric and the Week program with Douglas Fairbanks Wilda and Wooly and Madame Jealousy with Pauline Frederick.

Poli’s Lewis J Charles Clark Fred Quimby Helen Buch al Abbott Down East Walters Cliff Sisters Kamplain Bell Wiliam Cahill and Company Leach Sisters Gates Finley Delano and Pike Lyric Birds of Prey New Lyric Broadway Poli Bridgeport New York Arvine Moving Picture World Douglas Fairbanks Hearst Pathe

Stars and Scenes in New Film Productions Mentioned

The article notes Roscoe guarantees a horse will stand without hitching in a scene with Patty Arbuckle and others. Franey creates scripts as he pursues rivaling comedians. John Tansey appears in The Brass Cheek with Bushman. Mary Miles Minter headlines A Bit of Jade with Holt and Hindu jewelry theft theme.

Patty Arbuckle al St. John Buster Sxeaton Alice Lake Roscoe John Tansey Francis X. Bushman Beverly Boyne George England Willis Davis Mary ‘Miles Minter Migs Minter

Lincoln's Birthday Dark Tuesday Ends Theatrical Silence

New York theatre notes mark Lincoln’s birthday as a Tuesday, a rare dark day since Hector was a pup. Two plays booked for Empire and Winter Garden with Ethel Barrymore and Al Jolson, while Jolson’s Sinbad headlines the Winter Garden. Other operatic and theatrical updates include Carmen with Marquarie Sylva, and future revivals of Everyman and Hindle Wakes, plus Diva Felisa Cansino’s growing fame.

New York Lincoln Hector Kentucky Ethel Barrymore al Jolson the Empire Winter Garden Barrymore Iden Payne R. C. Caryvon Charles Frohman Cyril Keightley Lyall Swete Albert Gran John Cope Edward Emery Eva le Gal- Yeene Cecelia Radcliffe Miss Barrymore Frank Tinney Sinbad Harold Atteridge Sigmund Rombert Mr. Jolson Hazel Cox Frituie von Busing Lawrence D’orsay Edgar Aitchison Ely James J. Corbett Eduardo Elisa Cansino Broadway Alfonso Chicago Grand Opera Company Carmen Marquariet Sylva America Opera Peras Azora Richard Ordynski Metropolitan Opera House Gareth Hughes Los Angeles Hindle Whit John Drew Enid Morel Quex Alice Chapin Harold Chapin Atlantic City Ethel Barry More R. C. Carton Lord Lady Algy Paul Kerr Selwyn and Company Senorita Felisa Cansino Ferne Rogers Richard Carle Middle West Chicago

Stenert Memorial Concert Leads With Frieda Hempel

Frieda Hempel tops the Metropolitan Opera roster praised as the era’s premier soprano. The New York star, famed since her release from European contract, headlines the Steinert Memorial series at Park Theatre next Wednesday with reserved seats available at Steinert's.

Metropolitan Opera House New York Frieda Hempel Miss Hempel Metropolitan Company Yeung Caruso Sembrich Melba Henmpel Floridarias India Park Theatre Main Street

Cinema Briefs From The West Show Cowboys And Stars

Lawrence D Orsay supporting Taylor Holmes in Ruggles of Red Gap wheels a buckboard at the Grand Canyon Arizona to film Western scenes. E Mason Hopper directs The Answer with Socialism as a keynote and spots a remarkable Alma Rubens likeness sketched by a poor artist. Virginia Valli assists Holmes on the Grand Canyon mule stunt and Fatty Arbuckle touts the laziest horse prize in The Bell Boy with an especially steady animal for stunts.

Lawrence D'Orsay Taylor Holmes E. Mason Hopper Aerogs Hopper Alma Rubens Virginia Valli Ruggles Red Gap Mr. Holmes Grand Canyon Arizona Fatty Arbuckle

Billy West Receives Requests for King-Bee Waltzes

Billy West composer of the King-Bee Waltzes has been flooded with requests at the Hollywood studio of the King-Bee Films Corporation for over two hundred copies of the waltzes dedicated to his admirers.

Billy West Hollywood King-Bee Films Corporation

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