Vitaphone and Barrymore at Cameo Amid Shifting Screen Oddities
Amusements pages outline a week of Cameo attractions headlined by Vitaphone and John Barrymore in Don Juan, with Weils, Eugene Howard, and the New York Philharmonic under Henry Hadley performing the full score. The program also features Mischa Elman, Giovanni Martinelli, The Four Aristocrats, and a vaudeville quartet. John Barrymore returns as the 19th century lover, with Estelle Taylor and others in the cast. The bill includes Keaton’s The General and The Sorrows of Satan, plus Valencia at Lyric with Mae Murray. Next week Park Theatre offers It Is Love by Martin Brown, a three‑act romance focusing on Daisy of a New York speakeasy, with Florence Rittenhouse in the lead.
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Vitaphone
John Barrymore
Weils
Eugene Howard
George White
Mischa Elman
Giovanni Martinelli
Metropolitan Opera Company
Heurline Vaudeville Quartette
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Henry Hadley
John Harrymore
Don Juan
Estelle Taylor
Mary Aster
June Mariown
Helene Costello
Warner Oland
Montagu Love
John Rouche
Spain
Mae Murray
Valencia
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Lyric Theatre
Dimitri Buchowetzaki
Lioyd Hughes
Phil Werner
Michael Goldreyer
Park Theatre
Martin Brown
Brown
Daisy
New York
Florence Rittenhouse
Bits of Broadway at Polls Vaudeville and Palace bill
The Flint National picture The Untame at Large heads the Polls Theatre lineup with Leon Errol Dorothy Mackall and Troup. A fog of acts including Quaton Antree C B Maddock’s bygone drays Al’s Heroes Goodsmiths Reve Bayne in From Eight to Twelve and a Holiday program at the Palace features Tin Hats and a long vaudeville bill with Olga Woods Walter Ward Ethel Dooley Tim tala dancing monkeys and more.
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Leon Errol
Broadway
Dorothy Mackall
Prottiott
Poll
Quaton
Antree
C. B. Maddock
Goodsmiths
Nprad Nagel
Bert Roach
George Cooper
Scrren
Edward Sedewick
Palace
Clare Windsor
Nagle
Mise Windsor
Roach
Cooper
Bert Aytell
Olga Woods
Walter Ward
Ethel Dooley
Bob Carbey
Jean
Fred Garett
Tolan Kokin
Timtala
Dancing Monkey
Lester Galvin
Charien O'Connor
Io the Dark
Ann Vesey
Sorrows of Satan at Majestic Tomorrow
The film adaptation of Marie Corelli's The Sorrows of Satan heads to FPoti's Majestic tomorrow with cast members Adolphe Menjou Lya De Putti Carl Dempster and Ricardo Cortez in the picturized version.
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Satan
Majestic
Marie Corellis
Adolphe Menjbu
Lya de Puti
Carl Dempster
Ricardo Cortez
Fpoti
Chinese Razor Use Limited to Hair Cutting in Buanghi
An AP dispatch from Buanghi reports almost all Chinese men shave with a razor only for hair trimming and not facial grooming. An itinerant barber, armed with a razor and a wooden stool, makes rapid work in city streets, using water and a towel with no soap. customers arrive looking as if sanded.
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Buanghi
China
Lawyers Eulogize Late Derby Judge in New Haven
The New Haven County Bar Association adopted resolutions at a special meeting to honor the late William H. Williams of Derby. Williams, a former president of the bar, superior court judge, and state's attorney, died in his 74th year, with Judge Isaac Wolfe reading the tribute and Mrs Williams present.
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New Haven
William H. Williams
Cop Follows Truck Seizes Wet Goods in Darien
Darien police bail Sebastian Goeppomo of New Britain at 3100 on liquor transport charge. Patrolman Amoy Anderson followed the suspect about two miles and stopped the truck, uncovering 160 gallons of alcohol hidden beneath floor boards.
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Darien
Sebastian Goeppomo
New Britain
Amoy Anderson
Goppomo
Anderson
Baby’s cries save family from fire in Feedingee home
The six month old infant of Mr. and Mrs. Bra Gagnon awakened the mother as lower story flames broke out early today in Feedingee, Springfield. The family escaped but their belongings were abandoned, and the baby’s cries were credited with saving the family from catastrophe.
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Springfield
Mass
Dee
Faithful Fido
Feedingee
Bra
Gagnon
New Year Tag Rush Ends as State Office Locks Doors
The State Motor Vehicle office on State street closed at 4 40 yesterday with doors shut and hours of entry blocked for New Year. Thousands queued overnight for 1927 license plates, and officials warned no grace period this year. Offices reopen Monday. About 125000 plates issued by close of day, far above 1913 totals but below 1937 demand. Stamford crowds blocked Atlantic Street and Broad Street as nearly 600 waited in line at 9 am for plates before year end.
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State Street
Sonia
Evers‘ane
State Motor Vehicle Office
Lafayette Street
GB. Stoeckel
Bridgeport
Stamford
State Motor Vehicle Department
Atlantic Street
Broad
Gay
Gay Street
Auction Bridge Denial Decisions in North South Hands
The article discusses bidding theory for five hands led by North with South as dealer. It weighs whether to deny spade support by overcalling or rebidding, considering diamond shortness, ruff timing, and the strength of hearts or clubs. It analyzes five example hands including Spade and No Trump paths to guide optimal declaration.
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North
South
Fun Shop New Year Wishes and Mischief
A quirky page blends jokes and greetings for New Year 1927. It features playful poems from The Fun Shop, a humorous exchange about insurance and habits, a cartoonish antic about a tall powder joke, and a light hearted street meeting on New Year morning with Abner Snell and Estelle Crosby exchanging well wishes and plans.
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Hullo
Abner
Estelle Crosby
Abner Snell
Stelle
Gosh
Dreamland dream interpretations and comic quips
A reader asks Mrs. Sutton to interpret a dream featuring a horse race and a courtroom verdict of habeas corpus in the second degree. The column weaves in humorous asides about lost cufflinks and a New Year gag from a Great Hunter, ending with a quip about 1927 as a gun year.
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Joan J. Sutton
Hunter
Zebu
Africa
Gunter
Marion
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