The Lion and the Mouse at Lyric Poli Players
The Poli Players open this week at the Lyric with The Lion and the Mouse a society drama featuring business and politics with a romantic thread. Arthur Dunn stars at the Plaza in Say Uncle a farce with music. Plus vaudeville acts Rose and Moon and Fun at the Hottentot Hotel.
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Lyric
Matinesa
Poli
New Lyric Theatre
Charles Bradley
Hambo
Frisco
the Hottentot Hotel
Heroes of Service at Firemen's Rally
Three speakers with frontline experience will address the state armory gathering of the Red Cross firemen Wednesday evening. General Day heads the rally with bands and a Liberty chorus of 150 Minute Women set to sing. Captain Whitwell will speak, joined by Sergeant Reilly and Pilot Eaton detailing war theater work and urging generous contributions.
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Red Cross
State Armory
David $. Day
Liberty
BE. Whitwell
Naval Aircraft Service
Thomas J. Reilly
Pershing
Sherbourne Eaton
Lafayette Trescadrille
France
First Battalion Connecticut State Guard Drills
The First Battalion under Major Elias S. Hall was mobilized yesterday morning for close order drill. They marched to Seaside park for battalion drill and were later reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Pr Cronin.
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Connecticut State Guard
Elias S. Hall
Seaside Park
Stephen Pr. Cronin
The Dot Fortune Teller 44 Interjects in Dark Rooms
The fortune teller pokes her head from a circular window and notes a young man unafraid of the dark. She hints such courage could shape a future serving the country, whether as burglar, detective, or other role, in a cryptic prophecy.
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Hatrigus
Bass
King Baggot Keeps Busy in California Sun
Renowned cinema star and director King Baggot works under the California sun shooting scenes by day and usingKlieg lights by night as he stays busy in the film industry.
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King Baggot
California
Heads Her Own Company Of Players
A fragment notes a woman heading her own troupe after years with her father William Braily in Bo te, marking a notable step in solitary leadership within the theatrical field.
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William Braily
Bo Te
Miss Allen Leaves Family Studio to Lead Own Company
Miss Allen rose to fame in motion pictures as a popular actress and later departed her father’s studio to head her own company. Among her greatest successes is the film Her Silent Sacrifice.
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Miss Allen
Dull Evening Exchange Sparks Sweet Decline
A brief social fragment shows a playful exchange about sweets and patriotism. The dialogue features a line about Mr Hoover advocating conservation of sweets and ends with a tease of no kiss tonight. The piece evokes a domestic, tongue in cheek mood with a hint of flirtation.
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