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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1927
Page
19
A collage of quirky quips and jokes from The Fun Shop edited by Maxson Foxnall, featuring pun laden exchanges and theatrical banter. Characters mock politics and social foibles while lighthearted skits reveal playful wordplay and absurd humor through snippets and captions.
An advertisement claims Wyeths Sage and Kul Read products will darken gray hair with regular use. It describes applying a preparation from a large bottle using a brush to cover strands, promising quicker results and a youthful, glossy appearance after one or two applications.
Mexico City dispatch reports Dr. Pedro J. Zepeda, Nicaraguan Liberal representative, denouncing alleged false documents in U S papers. He warns they aim to widen Latin American rifts and scuttle a Havana Pan American conference, while asserting no funds or influence from Mexico or President Coolidge. The Mexican foreign office calls the documents scandalous and opportunistic and says they were predated and offered to blackmail Mexico.
Easton, Nov 16. The Ladies Aid society of the Congregational church has indefinitely postponed the Thursday meeting at Mrs Leroy Turney's home. Rehearsals for Epworth League play The Sky Riders and Light House Nan are scheduled for Thursday and Friday nights respectively.
A new electrically magnetised checker board using EIel based pieces attracts a full set to any of its four sides without a single piece dropping. The innovation promises smoother play and novel strategies as players experiment with the magnetic field guiding each piece during movement.
Ralph Spence's Broadway mystery comedy The Gorilla has become a motion picture starring Katka Fred Kelsey as Detective Mulligan and Fred Kelsey as Garrity. Charlie Murray co stars as Mulligan and Garrity. The Majestic theatre screens the feature Saturday with a strong supporting cast including Alice Day Walter Pidgeon Tully Marshall Claude Gillingwater Gaston Glass Syd Crosely and Aggie Herring.
The Cameo screens East Side, West Side with Vitaphone, featuring the Happiness Boys, Russ Wildey, Billy Sheehan, Knight Mac Gregor, Hazel Green, and her jazz band. Starting Saturday, Two Arabian Knights stars W Boyd Louis Wolheim and Mary Astor in a war story without war elements. Also new Vitaphone acts include George Jessel, The Record Boys, Arnaut Brothers, and The Lash with Hal Crane, Richard Tucker, and William Davidson.
City church groups take turns acting as waitresses for Community Chest campaign workers at report meetings. The first group, Women's Guild of United Church, served, followed yesterday by St John’s Episcopal members led by Pauline Hall and a long list of volunteers.
The Palace presents a new program led by Conway Tearie in Isle of Forgotten Women with Dorothy Sebastian as a native island girl and Alice Calhoun as a charming American beauty. Gibson Gowland, Harry Semele, Wil lam Welch, and Eddie Harris share duties as castmates with many extras, Rae Samuels headlines vaudeville with Mildred Land at piano, and the program includes Dance Moods with Don Lee and Mile. Lowse, The Man From Jugglonia, and Ervel and Dell as additional acts.
Marion Davies stars in The Fair Co ed at Pols Majestic theatre with Campus Capers prologue. Tonight the anniversary week features a cake cutting at 7 30 in the lobby with a share of 100 dollars in gold and silver inside The Diamond Set Revue. Campus Capers offers Murray and Fayne dancers Anna Belle Moore comedienne Carl Larson and Majestic Serenaders. Short film bill includes Majestic News Aesop s Fables and Our Gang Comedians with the Collegians chapter on the bill.
Poll Players present What Anne Brought Home at the Lyric theatre this week. The virile wholesome comedy by Larry E Johnson follows a young married couple returning to her family to start anew, offering diverting modern American life. Produced by Earl Carroll, previously seen at Wallack's.
A first class amateur frake opens tonight at Polls Vaudeville theatre. The program features De Mule production Man Bait with Marie Prevost Kenneth Thompson and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. plus Charney Chase comedy and Pathe News. Headliners Emil Boren Cleo Baldwei and Luc Lindy Girls Otto and Orello vaudeville novelty Dave Ray and Harry Btone Two Stars Of Nothing complete the bill.
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