Paradise Ray Rockett presents at Palace this week
Amusements column reviews Ray Rockett’s drat production for First National at the Palace featuring Milton Silla in the star role with Matty Brenson and a strong supporting cast. Also highlights a Hamilton adaptation, Eileen Shanton and George Wilson in vaudeville acts, Red Grange film in Lyric, plus Campus Girl and other stage items with talent and fashion-focused segments.
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Paradise
Ray Rockett
First National
Palace Theatre
Milton Silla
Starrez
Matty Brenson
Irving Wilat
Rockett
Hesides Sills
Misa Bronson
Kate Price
Charles Murray
Lieva Whithoek
Iva Shapsen
Noah Beery
Lise’ Iy
Amilton
Sparrows at Majestic Theatre with Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford stars in Sparrows at Majestic Theatre. A tale of eight imprisoned girls on Grimes farm blending suspense and humor. Gustav von Seyffertity as Grimes delivers a Dickensian villain portrayal amid bleak setting and a hopeful Mollie guiding the children with faith and resilience.
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Mary Pickford
Sparrows
Miss Pickford
Little Waits
Mama Mollie
Grimes
Gustav von Seyffertity
Mollie
Thia
Boy Named as Football Mascot Officially
Walter McLean a thirteen year old from Beaver Falls was officially recognized as Geneva College football mascot after his stealthy ascent into a train berth. Geneva players who were en route to Boston to meet Harvard noticed his presence and brought him to their hotel. He witnessed the Geneva Harvard game from the bench and will accompany the team on remaining trips this season.
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Boston
Walter McLean
Beaver Falls
Hans
Bo. McMilin
Geneva
Ata
Benver Falls
Massachusetts
Harvard
Walter
Ro Memamn
Winter Prep Jokes and Schooling Sketches in Fun Shop Odds
A humorous collage from a 1920s style page features jokes about winter preparation, a comic about Hoathby the actor being drunk, a drawing anecdote with a bird and a hawk, quips on women burglary and dog watches, and playful classroom taunts. It includes mock ads for stenography courses at The Fun Shop School and letters praising the school, plus a cartoonish exchange about a baby, a postmaster and a cake saw gag, all in a light, period tone.
Lordship Company Files Bankrupt to Owe $102 Assets
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in New Haven by the Lordship company, operator of Lordship Beach amusements, with assets of 102.52 and liabilities totaling 190,747. Principal creditors include Walter B. Lashar and Hirst National Bank, while $100 in real estate remains tied to the Wilkenda land. The firm has not operated recently, leasing its property instead.
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United States District Court
New Haven
Lordship Company
Lordship Beach
F. A. Bartlett
Stratford
Walter B. Lashar
Hirst National Bank of Bridgeport
Barnlett
Wilkenda Land Company
Lashar
Bartlett
Wilkenda Company
Cameo Theatre presents The Old Soak and family drama
The Cameo Theatre shows The Old Soak this week directed by Howard Sloman with Jean Hersholt starring. A family tale blends human foibles and subtle comedy as the son steals to gift his fiancée while the old man bears the blame. Henry Kelly appears on stage alongside Fox News, travelogues, a cartoon, and a musical program.
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Bebe Daniels
Paramount Picture
Poly Vaudeville Theatre
Patricia Mansfield
Patricia
Alma Neflaon
America
Favaudeville
Dan B. Ely
Willy Atkins
Fierabet Lee
Madith Hallisey
Lynn Burne
Anita Pant
Kink
Tangle
Manning Flappers
Mack Sennett
Glenn Trven
Pathe News
Cameo
Howard Sloman
Jean Hersholt
Iols
Bettecn
Soak
Thorus
Toper
Cannes
Fox News
Henry Kelly
barHone
de Wolf Hopper
Fortune Gal
Connecticut Health Officials Attend Meet in Buffalo
Hartford October 4 About fifty Connecticut health officials will attend the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Buffalo October 11 14 Information received here today by Dr. Stanley Ti Oscomb commissioner of health for the state and Jarie A Winslow of Yale a member of the state council of public health is president of the national organization this year and will make the opening address The association includes health officials from parts of North America.
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Ffty
Connecticut
American Public Health Association
Buffalo
Stanley Ti
Oscom
A. Winslow
Yale
State Council of Public Health
North Amerca
Floods in India Kill Two Hundred in Mandla
Central India dispatch from Calcutta reports Mandla virtually wiped out by relentless rain storms. About 200 residents are drowned as floods devastate the town. Population figures cited show Mandla's size prior to the disaster.
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London
Mandla
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