Legion Seeks Answers for 2009 Missing in Action Veterans
The American Legion reports more than 2,009 death and disappearance cases from the American Expeditionary Forces with families awaiting definitive word. Families describe delays, conflicting reports, and sightings after official declarations. The Legion’s Roll Call column publishes letters from gold star mothers and relatives seeking accountability, with contact details for updates on specific cases from airmen, infantry, and nurses units.
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American Legion
American Expeditionary Forces
American Legion Weekly
France
War Department
America
Stage Whispers and Hollywood Notes From The Era
A collage of entertainment news covers marriages in high society with E. B Barrymore and Blanche M Thomas, plus film contracts for Al Jolson and legal cases involving Chaplin and Ziegfeld. Other items note Paris marriage ties, naval naturalization for Jack Pickford, cafe arrest in Chicago, and plans for lavish European film projects tied to Spanish magnates and King Alfonso.
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United States Navy
John Charles Pickford
Jack Pickford
U.S
Oscar A. Trippet
United States
Congress
Jack
George V
Pickford
Navy
Brooklyn
Beverly Hills
Olive Thomas
West 53Th St
New York
Hamilton
Canada
American film figures and stage plans in London and California
London reports say Owen Moore, ex-husband of Mary Pickford, seeks Broadway success on the British stage after arriving in London with Myron, Selznick associates, and Hobart Henley. Across the ocean, Abraham Lincoln continues to draw big crowds at the Cort, while Bernice Haley of the Haley Sisters plans December marriage and retirement with Walter Wolff. The Marion Davies company stays in California until October 1 to film Buried Treasure, with scenes on Spreckles yacht Venitia.
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London
Owen Moore
Mary Pickard
Moore
Caronia
Myron
David Selznick
Louis Brock
Selznick
Hobart Henley
Corinne Barker
William Harris, Jr
Abraham Lincoln
Marion Davies Company
George Baker
California
John D. Spreckles
Bernice Haley
Haley
Chicago
Walter Wolff
Death in making of a photo drama reel
Posthumous reel of the late daring Lieut. Ormer Locklear to be shown, highlighting the fatal outcome of his daring stunt in the making of a photo drama.
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Ormer Locklear
West End Viola Dana in Dangerous to Men at Metro
Theatres in town feature Viola Dana in Dangerous to Men a six act Metro picture from H V Esmonds drama Eliza Comes to Stay is the feature at night Society is founded on clothes Carlyle says and the girl in the picture proves it Wednesday Pauline Frederick in The Woman in Room 13 at Empire D W Grimm presents The Greatest Question a First National feature touching on the Hereafter The Plaza shows The Island of Regeneration with Antonio Moreno Edith Storey and dramatic thrills. Barrett Greenwood and Col headlining vaudeville today.
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Carle Carleton
Edith Day
Irene
London
Colonial Film Co
Miss Day
West End
Viola Dana
Metro
H. V. Esmond
Eliza
Carlyle
Pauline Frederick
Room 13
Empire
D. W. Grimm
First National
Empire Theatre
Poli's Theatre Bill Brims With Gish Stars and Vaudeville Acts
The program today through Wednesday features Dorothy Gish spoof Remodeling Her Husband with Lillian Gish directing and James Rennie star. Also on the bill are Eddie Polo in Vanishing Dagger, International News, Fame News, a Sennett comedy, and Hasard Short Dream Stars with Harry Murray and others. The Dooleys, Jed Dooley and Barrett Greenwood & Co headline a varied vaudeville lineup including Lamond and Bradbury and Fancini Brothers balancers.
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Cing
Williams Pierce
Edler
de Vora
Zemater
Flying Minstrels
Eddie Polo
Hill Polis
Dorothy Gish
Poli’s
Lillian Gish
James Rennie
Paramount
Sennett
Laurence Schwab
Dream Stars
Hassard Short
Harry Murray
Gladys Joye
Jeanne Berkley
Bernice la Rue
Thomas Havey
Leon Louise
Jed Dooley
Dooleys
Bill
John Ethel
Gordon
Jed
Barrett Greenwood & Co
Lamond and Bradbury
Fancini Brothers
Nand Balancers
Not As Expected A Wife Takes A Two Pound Week Job
A wife secures a two pound weekly job after trouble meeting family expenses. She rehearses a dramatic reply to her husband who resists her working, then returns home to reveal the news as he enters. The scene centers on gender roles and financial strain in the home.
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George
Gasoline Smell Sparks Witty Exchange At The Movies
In a comic exchange, Mr. Chugeins remarks he is glad the gasoline odor is strong, joking that if it smelled nicer it would trigger perfume prices. A puzzled observer asks what has become of the tellmen, while Alice sits in front of the speaker at the cinema.
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Mr.Chugeins
Alice
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Wileey
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Walnut St
Alexandria
Ind
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Hills
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FE. 3
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Blanche M. Thomas
Leonard M. Thomas
Philadelphia
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Charles M. Ooelrichs
Charles de L. Oelrichs
Russell G. Colt
Ethel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymo
al Jolmon
Jack Hughes
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr
Ziegfeld
Imperator
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Jos. M. Schenck
Norma Talmadge
Abe Gault
Marie Andres
Olive Cornell
Ziegfeld Follies, Inc
Miss Cornell
Charlie Chaplin
Mildred Harris Chaplin
Mia. Chaplin
Chaplin
Dolly Sisters
Albert de Courville
Hippodrome
Charles B. Cochran
Dollys
Comstock & Gestrevus
Harry
Ias
Spain
Raynard Go
Barcelona
Alfonso
Naomi Childers
Luther Reed
Ann Lisle
the Times
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Antonio Moreno
Williams & Pierce
Edler Sisters
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Main St
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Frisbie
Wholesone
Wonder
Pathe News
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Soviet Russia
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Gladys Joyce
Hassard
Lawrence Schwab
Greenlie
Drayton
Francini Bros
Toy-Ling-Foo
Jempire
D. W. Griffith
Universal News
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Love Extra
Lost
Metro Presen
Naugatuck
New York Pier
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