Plazas Variety Show Delights Audiences With Varied Acts
The Plaza theatre presented a hit program with Tom Mix’s Three Gold Coins and the Gypsy Songsters delivering top performances. Acrobats Russell and Devitt, May and May, and Lessig and Loring offered lively drama and comedy while Mitzi Park’s Park appearances teased what songs she would sing next. West End features Wanda Hawley in Miss Hobbs and a Fox Sunshine comedy. Poli theatre hosts American Legion events with Bessie Leonard and Porray plus Dixie Four and other vaudeville acts. Shows also include Sick Abed on screen and Pathe News.
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Russell and Devitt
Acromedians
Lessig and Loring
May
International News
West End
Realart Pictures
Wanda Hawley
Miss Hobbs
London
New York
Fox Sunshine
Fix News
Wallace Reid
Pathe News and Review
Insecticide Sale Claims Against Bed Bugs
An ad extols a 35 cent box of seven for killing bed bugs and other pests. It mentions a formula by Co. Terre Haute and P. DB Q and notes distribution through HinGie's Drug Store and other leading druggists. The text presents dubious, promotional claims with misspellings and unclear product details.
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D. Y
Uke
Terre Haute
Tad
Stage Whispers and Tonight's Hollywood Buzz
Hollywood notes report Douglas Fairbanks arriving on the coast with Fred Niblo set to direct United Artists season opener The Curse of Capistrano has been bought for Fairbanks Violet Mersereau contends with supposed kinship claims over a vaudeville sisters team Jane Cowl shatters box office records in San Francisco Denver and Los Angeles prior engagements New musical with Eddie Cantor to feature pianist Edythe Baker and her baby grand Owen Moore survived a 500 foot plane fall without serious injuries Kaiser seeks to adopt Rozene Greppin and Kramer family matters loom over others Theda Bara returns quietly from Europe as other entertainers move through New York and San Francisco productions The entertainment world buzz continues with legal notices, theatre events, and industry rumors.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Fred Niblo
United Artists
the Star
Jane Cowl
Curran Theatre
San Francisco
Playhouse
West
Curran
Selwyn Coffers
iQenver
Miss Cowl
Los Angeles
Miss Cow
Selwyn Office
Opera comeback planned at Rivoli by New School ensemble
The article notes a return to opera for Mr. Riesenfeld’s audiences at the Rivoli New York, with performances by the New School of Opera and Ensemble during the last week of September. George Walsh is sprinting on Dynamite Allen, an original story by Thomas Fallon, likely his final Fox production as Walsh’s contract ends in early September.
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Rivoli
New York
Riesenfeld
New School of Opera and Ensemble
Sho
Sie
George Walsh
Dynamite Allen
Thomas Fallon
Fox
Walsh
Diamond Dyes directions urge careful use on fabrics
A fragment urges readers to say Diamond Dyes and to follow package directions to avoid streaking or damaging material while dyeing. The brief note emphasizes insisting on Diamond Dyes and cautions proper usage.
Freezone Eases Corn Pain Then Removes It Quickly
An ad touts Freezone as a painless corn remedy. A tiny bottle costs a few cents and promises instant relief for hard and soft corns and corns between toes with no soreness, followed by easy removal with fingers.
Ince to Start Production On The Bronze Bell
Thomas Ince prepares immediate production on The Bronze Bell a feature from Louis Joseph Vance to be released as an Ince Vance special by Paramount Artcraft.
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Thomas Ince
Louis Joseph Vance
Ince-Vance
Paramount Artcraft
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Paris
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West Fifty-ninth Street
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Greppin
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Nora Bayes
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the Garrick
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Miss Varesi
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