Vaudeville and film bill light up Poll's three days
Richard Carle headlines a varied program opening tomorrow at Poll's with a miniature farce The Roll Top Stocking set in a sanitarium plus Betty Compson in At The End Of The World and Dream Street top the Poli slate. New features at Park Lyric and West End theaters add to Bridgeport audience attractions with notable productions and local news on acting talent and cinema.
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Richard Carle
Poll's
America
Mr. Carle
Incing Dan Moyles
Cess Burt
Thomas Fadden
Hetty Pierce
Betty Compson
Paramount
Far East
D. W. Grifth
Poli
Shelia Terry & Company
Sheik
Griffith
Ralph Ince
Anna Steese Richardson
Edmund Breese
Francia X. Pinecnn
Amelia Allen
Lester
Gouverneur Morris
China
Frank Lloyd
George Choos
Jack Henry
Edythe Maye
West
Selznick
Park Wallace Reid
Star of Pictures
Park Theatre
Wally
Artists “Hall of Fame
Penfield Reef
Pete Dunn
Reform measures proposed by Dr. Wilbur F. Grafts
Dr. Wilbur F. Grafts of the International Reform Bureau told Methodist ministers in New York that defenses reforms are key. He urged nations at the Armament Conference to push for international prohibition after war problem talks. He cited a proposed 30 day marriage prohibition bill as a related action.
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New York
Wilbur F. ‘Freedom) Grafts
International Reform Bureau
Congress
War is hell and a fight against a changing world
Dr Crafts denounces youth degeneration and ads a heated platform opposing prohibition. He attacks nude pictures fueling moral decline and criticizes press publishing them and betting odds. He campaigns for a federal divorce law, church funding limits, and anti movies, tying it to postwar reckless spirit. Diphtheria bans public gatherings in Dehnhall, Conn, with about thirty cases reported.
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New York
Crafts
Deenwail
Conn
Joc
When A Girl Marries Dr Norman Keeps Her From Neal
A dramatic pursuit scene unfolds as Dr Norman, posing as a guardian, blocks the narrator from boarding a train to Neal. She resists, vows independence, and ends the drive under tension, while Miss Rathbun watches in cold judgment. The cliffhanger hints at further confrontations.
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Jebine
Harm's Wa
Neal
Fie
Don Juan
Weeping Willows
Miss Rathbun
Bandits Kill Insurance Man in Brooklyn HoldUp
Three burglars killed Charles Hayes, an insurance assessor, in East New York Brooklyn after he resisted a holdup. Hayes died from a head blow and a gunshot wound as a witness alerted a pursuing policeman who chased the trio for blocks before they escaped.
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New York
Charles Hayes
Brooklyn
Hayes
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