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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
7
Public box office notes invite readers to submit verse about movie theater crowds and intimacy without explicit detail. The contest promises two theater tickets for the best entry and details a humorous scene in which nearby spectators fear patrons embrace too closely. The text includes a call for limericks and blank verse and an explicit address line.
Madge Kennedy stars in The Truth at the Plaza's Plam theatre, adapted from Die Fitch's game tale of marital estrangement. The program includes Eight Lively Steppers vaudeville with Patsy Doyle and Jack Mave, Al and Nan De, and a two act drama by Chaney plus Nazimova’s Billions at West End.
Ethel Clayton enjoyed a Yosemite Valley motor trip with her brother Donald and their parents. She returned to Hollywood last week to begin work on Her Own Money for Paramount. Art Acord is finishing The White Horseman serial directed by Albert Russell with Iroln Forrester in a leading role. Universal plans Kissed, The Butterfly follows, while Prevost returns from New York to begin first production. Eddie Polo shifts from serials to a five reel circus life feature.
Natale Talmadge and Buster Keaton wed on a sunlit veranda at the Bayside summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Schenck. Justice Louis A. Valente officiated as Constance Talmadge and Mrs. Joseph Schenck served as matrons of honor while Ward Crane was best man.
Los Angeles June 2 Mary Pickford Fairbanks chats with Guy Price Jr America's youngest newspaper man as he interviews her about plans for a possible heir Price, 14, sits on her lap during the session Mary jokes about a nap on her bed and their playful exchange ends with a friendly bear hug.
Amusement calendar lists multiple venues Plaza Empire Strand and Eippodrome presenting vaudeville acts and feature films. Items include JJohn F Conroy aquatic act with mermaids at Poli's and Madge Kennedy in The Truth at Plaza, Edith Roberts in The Fire Girl at Empire, Helene Chaaci Men at Emite, and William Cheater Reformed at Eippodrome. Performances run variously in late afternoon and evening with orchestras and organ music noted.
The article notes Alla Fair in Tove, a new star who has appeared in one film, wishes to marry Charlie Chaplin. The piece mentions the story is a picturization of the play The Bridal Path, as suggested by the actress herself.
My career path began in burlesque but shifted to film after a move to California. I worked with Griffith and the Broadhurst Company, appeared in The Unseen Enemy and other early pictures, then rose to lead roles. My aim is to settle in San Francisco or nearby, with farming and livestock raising as my long term hobby.
A listing of ring terms and roles used in a circus. Terms include canvasman for tent crew azorback for stake driver The Lot for the circus ground Jump Distends between shows His Top for main tent Towent for seating Hull for elephant field cats for tigers acrobats and other jugglers ref Act for juggling act tireakaway for aerial stunt back for performing horse schoul for trained horse Tey Teuhe war cry of the circus and a warning to cast crews to arm themselves.
A fragmented column mocks Thomas Edison with humorous Q and A style exchanges. The piece features garbled answers about Fatty Arbuckle, Cleopatra, peanuts, and the University of Pennsylvania, ending with a jab at milliners and dressmakers and a quip on matrimony.
A health talk notes that tomorrow marks a Ladies Day at the Atlas Hotel Turkish baths in Bridgeport. Since opening last winter the Atlas baths have become an institution for women offering Turkish Russian and Roman baths and masseurs with health and beauty courses. Swimming instruction and multiple weekly classes draw interest from local physical culturists. Privacy and immaculate cleanliness are emphasized along with courteous treatment.
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