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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1920
Page
12
Taylor Holmes acted in a brief rescue moment for The Very Idea adaptation by Metro. He spent two hours in water to film fifty feet of footage and afterward joked he felt like a dill pickle when he emerged from the brine.
Pegsy O'Dare of Universal films is recovering from a broken rib after a stunt in Eddie Polo's serial The Vanishing Dagger. She refused a double and rode a broncho down a steep mountain, brushing against a rock jutting from the trail.
The Poli theatre features Charles Ray in Alarm Clock Andy Cor rine Tilton in The Chatterbox Doll and George Leonard in Mr Chaser with Francetti Sisters and Kelly and Green. Pauline Frederick appears next in The Woman in Room 13. Shubert NH offers Martinique starring Josephine Victor. Empire shows 1-10 with Marie Doro. West End presents Smoldering Embers with Frank Keenan plus The Land of Opportunity and other shorts.
Stanislaus Zbyszko aims for a swift win over John Olin at the Seventy-first Regiment Armory to reclaim his former prominence. Olin, trained by Hjallmar Lundin, promises a fast victory and seeks major matches if he defeats Zbyszko.
An advertisement announces a limited Monday sale of children's hosiery in black or white and women's lisle hosiery from Durham in black brown and a few grays. Sizes vary with prices listed as 23 ets for children and 50 ets for regular Lisle stock. Satin finish, finely made, priced at 5 for $1.00.
New York March 27 Consider ing the smashing race the trio ran in Buffalo last Saturday night there will be few of the athletic enthusiasts missing when Jose Ray of the Illinois A. C. Hal Cutbill of the Boston A. A. and Mike Devaney of the Mill-Tose A. A. face the barrier in the special 1500 metre event that will feature the games of the John Wanamaker Commercial Institute in the Twenty-Second Regiment Armory next Tuesday night.
Australian lightweight champion Lew Edwards traveled from Dundee to Milwaukee then to England for a showdown with Bob Marriott. He blamed a rash choice of opponent after a long voyage and cold, snowy weather for his defeat by Ritchie Mitchell. Edwards said Mitchell’s left jab opened his nose and left him nearly blind in the first round, risking his retirement from headlining.
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