Theatres Polis polishes week with Burlesque and Pollyanna
The Poli theatre opens a three day engagement featuring Mothers of Men and a full vaudeville bill. Burns and Kissin present A Hungarian Rhapsody, Jugsling act More Water, and Clemmons Belling in an animal acrobatic Lawn Party. Plaza shows Submarine F-7 and The Superman, with Mary Miles Minter in Nurse Marjorie. Park Theatre debuts The Revelations of a Wife, Chin Chin at late May, and Civilian Clothes at the Criterion chain. West End features Pollyanna a top billed Mary Pickford vehicle, while Empire screens Male and Female by Cecil B. De Mille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polison
Mothers of Men
Poli Theatre
Burns and Kissin
Weston
Ben Rudin
Johnson
Howard
Lizette
Helen Vincent
Comedienne
Mathews
Ayres
Clemmons Belling
Plaza ‘Theatre
Twinkie Allen
Burke
Plaza
Bridgeport
Harold Lloyd
Broadway
Strand
Mary Miles
Minter
Israel Zangwell
Criterion Theater
New York
DeMille
Bast
Httle
West End
Mary Pickford
United Artists’ Corporation
Empire
Cecil B. de Mille
Paramount Artcraft
James M. Barrie
Crichton
Empire Theatre
Barrie Story Film Cast Noted for Desert Isle Role
Thomas Meighan plays l richton the resourceful butler who becomes his master on a desert isle in the Barrie story. The cast also features Gloria Swanson Lila Lee Theodore Roberts Bebe Daniels Raymond Hatton and Guy Oliver led by Mr De Mille in the new adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. de Mille
Thomas Meighan
L €Richton
Gloria Swanson
Lila Lee
Theodore Roberts
Bebe Daniels
Raymond Hatton
Guy Oliver
O'Meara Re-elected Leader As Connecticut Labor Fed Chooses Protest
Waterbury May 26 Connecticut Federation of Labor denounces Wat erbury city administration and police for hostile stance toward striking workers. 135 strikers arrested for parading without a permit. Patrick F. O'Meara of New Haven re elected president with others including Scolins Sweeney Kane Brennan Ornburn Neebe. Bridgeport named next convention host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
William H. Sandland
George M. Beach
Connecticut Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Patrick F. O'Meara
New Haven
Frank C. Scolins
Danbury
Thomas J. Sweeney
Hartford
Martin I. Kane
Bridgeport
Thomas Brennan
Norwich
Ira N. Ornburn
Frederick L. Neebe
Meriden
O'Meara
American Federation of Labor
Little Bennys Vote Boo
A fragmented diary style scene recalls a 말 conversation about a room and its size. A child questions why not have half the room for own activities, suggesting raising rabbits as a possible use while the parent notes contentment with home. The text preserves a domestic, reflective moment with an emphasis on space and opportunity.
Germans Marvel at American Ads in Berlin Magazine
A Berlin writer notes American weekly ads delight readers with vivid food pictures, including a ham cross section described as salmon pink with sunray fat. He mocks the expense, recalls rubber sole advertisements, and laments the high rubber cost likened to a Berlin Hamburg rail trip with hotel stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Ean
Acarce
Hamburg
Queen Mary Birthday Observed Amid Public Sentiment
Today Great Britain marks Queen Marys 56th year with praise for her wartime knitting, fluency in French Italian and German, and musical talent on the harp and piano. The piece notes fashion shifts toward silk shirts for American men and a light personal remark about cellar cleaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Queen Mary
California stadium for Olympic games
Los Angeles officials announce early stadium construction at an estimated cost of 800000 dollars with seating for 75000. They state a campaign will begin to secure the next Olympic games once construction starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Yale Smothers Williams 12 1. Coxe Dominates
Yale pounded Williams pitchers to win 12 to 1 at New Haven. Captain Sawyer and Holmes drove balls hard and Sawyer started two double plays. Coxe held Williams to three hits as Yale broke the game open in the third with five hits a walk and an error producing four runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale
Williams
Sawyer
Holmes
Coxe
Eli
Birth of Nathaniel Greene in Rhode Island
In a Rhode Island farmhouse 178 years ago today Nathaniel Greene Norden shows a link to General Washington. The article notes Greene’s Quaker father and Greene’s shift from farming to the military due to a just cause and his death in Savannah Georgia in 1786.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Nathaniel Greene
George Washington
Greene
Nathaniel
Savannah
Knights Baseball Team Practice at Seaside Park
Members of the Knights of Columbus baseball team must report for practice at Diamond 5 in Seaside Park Friday at 5 30 PM. All players who intend to play must attend as the City League team will be chosen from those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Diamond 5
Seaside Park
Calpurnia Named Caesar’s Trusted Wife and Mourning Figure
The text notes that comparing a woman to Calpurnia reflects high praise. Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife, was trusted beyond suspicion and admired for beauty, generosity, dignity and other virtues. After Caesar’s death she spent her remaining years in mourning, declaring the loss irreparable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceasers
Calpurnia
Ceasar
Cesar
Manufacturers' Meeting Sets League Schedule Outlook
At a Manufacturers' Amateur League gathering last night the schedule was outlined and handed to the committee. President Merrill spoke on the season's prospects and urged a strong, orderly effort despite a noted lack of citizen jurors and public indignation over justice perceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manufacturers
Merrill
Fhal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward José
Uspstocr
Jan Es Wace
Lytle
The
Park Theatre
Ethel Lawrence
Violet Bona
Walter Wills
Roy Binder
O’meara
LITTLE _BENNYS
leePas
Kansas
Superman
Twinkle Allen
Jaze Songs
Burke & Burke
Messenger Boy
Hearst
Mary Miles Minter
California
Edward Jose
Bobsee & Sippry
Harry Weston
Ben Ruben Mathews
AY Hes
Vincent Timmons
Pathe News
Jesse. Ee
Cecil B. Demilles Production
Knights
S.E. Lee Piano CO
Alfred Fox
Fairfield Ave
Nees
Naugatuck
Los
Union St
England Steamship Lines
Paramount Aircraft Picture
Fairfield
Musica—Murray
D. C. Quilty
Rtas
ELITE
Noble
Emma
He Grae
Ther
POLI
Criterion’ Theatre
Bert Gordon
Brooklawn
HERE
Gurron
Baroum
Pollyanna
Eleanor H. Porter
Quiity
School OF Dancing
Colonial
Christian Science
Lyric Theatre
Rojas
Cecil B. Demille
Jack
Jack Dempsey
Park
Wauter Wills
Roy der
Tom Brown
Murs
Waal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!