Grand opening this week at the Grand with Fields Minstrela
Dennis R. K. Smith notes the long running Grand Minstrel show by Ali Fields Minstrela opens for three days starting Monday drawing traditional and mixed audiences. The act features Bert Swor, Jack Richards, Nilly Church, Herb Wiedoeft’s orchestra, and an extended Lake Park engagement with practice, rest, and a fall return in Los Angeles.
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Grand
Ali. Fields Minstrela
Ita
Bert Swor
Jack Richards
Nilly Church
Canton
Herb Wiedoeft
Moonlight Gardens
Lakeside
Shrine
Brookside
Los Angeles
Wiedoeft
Moonlight Gardens to Host Canton Wedding Event
Canton plans center on Mr. Perry arranging a first of its kind wedding at Moonlight Gardens next Wednesday night. Miss Amy Allison and Mr. Noet Bickle will wed in a minister guided ceremony with public attendance and gifts from local merchants fueling a home start. Weidofet's orchestra supplies the dancing as Moonlight Gardens hosts.
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Canton
Perry
Moonlight Gardens
Ohio
Amy Allison
Millersburg
Noet Bickle
Beach City
Lillian
Herschheimer's
Walkover Shoe Company
Nusbaum
Weintraub Furniture Company
Canton China & Glass Company
Miller's
Chas M. Isang Gents
Quality Hardware Co
Jack Pickford Has Good Cast for Valentine
The film Waking Up the Town opens Valentine with Jack Pickford, Norma Shearer, and Claire McDowell leading a strong supporting group. Supporting names include Herbert Pryor Ann May George Dromgold Malcolm Waite and Jim Darby in a lively ensemble of seasoned character actors.
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Jack Pickford
James Cruze
Norma Shearers
Alec Francis
Norma Shearer
Lucretia Lombard
Claire McDowell
Panjola
Herbert Pryor
Mary Pieckford
Ann May
Ambilatta
Miss May
Charles Ray
George Dromgold
Jack
Malcolm Waite
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Hell
Banana Jim
Jim Darby
Hoot Gibson to Replace Kerry in Universal Western
Universal City Aug 22 Norman Kerry was injured in the Pendleton mountains last week while filming a Universal Western. His horse fell and rolled on him, and Gibson has taken Kerry’s place. Gibson has just returned from Calgary where he shot exteriors for two westerns under Herbert Blanche. The film is an adaptation from a Sedgwick novel with Kathleen Key Dustin Farnum Anne Cornwall George Fawcett and Ward Crane in the supporting cast.
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Universal
City
Norman Kerry
Pendleton
Oregon
Gibson
Kerry
Edward Sedgwick
Grasset and Dunlap
Kathleen Key
Dustin Farnum
Anne Cornwall
George Fawcett
Ward Crane
Ben Turpin in Warner picture Hogan's Alley 1928
Ben Turpin has been signed by Warner Brothers for an important role in Hogan's Alley. Monte Blue leads the story with Patsy Ruth Miller Louise Fazenda and Willard Louis in key parts. Roy Del Ruth directs the picture for the Warner Forty lineup.
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Los Angeles
Ben Turpin
Warner Brothers
Overseas Comedy at Lake Theater in Canton
Cantonians can see a famous A E F show this week at Lake Theater titled Oh You Wildcat. Frank Hawkins, formerly of the Million Dollar Dolls, helped secure the show with soldier background. The comedy follows a rookie in the army amid a French cafe backdrop near the St Michel front. Ed Stanley stars in a lead role with Babette Griener as the cafe demoiselle. The American Legion band performs this afternoon. Modern Woodmen picnic and district event at the park draw attendees from Cleveland and nearby cities including Akron and Mansfield.
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Canton
Hawkins
Wildcat
Bill Massey
St Michel Front
Ed Stanley
Dolly
George M. Cohen
Loote
Babette Griener
Mademoselle
Iiner
Fisher
American Legion Band
Cleveland
Kent
Revenna
Akron
Alliance
Massion
Canton Milk Distributors Association
Modern Woodmen of America
Ohio
Edmund Lowe Stars in Mozart Vehicle Honor Among Men
Edmund Lowe in his first Fox star vehicle plays Prince Kalonay in Honor Among Men. The Richard Harding Davis adaptation opens a four day Mozart engagement with an extravagant production and a strong cast led by Denison Clift who directed and prepared the screen version.
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Edmund Lowe
Fox
Richard Harding Davis
Claire Adams
Sheldon Lewis
William Fox
Prince Kalonay
Mozart Theater
Prince Kalonsay
Louis
Countess de Winter
Kalonay
Patricia Carson
Countess DeWinter
Mr. Fox
Mr. Lowe
Denison ‘Clift
Lyceum Presents I Am The Man Starring Barrymore
Barrymore headlines the Lyceum in I Am The Man a modern story written for him. Leena Owen and Martin Faust lead a strong cast with Flora Le Breton Gaston Glass and Joe Striker. Chadwick Pictures produces the film and screens today only at the Lyceum.
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America
Tionel Barrymore
Lyceum
Leena Owen
Martin Faust
Flora le Breton
the Stake
Screen
Gaston Glass
Joe Striker
Chadwick Pictures Corporation
Minstrels Receive Warm Approval For Grant Opera House Run
Al G Fields Minstrels open a three day season at Grant Opera House Monday, praised in Rochester where venues lauded the show as a lively, older style production. Star Bert Swor and Jack Richards headline with strong singing, dancing, and comic routines.
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al G. Fields
Grant Opera House
Outlaw Lov Farle Metcalf Leads Support in Stunt Film
St Josie Sedgwick headlines a stunt heavy production with Metcalf in a chief supporting role amid action filled scenes. The project showcases star power and dynamic on location work, signaling a bold entry in regional cinema.
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Josie Sedgwick
Farle Metcalf
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