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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
4
The article previews a year of cinema promising major productions and stage lightshows with expensive pictures to lure audiences. It notes cheaper films may be scarcer, stressing a shift toward high budget spectacles and notable actors amid competing entertainment options.
Betty Bronson returns to the Grand theater next Tuesday and Wednesday in Seventh Heaven as Ming Forrest rises to stardom in If Winter Comes. Bebe Daniela leads Wild, Wild Susan at the Orpheum, while Leslie Fenton appears in The Ancient Mariner at the Mozart with Clara Bow and Earle Williams. The Grand presents Powder Puff revue with Grand’s top acts and Twentymusicals, plus Land O Dance New Year’s Eve plans and Lyceum shows featuring Herbert Warre and The Mahatma. Moonlight Ballroom offers New Year’s Eve dancing with special acts and New Year matinees.
The schedule lists Powder Puff Broke at Powder Puff Brok e in Columbia with six Keith vaudeville acts at LYCEUM, Strand presents Betty Bronson in Kiss For Cinderella, Valentine features Richard Dix in The Vanishing American, Mozart offers Clara Bow in The Ancient Mariner, Orpheum presents Rebe Daniels in Wild Wild Susan, Land O’Danch hosts Dancing with Gorrells Friar Band, Moonlighter Braltsroom features Dancing with Fred Damon and his Greenwich Villagers.
Hollywood reports a flood of big pictures for 1926 as studios race to attract audiences with lavish spectacles and star power. Ben Hur and Sea Beast lead a slate including Don Juan Old Transides The Rough Riders The Golden Journey and Uncle Tom's Cabin among others.
Columbus reports a Jackson Day banquet planned for February with Democratic State Chairman Thomas E. Dye announcing. A dollar dinner is proposed and efforts seek Franklyn Roosevelt of New York as principal speaker. Roosevelt, active in New York politics, aided Gov. Al Smith’s 1924 nomination campaign after recovering from infantile paralysis.
J Henry Alexandre, noted sportsman and society member, lies in bed with a fractured leg after a horse ridden by a groom kicked him in Glen Head New York on December 1. The incident follows a day of riding at a local equestrian event.
In Brooklyn a cross city fire case was reportedly settled after an alleged two hour standoff. Authorities are reviewing findings as residents recall the incident near a local cross street. No injuries reported and investigations continue.
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