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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1930
Page
20
Upper right mentions Marie Dressler and Polly Moran in Caught Short at Loew's. The note suggests a recognition or controversy over awarding a Pulitzer for cinema. It mentions screen talent and a possible prize discussion tied to the film's showcase and potential critical acclaim.
A debate on Pulitzer style honors for films contends the screen merits an official prize. Critics note film influence eclipses stage, but eligibility rules block cross medium awards. The piece cites Journey's End and R. C. Sheriff as examples and previews industry moves and notable figures shaping early talkies.
Local listings announce LOEWs offering four vaudeville acts with the Watson Sisters, Marie Dressler and Polly Moran in Caught Short from Eddie Cantor's book. Palace features Song of the Flame filmed in Technicolor. Strand presents Men Without Women on a sunken submarine set. Alhambra screens Lilies of the Field with Corrinne Griffith. Valentine shows Harmony At Home and The Call of the Circus. Orpheum presents Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera. McKinley-Talking pictures and Meyers Lake Park offers dancing and concessions.
John Ford directs the undersea thriller Men Without Women at the Strand. Kenneth MacKenna and Frank Albertson star with a large supporting cast as a submarine crew battles limited oxygen and a deadly leak while awaiting divers and rescue.
The Phantom of the Opera, Lon Chaney’s famed costly production, opens at the Orpheum today. The story features a superhuman monster beneath the Paris Opera House with innovative makeup and lavish sets. Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry lead the supporting cast.
The piece notes Greta Garbo and George Bancroft as Princeton seniors' favorite screen players. Neil Shipman of Back to God's Country authored a novel for Me Calls Magazine. Eddie Cantor performs a famous car breakdown scene in Whoopee filmed in Sequoia National Park with a 74 member on location crew. Lily Damita sails to the south of France for a holiday before resuming work after the stage success in Sens Of Guns.
Colorful First National operetta Song of Flame presents Alexander Gray and Bernice Claire as a romantic pair amid a Russian revolution backdrop. The cast includes Noah Beery and Alice Gentle with Alan Crosland directing. Songs include Song of the Flame and Cossack Love Song.
Hollywood report notes Thomas Jefferson, famed character actor in Just Like Heaven, is Hollywood's soundest sleeper due to restraint and training. He previously played Rip Van Winkle on stage for 14 years, following a family lineage of Rip Van Winkle portrayals spanning 30 years his father and 25 years his grandfather.
Hollywood May 31 Howard Hughes bets that Hell's Angels the costliest film yet will recoup more than 3 000 000 invested He plans two more air pictures Dirigible and an unre titled air comedy to follow The project saw many changes in personnel from Greta Nissen to Jean Harlow and Hughes himself directed the final stages after dissatisfaction with progress.
Marie Dressler and Polly Moran headline the Loew's comedy Caught Short, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer all talking picture set among landladies amid stock market crash chaos. Supporting cast includes Anita Page Charles Morton T Roy Barnes Gwen Lee and more with director Charles F Riesner. Corinne Griffith appears in Lilies of the Field at Alhambra with a strong supporting cast and lavish cabaret finale.
Marie Dressler has kept the same colored maid for 17 years, highlighting a stable domestic arrangement and long tenure of service amid changing film era norms.
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