03 Jun 1928
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1928
Page
1
A feature notes that actors who gained fame through talking pictures now face new challenges. The piece analyzes public affection for current stars and the uncertain impact of evolving cinema trends on their careers.
Los Angeles June 3 motion picture editor Lovella O. Parsons reports that the film industry is rushing to sound. Stars like Clara Bow Colleen Moore and Grah Griffiths face the challenge of voiced performances as theatres equip for talking pictures. Griffith predicts future films will include sound though silent drama may persist.
A Russian expedition under the Mongolian Learned Committee plans to explore the Gobi Desert, focusing on geo chemical studies and denudation processes, making topographical maps, and seeking borla acid, led by Professor Samirnor and spanning three years. Local Potedam notices report new municipal vehicles bearing Residential City of Potedam, stirring questions about revival of imperial memory as city planning unfolds. American Luncheon Club formed in Bogota Colombia for a bi monthly gathering. forty five Americans attended the inaugural luncheon.
Hoot Gibson, Universal's cowboy star, headlines The Wild West Show at the Rialto theatre in the last half of the week. He portrays Rodeo Bill, the country’s top cow-puncher, in a circus style western filled with stunts and a trained side show from the supporting cast.
Raynor Lehr's musical comedy company opens its engagement on the Kearse stage with a get acquainted bill tonight and will run for an indefinite period showcasing the troupe's debut program and new acts.
Tonight the entse theatre debuts a new summer policy and the Raynor Lehr Musical Comedy company opens, praised as a leading road show with forty staff led by Raynor Lehr and Ruth Mack Queen of the Blues. The Roscoe Ailé vaudeville season ends and decks clear for Charleston showgoers.
Stahl production directed by George Archaisibaud screens at Capitol Theatre Monday through Thursday starring Warner Baxter Patsey Ruth Miller Buster Collier Claire McDowell Harvey Clark Margaret Quimby Steppin Fetenii and Billie Bennett. The plot follows a flapper era romance ending in love, betrayal, and a shipboard reunion.
Edmund Lowe and Ben Bard headline Fox Films Dressed to Kill at the Hearse Theatre Monday through Thursday. The two are billed as the best dressed in pictures and the film features Irving Cumsingé directing and William Congleton involved in the project.
Edmund Lowe and Mary Astor in Dressed to Kill schedule shows Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Tom Mix and Natalie Joyce in Daredevil's Reward shows Thursday Friday and Saturday. Warner Baxter and Patay Ruth Miller in The Tragedy of Youth schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday. Tim McCoy and Dorothy Dwan in Riders of the Dark schedule Thursday Friday Saturday. Adolphe Menjou Nora Lane in A Night of Mystery schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday. Hoot Gibson Dorothy Gulliver in The Wild West Show schedule Thursday Friday Saturday. Sally ONeil Eddie Clayton and Larry Kent in Mad Hour schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday starting with a Sunday midnight show. Bebs Daniela James Hall in The Fifty-Fifty Girl
A prominent cast leads the Virginian three day run of Mad Hour starting Sunday night. Sally ONeil tops the lineup along with Donald Reed Alice White and Larry Kent supported by Eddie Clay and others in this Elinor Glyn adaptation The Man and the Moment shown at the Virginian theatre on opening night.
Dorothy Dwan, famed for early work with Larry LeMon and recent pairing with Tom Mix, stars opposite Tim McCoy in Riders of the Dark, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer western coming to Capitol theatre for a three day run. Dwan portrays a California girl in the 1880s, a era of limited transport and slow communication.
James Hall, a leading Paramount star, takes the male lead in Bebe Daniels latest comedy The Fifty-Fifty Girl. The feature, based on John McDermott’s story about a modern American girl, plays at the Virginian theatre midweek.
Adolph Menjou stars in the Paramount film A Night of Mystery at the Rialto for the first three days of the coming week. The drama centers on Captain Ferreol’s romance with Therese Digeramont and the perilous lie that could ruin Gilberte Bolamarte. Supporting cast includes Brent, Nora Tane, Raoul Paoli, Frank Leigh, Claude King, Margaret Burt, and William Collier Jr.
Mulvaney selects ten top stage productions from the recent season. The list includes Bachelor Father Royal Family Mary Dugan and Strange Interlude among the standout shows cited for their performances and impact.
Joseph Mulvaney argues that judging art and theatre by taste is subjective and unreliable. He lists ten top plays of the season, naming The Bachelor Father, The Royal Family, The Trial of Mary Dugas, Strange Interlude, Coquette, Escape, Burlesque, Show Boat, The Three Musketeers and Manhattan Mary as favored selections with noted performances.
In Leipzig the municipal opera staged a new Die Fledermaus arrangement with Rosalinde singing an American song, prompting a damages suit by Fran Strauss and publisher Serr Weinberger. The court ruled American melodies may be used, saying operettas feature musical extempores and even the latest American hit.
Mexico City reports General Obregon as a movie director who produced three agricultural films under his Sonora Tacth titled The Hrotation of Agricul ture. The aim is to teach Amexicans to farm better and to showcase his own successful farms. He uses campaign trips to demo farms and plans distributing films across the republic. He faces a controlled electorate but urges farmers to adopt the film methods to support his bid.
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