Ziegfeld Shifts Focus to Musical Comedy With Show Girl
Ziegfeld abandons revues to devote all effort to musical comedy, planning Show Girl for a July New York premiere. Stars include Ruby Keeler, Eddie Foy Jr., and the trio Clayton, Jackson and Durante. Also notes Strange Interlude ends after 74 weeks, Nice Women debuts in Times Square, and Belasco vows annual comedy for next seasons with Minor Watson slated for a lead role.
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EW York
Ziegfeld
New York
Rosalie
J. P. McEvoy
Gotham
Ruby Keeler
al Folson
Dixie
Eddie Foy, Jr
Clayton, Jackson and Durante
Eugene O'Neil
David. Belasco
David Belasco
Laurence E. Johnson
Minor Watson
Mr. Belasco
Mr. Johnson
Beth Merrill
Erlanger plans glass curtain to blend theater and film
A. L. Erlanger plots a new device for the New Amsterdam Roof to combine broadcasting studios and motion picture production with live shows. A soundproof glass curtain will project amplified voices and music to paying audiences while keeping crowd noise from recording gear, aiming for a September rollout.
Broadway And Side Streets Shine Of Summer Commerce
New York reports a summer flare of diversions and commerce as Broadway and surrounding streets see restaurants expanding kitchens and bars, speakeasies struggle, hair salons offer permanent waves with high prices, and circuses shift to film shows. The piece notes Broadway productions' modest profitability, with many new plays failing to turn a profit, while traffic displays draw attention and vaudeville persists at the Palace. Other brief items cover a Chinese sailor's deportation, gas-induced injuries in Belfast, and a domestic fire in Elgin Tennessee.
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New York
Clue
Therm
Broadway
Willie
Brangt
Luma Pack
Coney Island
Hope Wiliams
Settess
Hi. Day
Plymouth
Donald Ogden Stewart
Miss Willams
Hillton
Broadway Clothiers
Liverpool
Wun Lee
The Bellamy Trial at Capitol and Veiled Love at Rialto
Multiple week long film and stage lineups feature The Bellamy Trial stars Leairice Joy and Betty Bronson at the Capitol, Innocents of Paris with Maurice Chevalier at the Rialto, Gentlemen of the Press with Walter Huston at the Virginian, and Thunderbolt with George Bancroft in Harlem gang drama. The Awakening at the hearse stars Vilran Banky with Berlin themed pairings, while The Valiant showcases Paul Muni in life on New Yorks East Side.
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The
Capitol
Bellamy
Leairice Joy
Betty Bronson
Edward Nugent
George Barraud
Margaret Lovingston
Kenneth Thomipson
Margaret Seddon
Charles B. Middleton
Charles Hill Mattes
the Virginian
Gentlemen of the Press
Walter Huston
Katherine Francis
Charles Ruggles
Betty Lawford
Norman Foster
Duncan Pen
Tully Marshal
Eugenie Besserer
James Spottswood
Fred Kohler
Robert Ellett
E. H. Calvert
George Irving
Mike Donlin
S.S. BR
Stewart
William L. Thorne
King Tut
Harlem
Vilran Banky
Lews Wolheim
Walter Byron
Banky
Wolheim
Byron
Paul Muni
Marguerite Churchill
Dewitt Jennings
Henry Kolker
Edith Yorke
John Mack Brown
Lfe
New York
East Side
European Star Makes Hollywood
Irene Palasty, a famed European musical comedy star, visits Hollywood and plans to stay as film offers arrive after a test arranged through Hungarian friends. Casting aide Elinor O Reilly scouts talent. aspiring actors attend weekly tests to prove stage presence and magnetism. Letty Joy’s path from stage to early talkies and Leatrice Joy’s move into talking pictures highlight the era's shift to sound cinema.
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Hubbard
Hollywood
Europe
Irene Palasty
California
Chamber of Commerce
Bhehan
Mas Pulesty
Furm
Will Belt
Miss Palasty
Beauty vs. Ability in Early Talkies Highlights Youth It Factor
In a June 22 feature, Paramount executive B. P. Schulberg argues that beauty and personality outweigh acting craft for audiences, with close ups driving youth on screen and studios courting young featured players. The piece notes Maury Pickford, Clara Bow, and others, plus the rise of Negro film figures and Halley Hallelujah directing challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. P. Schulberg
Paramount
Clara Bow
Charles Rogers
Gary Cooper
Nancy Carroll
Mary Brian
Richard Arten
James Hall
Shulberg
Sudio
Schulberg
Maury Pickford
Emil Jannings
Ernst Lubitsch
Stepin Fetchit
Daniel Haynes
King Victor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Vider
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Flo
Deming Seymour
Times Square
William A. Grew
Mark Chandler
Bess Girard
Chandler
Robert Warwick
Bess
Girard
Billy Wells
Big Sister
Cant
Besa
Sylvia Sidney
Warwick
Atlantic Ocean
Variety
Belfast
Atlee Bur
Howes Elgin
Sam
Symphony of
Wilma Banky
Kearse Ail
Trene Palasty
Elinor O'Reilly
Miss O'Reilly
Peron
Miss O'Reily
Trem
Miss O’reily
Erie Railroad
Letty
Letty Joy
Garrick Theater
Lettrice Joy
Grif
John Griffith Wray
San Diego
Miss Joy
New Orleans
Lewis Stone
Florence Oakley
Atage
le Stone
Talking Pictures
Leatrice Joy
George H. Beale
Show Boat
Nina
May McKenny
Fannie Belle de Knight
Lulu Belle
Haynes
George Bunny
John Bunny
Walter Heston
Virginian Firet Hall
Bearrand
Geo
Paul Munt
Keatee Lagi
Marie Cecquon
Topwella
Ports
Blasto
Meorce Bancroft
Othe Virginian Fay, Intr
Leatrice Jay and
Kenneth Thomepson
the Bellamy
Maurice Chesaller
Blale Gu Ween
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