Fall Fashion Pageant Opens at Zoo and Burlesque Show
A crowded opening night at the Zoo features a Fall Fashion Pageant with twenty four Cincinnati beauties in gowns and hats on a central platform. Performers Ronny Johansson Jose Mojica Hazel Wallack Cartier Zanou Tad Tiernan Walsh Clark Merrell Schwarz Kitty Madison Benny Moore Charles Markett Dorothy Owens Grace Tremont and others deliver song dance and comedy in a varied program. The burlesque show Jazz Time Revue debuts at the Empress with Kitty Madison leading a strong cast and elaborate costumes and settings.
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Zoo
Cincinnati
Ronny Johansson
Europe
Jose Mojica
Chicago Opera Company
Mexico
Hazel Wallack
Walsh and Clark
Miss Clark
Earl Carroll
Merrell Schwarz
Schwarz
Dansant
the Empress
Kitty Madison
Kitty
Benny Moore
Charles Markett
Benny
Charles Taye
Jack Young
Dorothy J Owens
Grace Tremont
William G. Hahnemann
Wagner and Perry Lead Palace Week Vaudeville Lineup
The Palace Theater offers a strong vaudeville bill led by Billy Wagner and Harry Perry, homegrown stars greeted with enthusiasm. Bobby Barker and his troupe headline with “Husbands Three,” plus music acts, dancing teams, and the screen feature Wesley Barry in “Battling Bunyan.”
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Palace Theater
Queen City
Billy Wagner
Harry Perry
Wagner
Palace
Perry
Bobby Barker
Barker
Fid
Fay Gordon
Franklyn Gates
Jack Healy
Naomi Garnella
Barry
Kitty Madison's Jazz Time Revue Shines at the Empress
Kitty Madison's Jazz Time Revue dazzled at the Empress Theater with lively performances. The revue showcased Madison's charisma and musical numbers as shows continued to rotate in the venue.
Silk Stocking Revue at Olympic Theatre Delights Audiences
Pretty Girls and spectacular scenery frame Harry Hastings' Silk Stocking Revue at the Olympic Theater this week. The Busch Sisters lead with specialty dances including an Egyptian number in Golden Gardens, praised for color and form. The cast features Florence King Adele Lewis Frank Martin Billie Le Monte Armando Monte Earl Root and Tommy Emmett with a stylish chorus. audiences praised the show despite heat and expect strong patronage.
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Olympic Theater
Harry Hastings
Busch Sisters
Golden Gardens
Broadway
Frank X. Silk
Florence King
Adele Lewis
Frank Martin
Billie le Monte
Charleston
Georgia Brown
Armando Monte
Earl Root
Tommy Emmett
Ten Commandments Returns to Lyric in Cincinnati
Cecil De Mille’s grand screen spectacle The Ten Commandments played to capacity crowds at the Lyric Theater in Cincinnati, offering popular pricing yet a lavish production with a star-filled cast. The film follows the Exodus, Red Sea crossing, Moses and Pharaoh, then a modern finale illustrating the Ten Commandments in daily life with Rod La Rocque and Leatrice Joy leading the cast.
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Cecil de Mille
Cincinnati
Lyric Theater
Lyric
Broadway
Egypt
Red Sea
Palestine
Moses
Miriam
Rod la Rocque
Richard Dix
Leatrice Joy
Theodore Roberts
Nita Naldi
Agnes Ayres
Estelle Taylor
Charles de Roche
Julia Fey
Robert Edeson
Lawson Butts
Ed the Chapman
Not So Long Ago at Walnut Theater
The film Not So Long Ago plays this week at the Walnut Theater. It offers a pedestrian view of old New York with Betty Bronson as the decorative star and Ricardo Cortez as the featured player. The plot centers on a romance between a poor inventor's daughter and a rich man as the inventor’s creation eclipses their love. Cast includes Lawrence Wheat Edwards Davis Julia Swayne Gordon and Jacqueline Gadson.
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New York
Walnut Theater
Broadway
Betty Bronson
Betty
Ricardo Cortez
Miss Bronson
Lawrence Wheat
Edwards Davis
Julia Swayne Gordon
Jacqueline Gadson
How Baxter Butted In at Keith's Theater
The comedy film How Baxter Butted In features Matt Moore and Dorothy Devore in a story about a mild newspaper clerk who dreams big. Supporting cast includes Ward Crane Wilfred Lucas Adda Gleason Otis Harlan Turner George and Virginia Marshall as the film screens at B F Keith's Theater this week.
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Baxter
B. F. Keith's
Keith
Cissie
Loftus
Matt Moore
Connie Talmadge
Dorothy Devore
Moore
Ward Crane
Wilfred Lucas
Adda Gleason
Otis Harlan
Turner George
Virginia Marshall
Raffles on Screen at Family Theater This Week
The old detective drama Raffles arrives at Family Theater as a film adaptation of the Scotland Yard jewel theft yarn. House Peters leads with Miss Dupont opposite, supported by Hedda Hopper Kate Lester Long and Winter Hall, delivering the familiar suspense and thrills.
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Scotland Yard
India
House Peters
Miss Dupont
Hedda Hopper
Kate Lester
Long
Is land Queen leads busy Coney Island August Sunday
Early yesterday crowds filled Broad way wharfboat as the island's fleet steamed up and down the river. Thousands of autos surrounded the island while the natatorium enjoyed one of the summer's busiest days and MacDonald's California Orchestra provided the Moonlite Garden dancing music.
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Coney Island
MacDonald
California
Moonlite Garden
Coney
Chester Park Pleasure Seekers Attract Record Sunday Crowd
Continued warm weather drew large crowds to Chester Park for weekend leisure. Yesterday and last night many visitors enjoyed the park's attractions as one of the best Sunday turnouts in memory.
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Chester Park
Mardi Gras at Chester Park Ends Summer Season
Eight days of events at Chester Park from September 6 to 13 feature "A Night in Hawaii" with a fireworks display. Maurice M. Wolfson announces daily productions including Hawaii natives, acrobats, and performers, plus fashion shows, beauty contests, parades, and a final costume ball. Rehearsals for the Cincinnati chorus accompany the stage production.
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Hawaii
Maurice M. Wolfson
Chester Park
Dance Palace
Cincinnati Chorus
United Brethren Conference Reelects Officers in Cincinnati Area
The Southwest Ohio District of the United Brethren Conference re elected all officers at its closing session in Girptyown. Bishop A R Clippinger announced only one change with Rev O L Barngrover moving to Mt Healthy as pastor. Reappointments include Rev L M Hahn Cherry Grove Rev A W Van Shan Colerain Rev G E Howell Cheviot Rev George Kopitzke Hyde Park Rev H C Clark College Hill and Rev J C Goodrich Nonthside.
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United Brethren
Southwest Ohio
Germantown
A. R. Clippinger
Dayton
Cincinnati
J. H. Dutton
W. M. van Sickle
C. D. Boda
Vanity Fair Revue dazzles crowds at Chester Lake picnic
Several thousand bathers enjoyed Chester Lake and danced to the Pepper Pots at the Dance Palace. The Vanity Fair Revue played to two full houses with high praise for the Charleston by Mickey Meehan and Leona Hanley, the U.S. Four Quartet, and a superb chorus. Principal cast included Eastwood Harrison, Ray and Leona Hanley, Eddie and Mickey Meehan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, Nell Mason, and Sid Stuart. Kiddies rode the miniature railway and ponies while picnic tables filled the garden.
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Chester Lake
Dance Palace
Park
Mickey Meehan
Leona Hanley
U.S
Eastwood Harrison
Ray
Eddie
Harry Brown
Nell Mason
Sid Stuart
Daytime assault leaves man in critical condition in Norwood
Davis a 52 year old one arm man from 5244 Ralston avenue Norwood was beaten by three men yesterday afternoon on Dale road dam Norwood. Whitson Crouch 32 of Section avenue Norwood is held by police in connection with the attack. Davis employed as an oiler for Cincinnati Traction Company was attacked after denying a remark by one man that he was a dry agent. Police were summoned by residents who heard his cries.
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Win Davis
Whitig
Ralston Avenue
Norwood
Dale Road
Davis
General Hospital
Whitson Crouch
Section Avenue
Cincinnati Traction Company
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Justine Johnstone
George Siegman
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Kitty Madi
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Capitol
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M. D. Crawford
Milton Sills
Lorna Duveen
John Kolb
Claude King
Jed Prouty
Edward Lawrence
Strand
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Strand Theater
Anita Stewart
Tahiti
Peter B. Kyne
Raffles
Family
Chenep
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WM. R. Grauwl Piano CO
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Thacker
Pe Ee Ae Pourth
Race Main
Coal Company
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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