Albee Theatre Week Showcases Irene Franklin and Stars
Irene Franklin opens at Albee Theater with new vaudeville numbers joined by Jerry Jarnagin and Buster West in a program mixing musical comedy acts. Feature film Safety in Numbers stars Buddy Rogers with Josephine Dunn and Virginia Bruce. Empress presents Happy Days burlesque led by Eleanor Cody. Palace screens True to the Navy with Clara Bow amid Navy-set scenes. Grand plays Journey's End war drama with Colin Clive and David Manners. Capitol features Be Yourself with Fannie Brice in a boxing romance. Keith's hosts Rich People starring Constance Bennett in a lavish satire. Local listings cover a busy week of film and stage offerings across multiple venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Franklin
Buster West
Albee
Miss Cody
al Jolson
Fannie Brice
Rene Franklin
Hammerstein Theater
New York
Sweed Adeline
Albee Theater
Miss Franklin
Jerry Jarnagin
Buster
Jack West
Don Lee
Louise
Earl Faber and Company
Havania
Paramount
Buddy Rogers
Josephine Dunn
Virginia Bruce
Carol Lombard
Kathryn Crawford
Geneva Mitchell
Francis McDonald
Richard Tucker
George Marion
Percy Heath
Empress
Lantz
The
Emmpress Theater
Mutual
Eleanor Cody
Miss’ Cody
Margie Bartell
Carrie Finnell
Kitty Williams
Sam Micals
Les Dunn
Johnnie Gilmore
Abe Scherr
Bob Sandberg
Palace
NAVY
Clara Bow
Gilbert Baer
Cincinnati
Palace Theater
Frank Tuttle
Fredric March
Rex Bell
Harry Green
Adele Windsor
Jed Prouty
Sam Hardy
Miss Bow
Green
Capitol
United Artists
Capitol Theater
Joseph Jackson
Thornton Freeland
Hugo Riesenfeld
Brice
Sasha
Robert Armstrong
Gertrude
Astor
Marjorie
Babe
Kane
Rita Flynn
Jerry
Fannie
Journey’s End
Journey's End
Erlanger Grand Opera House
James Whale
Colin Clive
David Manners
Ian Maclaren
Anthony Bushell
Billy Bevan
Charles Gerrard
Jack Pitcairn
France
St. Quentin
R. C. Sherriff
Movietone
Janet
Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Fox
Strand Theater
David Butler
Louise Fazenda
William Collier, Sr
Hedda Hopper
Joyce Compton
Lucien Littlefield
Miss Gaynor
Farrell
Hanley and McCarthy
Eleanor
Theater Guild
Turgenev
Alla Nazimova
Washington
Elizabeth
Essex
Mr. Anderson
Lynn Riggs
West
Oklahoma Way
Bret Harte
Edna Ferber
Zoo Opera Opens Season With Samson Delilah Martha
Tilting the Mirror reports the opening of the ten week Zoo Opera season next Sunday with Opera Company rehearsals under way. Principal cast includes Marta Wittkowska as Delilah John Sample as Samson and Joseph Royer as High Priest of Dagon with a large Grand Corps de Ballet and a Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. The program features Samson and Delilah Martha and related stage personnel and a new Zoo Opera Concert season.
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Alexander Puglia
William Tyroler
Willard Rhodes
Julie LeVine
Samson and Delilah
Marta Wittkowska
Delilah
John Sample
Samson
Joseph Royer
Dagon
Willard Schindler
Barytone
Abimelech Satrap
Gaza
Italo Picchi
Basgo
Sam Adams
Fenton Pugh
Charles Dobson
Zoo
Grand Corps de Ballet
Martha
Josephine Lucchese
Zoo Opera
Edward Molitore
Lionel
Fred Patton
Plunkett
Natalé Cervi
Basso
Sir Tristan
Sheriff
Coe. Glade
Nancy
Max Toft
Edgar Gosney
Mary Stephan
Violet Summer
Idella Banker
John Herfurth
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Zoo Summer Symphony Orchestra
Rueben Lawson
Zoo Opera Company
Gibon
Charles J. Bickler
Mr. Bickler
Hollywood Carpentry Stuns With Speed and Skill
Hollywood studio carpenters form a distinct guild with a white bib overalls uniform and blue shirt. They rapidly construct elaborate sets, duplicating interiors in 48 hours, including Monte Carlo casino rooms and submarine interiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Oland
Raquel Torres
Lawrence Tibbett
Monte Carlo
William Powell
Hollywood
Studio Carpenters
LAND O' DANCE PROMOTES BACK-TO-BACK DANCES WITH BANDS
Sunday night brings Jimmie Dell and his Chocolate Dandies from Chicago for an original and entertaining show. Linn Serenaders supply music Saturday and Sunday June 14 and 15, drawing return engagement requests. Whitey Kaufman opens the July 6 week, with regular dancing starting July 22 and nightly dances thereafter. A free giveaway offers 1,500 Eastman cameras to patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Dell
Chicago
Linn Serenaders
Whitey Kaufman
Eastman
Nina Rose Heads to St Louis Then New York for Op era Season
Nina Rose completes a fifteen week Chicago season and opens the Municipal Opera season at St Louis on May 30 directed by Maestro Bamboshek of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Sigmund Romberg, prolific composer, has twenty seven operettas including The Student Prince Blossom Time The Desert Song The New Moon and My Maryland. Otto Harbach wrote the book and Irving Caesar penned the lyrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Rose
ST. Louis
New York
Chicago
Municipal Opera
Bamboshek
Metropolitan Opera Company
Sigmund Romberg
Maryland
Otto Harbach
Irving Caesar
Zoo and Coney Island Summer Entertainment Preview
The Zoo opens opera Wycame next week as Hahn Jr. choir plans new programs. Chippewa dancers exit, Eddie Barbeau huskies finish, and Ice Show acts vary with Enders Cambridge and Russland Steppers. Rainbow Hall Beef up includes The Pretzel ride and new pool lighting as Coney Island promotes Island Queen voyages and Marti Moonlite Gardens debut with Dewey set to lead next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoo Garden
Zoo
Theodore Hahn, Jr
Eddie Barbeau
Albert Enders
Sadie Cambridge
Beckley
Russell
Chandller
Windsberg
Raymond
Marcus
Charles McClure
Russland Steppers
Zoo Dansant
Russland
Kling Orchestra Opens at Rainbow Park Gardens Tonight
Ed Kling's Orchestra launches a heralded engagement at the Japanese Gardens in Rainbow Park drawing a large Cincinnati following as they perform tonight. Ed Kling leads the ensemble with a program expected to attract local music fans and future performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Park
Ed Kling
Kling
Cincinnati
All Quiet on the Western Front to Open at Shubert
Universal epic All Quiet on the Western Front debuts at the Shubert Theater on Saturday night June 14 with daily matinee from June 15. The film plays coast to coast in major cities including New York Los Angeles Chicago Detroit and Baltimore with a large ensemble cast. Performances run twice daily at 2 30 and 8 30.
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Baltimore
George Bernard Shaw
London
Berlin
New York
Shaw
Universal
iWestern
Shubert Theater
New York City
Central Theater
Los Angeles
Chicago
Detroit
Pitt Theater
Pittsburgh
Shubert
Boston
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Cleveland
Buffalo
St. Louis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Toronto
Cincinnati
Erich Maria Remarque
Louis Wolheim
Lewis Ayers
John Wray
Raymond Griffith
George “Slim” Summerville
Russell Gleason
William Bakewell
Scott Kolk
Walter Browne Rogers
Ben Alexander
Owen Davis, Jr
Harold Goodwin
Pat Collins
Richard Alexander
Arnold Lucy
Heinie Conklin
Edmund Breese
Bodil Rosing
Bill Irving
Marion Clayton
Beryl Mercer
Edwin Maxwell
Yola A
Avril
Renne Damonde
Poupee Andriot
Bertha Mann
Joan Marsh
New Pretzel Ride Debuts at Rainbow Park
Rainbow Park unveils the pretzel ride also called ace of rides set under the Japanese Garden. The dark course features ghosts dragons and other mythical figures to thrill guests and attract capacity crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena
Thunderbolt
Rainbow Park
Japanes Garden
The Garrick Gaieties Returns On Broadway
The Garrick Gaieties revival on Broadway draws praise for its clever sketches and catchy score. Albert Carroll and Nan Blackstone headline, with Nan Slackatune delivering standout singing, while Phillip Loeb directs the revival with enthusiasm. The show features parodies of endorsement ads Hollywood Ibsen and a nod to the stage revue tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Barron
Garrick
Broadway
Theatre Guild
White Way
Hollywood
Ibsen
Edith Sheldon
Cynthia Rodgers
Sterling Holloway
Albert Carroll
Nan Blackstone
Carroll
Ding
Mei-Lan-Fang
Nan Slackatune
Phillip Loeb
Thorus
Polly
Tina
Jane
Midge
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Mammy
Lyric Theater
Irving Berlin
Michael Curtiz
Louise Dresser
Lois Moran
Lowell Sherman
Hobart Bosworth
Tully
Marshall
Mitchell -Lewis
Jolson
Mr. Bones
Keith
Constance Bennett
Pathe
Keith's
A. A. Kline
Jay Gelzer
Edward Griffith
Ann Harding
Regis Toomey
Robert Ames
Mahlon Hamilton
John Loder
Ilka Chase
Polly Ann Young
Loretta Young
Miss Bennett
Marquette
ADO
Strand
High Society Blues
Norma Shearer
New Family Theater
Ursula Parrott
Robert Z. Leonard
Chester Morris
Conrad Nagel
Robert Montgomery
Florence Eldridge
Helene Millard
Orpheum
Dolores Costello
Orpheum Theater
Jack Mulhall
Alice White
J. P. Mc
Jack & Jill
Coney
Samuel T. Wilson
Alice Duer Miller
Dramatic League of Chicago
Cincinnati League
George McLellan
League
Dramatic League
Frank Harvey
United States
British Isles
Hubbard Keavy
Modister
Toast of the Legion
Mme. Modiste
Ctor Herbert
Mme
Mary Pickford
Harry Langdon
Langdon
Raoul Walsh
Marjorie Lee
Beverly Hills
Noah
Isle of Lost Ships
John West Albee
Rainbow and
Hahn
Rainbow
Coney Island
al Marti
Irvin Lees
Moonlite
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