Strand Theatre Armistice Week Previews Paradise Island
The Strand launches Armistice Week with Paradise Island starring Harien Marceline Day and Sentehi, billed as a dramatic mix of love and mystery. Also on the bill are Unmasked with Warwick and Breed of the Desert featuring Wally Wales and Burs Barton in rugged western theatrics.
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Dothan
Strand’ Theatre
Ana
Paradise Island
Ws Harien
sand / aii
Warwick
New York
Ev‘ey Isome
iFriday
Saturley
Wally Wales
Burs Barton
Barton
Cowboy Water
Wally
Wales
Rankie Vite
William
Hart
Paradise Is Bad and Other 1930s Film Listings
A fragmented weekly cinema schedule lists showings at Houston Om and multiple venues. It features actors Kenneth Harlan Sally O Neill Bebe Daniels Betty Compson Chester Morris Colin Clive and others in a mix of comedies dramas and mystery titles with talking features, newsreels, and Paramount Fox Movietone News.
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Sally O'Neill
Ici
Bebe Daniels
Lowell
Kenneth Thompson
Metrotone
Betty Compson
Chester Morris
M Sergeant Grischa
Jean Bersholt
Pri
Beby Daniels
Fresh Gertie
Ben Lyon
Monte Blue
Sun
Colin Clive
Ritz
Harry Rich
Joan Bennett
Paramount News
Houston
Richard Bar
Dawn Patrol
Nell Hamilton
Douglas
Movietone
William Haines
Leila Mies
Polly Moran
Fox News
Lawrence Gray
Kay Niseen
Fox
Eddie Cantor
Way Out West comedy at Theatre with Haines
A clipping describes a Theatre performance of Way Out West featuring Haines in the lead role. The review notes the Western setting and comedic elements with the star drawing laughs and thrills for the audience.
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WAY Out West
Haines
Wednesday Stewart
Terker
Aie West
Acir
Griffiths early career as a sensational reporter
Griffith, a film director, built his reputation as a bold reporter for the Cleveland Leader and several Chicago papers. He began in cinema as a scenario writer before moving into directing.
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Griffith
Cleveland Leader
Chicago
Grifith
Journey's End at Alcaser Theatre A World War I Drama
R C Sheriff play Journey's End in an all dialogue production at the Alcaser Theatre for three days. Lieut Osborne guides Lieut Raleigh through a romantic undertone as Stanhope fears and worships. The cast includes Calin Clive as Stanhope and David Mannery as Raleigh with Ian MacLaren as Osborne and others.
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R. C. Sheriff
Alcaser
Lieut
Osborne
Raleigh
Stanhope
Jamey Whale
George Pearson
RCA
Calin Clive
Maurice Browne, Ltd
Capt. Stanhope
David Mannery
Young Raleigh
Ian MacLaren
Billy Bevan
Anthony Bushell
Jack Pitcairn
Thomas Whitley
Charles Gerrard
Warner Klinger
Authors Tie for O Henry Prize
W P Barnett and William M John share the 1929 O Henry Memorial Award for best American short story. Barnett wins for Dressing Up in Harper s November 1928 issue. John for Neither Jew Nor Greek in Century August. Second prize goes to Elisabeth Maddox Roberts for The Sacrifice of the Makdens. special prize to Marc Connelly for Coroner s Inquest.
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New York
W. P. Barnett
William M. John
O. Henry Memorial
Burnett
Harper's
John
Elisabeth Maddox Roberts
Kentucky
Marc Connelly
Way Out West In The Emutta Cast
Supporting emutta features Lesle Hyame Polly Morsa Fran cia X Bushenss Jr and Buddy Ayet in a Western themed production with a lively ensemble. The snippet highlights a diverse cast and stage play vibe.
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Lesle Hyame
Polly Morsa
Francia X Bushenss, Jr
Buddy A Yet
Emutta
Dawn Patrol thrills at Houston Theatre in Barton Barthelmess screen debut
The Dawn Patrol a First National Vitaphone drama starring Richard Barthelmess comes to the Houston Theatre Sunday Monday and Tuesday. The film follows young flyers in World War I as they face peril and sacrifice above the clouds with Hawks directing and John Monk Saunders writing the screen story.
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Dawn Patrol
Air Service
Richard Barthelmess
Houston
Nowheres
John Monk Saunders
Howard Hawks
Kenneth
Barthelmess
Opera Star Pays Back to a Treasured Fan
Scenes from the movies mention many stars and recall how opera diva Mme Erna Schumann-Heink once encouraged a frightened Lebanon teen Mary Hopple to study. Years later the girl’s contralto became a radio favorite, and the two met again at the studio with Schumann-Heink recognizing her at sight.
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Lebanon
Schumann-Heink
Mary
Schuman-Heink
Brenon Probes Aman Heart In Epic Drama
Herbert Brenon directs Radio Pictures The Case of Sergeant Grischa at the Alabama next Wednesday and Thursday. Lead actor Chester Morris stars with Betty Compson Alec B Francia Jean Hersholt Gustav von Seyfferitz and Paul McAllister in a human drama set in World War I behind the front lines. The director treats characters with rare sympathy, making the motion picture feel like real life episodes rather than a war spectacle.
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Herbert Brenon
Sergeant Grischa
Alabama
Chester Morris
Grischa
Bebe Daniels Stars in Law in Larceny at Alabama Sunday
Bebe Daniels headlines an absorbing drama opening at the Alabama Sunday. The adapted stage success features Lowell Sherman Olive Tell Kenneth Thompson Parnell Pratt Lou Payne Bert Roach Maude Turner Gordon Helen Millard and Charles Coleman. Daniels plays a wife who fights back to win her husband from a seductive rival amid a vast military machine.
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Bebe Daniels
Lowell Sherman
Olive Tell
Kenneth Thompson
Parnell Pratt
Lou Payne
Bert Roach
Maude Turner Gordon
Helen Millard
Charles Coleman
Mies Daniels
Siren
Bebe Daniels Stars in Crook Romance Alias French Gertie
Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon headline a talkie crime romance at the Alabama Theatre. Daniels delivers half her lines in French and half in underworld argot in Alias French Gertie adapted from The Chatterbox. Lyon plays Jimmy Hartigan, delivering convincing romantic scenes opposite Daniels.
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Bebe Daniels
Ben Lyon
Hollywood
Cam
French Gertle
Bayard Veiller
Miss Daniels
Bebe
Jimmy Hartigan
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O’henry Prize
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
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Mme
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Mary Hopple
Dougise Fairbanks, Jr
Brenon Probes
Aman Heart
Sherman
CROOK
Alabama Theatre
Strand
Kenneth Harlan
Marceline Day
Robert
Pradise Island
Robert Warwick
Ike Harlan
Day
Buzz
Buzz Barton
Strand Theatre
Dan Toheroh
Seton Miller
Pienie
Oyr
Dick Barthelless
America
Doug. Fairbanks, JR
Frank McHugh
John M. Saunders
Alcazar
Acters
Tirfany Production
Journey's End
Europe
James Whale
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