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ELKS FILM PREMIEREsIN CHICAGOGarrett Rawlingri Of Afro ' Staff Seen A*! The Great Applause ManBYRD, HIGGINS COMICSPicture Credit t| Elks And To New York CityBy GEORGE D.i TYLERCHICAGO. HI.—While ' Chicagoans and others! applauded their respective representatives, this writer was not 6nly able to root for his lodge, but at several times was able to kct a rood view of Garrett O. Rawlings, circulation manager df the Afro-• American, during the} showing of“Hello Bill.”Lawyer Pendleton, iJVillie Smith, Sam Taylor, the Elks* band and the ladies’ marching club of Gieat Southern Temple No. 3p were prominently featured.Mr. Rawlings was caught applauding several times, seemipgly unaware of the camera’s presence.Shown At Indiana“Hello BUI” had its premier at the Indiana Theatre, being. handled oy Louis Schooler, well known in the profession. j ^The picture is the work of the Famous Artists Corp. of America featuring Joe Byrd, Bill jHiggins, Bo-jangles and Percy Vervriayne.Byrd And HigginsByrd and Higgins make the picture a laughing riot. Thesfc two proved that it docs not take lt;jork to make one funny, neither dods it necessitate the speaking of lines’*Their antics along, tne line 01 march doing the paradb and at all the big functions kept $hc fans in a continuous uproar-Elks LaudedThe picture stands a3 a memorial to the I. B. P. O. E. lt;5f the World and must be seen to ba appreciated.It has a trend towird being a newsreel, but there are j always Byrd and Higgins. . jA newsreel of late e\jents among race people was also shown.--O---Y—
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Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Nov 26, 1927
Page 8
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