Talking Pictures Grow Up For Great Outdoor Scenes
Talking motion pictures have reached their majority they have grown up wandering through mountains seashores baseball fields and city streets The emancipation of talking motion pictures has been swift and broad with Westerns leading outside shoots Six location trips were made for Half Way to Heaven starring Charles Buddy Rogers filmed largely outdoors in varied settings The Strand showcases the film with a strong supporting cast including Robert Montgomery Zelda Sears Tyler Brooke and others Robert Z Leonard directed Chester Morris and Hazel Bow are noted performers listed with several prior film credits Grand Theatre promotes the film for Friday and Saturday.
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Emily
Strand
Henry L. Gates
Robert Montgomery
Zelda Sears
Tyler Brooke
Mary Doran
Florence Eldridge
Helene Millard
George Irving
Helen Johnson
Robert Z. Leonard
Chester Morris
Miss Shearer
New York
Broadway
Andi
Sergeant Grischa
Shoice
Conrad Nagel Starred With Norma Shearer At Strand Theater
Conrad Nagel who appears with Norma Shearer in The Divorcee will headline a Metro Goldwyn Mayer talking feature at the Strand Theatre this Friday and Saturday. Born in Keokuk Iowa Nagel is among the early screen actors to find success in talkies. He has recent sound credits including The Thirteenth Chair Dynamite and The Kiss. Chester Morris plays opposite Miss Shearer.
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Conrad Nagel
Norma Shearer
Strand Theatre
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Keokuk
Iowa
Kuytng
Dynammite
Chester Morris
Miss Shear
Clara Bow stars in The Saturday Night Kid at Rialto
At the Rialto the comedy The Saturday Night Kid features Clara Bow as a zippy department store clerk who feigns a Saturday date with each swell to boost her appeal for a promotion. Her sister Jean Arthur also vies for the man while squandering funds on horse racing, leading to a workplace dilemma.
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Rialto
Kid
Clara Bow
Eleave
Jas. Hall
Clara
Jean Arthur
Jean
Ladies of Leisure at Opera House Tonight
The Opera House presents the Columbia all talking drama Ladies of Leisure starring Barbara Stanwyck and Lowel Sherman with Ralph Graves. The film follows an artist who aids a girl of the streets toward gentility, amid a breakup and a tense reunion, featuring top cast and director Frank Capra.
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Jotton ‘Plete
Opera House
Ladies of Leisure
Columbia All Talking
New’ York
Ufe
Barbara Stanwyck
Lowel Sherman
Ralph Graves
David Belasco
Milton Herbert Gropper
Marie Prevost
George Fawcett
Nance O'Neil
Johnnie Walker
Juliete Compton
Frank Capra
Woman Claims Legal Wife Files Divorce Suit
Mrs Anna Van Stan Watkins asserts she is the legal wife of William R Watkins in a common pleas court filing. She says Watkins wilfully deserted her and seeks a divorce from the Chicago baby mixup case father.
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Philadelphia
Anna van Stan Watkins
William R. Watkins
Chicago
Common Pleas Court
Watkins
Chicago man recounts divorce and time lapse in case
In Chicago Watkins testified that he legally divorced his first wife more than two years ago and cited no reasonable cause for a lengthy separation. The remark appears in a recent interview discussing past domestic matters and timelines.
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Chicago
Watkins
Drought Aid Planned Conference With President Today
Drought aid from the west plans a conference with the President. Railroads report cooperation on feed and cattle movements. Potential freight rate reductions and possible free transport to grazing lands are discussed, awaiting a detailed report due Monday. The farm loan board pledges to extend credit via intermediate credit banks and land banks.
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Agriculture Department
Hoover
Farm Loan Board
Farm Land Banks
Joint Stock Land Banks
Farmers hurt by high prices says Vermont official
Henry C. Taylor, director of the Vermont commission of country life, told the Virginia Institute of Public Affairs that farmers suffer more from high prices they pay for inputs than from low prices for their products. He blamed new theories of limited competition, controlled production, and price controls by manufacturers and middlemen for rising costs.
Primary Vote Totals Highlight West Virginia Race
Statewide primary results show 58,676 votes in a key race with 2,298 of 2,350 precincts reporting. The frontrunner led with 78,522. Benja Rosenbloom trailed with 20,846 and Harry Shaw had 27,802. Former Governor Albert B. White held 18,959. Jones banner carried 41 of 55 counties. Shaw carried Marion Barbour Harrison Monongalia Taylor Upshur. Rosenbloom led in Ohio Brooke Marshall Wetzel. White carried Wood Pleasants Ritchie Tyler. Congressional nominations saw tight races in the fourth district between Hogg and Eas ton. president of the State Federation of Labor trailed Hogg by 429 with one precinct uncounted. Other Democratic nominees included Ramsay in the first, Randolph in the second, Horner in the third, Via in the fourth, and Lilly in the fifth.
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Benjaamin Rosenbloom
Harry Shaw
Albert B. White
Jones
Shaw
Rowertioom
White
Marion
Barbour
Harrison
Monongalia
Taylor
Upshur
Rosenbloom
Ohio
Brooke
Marshall
Wetzel
Wood
Hogg
Robert L. Ramsay
Follawsbee
Jennings Randolph
Ekins
Lynn S. Horner
Clarksburg
L. A. Via
Huntington
Calbell County
T. J. Lilly
Hinton
Political contests shape up in sixth district and state races
The excerpt notes key nominations in a Democratic push with Fred C. Blue of Charleston prevailing over three Republicans in the sixth district. It highlights re candidates Walter S. Hallanan and H. C. Herold, and mentions Hallanan’s lead over opponent Oy B. Johnson. Additional nominees include Blaine Engle in the twelfth and B. Bunker Reynolds in the fourteenth, along with John Raine in the ninth district.
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Fred C. Blue
Charleston
Senate
Walter S. Hallanan
H.C. Herold
Herold
Carey S. Bennett
W. S. Wysong
Hallanan
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