Theatrical losses blamed on sex plays and radio
Golden notes times square theatre owners suffer as nine theatres close and millions in losses follow. Radio draws crowds home while musical comedies falter more than straight dramas. Riley cites 104 openings August to December with 20 musical comedies and 54 of 84 straight dramas closing.
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Times Square
Wilfred J.riley
The
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Riley
New York
Irene
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Radio Programs and Schedules at New York and Cities
Radio listings for December 14 include various stations with times and programs such as orchestras, concerts, opera, dances, and religious services. Notable entries feature WIZ WOR WABC KDKA and WGY schedules with events like Christmas carillon, Rutgers University broadcast, and Chicago Grand Opera through late evening hours.
Yellow liver warning drives tonics and listings
An ad styled warning claims a yellow race of people suffer from sluggish liver and listless symptoms. It promotes Orange Root Golden Nugget tonic as a liver cleanser and tonic, with price 50c for 48 mg, advertised at Grafton Drug & Chemical Co. Cincinnati station listings follow with orchestras and dance programs.
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Dee Epdady
Salem College biology banquet topics and speakers
State brief reports Salem College biology department held its third annual banquet with Dr G Dodds of West Virginia University delivering an illustrated talk on insect life. Over 100 attendees included graduates, with remarks from Deans and Mrs Van Horn and other honored guests. the event featured a novel biology themed menu and festive decorations.
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G. $. Dodds
West Virginia University School of Medicine
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S. L. Hisan
University of Wisconsin
M. H. van Horn
Bond
George H. Trainer
Theatre Folk Walk Streets Out of Work in Gotham
Thousands of actors and actresses roamed New York streets in cold rain hunting for jobs as the theatre industry faced its worst year. Sixty-one of 104 productions opened here were forced to close between August and December, with many owners suffering heavy losses and workers fearing unpaid contracts before Christmas.
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Lorena A. Hickok
Associated Press
New York
Joe Golden
Dee
Lightnin
Heve
Indian Faces Continued from Page One
The article notes Warden Burke told Sheppard a woman prisoner serving a misdemeanor sentence could witness the execution if she wished. Sheppard, a Blackfoot Indian, was convicted twice for the killing of Homer Fowler in Atlanta in February 1927.
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State
Sheppard
Homer Fowler
Atlanta
Stormy Waters at the Opera House
Lola the dancer drives a torrid plot in Tiffany-Stahl's Stormy Waters at the Opera House Tonight and Thursday. David Steele falls under Lola's spell as Robert Steele battles to keep them apart, a tale of passion and danger on stage.
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Lola
Utt
David Steele
Robert
Vampiric Schemes and High Seas Storm Drive Opera House Climax
Delirious David is tended by a nurse who is revealed as a vampire in disguise. The crew faces Vamps and schemes as Ro bert resists her wiles. A violent storm sets the film’s dramatic awakening, with Malcolm McGregor and Roy Stewart delivering earnest performances under Edgar Lewis's tight direction.
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Robert
Malcolm McGregor
Roy Stewart
Edgar Lewis
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