The Canary Murder Case at Broadhurst Week Opener
The Broadhurst Theatre begins the week with The Canary Murder Case starring William Powell James Hall and Louise Brooks. The film adapts the Van Dine detective novel with Philo Vance solving a sensational murder. Also on the program are Sidewalks of New York and Johnny Marvin mandolin performances plus Fox Movietone News.
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Broadhurst
Broadhurst Theatre
William Powell
James Hall
Louise Brooks
S. van Dine
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Philo Vance
the Canary
Philo Vance J
Powell
Hurst
Paramount
New York
Johnny Marvin
Victor
Fox Movietone News
Mary Garden Sees Talkies Ousting Opera Worldwide
New York artist Mary Garden predicts talking pictures will end opera worldwide and English will dominate operas in sound films. She plans to star in an opera picture in English when a suitable vehicle appears.
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Mary Garden
New York
Chicago Opera
Consolidated Mirror Buys Davidson Plant in Lexington
The Piedmont Mirror company a long time Lexington industry has been sold to Consolidated Mirror of High Point. The local plant will close within days and longtime superintendent T Y Giles will join the High Point outfit in an administrative role. Piedmont Mirror was jointly owned by Elk and Dixie Furniture firms and started twenty three years ago.
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Lexington
Fiedmont Mirror Company
Consolidated Mirror Company
High Point
T. Y. Giles
Piedmont Mirror Company
Elk and Dixie Furniture Companies
Rialto Showings and Tide of Empire at Rialto and Orpheum
Rialto screens Tide of Empire with Renee Adoree and George Duryea in a dramatic California gold rush tale set around Sutter’s Mill and Wells Fargo. Orpheum presents Nothing to Wear featuring over a hundred gowns and a witty domestic plot with Jacqueline Logan and Theodor von Eltz.
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Rialto
Empire
Cosmopolitan
California
Rialto Theater
Renee Adoree
George Duryea
William Collier
Peter B. Kyne
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Allan Dwan
West
Sutter’s Mill
Wells Fargo Express Company
Miss Adoree
San Francisco
Mission
San Fernando
Junipero Serra
Waldemar Young
Kyné
Orpheum Theatre
Paris
Jacqueline Logan
Theodor von Eltz
Bryant Washburn
Jane Winton
William Irving
Edythe Flymm
Erle C. Kenton
Shelton Amos Players Open Season in Winston-Salem
The Shelton Amos Players launch a four season run at the Winston Auditorium on April 15 with Come Out of the Kitchen. Hassell Shelton announces new cast members Elsa Evans Gladys Huntington Tommy Wiggins and Johnnie Keating returning favorites also reprise Tremont Theatre stock. The company plans one week per play with matinees on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday and all night seats reserved.
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Shelton-Amos
Auditorium Theatre
Winston-Salem
Hassell Shelton
Ruth Amos
Tremont Theatre
New York City
Winston-Salem Theatre
Elsa Evans
Boston
Nice
Paris
Rome
Madrid
Grand Opera
Copley Plaza Hotel
Gladys Huntington
Belasco Theatre
Washington
Winston- Salem
Tommy Wiggins
Neil O’brien
Minstrels
Johnnie Keating
University of Washington
Picardy
Mary Dugan
Stella Dallas
Prince
Love
Duke Steps Out at the Broadhurst with William Haines
William Haines stars as a prize fighter who hides his boxing career to attend college in Lucian Cary's The Duke Steps Out. Joan Crawford co stars with a light romantic plot amid three Vitaphone acts and a Our Gang Comedy. James Cruze directs from Raymond Schrock screenplay.
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William Haines
Joan Crawford
Haines
West Point
James Cruze
Raymond Schrock
Karl Dane
Tenen Holtz
Eddie Nugent
Delmer Daves
Luke Cosgrove
Our Gang
the Broadhurst
Postcard Reaches Davistown After 18 Years
A postcard mailed in 1911 from Keokuk Iowa arrived in Davistown Green county long after its journey. It was addressed to Mrs Thomas Steel who has been dead for one year.
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Waynesboro
Davistown
Green County
Keokuk
Iowa
Thomas Steel
Grandfather And Great Grandfather For Dansville Man
C. E. Green of Dansville New York became a grandfather and a great grandfather on the same day. One grandchild born in New York and another in San Diego California.
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C. E. Green
Dansville, N. Y
New York
San Diego
Cal
Monument Planned at Boonesboro to honor Daniel Boone
A monument will be placed at Boonesboro Kentucky to mark the site of Daniel Boone s first frontier outpost and the start ofcivilization in the region.
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Boonesboro, Ky
Daniel Boone
Artists in England Face Dire Poverty Said Royal Academy Leader
Sir William Llewellyn, president of the Royal Academy, told the Artists Benevolent Institution that want and privation grip English artists as badly as unemployed miners. He noted artists who once produced admired work now lack sales and fear changing fashion in art. A separate item reports Ed Anderson of Concordia Kansas earning 900 dollars from twenty acres of popcorn.
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London
England
William Llewellyn
Royal Academy
Ed Anderson
Concordia
Kas
Bubbleland Revue booked at the Ritz this week
Boots Walton and his Bubble land Revue bring a week of new shows to West End's Ritz starting tomorrow. The bill features Cadillac Four harmony singing, comedy, dancing girls, and a nightly feature picture. Auction night Wednesday and a big midnight revue Friday highlight the changes.
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West End
Playhouse
Boots Walton
Boots
Cadillac Four
Ritz
Juvenile Exchange for a Light Ends with Wry Credit
In a Texas Ranger style blip, Joe asks for a light from an elder, then Bill quips that he can borrow the blindfold as well. The exchange captures a dry western humor moment between two men.
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Joe
Bill
Texas Ranger
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Ss. S. van Dine
Broadhurst Presentations
Johnny Marvin Victor
Sidewalks OF
Tide of Empire
William Collier, Jr
The
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Winston-Salem, N. C
Eeu
America
Casino Theatre
Great Northern Theatre
Chicago
Eve
Erlanger Theatres
Philadelphia
Jay
McDuff
Rialto News
Web
Thur
Little Wildcat
Audrey Ferris
Bubbleland Revue
Belle Bennett
R. K. O. Wonder Dog
Ranger
Fred Humes
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