The Letter Opens at the Broadhurst Theater Monday
The Letter a Maugham work starring Jeanne Eagles opens at the Broadhurst in an all talking version. Eagles portrays Leslie Crosbie with Heggie Owen and Marshall in supporting roles. Vaudeville acts and a news reel accompany the program this opening week.
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Broadhurst Theater
Somerset Maugham
Jeanne Eagles
Sadie Thompson
Rain
Miss Eagles
Leslie Crosbie
Paramount
Broadhurst
Singapore
O. P. Heggie
Reginald Owen
Herbert Marshall
Eddie Peabody
Giersdorf Sisters
Freda
Palace
Fox Movieton News
the Broadhurst
Finch Heads Thomasville City Hospital Board
T A Finch chaired the newly formed City Memorial Hospital board in Thomasville. The 36 bed facility will be built with 80 000 for erection and equipment funded by a Brown Finch memorial donation and a Duke Foundation grant matched by Thomasville citizens.
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T. A. Finch
Thomasville
City Hospital Board
City Memorial Hospital
Davidsen County
A. H. Ragan
J. E. Lambeth
C. H. Phillips
Doak Finch
R. K. Farrington
T. J. Finch
Duke Foundation
New York City
Finch
Brown Finch
Southern Railway
New Dress Foundations Hit Fashion Runway
New dress foundations, now called cor sets, appear in astonishing fabrics. Real lace and ribbons, satin, crepe with lace inset or printed chiffon offer decorative options worn atop a frock rather than beneath.
Ireland Faces Local Option and Prohibition in Annual Election
Local option and prohibition emerge as key issues in Ireland's upcoming annual election, with voters urged to weigh regional governance and temperance policies. Prominent parties push positions as campaign heats, reflecting long standing regional legal and cultural debates.
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Ireland
Ritz High Point to Open With Vitaphone "Lights of New York"
The Ritz theatre in High Point announces its grand opening with the Vitaphone all talking picture "Lights of New York" next Thursday May 2. Doors open 1 30 PM and show starts 2 PM daily with ladies bargain hour 1 30 to 2 30 PM. The management promises first run pictures at popular prices and notes upcoming vaudeville and the planned early screening of Syncopation with Fred Waring.
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the Broadhurst
Jame
Singapore
Ritz
High Point
Vitaphone All Talking Picture
New York
Fone
Keith Orpheum
Fred Waring
The Road to Ruin at Orpheum Delivers Cautionary Tale
A review of The Road to Ruin showing at the Orpheum describes the film as a frank portrait of juvenile delinquency and parental neglect. It follows a pretty high school girl and her boyfriends, highlighting societal concerns and aiming to open parent child dialogue. The cast features Helen Foster Virginia Rove Grant Withers Tommy Carr Charles Miller and Florence Turner.
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America
Orpheum Theater
Helen Foster
Grant Withers
Tommy Carr
Mary
Charles Miller
Florence Turner
Rialto Week Showing Win That Girl
Rialto screens Win That Girl this Monday and Tuesday featuring Sue Carol and David Rollins. A family football feud spanning three generations provides comedy and action with a strong cast including Roscoe Karns Tom Elliott Sidney Bracey Mack Fluker Maxine Shelly Betty Becklaw Janet MacLeod and a Loyola College Bovard Field shoot for key football scenes.
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David Butler
Rialto
James Hopper
Saturday Evening Poet
Butler
Roscoe Karns
Tom Elliott
Sidney Bracey
Mack Fluker
Maxine Shelly
Betty Becklaw
Janet MacLeod
Clara Gentle
Miss MacLeod
Pasadena
Loyola College
Los Angeles
Bovard Field
Firestone and Henry Recall Buy Offer from 30 Years Ago
In Moline Firestone and Henry discussed a past proposal when Firestone offered First a half interest in the Firestone Tire and Rubber company for 250. First declined at the time, doubting the idea.
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Moline
Harvey
Firestone
Henry
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Ramon Navarro Stars in Broadhurst Airromance
Ramon Navarro heads the cast in a naval aviator romance set around Annapolis with air sequences filmed in the sky. Anita Page portrays the heroine as director George Hill brings a new vehicle to the Broadhurst with sound synchronization. Two acts of Vitaphone vaudeville and the News Reel complete the program.
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Ramon Navarro
Broadhurst Theater
Immelman
Navarro
Annapolis
George Hill
Anita Page
Gardner James
Carroll Nye
Eddie Nugent
Ralph Graves
Sumner Getchell
Minister Defends Motion Pictures In Baltimore Address
Rev. Clinton Wunder of Rochester Baptist Temple argues cinema is misunderstood and moral, calling it a social necessity and educational tool. He says film offers wholesome recreation, elevates morals beyond novels and stages, and features stars like Mary Pickford while praising its role over speakeasies. He notes many decent film workers exist amid scandals.
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Baltimore
Clinton Wunder
The
Baptist Temple
Rochester
N. Y
Kiwanis Club
Wunder
Mary Pickford
Hollywood
Noahs Give Recital at Guilford College
Guilford College Memorial Hall hosts a recital by Max Noah head of the music department assisted by his wife Dorothy Wilbur Noah before a small audience including many visitors. Noah a former Iowa State Teachers College AB graduate and veteran music educator has toured with the Redpath Lyceum Bureau as bass soloist and quartet member.
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Guilford College
Max Noah
Dorothy Wilbur Noah
Memorial Hall
Noah
Iowa State Teachers College
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Schaefer
Danny Deever
Damrosch
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Jeanne Eagels
Play By Maughan
Rialto News
David Rollins Sue Carol
Thur
George O'Brien
Lois Moran
Orpheum Theatresnaxi
Couaue
Police Records and Juvenile Courts
Charlotte
Jeanne Engels
Giersdor
FOX Movie
Freda & Palace
the Unkissed Man
ONE News
Ramon Novarro
the Wolf Song
Gary Cooper
Lupe Velez
Milton Sills
Ther Barker
Clara Bow
Greta Garbo
Lon Chaney
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Nancy Carroll
Williard Mack
Voice OF the City
Vitaphone
Lights of
Orpheum
Sue Carrol
David Rollins
John Stuart
Maof
Rochester Divine
Noahs
Sue Carola
David Rallins
the Friendly Theatre
West End
Henry B. Walth al
Wonder Dog
Silver Creek
Talking Picture ‘Lights of
Fred Humes
Arizona
Hugh Herbert and
Murray Roth
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