Ben Hur Screen Spectacle Returns to Broadhurst Theater
MGM presents Ben Hur with sound on Wednesday and Thursday at Broadhurst Theater. Ramon Novarro stars in the epic directed by Fred Niblo, after four million dollar production spanning Italy and California. The film's chariot race and battles gain added realism from dialogue and sound effects.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Ramon Novarro
Broadhurst Theater
Fred Niblo
Italy
California
Antioch Circus
Ben Hur
Montgomery Romantic Lead in Lovers Courageous at Paramount
Robert Montgomery appears Friday and Saturday in Lovers Courageous a romantic comedy by Frederick Løndale at Paramount. He plays a cheerful Englishman aspiring playwright who roams as sailor cowboy and hotel porter before becoming a tobacconist’s assistant in British South Africa and winning the admiral’s daughter amid family opposition.
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Robert Montgomery
Paramount Theater
Frederick Lonedale
Norma Shearer
British South Africa
London
Montgomery
Picturesque Graeco Roman epic features amid Christ era scenes
The article praises a film’s lavish outdoor tableaux set in the time of Christ. It highlights Sage Wisemen Star of Bethlehem Jerusalem under Roman rule a sea battle chariot race and a hero gathering tribes with vivid color scenes and miraculous healings.
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Jerusalem
Gallileon
By Appointment You Are The Most Beautiful Girl I Ever Met
A curt exchange quoted from Tit Bits reveals a flirtatious note about arranging a meeting. The dialogue showcases social dating language and romantic expressions framed as a snippet from a periodical.
Romberg Operetta The Student Prince Comes to Winston-Salem
Local music lovers await Romberg's The Student Prince at the State theater in Winston-Salem for one Thursday performance on February eleventh. The production features a strong cast led by Hassell and Prior with elaborate scenery and costumes, offered at popular prices amid rising audience demand and a record Romberg score.
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Romberg
Sigmund Romberg
State Theater
Winston-Salem
New York
Shubert
Boston
Messrs
George Hassell
Allan Prior
Gertrude Lang
Charles Chesney
Gus Alexander
Hollie Daveny
Marion Weeks
Margaret Cantrell
Edwin Fros
Lilith Dagover in The Woman From Monte Carlo at Rialto
European actress Dagover stars in The Woman From Monte Carlo at the Rialto this week. She discusses the name Lilith and her occult interests while supported by Walter Huston Warren William George E. Stone John Jay Robert Warwick Oscar Apfel and others in a Michael Curtiz production for First National.
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Dagover
Rialto Theater
Monte Carlo
Lilith
Adam
Eve
Lil
Stone
John Jay
Robert Warwick
Oscar Apfel
Michael Curtiz
This Reckless Age at Paramount With Big Cast
This Reckless Age, a sentimental comedy drama based on The Goose Hangs High, opens at the Paramount for two days starting Wednesday. Stars include Charles Buddy Rogers Peggy Shannon Richard Bennett Charlie Ruggles Frances Dee and Frances Starr with Henry Myers screenplay and Frank Tuttle directing.
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Buddy” Rogers
Charlie Ruggles
Peggy Shannon
Richard Bennett
Francis Dee
Paramount
Paramount Theatre
Lewis Beach
Charles
Chariie Ruggles
Frances Dee
Frances Starr
Henry Myers
Frank Tuttle
Sweetie
Rogers
Miss Shannon
Reno
Theaters This Week at Rialto
The Rialto schedules a week of films and shorts with stars such as Lil Dagover Walter Huston Joan Crawford Clark Gable Red Grange Ned Sparks. Week features The Woman From Monte Carlo Possessed Flip the Saturday and a Galloping Ghost serial with a Cartoon.
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Rialto
Monte Carlo
Lil Dagover
Walter Huston
Joan Crawford
Clark Gable
Red Grange
Ned Sparks
Paramount Theater Weekly Lineup With Notable Stars
Monday and Tuesday show Dance Team with James Dunne and Sally Cellars followed by Sea Soldiers Sweeties at Paramount News. Wednesday and Thursday present This Reckless Age with Buddy Rogers and Peggy Shannon, On the Loose with Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts, and the novelty Strange As It Seems. Friday and Saturday feature Lovers Courageous with Robert Montgomery, Minnie the Moocher Talkartoon, and Quit Your Kickin with Red Donnahue plus Paramount Sound News.
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Paramount Theater
James Dunne
Sally Cellers
Sea Soldiers
Ville
Paramount News
Broadway Schedule and Featured Films This Week
The page lists daily showings including Monday with One Night at Susies starring Billie Dove and Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Tuesday with Always Goodbye and cartooms, Wednesday featuring Ten Cents A Dance with Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez plus Thou Shalt Not, Thursday and Friday with Reaching For The Moon, and Saturday presenting Flying Lariats. A stray note mentions cotton fibre and wind dispersion.
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Billie Dove
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Susie's
Elissa Landi
Lewis Stone
Barbara Stanwyck
Ricardo Cortez
Billy House
Douglas Fairbanks
Bebe Daniels
Paramount Screen
Wally Wales
Buzz Barton
Star Pair Dunn and Eilers Lead Dance Team at Broadhurst
Dunn and Eilers, labeled the wonder team of the year, star in Fox Film’s Dance Team at the Paramount Theater Monday and Tuesday. The article traces their rise from obscurity to fame, compares them with Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, and notes director Borzage’s past success with similar pairings.
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James Dunn
Sally Eilers
Sarah Addington
Paramount Theater
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Janet
Charlie
Frank Borzage
Sally
Jimmy
Miss Eilers
Hollywood
Dunn
Screen Capital
New York
Over the Hill
Borzage
Gaynor
Farrell
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Dunn and Eilers
Lew Wallace
Ben Hurt
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Charlies
Tate
Deh
Geo. Hassell
Vjiine
Thur
Crawford
Gable
THE
Tom Santchi
James Sally Dunneilers
Finster Slim Summerville
SEA Soldiers Sweeties
Paramount Sound News
Charles Ruggles
Frances Deer
Peggy
Shannon
Madge Evans
Robert Z. Leonard
Susan Lenox
Dolores del Rio
Norman Foster
Broadhurst
Leo Carillo
Lil Dagover As
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A. M. Sat
Elissa
Doug
Bebe
James Cagney
Jean Harlow
Star of
Trader Horn
Eilers
Harry Carey
Carly
Lee Sage
Mr. Sage
Mae Busch
Mack Sennett
Carey
Mary Jane Irving
Gibson Gowland
Mary Jane
Leo Carrillo
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