King of Comedy reveals Mack Sennett’s comic empire
Marian Phillips reviews King of Comedy, a vivid portrait of Mack Sennett and the early Keystone era. The author chronicles Sennett’s rise from Canadian farm boy to Hollywood pioneer, with vivid anecdotes about Chaplin, Normand, Lombard, and others.
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Acers
Charlie Chaplin
Harry Langdon
Hee
Harold
Mack Sennett
Mabel Normand
Shipp
Mr. Sennett
Gloria Swanson
Carole Lombard
Bing Crosby
W. C. Fields
Marie Dressler
Buster Keaton
Keystone
Keystone Cops
Sennett
Ted
Marian Phillips
Dog Contracts Mumps Too in Idaho Case
Twin Falls reports Mrs. Co. S. Mather had an abscessed tooth and learned it was mumps. She then found her dog had also contracted the disease in the same household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Idaho
Harden's Collection Of Spooks and Ghost Tales in North Carolina
A North Carolina ghost tale collection by Harden gathers 23 stories from the coast to the mountains. Ghosts of varied types roam places from Raleigh to Hendersonville, with hauntings in cabins, mansions, plantations and cemeteries.
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Harden
Raleigh
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Hendersonville
Fayetteville
Chariotte
Mr. Harden
Pisgah Mountain
Cliff House
Anson County
Mocksville
Poole
Piedmont
State
Letter to a Stranger by Thane Beebe
Eve Endicott, an author, replies to a stranger’s letter and becomes entwined with three lives. An artist father dominates his daughter, a widowed novelist neighbor is haunted by his deceased wife, and Eve’s actions aim to bring peace as the tale unfolds with shifting tensions and a climactic resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thane Elswyth Beebe
New York
Duell, Sloan & Pearce
Eve Endicott
Lves
Eve
Shared Traits of Doctors and Lawyers Highlighted in Letter
A letter notes common burdens and public scrutiny faced by physicians and attorneys, praising their helpful acts in High Point. It reflects on misperceptions, calls for tolerance, and recalls a humorous fiction tied to a real family letter about a dying old man and a dramatic farewell scene.
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Mack Sennett
Mr. Sennett
Hollywood
High Point
Hgh Point
Mount Ir
Ronan Oe
Hawks Agrees To Judgment In Divorce Settlement
Los Angeles film director Howard Hawks agrees to entry of a 52,383 judgment in Superior Court in favor of his first wife Athole Hawks sister of Norma Shearer. She sued for funds due under a 1940 divorce settlement. Payment set at 1000 dollars a month with earnings hot for Hawks and a fund for their two children.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hawks
Athole Hawks
Norma Shearer
Hawks
Six-Gun Shots and The Law at Randado
A two book blurb review describing Six-Gun Shots Dakota Rifle by Frank O Rourke and The Law at Randado by Elmore Leonard. It highlights gun running to Indians and a lawman Frye facing Sundeen in Randado with grim determination and stark justice. The prose praises entertainment value and strong character contrasts.
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Frank O'Rourke
Dell
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
O'Rourke
Randado
Elmore Leonard
Houghton Mifflin Co
Park Street
Boston
Mass
Kirby Frye
Sundeen
Frye
Schaefer
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High Point Little Theater Group
Grace Flower Shop
N. Wrenn & Howell
Cady
Warners
Tire Service Headquarters
N. Main ST
Son
John Arden
Flo
John Harden
Andrew H. Horn
University of North Carolina
Ook Anter
WaShington St
DuPont
Monark Shade Co
Aere
Aper
Vice Paint CO
Commerce
Bureau OF Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
High Point Enterprise
Moore’s Funeral Home
Washington Street
Walter E. and
T. Erwin Moore
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