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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1926
Page
2
The American theater and The Enterprise with Merchants of High Point urge entries from young women to name the city’s best candidate for Atlantic City fall beauty pageant. Prizes include an annual theater pass for two and other valued rewards.
The Enterprise urges young women to enter the Atlantic City contest run by leading city merchants. Winners may receive motion picture contracts, with many participants gaining fortunes in the film business based on beauty and feature assessment.
Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim adapted by Victor Fleming playing at Broadway for a two day run. Percy Marmont faces a life changing test aboard a sinking ship amid a typhoon while Noah Beery Shirley Mason and Raymond Hatton co star in the adventure tale.
Reginald Denny stars in What Happened to Jones at the Colony in New York with Marion Nixon Otis Harlan Zasu Pitts and John Elliott. The film follows Tom Jones wrongfully suspected after a poker raid and seeks to clear his name and save his engagement. Also living Charleston dance showcase Strenuous Life with Grantland Rice's Spotlight in the final days.
The Wan derer features the largest American motion picture set built in Santa Monica California covering hundreds of acres. Over 200 carpenters and many technicians spent more than three weeks constructing a city fortification with hundreds of buildings and walls.
The Orpheum presents the Zig Zag Revue from Norfolk Va arriving tomorrow for a week of large acts. The performers command higher costs but admission remains unchanged. The company recently opened in Norfolk after a yearlong engagement on southern time.
The program features a complete scenery for every bill and six of the highest priced vaudeville specialists in miniature musical comedy. A full show runs Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday with short pictures on each change and the sixth episode of The Mystery Box on Saturday.
Dor othy Mackaill stars in Chickie at the American with an all star cast as a typist who enters a millionaire world, faces temptation and despair, directed by John Francis Dillon famed for Flaming Youth. The picture is billed as a major sensation this year.
The First National photodrama The Girl from Montmartre debuts at Broadway next Wednesday. Barbara La Marr and Lewis Stone head a strong cast with William Eugene Robert Ellis Mario Carillo EB Calvert Mathilde Comont Nicholas de Ruiz Robert Mack and Hettor Sarno in supporting roles. The film promises exuberant entertainment set against Spain’s sunlit scenery and lively serenades.
A vivid description promises a sweeping soul stirring film experience as the picture unfolds. The reviewer notes the imagery and emotional impact that invites the audience to see beyond the surface.
Colleen Moore presents Irene at First National, a spectacular revue style scene with skaters and revelers under arc lamps. The production touts lavish costumes and four seasons depicted in opulent fashion, claiming it as the finest story and picture of Moore's career.
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