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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1929
Page
2
A new chapter in motion pictures arrives at the Rialto this week led by Richard Dix in Redskin. The film showcases authentic Indian country landscapes and a gripping native drama. Supporting features include Going Places and Petting Larceny.
Calais France to Dover nine hour nineteen minute hydro cycle crossing sets first woman record. Aimes Pranner, 22, completed the Channel voyage becoming the first female to accomplish the feat.
Ken Maynard stars in The Royal Rider at Rialto on Friday and Saturday. A Texan rangers troupe travels through Europe and lands in a mythic kingdom amid political upheaval. A boy king and a American girl spark events, with chapter No. 2 The Final Reckoning, Her Big Idea, and newsreels on the program.
The Broadhurst hosts a three day run of The Studio Murder Mystery with Neil Hamilton and Warner Oland leading an all star cast. The program also features Yankee Doodle Boy What a Day Melody and Fox Movietone News. Next week Douglas Fairbanks in The Iron Mask headlines with vaudeville and Paramount News.
A fall collection spotlights black panne velvet fabrics with a princess frock featuring a deep vestee of flesh colored lace and puff cuffs peeking from under long narrow black sleeves, signaling elegant evening wear.
Chester Conklin stars in The Big Noise showing at the Orpheum Monday and Tuesday with the program continuing into the week. The feature presents a light comedy with the familiar vaudeville style of the era.
Citizens of High Point and lovers of legitimate drama will be glad to know the American theater will reopen under city control with Broadway artists. The Shelton Amos Art Players open July 15 offering two plays weekly at 60 and 35 cents, with 8 15 p.m. performances and 2:30 p.m. matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Polly With a Past leads the season, presented by David Belasco. Jack Soans heads the company. Supporting cast includes Ruth Amos Hassel Shelton Madeline Galbraith Mabel Frost Ruth Elliott Edwin Evans Johnnie Keating Tommy Wiggins Leslie Thomas. Complete scenic productions will accompany each show.
Fox Films presents The One Woman Idea at Rialto starting tomorrow for two days. Rod La Rocque plays a Persian prince with Marceline Day in a dual role in a romance filled drama. cast includes Lebedeff Girard Gilmore and others. A Billy Dooley comedy and Rialto news reel complete the program.
Chester Conklin stars in The Big Noise a comedy about crooked politicians vying for New York governor’s chair Critics say the film favors humor over high drama with Conklin and the supporting cast delivering many funny moments Completing the program is the Barney Google comedy Just a Stall.
Stephan Ossowiecki a Polish man claims he can read letters through envelopes without opening them His abilities are to be tested in Paris soon on an international stage and attract attention from experts and the public alike.
Johnny Keating teams with the Shelton Ames Wiewers to play before High Point audiences starting the week of July 15. The engagement marks a regional tour stop as the group prepares a summer schedule.
Belgium considers erecting a memorial to the American explorer Henry M. Stanley. The move marks fifty years since Stanley claimed treaties with Congo natives and opened large areas to Belgian control after discovering Lake Leopold.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs adopted a resolution protesting any tariff on art objects antiques sculptures paintings or other works now on the free list. The action supports their broader campaign for art advancement and billboard abolition.
In Konia, Turkey, a newborn boy born aboard a train received the name Railroad as part of a modernization move replacing traditional naming by the old Turks. The change reflects evolving social customs and a shift toward new practices in naming children.
Meeting in England discussed motorists leaving with fees on trips reducing hotel income.
Municipal authorities in Buenos Aires compel motorists to keep their cars mud free, enforcing compliance on streets and public thoroughfares with penalties for violations.
Twenty three new buildings rise in New York City while six structures are demolished, reflecting a brisk pace in urban development and enlargement of the city skyline.
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