Mary Pickford Stars in Coquette at Broadhurst
Mary Pickford opens Coquette at the Broadhurst for the first three days of the coming week. It is her first all talking picture and features John Mack Brown and a strong supporting cast in a drama about Norma Besant, a southern belle who defies convention for love amid a dramatic confrontation with her father.
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Mary Pickford
Paris
The
Broadhurst
Miss Pickford
Talkies
Vitaphone
Coquette
North Carolina
George Abbot
Anne Preston Bridgers
Norma Besant
Michael Jeffrey
John Mack Brown
Norma
Matt Moore
John Sampolis
William Janey
Henry Kolker
George Irving
Louise Beavers
Mary Pickford n'Coquette
the Broadhurst
Reopening of American Theater Under Jack Soanes
Jack Soanes leads the reopening of the American Theater with first class stage plays and major improvements to create the state’s finest municipal venue in High Point. Also on the program Mary Pickford appears with an air talking comedy The Right Bed starring Edward Everett Horton. Johnny Marvin performs mandolin and singing in vaudeville, plus Fox Movietone News.
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Jack Soanes
Soanes
High Point
Mary Pickford
the Broadhurst
Edward Everett Horton
Johnny Marvin
Victor
Fox Movietone News
Thats My Daddys Comes to Orpheum for Laughs
That's My Daddy stars Reginald Denny in a Universal farce shifting from his usual high speed comedies. The unusual picture features screaming moments and convulsive humor as Denny delivers a triumphant screen comedy at the Orpheum this Monday and Tuesday.
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Denny
Daddy
Reginald Denny
Orpheum Theatre
Orpheum
Shelley-Amos Op Ne theater reopens with Polly With a Past
The American theater in High Point reopens under city management with the Shelton-Amos Art Players presenting Polly With a Past. The cast includes all 12 company members and features new decor lighting and draperies. Two weekly program changes and a Wednesday Saturday family matinee mark the new season. Tickets and advance seating available by calling 4217.
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Shelton-Amos Art Players
City of
High Point
Polly
Winston-Salem
Shelton- Amos Art
United States
Canada
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Toronto
Hamilton
Anne Nichols
Abie
Paris
Theaer
Infant Rover Missing After Interstate Tricycle Trip
An 11 year old boy from Terre Haute set off on a tricycle toward Chicago and was picked up near the Illinois state line with Sheriff Joe Dreher and deputy tracing the route. Car fare was raised to send him home. The article notes India has 66,600 miles of surfaced roads versus 40,000 miles of railway.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Joe Dreher
Daniel Radford
Chicago
Illinois State Line
India
Talkies scoring despite critics with Broadway Melody praise
Critics who deride talkies struggle to explain recent successes like The Broadway Melody and Show Boat. In New Orleans the Broadway Melody runs seven weeks, while The Trial of Mary Dugan shows stronger in film than stage, with Raymond Hackett supported by H. B. Warner and Lewis Stone. Talkies appear here to stay as audience clarity improves with close ups.
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Mary Dugan
New York
New Orleans
Raymond Hackett
H. B. Warner
Lewis Stone
Dewitte Jennings
Talkies
Market Advice Swings Real Estate Prices In Short Term
A brokerage issued analysis singled out a small real estate stock. Within days the company added over 500 stockholders and its price rose briskly, showing how public investment guidance can influence prices in the market.
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New York
Hardboiled Rose at Rialto in Two-Day Run
Myrna Loy heads an all-star Warner Bros cast in Hardboiled Rose at the Rialto for tomorrow and Tuesday. The drama follows New Orleans aristocracy, a family tragedy tied to a roulette debt, a bond theft, and a convent-bred heroine who goes to the gambling house to recover the bonds.
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Warner Bros
Myrna Loy
Rose
Rialto
Miss Loy
Los Angeles
William Collier, Jr
Gladys Brockwell
Edward Martindel
Lucy Beaumont
John Mil
New Orleans
Myrna
Birthday Sparks Talk of a Future Wedding
A playful exchange centers on a birthday moment as a couple plans ahead. SHE remarks on the present and Tit-Bits style humor. HE responds with excitement about marriage within a month, highlighting a lighthearted, affectionate tone.
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Ling
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Mickey
Broadhurst Theatre
Directs Theater
Mary
Immortals
Bickford
Oquette
Raleigh
VNI
Fox MO “the
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Pippin
Etone News Ag
Ramon Novarro
the Pagan
Novarro
Shelton-Amos
Dorothy Janis
Rdagan
Rose Rialto
Jan, Ralph Emerson and
Otto Hoffman
Myrna Loy William Collier, Jr
Gladys Brockwealel
Bobby
Vernon
Monte Blue
David Belasco
Anne Nichol
Mats
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