Charlie Murray at the Orpheum
Charlie Murray brings his famed comic persona to the Orpheum theater in The Life of Riley with George Sidney. Murray plays a small town fire chief and inventor, while Sidney is the village police chief. Myrtle Stedman plays the widow, with Sam Hardy as the villain and a light hearted romance between June Marlowe and Stephen Carr.
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Charlie Murray
Orpheum Theater
Riley
George Sidney
Murray
Sidney
Iceman
Myrtle Stedman
Sam Hardy
June Marlowe
Stephen Carr
Sonny Boy heads Broadhurst stage bill with Davey Lee
The Broadhurst features the Vitaphone child star Davey Lee in Sonny Boy on Thursday Friday and Saturday with The Old Barn a Sennett talking comedy Tiffany color classic and Paramount News on the program New York critics praise the youngster and his performances as harmonizing the family plot.
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Broadhurst
Vitaphone
Davey Lee
Kid
al Jolson
Sonny Boy
Jolson
Davey
Singing Fool
Edward Everette Horton
Betty Bronson
Gertrude Olmsted
Aack ‘Sennett
A _ Tiffany
Paramount News
Mr. Lee
Hollywood Boulevard
New York American
Broadhurst Theatre
Look Before Leaping in Tit Bits Quip
A sharp exchange from Tit Bits mocks a marriage rumor about Lottie Brown. The speaker dismisses the notion, faulting plainness and demeanor while noting a suitor’s persistence.
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Lottie Brown
Nut Growth Report From Brazilian Plantation
A Brazilian farm report notes that thirty two thousand tons of ba dassa nuts were produced in San Luise Maranhoe last year.
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San Luise
Maranhoe
Brazil
Thunderbolt heads to Broadhurst for three days opener
George Bancroft stars in Thunderbolt his latest all talking picture about New York underworld with Sing Sing death house climaxes Richard Arlen and Fay Wray co star The program also features Two Little Chinese Maids and Fox Movietone News for the opening run at the Broadhurst.
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Fay Wray
George Bancroft
Broadhurst
Wall Street
Broadhurst Theater
New York
Harlem
Sing Sing
Richard Arlen
Paramount
Fox Movietone News
Stolen Kisses at Rialto Weekender
The Rialto screens Stolen Kisses a lively Warner Bros. comedy with May McAvoy guiding a Paris farce about a couple fleeing gossip and a quarrel sparked by an exotic dancer at the Folies Bergeres. Also showing Single Bliss and MGM news events.
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Rialto Theater
Warner Bros
May McAvoy
Paris
May
Dainty May McAvoy
the Rialto
Baby to Rule Millions as Immortal White Lama
A two year old Mongolian boy is proclaimed the Great Immortal White Lama destined to lead Asians. The spirit is said to inhabit a child born the day of the former Lama’s death. He will be guarded by 10,000 monks and ministered to by the Grand Abbot. A skull adorned plaything and a skull headed rite mark his reign.
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Peking
Buddha
Boy submits name of Moses as greatest man in history
An Irish priest offers sixpence to a boy who names history's greatest man. Answers include Christopher Columbus, George Washington, and St Patrick. A Jewish boy declares Moses from the heart, noting business is business, and wins the coin.
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Christopher Columbus
George Washington
St. Patrick
Moses
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