Leaders for Grand March at Rocky Mount German Ball
The ninety fourth annual June German hosted by the Carolina Cotillion Club of Rocky Mount N Y on June 22 features Geo P Arrington with Miss Alice Winston Alexander of Charlotte and George L Weeks with Miss Mildred Joyner as dance partners. Leslie P F Hinson leads a second figure with Mrs Hinson. Mayor M D Munn and Mrs P I Thigpen head the honorary club figure. Omrie Nelson leads orchestra with Hilary Thurston and his North Carolinians set to perform before the opening. The event takes place in a tobacco warehouse turned fairy setting, concluding a weeklong celebration of Terpsi chorea. The Cotillion Club, founded 1880 by Thomas H Battle, is among the souths oldest social clubs.
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Carolina Cotillion Club
Rocky Mount
N. Y
Geo. P. Arrington
Alice Winston Alexander
Charlotte
George
Hilary Thurston
Thomas H. Battle
South
Broken Dreams Dramatic Film at Carolina Theater
A vivid human drama opens at the Carolina theater with Broken Dreams focusing on Billy a child who loses his mother at birth and is later reunited with his father Randolph Scott and Martha Sleeper lead as Billy's parents. Strong supporting turns come from Joseph Cawthorn and Beryl Mercer with Buster Phelps delivering a remarkable child performance.
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Carolina Theater
Billy
Robert Morley
Morley
Pop
Buster Phelps
Randolph Scott
Martha Sleeper
Joseph Cawthorn
Beryl Mercer
Mom Miller
Joe E Brown Opens Engagement At Paramount Theater
Joe E Brown begins a two day engagement Friday at the Paramount Theatre in his new First National picture A Very Honorable Guy. The Damon Runyon comedy casts Brown as a tin horn gambler whose daring stunts drive the plot with broad humor featuring Alice White.
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Joe E. Brown
Paramount Theatre
Damon Runyon
Joe E
Joe
Alice White
Motion Picture Guide Weekly To Help Parents Choose
The guide lists seven reviewing bodies including the Daughters of the American Revolution and the National Society of New England Women. It rates films by audience groups and flags titles such as George White's Scandals and A Very Honorable Guy as unsuitable for children, with adults advised by taste. Reviews note exploits of objectionable songs, weak plots, and offensive content in several pictures.
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The
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society of New England Women
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
California Congress of Parents and Teachers
National Council of Jewish Women
Woman's University Club of Los Angeles
United Church Brotherhood
Joe’s Running Mate Appears in Cash Driven Plot
The cast includes Joe alongside a gold digging chorus girl torn between him and a moneyed mad doctor. Robert Barrat plays the corrupt doctor who purchases Joe’s body with Alan Dinehart as the brains of a crook gang. Irene Franklin Hobart Cavanaugh Harold Huber and George Pat Collins co star. A Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts program is also featured.
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Joe
Robert Barrat
Alan Dinehart
Irene Franklin
Hobart Cavanaugh
Harold Huber
George Pat Collins
Mickey Mouse
Lone Cowboy portrays killer's redemption via child’s love
The Rialto theater shows Lone Cowboy on Friday and Saturday featuring Jackie Cooper from Skippy. The film follows a killer's regeneration as a child’s affection guides his path to redemption.
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Jackie Cooper
Isooming
Rialto Theater
Young Cooper
Nevada Gives Scooter a Chance in Open Range Drama
The film directed by Paul Sloane from his story and inspired by Will James stars Jackie as Scoter O Neil lifted from a Chicago tenement to Nevada. He is taken in by a hardened killer who warns against a kid, but Scooter protects a life and earns a lasting bond and respect.
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Paul Sloane
Will James
Lila Lee
Addison Richards
John Wray
Gavin Gordon
Scoter O'Neil
Jackie
Chicago
Nevada
Scooter
Ann Harding Stars in The Right to Romance at Broadhurst
Ann Harding portrays a plastic surgeon torn between ethics and love in The Right to Romance at the Broadhurst theater on Wednesday and Thursday. Robert Young stars opposite as the fickle husband, with Sari Maritza and Nils Asther in key roles. the program also includes Ben Blue’s Nervous Hands and a Sound News.
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Ann Harding
Broadhurst Theater
Miss Harding
Robert Young
Sari Maritza
Nils Asther
Irving Pichiel
Alden Chase
Helen Freeman
Delmar Watson
Ben Blue
Hoopla Clara Bow Film Shown At Carolina Theater
Clara Bow stars in Hoopla at the Carolina Theater on Wednesday as Fox's standout film. Preston Foster leads as carnival barker opposite Bow with Richard Cromwell as the romantic youth. The cast includes Herbert Mundin James Gleason Minna Gombell Rogers Imhoff and Florence Roberta. Frank Lloyd directs and Bradley King with Joseph Moncure March adapted The Barker for the screen.
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Clara Bow
Carolina
Fox
Mise Bow
Hoyden
Preston Foster
Richard Cromwell
Herbert Mundin
James Gleason
Minna Gombell
Rogers Imnhoff
Florence Roberta
Frank Lloyd
Berkeley Square
Bradley King
Joseph Moncure March
John
Whirlpool at Broadhurst stars Jack Holt in racketeer role
Jack Holt portrays Rankin a rehabilitated carnival owner turned racketeer whose world shifts after a 20 year penitentiary term and a link to his innocent wife and daughter. Jean Arthur leads a supporting cast including Donald Cook Allen Jenkins Lila Lee and John Miljan in a drama of suspense and crime.
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Jack Holt
Hick
Holt
Jean Arthur
Donald Cook
Allen Jenkins
Lila Lee
John Miljan
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George Parrington
George L Weeks
Edith Hinson
Leslie F. Hinson
Motion Picture Guide
George White
Paramount
Rudy Vallee
Jimmy Durante
Gregory Ratoff
First National
Lloyd Bacon
Nates
Broadhurst
Stephen Roberts
George Raft
Adolphe Menjou
Frances Drake
Sidney Toler
Old Mexico, Which Suffers From Implausible Characterization. Adulta
Columbia
Roy Wm. Neill
Alien Jenkins
Rita LaRoy
Rialto
Malcolm St. Cisir
George O'Brien
Mary Brian
Roger Imhof
Betty Blythe
New York
Family
Women's University Club
Ralph Murphy
Zasu Pitts
Phillips Holmes
Ned Sparks
Lew Cody
Killer
Fork Union
Irwer School
R. O
Soeideen
J. J Wicker
Virginia
Silvertown
Silvertowns
Goodrich
Goodrich Tooo
Goodrich Accessories
Carolina Vulcanizing Company
J. Fred Lamb
Wren Street
Broadhurs
Racketeer
Board of Adjustments
Marine Oil Company
English
Phillips Streets
E. K. Ingram
Fire Department
Wrenn St
Jos. D. Cox
DeSoto Or
Plymouth
DeSoto
America
New Plymouth
Garland
North Main Street
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