Clever Billie Burke at High Point Theatres
At High Point theatres Billie Burke stars in The Misleading Widow today and Tuesday at Broadway theatre. Adapted from a F Tennyson Jesse play the story follows Mrs Betty Taradine who fakes a death to claim life insurance and triggers a comic chase. James L Crane leads the cast with John S Robertson directing. Fox Reillys Globe Trotters are touted as a worthwhile attraction, paralleled with Leicht Teddy Bear company.
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Billie Burke
Paramount Artcraft
F. Tennyson Jesse
Betty Taradine
South Africa
Betty
James L. Crane
Miss Burke
John S. Robertson
Fox Reilly
Globe Trotters
Leicht
Teddy Bear Company
Parrish
Pearl White serial continues at Orpheum and Rose shows
At the Orpheum theater the second episode of Pearl White's serial The Black Secret is shown today and Tuesday after a first week run. The Rose theatre features Madge Kennedy in Strictly Confidential with scenes of old country dancing revived and well photographed showcasing her dancing skill.
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Orpheum
Legion
Pearl White
Orpheum Theater
Madge Kennedy
Goldwyn
Strictly Confidential
Rose Theatre
Camera Kid Adrian Duff Dies After Brooklyn Auto Crash
Adrian Duff known as the Camera Kid and Demon Photog a top New York photojournalist, is killed in a Brooklyn crash at Nevins and Livingston streets after skidding on ice. He served as a WWI signal corps sergeant and took daring war photos from the air and front lines. Duff lived in Richmond Hill with his mother and brothers.
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New York
Adrian C. Duff
Nevins
Livingstone Streets
Brooklyn
Hamilton Bay
Richmond Hill
Duff
William Murray
Halsey Christian
Frank Kenny
Manhattan
Livingston Street
Tenneau
Adrian Duff
New York Harbor
Frank Coffyn
United States
Signal Corps
Chateau-Thierry
Lieut. Duff
Vera Cruz
Gen. Pershing
Mexico
Clover culture shows decline threatens crops
Washington reports a decline in clover cultivation by American farmers, prompting the Agriculture Department to urge restoring clover in a corn wheat rotation. Experts note long runs of wheat yield drop and cite experiments where a three year corn wheat clover rotation raises wheat output compared with continuous culture.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Woman and minister joke on hot water and coal of fire
A woman visits an eminent divine to complain her husband is worthless. The minister asks if she has tried heaping coals of fire on his head. She replies she has not but has tried hot water, in a Beau Monde amusement note.
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Beau Monde
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Fearless Pearl White
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Twa
Adolph Zukor
Gparamount Drierall
Broadway Today
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Ling
Grace
Robert W. Chambers
the Shining Band
North Carolina
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