Holiday Drama of High Society Life
A lavish screen comedy drama set in a Fifth Avenue mansion, Holiday features Ann Harding Marvy Astor Edward Everett Horton Robert Ames and Hedda Hopper. The American theater offices confirm it as a top year’s highlight with critics praising its polish dialogue by Philip Barry and sparkling stagecraft.
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Philip Barry
Ann Harding
Marvy Astor
Edward Everett Horton
Robert Ames
Hedda Hopper
American Theater
High Point
New York
Regine Crewe
N. Y. American
Dialogue Society
Moby Dick at American Theater Stars Barrymore Cast
Warner Bros Vitaphone drama Moby Dick comes to the American Theatre with John Barrymore supported by Joan Bennett Lloyd Hughes Noble Johnson Walter Long Nigel De Brulier and Jack Curtis directed by Lloyd Bacon. The take on Melville’s tale features intense sea-storm voice recording and dramatic action plus a chorus of beautiful girls.
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Vitaphone
John Barrymore
Herman Melville
Ahab
Joan Bennett
Lloyd Hughes
Noble Johnson
Walter Long
Nigel de Brulier
Jack Curtis
Lloyd Bacon
Barrymore
the Sea Beast
Dolores Costello
Hoot Gibson Closes Week At American Theater
Hoot Gibson brings another western starring picture to the American theatre opening Friday and Saturday. The Concentrating Kid blends traditional western themes with modern ideas as Gibson aims to keep up with changing tastes.
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Hoot Gibson
American
Hoot
Amos and Andy at the Broadhurst in Check and Double Check
Amos and Andy appear at the Broadhurst theatre in Check and Double Check a talking motion picture debuting this week. The Harlem story with radio stars features Sue Carol Irene Rich and Rita LaRoy alongside the famous duo.
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Amos ’N Andy
Broadhurst Theatre
Maurice Chevalier
Playboy of
Paris
Harlem
Amos ‘N Andy
Sue Carol
Irene Rich
Ralf Harolde
Charles Morton
Edward Martindel
Rita LaRoy
Morton
Miss Carol
Madame Queen
Ruby Taylor
Kingfish
Amos
N’ Andy
Mel Brown
World Wide Banquets Linked by Radio On November 8
Pittsburgh will host a dedication banquet at the H. J. Heinz building for its new theater and recreation facility. More than a hundred simultaneous events will share identical menus and speeches carried by radio. President Hoover will deliver a wire address from Washington, with Sir Henry Worth Thornton and Charles Nagel among other speakers.
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Pittsburgh
H. J. Heinz Company
Hoover
Washington
United States
Sir Henry Worth Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
President Taft
Glider Built from Rubber Tubes by Taylor McDaniel
A Washington project uses seven large inflated rubber tubes as a skeletal frame for a lightweight glider. Each wing side forms from three tubes with a rear tube supporting the tail surfaces. Designed by Taylor McDaniel, the craft weighs about 125 pounds.
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Taylor McDaniel
At Theaters This Week
This week features Ann Harding in Holiday with Vitaphone Technicolor and Holland Pathe News. Friday and Saturday screens Hoot Gibson in The Concentratin Kid along with three Vitaphone acts.
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Ann Harding
Holland
Pathe News
Hoot Gibson
Vitaphone
Broadhurst Presents Check and Double Check Aristocracy
Broadhurst presents Amos n Andy in Check and Double Check with day and Thursday showings. Knute Rockne stars in Touchdown on the same program. Friday and Saturday feature Mau Rice Chevalier in Playboy In Paris.
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Amos ‘'N
Andy
Knute Rockne
Maurice Chevalier
Playboy
Paris
Paramount Screens Week Program of Stage Attractions
Paramount presents Chil dren of Pleasure on Monday and Tuesday and Belle Bennett with Marion Nix in Courage on Wednesday and Thursday.
Paramount Shows A Song Romance and Courage At The Theater
The Paramount screens the all talking adaptation Children of Pleasure tomorrow and Tuesday, linked to the Irving Berlin romance tale. Belle Bennett stars in Courage with Marion Nixon, opening Wednesday and Thursday, portraying a widowed mother of seven whose efforts to care for her family are tested by their rebellion and humor.
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Belle Bennett
Marion Nixon
Paramount Theater
Paramount
Irving Berlin
Crane Wilbur
48Th Street Theater
New York
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer
Harry Beaumont
Miss Bennett
Stella Dallas
Miniature Golf License Revoked in Herne Bay
In Herne Bay England a miniature golf course license was revoked after boarding house keepers complained crowds watching players annoyed guests who threatened to leave. Local shopkeepers sought retention of the game for business, but landladies prevailed. Receipts of 12 cent charges around totaled nearly 3400 in 11 days, yielding about 160 dollars in city income.
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Landdladies
Uniform Drivers License Urged by State Official
Chapel Hill November 1 Captain Charles D Farmer of the State Highway Patrol urged a uniform drivers license law before the Chapel Hill Rotary club. He cited nine states with licenses saving 22 000 lives and reducing accidents by about 20 percent. He warned against compulsory insurance plans and blamed driver carelessness for most crashes noting drunken drivers as a major menace and calling for a larger patrol force to improve enforcement.
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Charles D. Farmer
State Highway Patrol
Massachusetts
Captain Farmer
North Carolina
Canada
Whoopee at the Broadhurst on the talking screen
The Ziegfeld production Whoopee opens at the Broadhurst for three days starting Monday November 10. Florenz Ziegfeld supervises the first picture he made with Eddie Cantor and the original New York company including the glorified girls. Cantor portrays a nervy, bantering lead with several new songs.
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Florenz Ziegfeld
Eddie Cantor
New York
Audible Screen
Mr. Cantor
North Carolina Scouts Set to Plant 5 Million Trees
North Carolina will join a national push to plant 5,000,000 native trees by Boy Scouts. Guilford County efforts include gathering walnut seeds from historic shrines, with planting expected at the state forestry nursery or distributed to scouts nationwide under supervision of the Department of Conservation and Development and the Department of Agriculture in Washington.
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F. H. Clerdige
Stat
State Forestry Nursery
Department Agriculture
Washington
Counry
Peruvian Military Orders Action on Coloring Kerosene
The Peruvian government issues a decree authorizing the use of coloring kerosene and tractoline to deter adulteration of gasoline. The move aims to prevent fuel tampering and ensure market integrity.
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