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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1931
Page
2
Barrymore, Gaynor Farrell and Jack Holt lead Dirigible a Frank Capra directed air spectacle at the Paramount. Fay Wray stars as Pierce’s wife with Hobart Bosworth Roscoe Karns and Clarence Muse in supporting roles. Bradon pilots the expedition and Pierce seeks revenge after a failed pole flight culminating in a dramatic rescue and reunion.
Written by Lieut Commander Frank Wead the piece surveys daring aviators and Navy Day at Lakehurst New Jersey. It portrays balloons blimps and lighter than air craft in action and sketches the Antarctic ship pilots attempting to reach the South Pole amid a vast celebration. The story also nods to a Navy officer's wife and features Holt Fay Wray Ralph Forbes Hobart Hobarth.
Hoot Gibson often chased by irate cow punchers in films finds private life among friends who ride and risk their bones for better pay. Skeeter Bill Robbins, famed for circus rope stunts, shares a humorous memory and appears in The Hard Hombre at Broadhurst next Friday and Saturday.
Paramount announces six standout attractions for the new season, each playing three days here. The lineup includes Ann and with Jack Holt Fay Wray and Ralph Graves. Next week features Constance Ben- introduced in advance of the run.
The Broadhurst presents Traveling Husbands for two days starting Monday. Evelyn Brent leads a strong cast in a brisk, high-energy backstage drama about traveling salesmen, hotel vamps, and romantic entanglements with suspense and broad comedy.
Sparks Circus brings Evelyn Skaggs a topmounter from the Billetti troupe to High Point on Tuesday September 15. The article highlights daring high wire acts forty feet up without a safety net and a roster of other circus beauties and performers renowned in the sawdust world.
Federal aid highway funds show a balance of 27 124 941 available for new projects. The Bureau of Public Roads reports 170 924 029 allotted for roads under construction and an additional 18 584 139 allotted on approved construction projects.
A quoted exchange from Das Illustrierte Blatt in Frankfurt contrasts a child’s view of parental money with adult wealth. The child asks why their father must work and cannot join family motoring, highlighting social class tensions.
Paramount presents 100% Service with Burns Allen and Fox Movietone News. Monday and Tuesday feature Mothers Millions Egyptian Melo dies and Pathe Sound News events. Wednesday and Thursday show Svengali with John Barrymore Lure of Hollywood and a Comedy. Friday and Saturday offer Hard Hombre with Hoot Gibson plus Monsters of the Deep Behind in Front Hello Sunshine Kid Revue. Screen on Friday and Saturday includes Hear in for Trouble King of the Wild Serial No 10 and Racket Cheers.
Monday shows Ronald Colman and Kay Francis in Raffles with Karl Dane and George K Arthur. Tuesday offers Sam Haines and Dorothy Jordan in A Tailor Made Man. Wednesday features Walter Huston and Constance Cummings in The Criminal Code plus cartoon. Thursday and Friday present Zane Grey's Fighting Caravans starring Gary Cooper and Lila Damita with Ern est Torrence and Tully Marshall. Saturday presents Buffalo Bill Jr and Yakima Canutt in The Cheyenne Kid with Comedy Cartoon and Novelty.
John Barrymore delivers a powerful Svengali performance in the Warner Bros. stage adaptation at the Broadhurst, after studying hypnotism for the role. Marian Marsh plays Trilby with notable screen talent, Archie Mayo directs, and the production follows the Du Maurier novel’s famed villain with Barrymore’s striking makeup and presence.
The article lists actors Bramwell Fletcher Donald Crisp Lumsden Hare Carmel Myers Luis Alberni Ferike Boros Andrienne D'Ambricourt and Paul Porcasi alongside a praise of their performances. Archie Mayo is identified as the director. Road Saves Life reports Hal Bakenhamp a local merchant surviving a throat obstruction after a tooth extraction caused by a filling. an automobile mishap near a road piece freed the blockage en route to Spokane.
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