Vaudeville Stars and Not Damaged Headline Lyric Stage Show
Brown County Revelers headline a diverse Lyric stage bill with Uncle Sid Jerome as emcee. Acts include The Four Horsemen Dave Ray and Al Nord and Dot Meyers troupe, plus Lois Moran with Not Damaged and Notable Broadway stars Inez Courtney and George Corcoran in comedy. Lydia Harris headlines the film feature.
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Casey Jones
Sid Jerome
Boob McNutt
Spark Plug
Four Horsemen
RKO
Fox Movietone
Lydia Harris
America
Miss Harris
Dave Ray
al Nord
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Dot Meyers and Company
Miss Meyers
New York
Lois Moran
Robert Ames
Miss Moran
Inez Courtney
George
Red) Corcoran
Frank Gay
Richard Connelly
Chandler Sprague
Los Angeles
Joe Cook Becomes a Film Star
Joe Cook, a versatile comedian from musical comedy and vaudeville, debuts as a talking picture star in Rain or Shine from Columbia. His career spans tent shows revues and four Hawaiians imitations, rising from amateur nights at the Majestic in Evansville to Broadway musical comedy and a film lead.
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In Cook
Columbia
Cook
Majestic Theater
Evansville
Ind
Value of a Godly Home in Sunday School Lesson
Discussion argues the home quality shapes national character and youth discipline. It highlights Hannah and Samuel as ideal examples and cites Dr Graham Taylor and his family as evidence where a father’s ideals guide children toward service and virtue.
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I Sam
Scotland
Graham Taylor
Chicago Commons
Taylor
Dr. Taylor
Hannah
Samuel
Warner Brothers acquire Illicit comedy drama
J. L. Warner announces Warner Brothers have purchased Illicit a comedy drama by Robert Riskin and Edith Fitzgerald.
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J. L. Warner
Warner Brothers
Robert Riskin
Edith Fitzgerald
Cat Creeps in Cast Universal Here With Rupert Julian
Lizzie in Cast Universal announces production of The Cat Creeps adapted from The Cat and the Canary. Rupert Julian directs a cast including Helen Twelve trees Jean Hersholt ae Hackett Theodore Von Eltz Montague Love Blanche Frederici Neil Hamilton and Elizabeth Pat- in a forthcoming stage film project.
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Universal
John Willard
Rupert Julian
Helen Twelvetrees
Jean Hersholt
Ae Hackett
Ae Theodore von Eltz
Montague Love
Blanche Frederici
Neil Hamilton
Elizabeth Pat
Park Promises Banner Season At Broad Rip Park
Crowds flock to Broad Rip park as bookings for fraternal and outstate picnics surge. The new bath house with thousands of lockers and advanced water filtration underpins a premier Midwestern swimming plant. The park expects a big Sunday crowd with free wrestling on Mondays and boxing exhibitions on Thursdays, plus free skating and dancing.
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Broad Ripple Park
Mnd
Middel West
White River
Vitaphone Varieties Adds Star Power From Stage and Press
Murray Roth signs Walter Winchell columnist for theatrical chronicles in New York Mirror. Willard Robinson of Tin Pan Alley and conductor of the Maxwell House radio hour joins as composer. George Hassell, star of Artists and Models, appears in Where There's a Will. Hall Johnson choir, twenty voices, also featured.
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Vitaphone
Brooklyn
New Vitaphone Varieties
Walter Winchell
New York Mirror
Tin Pan Alley
Vitaphone Varieties
Willard Robinson
Maxwell House Radio Hour
George Hassell
Hall Johnson
Apollo Announces McCormack First Movie Booking
The Apollo reports that John McCormack is booked for his first film, Song o My Heart, with an early showing planned.
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The
Apollo
John McCormack
Talkies to Evolve Toward Balanced Screen Technique
Universal executives advocate a new screen method that blends pantomime and voice. Carl Laemmle Jr. cites less dialogue and more visual action to heighten suspense and drama. Aiming for a standard where sound supports highlights rather than overruns scenes.
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Carl Laemmle Jr
Universal City
Tod Browning
Universal
Broadway Producers Map Out This Season’s Plan
NEA Service writer Gilbert Swan outlines major Broadway plans. Items include Earl Carroll era styles, Ladies All, Cafe by Brady, Beautiful Evening by Crosby Gaige, Rear China by Theater Guild, Elizabeth the Queen and Green Grow the Lilacs, The Good Soldier Schweik, That’s the Way With Them, Torch Song, Paris Bound, The Little Show, Once in a Life Time, Mr Gilhooley, Marius, and various Shubert offerings, with frequent stars and European discoveries.
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NEA
Broadway
Swan
Earl Carroll
Carroll
Elmer Harris
Violet Heming
William A. Brady
Rollo Peters
Crosby Gaige
Claiborne Foster
Theater Guild
China
Brock Pemberton
Brady
Wilman
Sam Harris
George Kaufman
Kaufman
Donald Ogden Stewart
Jed Harris
Mr. Gilhooley
Helen Hayes
Gilbert Miller
Molnar
Marcell Pagnol
Paris
Marius
Kenneth MacGowan
Jane Cowl
Cleveland
Sacha Guitry
Berg-op-Zoom
Owen Davis
At Woods
Arthur Hammerstein
Cast Completes for Sit Tight Comedy
Sit Tight featuring Winnie Lightner and Joe E Brown begins production. Supporting cast includes Claudia Dell Paul Gregory Lottie Loder Hobart Bosworth Frank Hagney Snitz Edwards and Edward George under Lloyd Bacon's direction.
New York League Launches Campaign to Curb Theater Ticket Speculation
The League of New York Theatres begins operation to ensure fair theater ticketing. Accredited brokers will handle sales at no more than 75 cents per ticket, with patrons urged to buy at box offices or through designated brokers. The effort relies on public support and responsible brokers to maintain affordable access.
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New York
Arthur Hopkins
Gilbert Miller
Brock Pemberton
League of New York Theaters
League
H. D. Savage
Our Blushing Brides at the Palace
The Palace presents Joan Crawford in the film Our Blushing Brides. The review notes her charm and the visual appeal as the centerpiece of the picture.
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Joan Crawford
Joan
John Blystone to direct Telable David talkie for Columbia
John Blystone, noted director, to supervise the talking version of Telable David for Columbia Pictures. Benjamin Glazer writing the adaptation. The 1930 31 schedule marks the project as a major production. Will replace Richard Barthelmess in the lead role once cast. Warner Bros judges original talking picture scripts as New Stories pour in for consideration.
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Columbia Pictures
Benjamin Glazer
Richard Barthelmess
Fox Films
Columbia
David
Warner Bros
Jacob Wilk
Riverside Cuts Fees on Rides at West Thirtieth Street Park
Riverside amusement park drops ride prices to five cents after noon on weekdays except Sundays drawing large crowds. Admission is free at the gates as families bring lunches to enjoy boats, miniature golf, pony track, playgrounds, and the large rink while boxing and wrestling entertainments light up the evenings. Local matchups feature Jack Reynolds defending the welterweight title against Hugh Webb and Onie Gahimer meeting Kid Wright in upcoming arena bouts.
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Riverside Gates
Shady Sun Resort
West Thirtieth Street
Park Canoe Club
Riverside
Jack Reynolds
Hugh Webb
Indianapolis
Webb
Onie Gahimer
Shelbyville
Ind
Riverside Sports Arena
Kid Wright
Richmond
Miss Lee Morse Heads to Lyric Theater Vaudeville
Columbia recording artist Miss Lee Morse arrives for a week at the Lyric Theater starting Saturday Aug 16. A southerner known for darky ditties she rose to fame on phonograph records and has performed in musical comedies including Artists and Models Kitchy Koo and The High Cost of Loving.
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Lee Morse
Lyric Theater
Phonograph Records
Miss Morse
Kitchy Koo
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