Tate Fair Lyric bill features Adela Verne and Flying Marine
Lyric presents four vaudeville acts led by Adela Verne and Nat C Haines plus Large and Morgner. The Flying Marine on the Lyric screen stars Ben Lyon and Shirley Mason with Mason Robards, while Sugar Babies opens at Mutual with Fields and a large comic cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fields
Jake
the Mutual
Tate Fair
KRO
Lyric
Adela Verne
Nat C. Haines and Company
Large and Morener
Miss Verne
Cline
England
America
Paderewski
Mathilde Verne
Nat. C. Haires and Company
Columbia
Ben Lyon
Shirley Mason
Mason Robards
Mooly
Mitch
Jason Robarts
Lyric Orchestra
Jack Dempsey Tops New RKO Booking List in Chicago Start
George A Godfrey announces the booking of Jack Dempsey as a leading attraction at the Palace Orpheum Chicago the week of August 31. Estelle Taylor Dempsey is also slated to appear in a forthcoming one act sketch from the RKO production department.
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Jack Dempsey
George A. Godfrey
Palace Orpheum
Chicago
Estelle Taylor
Sugar Babies Burlesque Preview Highlights
Scotchman performs a varied instrumental act for burlesque audiences. The Sugar Babies feature a chorus group. The show includes the Gypsy Trail and a colorful western sequence as part of its scenic headlights.
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Scotchman
Orchestra Opens Two-Week Engagement at Indiana Roof
ERNIE YOUNG and his Creole orchestra with Orren Patterson open a two week run at the Indiana roof ballroom to inaugurate the fall season. Manager Tom Devine says traveling bands will continue next year and nightly features follow last season’s schedule, with rentals and parties already planned.
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Ernie Young
Creole
Orren Patterson
Indiana Roof
Nerge
Tom Devine
Devine
Zoe Akins Joins Paramount Writing Staff for Sarah and Son
Playwright Zoe Akins joins Paramount's writing staff to adapt Timothy Shea's novel Sarah and Son with Ruth Chatterton in the lead, a notable studio project at Hollywood studios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe Akins
Paramount
Hollywood Studios
Timothy Shea
Sarah and Son
Ruth Chatterton
Religious Drama Tournament Set At Sutherland Church
The first annual religious drama tournament will be hosted by the Sutherland Players at the Sutherland Presbyterian church on November 8 and 9. Entries due October 15 include Irvington Mummers Capital Players First Baptist Traub Memorial West Washington Calvary United Brethren. Awards total 40 dollars with 25 dollar top prize and 15 dollar second prize.
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Sutherland Players
Sutherland Presbyterian Church
Bellefontaine
Virginia Brackett Green
Irvington Mummers
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Capital Players
Capitol Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
First, Baptist Church
Traub Memorial Church
West Washington Presbyterian Church
Calvary United Brethren Church
Sutherland
A. E. Thomas
Green
Regis Toomey Signs New Paramount Contract
The acclaimed actor Regis Toomey, famed for his sleuth work in Alibi, inks another Paramount contract after standout turns in The Love Doctor and Illusion.
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Regis Toomey
Paramount
Civic Theater to Create Actors and Workers Guild
Indianapolis Civic theater plans to form an Actors and Workers Guild within the organization. George Bailey says the season will extend to nine months with at least nine plays and expanded children’s program. Farscott signs contract to enlarge stage, redecorate lobby, and improve backstage space. Nancy Carroll and Jack Oakie star in Sweetie. Behind the Makeup features Hal Skelly Powell Wray and Kay Francis in overlapping triangles.
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Indianapolis Civic Theater
Actors and Workers Guild
The
Civic Theater
George Bailey
Building Fund Committee of
Gladys Somnes
New York
Farscott
Indianapolis
Somnes
Board of Directors
Actors’ and Workers’ Guild
Telephone and Motor Corps
Paramount Picture
Hal Skelly
William Powell
Fay Wray
Kay Francis
Powell
Miss Wray
Colonial Comedians Top Cast Opens at the Colonial
Fair Vanities opens Sunday at the Colonial marking the first regular season show. New performers join Jimmy Bova Frank Martin and others with a Vanity Parade chorus number. Mother's Boy narrates a New York deli delivery boy's rise to opera through a violinist mentor.
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Colonial
George
Baldy) Hill
Sleepy Chapman
Jimmy
No Push) Bova
Frank Martin
Paul Reno
Mildred Wood
Hazel Smith
Daisy Due
Gene Markey
New York
Midway to Be Feature at the Indiana State Fair
D. D. Murphy Shows will furnish the midway for the Indiana State fair this year with a large tented complex. The firm began in St Louis and expanded from a small four box car outfit in 1921 to a 40 car operation with 21 paid shows and a 635 person payroll. They serve about 2000 meals daily under motto Cleanliness and Novelty.
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D. D. Murphy
Murphy
David D. Murphy
L. M. Brophy
St. Louis
Notable names headline Vita phone Show of Shows segment
Ted Lewis and his band star in the Vita phone special Show of Shows filmed this week at Warner studio. A pirate den backdrop frames a sequence featuring villains Noah Beery Tully Marshall Wheeler Oakman Bull Montana Kalla Pasha Johnny Arthur Anders Randolf Ottie Matiesen Jack Curtis Philo McCullough with actresses Carmel Myers Ruth Clifford Sally Eilers Viola Dana Shirley Mason Ethynne Claire Francis Lee and Julanne Johnston.
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Ted Lewis
Warner Studio
Noah Beery
Tully Marshall
Wheeler Oakman
Bull Montana
Kalla Pasha
Johnny Arthur
Anders Randolf
Ottte Matiesen
Jack Curtis
Philo McCullough
Carmel Myers
Ruth Clifford
Sally Eilers
Viola Dana
Shirley Mason
Ethynne Claire
Francis Lee
Julanne Johnston
Armorer’s Art Revived for Paramount Romance
Dennis King stars in The Vagabond King and requires five hundred suits of armor with swords spears and shields for battle scenes. Studio prop shop makes gear while authentic prints from The Album Historique guide period fighting equipment used in France during Louis XI’s reign.
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Paramount
Dennis King
Historique
France
Louis XI
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Mutual
Harry
Hello Jake) Fields
Fields
Mabel Spencer
Patricia Kelly
Dainty Dottie Reed
Jean Gardner
Harry C. van
Frank Scannell
Jimmie Hill
Jock MacLean
Jack
Bernie Young
Akins
Riverside
Ethel Pritchett
Mutual c
Mutual Burlesque Assn. OF
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South
Illinois St
York
S Nora Ford
Skimmy
Rita Owen
Indiana
Sophie Tucker
Honky Tonk
Apollo
Sophie
Walter D. Hickman
Nancy Carroll
Jack Oakie
Illinois
Vanity Parade
Peacock
Morton Downey
Lee and
Leroy
Ding and Dong
F.O. Circuit
Wilcore
Siai TaiPek
Wdianapolis
Vaudeville Theatre
KEITH
Mason
Wrx Sue Carol
Walnut Gardens
Bath
Labor Day
Kentucky Ave
Walnut Gardens Speedway
Camby
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