Laff That Off at English’s for Three Days Beginning Dec 27
Comedy by Don Mullally praised in New York’s golden dozen arrives at English’s for three days starting Monday December 27. Cast features Larry Oliver Marion Wells Norval Kreedwell Pauline Brake Hattie Foley William Gargan Jack Williams with a boardinghouse plot and a fresh slavey twist. The Vagabond King returns to English Opera House January 3 for eight performances led by a 125 member company with ensemble pieces and solo gems by Rodolph Friml.
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New York
Don Mullally
Earl Carroll
Wallack
Larry Oliver
George M. Cohan
Marion Wells
Norval Kreedwell
Pauline Brake
Hattie Foley
William Gargan
Aloma
South Seas
Jack Williams
Broadway
Paris
Francoisllon
Rodelf Friml
Pauline Drake
English’s
Gracie
Stanistoff
B. F
Yale Drama Club Presents Out O' Luck Tour Dec 22
Yale Dramatic Association announces Out O Luck, first all Yale production on tour, at Murat Theater December 22. Tom Cushing wrote the play based on wartime front line episodes, with music by Cole Porter. Directed by F E Woolley, it features a dozen doughboy characters and a broad undergraduate cast.
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Yale Drama Club
Yale Dramatic Associaon
Charles Hopkins
St. Mihiel
Cole Porter
Yale
F E. M. Woolley
Guy Richards
Barrymore Picks The Ragged Lover as First UA Picture
Barrymore selects The Ragged Lover as his first United Artists release. He nears final production stages at the Pickford Fairbanks Studio in Hollywood with this independent effort. The project promises Barrymore will prove his versatility beyond the well dressed man persona.
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John Barrymore
United Artists
Barrymore
Pickford-Fairbank
Hollywood
Bean Brummel
Harvard Yale theater cast features Dartmouth stars and editors
The article lists university figures from 1927 28 across Harvard Yale and Dartmouth connected to a campus play. It names tackle R B MecGunigle and halfback H Hamilla noted for football prowess and all American mention, Yale Record chairman R G Osborn art editor, two oarsmen Edward Ward and Henry Goodwin, Daily News editor Joseph Thomas 1928, dramatic association president U S Ryan 1927, and orator N S Ludington 1927. Henry Potter 1926 returns to play lead role. all cast are experienced actors.
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Harvard
R. B MecGunigle
Dartmouth
H. Hamilla
Yale Record
R. G. Osborn
Edward R. Wardwell
Henry Sage Goodwin
Joseph A. Thomas
Daily News
U. 8
Ryan
The
Dramatic Association
N. S. Ludington
Henry C. Potter
Art
New Haven
Department of Drama
Easy Pickings Cast Includes Philo McCullough and Billy Bevan
Philo McCullough praises Billy Bevan for sharing supporting honors in Easy Pickings directed by George Archainbaud with Anna Q Nilsson in the lead. McCullough notes villains are treated harshly in mystery pictures and says Bevan helps share the punishment.
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Philo McCullough
Natonal
Billy Bevan
George Archainbaud
Anna Q. Nilsson
Philo
Billy
Barbed Wire film uses twelve miles of fencing
Pola Negri stars in Barbed Wire from Fox Paramount depicting a military prison camp built with twelve miles of barbed wire, signaling a stark wartime setting and dramatic prison theme.
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Pola Negri
Fox Paramount
Pageant Tonight Christmas in Many Lande by Indianapolis Guild
A pageant titled Christmas in Many Lande will be staged tonight at the Cable Tabernacle by the Indianapolis Theater Guild. Fifty girls from Shortridge High School will sing in costumes representing French German and Italian episodes with religious music on the pipe organ by Mrs. W. E. Duthie. Hundreds participate in the large cast.
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Cable Tabernacle
Indianapolis Theater Guild
Shortridge High School
W. E. Duthie
Helen of Troy and the theater ethics debate
A columnist discusses Rabbi Wise's charge that Helen of Troy is immoral while praising Erskine's realism in the novel and the stage potential of Helen. The piece compares The Shanghai Gesture and Lulu Belle, notes performances by Florence Reed and Lenore Ulric, and cites Erskine's views on literary decorum from Discipline and his theory of sex as a general life force versus explicit acts.
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Stephen S. Wise
Helen of Troy
John Erskine
Columbia
Helen
Rabbi Wise
Ethel Barrymore
Mother Goddam
Shanghai
Lulu
Lulu Belle
Elms
O'Neill
Florence Reed
Lenore Ulric
Bobbs-Merrill
Erskine
Wallace Beery Freezing Scene in Casey at the Bat
Wallace Beery endures three degree above freezing water for a scene in the Paramount comedy Casey at the Bat directed by Monte Brice. The stunt underscores the film’s humorous take on the classic baseball tale.
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Wallace Beery
Paramount
Player
Casey
Monte Brice
Bass soloist Morris to sing in Messiah in Toledo
Honored Fred Newell Morris, renowned voice teacher, will perform the bass role in Handel's Messiah with the Toledo Choral Society and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in Toledo on December 20. This marks Mr Morris eighth appearance with the society.
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Fred Newell Morris
Toledo Choral Society
Detricot Symphony Orchestra
Toledo
Mr. Morris
Society
Richard Harthelmess Returns to Film Work in America
Richard Harthelmess, a First National star, reports from Cherbourg that he is sailing home aboard the Majestic after an extended vacation abroad. He will proceed to Burbank to commence work at First National studios.
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Richard
Richard Harthelmess
First National
Cherbourg
Majestic
Burbank
BI Christmas Shows Booked In Variety Houses
Christmas festival bill of ten a day starts Sunday matinee at B F Keith’s with Coram England’s premier ventriloquist and Jerry, Eddie Allen and Doris Canfield comedy, 1.4 Grohs pantomimic contortion, Stanisloff and Gracie dance number with Al Stobbi, Ed Warren and Charles O’Brien in What Price Glory, Eddi and Morton Beck singing duo with topical numbers, Harry Benteel and Helen Gould dancing xylophone act, turn to page 9.
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B. F. Keith's
Coram
England
Whitehall
Lonedon
Jerry
Eddie Allen
Doris Canfield
Sonbay
Stanisloff
Graciewill
al Stobbi
Aun
ED Warren
Charles O'Brien
Eddi
Morton Beck
Harry Benteel
Helen Gould
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Murat
Ala
Amu
Tara
Cahili
Jin
A Fe Sther
Pau
Lin
Nico Wet
Bae
Walter D. Hickman
Jantas Gift
Keith-Albee
Ercourt
ALL Star
Keirn A.see
Lcs
Jerry England
London
Eddie Allen and
Gimme
Stanisloff and
Eddie and
Bert Hanlon
Warren
O’brein
What Price Review
Benteel
Gould
Xylophonists
Max York, Jr. and His
Pathe News
Pti, Keiths
Keith
University of Michigan
Howard Thurston
Dante
Europe
Alvins
Dorothy Janson Burns
Fornan
Billy Russell
Cooper & Berman
Ketrow’s Animals
Santa Claus
Lyric Dance Palace
Connie-Dolly Gray
Rhythm Kings
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