Kreutzberg Georgi dance duo spark New York debut
Harald Kreutzberg and Yvonne Georgi built a joint modern dance career after training at Mary Wigman school and working with Hanover and Berlin operas. Their second season in America features concerts at Englich's on Dec 29 and Dec 31, amid a slate including Ethel Barrymore in two plays.
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Ted Lewis in Is Everybody Happy at Lyric during Christmas week
Ted Lewis debuts on screen in Is Everybody Happy at the Lyric with his vaudeville act and famed band. Ann Pennington joins for four numbers while Don Santos Exie Butler lead the stage revue. Supporting acts include Ruth Roberts Sam Store ventriloquism by William Ebs and a trained seal by Captain Pickard.
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Ted Trazedian
Vitaphone
Warner Brothers
Ann Pennington
Alice Day
Julia Swayne Gordon
Lawrence Grant
Don Santos
Exie Butler
Don
Exie
Ruth Roberts
Sam Store
William Ebs
Captain Pickard
Mickey
Keith
Like Ethel Barrymore a pianist who avoids grand opera
The article describes a renowned actress and pianist noted for her devotion to lyric art. She rarely attends grand opera but often hears symphony concerts or recitals by first rate artists when not occupied with theater duties.
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Ethel Barrymore
Loew Launches Nationwide January Festival
Loew theaters plan a January festival titled Good Times Are Here aimed at uplifting 20 million people with co operating outlets across the country. Loew centers including Loew's Palace will show big pictures as 150000 feet of pennants and thirty miles of displays decorate stores and streets to start 1930 with cheer.
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Loew's Palace
Hoeover
Boover
Leew's Theater
Leew's Palace
Loew
Loew’s
Compass from a watch tricks a sun dial method
Lon Chansy of Metro-Goldwyn Mayer shares a puzzle about making a compass from any watch. Point the hour hand at the sun and the midpoint between hour and minute hands points south. He uses the idea on Sierra fishing trips and suggests trying it with an alarm clock.
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Lon Chansy
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Actor John Milian Signs Long Term MGM Contract
Character actor John Milian, now in higher demand with talking pictures, signs a long term deal with Metro Goldwyn Mayer. His recent work includes Remon Navarro's Devil May Care and appearances in The Unfey Night Speedway and Joan Crawford's Untamed.
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John Milian
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Miilan
Remon Navarro
Joan Crawford
Joan Peers Signed for Moran and Mack Feature
Joan Peers, who debuted in Applesauce with Helen Morgan, is signed by Paramount to star in Moran and Mack's new film Two Black Crows in the A. E. She is the daughter of Frank O. Peers, former opera singer and now Adelphi manager in Chicago.
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Helen Morgan
Paramount
Moran and Mack
Miss Peers
Frank O. Peers
The
Adelphi
Chicago
Photoplay Gold Medal Goes to Four Sons by Fox Studios
Photoplay Magazine votes Four Sons the year's top picture for 1928, awarding the Gold Medal to William Fox studios. The silent drama directed by John Ford features Margaret Mann and a cast of relative unknowns, marking a last silent-era peak in American cinema.
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Photoplay Magazine
William Fox Studios
Four Sons
America
William Fox
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
James R. Quirk
Photoplay
John Ford
Grandma Bernie
I. A. R. Wylie
Margaret Mann
Hollywood
James Hall
Francis X. Bushman Jr
Charles Morton
George Meeker
June Collyer
Earle Fox
Albert Gran
August Tollaire
Frank Reicher
Wendell Collier
Jack Pennick
Hughie Mack
Ruth Mix
Archduke Leopold
Austria
Ferdinand Schumann- Heink
Indiana
Lyric
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Playhouse
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Colonial
Rialto
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Ruth Chatterton Talks French Skills Abroad
Ruth Chatterton has never played abroad but has spent significant time in Europe especially France. She speaks reads and writes French fluently.
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Ruth
Ruth Chatterton
Europe
France
Colored orchestra directed by Speed Webb plays Indiana ballroom
Speed Webb directs a colored orchestra furnishing Indiana ballroom dancers with music for the evening. The ensemble provides rhythmic accompaniment as couples dance in the local venue.
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Speed Webb
Indiana
Madison Is Featured at Mutual Jazz Time Revue Opens Sunday
Madison is featured as the Mutual Theatre presents Jazz Time Revue on Sunday afternoon. The show pairs veteran comedic partners Jack Hunt and Harry Leff with a supporting cast including Babe Abbott Gladys Lockwood Frank Du Franc Eloise Dwan and Dolly Ashton in a lively variety program.
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Kitty Madison
Jack Hun
Babe Abbott
Dolly Ashton
Gladys Lockwood
Eloise Dwan
Frank Dufrane
Lew LeRoy
Harry Leff
Itty Madison
the Mutual
Jack Hunt
Miss Madison
Brunet
Frank du Franc
Ruth Chatterton Finds Time To Run Her Own Home
Paramount star Ruth Chatterton says her shift from stage to talking pictures gives her happiness and freedom including the chance to manage her own home for the first time in her life.
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Ruth Chatterton
Paramount
Talking Pictures
He Returns Eddie Ware at the Colonial Stage
Eddie Ware has returned to the stage with a performance at the Colonial Theatre marking his return to the company and stage work.
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Eddie Ware
the Colonial
Charles King Heads East After Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Stint
Charles King, musical comedy star of The Broadway Melody and The Hollywood Revue, after success in his first talking picture, heads East following a span in MGM productions.
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Charles King
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Irving Berlin Hits for Richman Film Puttin on the Ritz
Irving Berlin supplies six new songs for Harry Richman’s Puttin on the Ritz project including With You Cherie Old Man Whiskers Puttin on the Ritz Vagabond and Lady An orchestra and trained chorus will perform and dance to all six in the film Other Berlin contributions include Coquette Where Is the Song of Songs for Me A Year From Today for Norma Talmedge’s New York Nights not yet released
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Irving Berlin
Dreiser
Notre Dame
America
Harry Richman
Ritz
George White
Cherie
Richman
Mr. Berlin
Coquette
Norma Talmedge
Street Scene Leads Best Plays Of 1928 29 Volume
Burns Mantel catalogs Elmer Rice Street Scene as the standout in The Best Plays of 1928 29. The graphic city drama, praised for its Pulitzer prize recognition, remains memorable in New York theater.
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Elmer’ Rice
New York
Burns Mantel
Geary Cooper Born in Helena Paramount Star
Geary Cooper a Paramount actor was born in Helena Montana. He stands six feet two inches tall weighs 180 pounds with reddish brown hair and blue eyes.
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Geary Cooper
Paramount
Helena, Mont
Wezihs
Roof Seeks Singing Talent for Christmas Week Show
The Indiana roof seeks local singing talent for the Super Show of 1930 Melody Week with auditions on the roof stage starting Tuesday. Contestants sing Dream Lover from Love Parade. finals Sunday Dec 29 with cash prize and a chance to broadcast on WFBM. Judge includes Charlie Davis of Skouras Publix. vocal instructors urged to enter pupils.
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Indiana
WFBM
Charlie Davis
Davis
Skouras-Publix
Speed Webb
Angeles Babe
Roger Williams Presents Moments of Mimicry in Apollo Program
World famous mimic Roger Williams, a vaudeville star, opens a one man Vitaphone act Moments of Mimicry as part of the Apollo program. He claims the title The Man With An Orchestra In His Throat for his ability to imitate saxophone to pipe organ sounds.
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Roger Williams
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