Indiana theater presents three hits with stars and talkies
The Indiana theater schedules three features headlined by Anita Stewart and Morton Downey. The program includes Charlie Davis and his band with Bobby Agnew, plus a newsreel and a vaudeville turn. Downey stars in Mothers Boy, set in New York, with Helen Chandler and Barbara Bennett in supporting roles.
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Warner Brothers Buys Substantial Interest in Witmark Music
Warner Brothers announced yesterday it acquired a substantial stake in M. Witmark & Sons, a historic music publisher. The purchase follows rising demand for theme songs tied to talking pictures, with Witmark’s catalog featuring works by Victor Herbert Ernest Ball and George M. Cohan and famed scores from major musical shows.
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Pickford Leads Cast in The Collegians and Dawn at Isis
Miss Pickford’s performance in a story of gay girlhood to tragic womanhood draws strong praise. Cast includes John Mack Brown John Sampolis Matt Moore William Janney George Irving Louise Beavers. Dawn at the Isis portrays Edith Cavell with Sybil Thorndyke as nurse amid war memories of conflict films.
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Dempsey Plans Vaudeville Circuit Return
Variety notes Jack Dempsey and wife Estelle Taylor appeared on Broadway but Barry Weber of the Keith-Albee-Orpheum office says Dempsey is readying an act for vaudeville and will begin in western theaters soon.
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Stage Star Irene Bordoni Signs for Talkies
International stage star Irene Bordoni signs with First National Pictures to star in a Vitaphone talking and singing feature. The film will premiere simultaneously in European capitals and New York with music crafted for Bordoni’s multilingual appeal. She will remain at the Music Box in Paris through her current run before production begins.
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Debut of Irene Bordoni Sets Continental Tone
The singing star Irene Bordoni prepares to debut on June 1 at a Burbank studio. Born in Corsica, she rose through European music halls and opera houses and gained recognition in New York after appearances with Elsie Janis and Raymond Hitchcock before co starring with H B Warner in Sleeping Partners.
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Paris and other shows star Alice Delysia and Sam Bernard
The article lists performances featuring Alice Delysia with Sam Bernard in As You Were and her own vehicles The French Doll Little Miss Bluebeard Naughty Cinderella and the current hit Paris highlighting Delysia in varied stage roles and collaborations with Bernard.
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Richard Barthelmess to Tour Countries as Vitaphone Ambassador
Richard Barthelmess serves as ambassador of goodwill for First National Vitaphone pictures. He plans to visit a country between each film and lists Canada among future stops after already touring Mexico Cuba Hawaii and several European nations.
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Molly and Me at the Colonial Sun and Week Start
Belle Bennett stars as Molly with Joe E Brown as Jim in Molly and Me coming to the Colonial for the week starting Sunday. The musical comedy romance features talking and singing sequences, a burlesque on stage, and a score by Hugo Riesenfeld plus a theme song In the Land of Make Believe.
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