Stars of Gay Broadway Face Crowded Varsity Week
Gay Broadway plans a rapid run of films at the Varsity with stars Colleen Moore Greta Garbo Wallace Beery and Douglas Fairbanks among others. The arena will feature a blend of legitimate theatre and moving pictures as audiences await which title secures the longest exposure.
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The
Varsity
Colleen Moore
Bessie Love
Lewis Stone
Wallace Beery
Lloyd Hughes
Douglas Pairbanks
Karl Dane
George K. Arthur
John Gilbert
Greta Garbo
Bessie Love - Stone - Beery
Douglas Fairbanks
Bagdad
IFK— Army
John, Gilbert
MISS SEAMAN AT VARSITY IN FALL SEASON
Evbil Seaman the Varsity Theatre organist returns to Lawrence for the fall season. She must handle six different musical scores daily during the first week for the new program. Seaman is regarded as a leading theatre organist and has earned regional recognition for her work on the large Reuter organ.
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Evbil Seaman
Varsity
Lawrence
Mi Seaman
Reuter
Dickenson
Accomplished Pianist Bernie Kine Joins Torres Troubadours
Bernie King, pianist with the Torres Troubadours at Bowersock, has not yet soloed but shown strong potential for a theatre orchestra role. She formerly played in Chicago and Kansas City orchestras and will be featured next week in a McDowell Polonaise. Her pic ture work suggests mastery of classical and jazz styles.
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Bernie King
Torres Troubadours
Bowersock
Aresur
Rough Riders Soon at Bowersock and Varsity Theatres
The Rough Riders and The Elastic Age will be shown soon with Clara Row starring in The Rough Riders a new film about Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish American War. It includes romance and dramatic scenes.
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Clara Row
Bowersock
Varsity Theatres
Theodore Roosevelt
Troubadours Take Over Bowersocks Theatre Pit in Lawrence
Don Renaldo Torres leads eight Syncopating Troubadours at Bowersocks Theatre with more musicians arriving soon. Recorded by university observers, the act blends popular red hat era tunes with classical pieces to fit Lawrence audiences. Torres, from Chicago, will also perform as a solo violinist while the group features Charlie on clarinet and Richtie on cello and banjo, Aland on trombone, and Bud on drums and xylophone. The plan is frequent solo spots for each performer throughout the season.
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Dickinson
Eritire
Red Hat” Tyne
Pla
Dor. Torres
Chicago
Orpheum!uit
Charlie
Richtie
Aland
Bud
E— Wren
Tores and Troubadours and Sybilj Seaman Next Week
Station WREN will begin broadcasting Tores and his Troubadours along with Sybil Seaman at the Reuter organ at the Varsis starting next week. Matinee and evening programs will be used, aiming to attract new listeners. Seaman and the orchestra have proven their work ranks with top theatrical acts in the state. Broadcast times will be announced weekly in the WREN schedule.
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WREN
Torres
Raversock
Sybil Seaman
Reuter
Varsis
Seaman
Levine in fist fight near the opera in Paris
Charles A Levine, famed flyer, reported to have fought a man named Brock on a Paris boulevard near the opera. He says he has not seen the man before and that the fight was provoked by an insult. He remains eager to begin his return flight to the United States, weather permitting, at Le Bourget where his monoplane Columbia is housed.
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Charles A. Levine
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
United States
Maurice Drouhin
Levine
Brock
le Bourget Field
Columbia
Cooling In The Theatre Sparks Advertising Change
August 1927 at the Bowersock theatre brought a weather driven twist to the summer ads. The plan to tout cool breezes faded as heat cooled naturally with crowds seeking shade, and business shifted to other enticements. A lighting of the air and doors closed restored order as fans were turned off. In other local news, Maple Grove hosts a baseball game with Reuter Organ factory at 3 pm Sunday on the Shook farm, free admission. Also, a Detroit murder linked to the gamblers war saw two found dead in a downtown automobile, identified as Meal and Clara.
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Bowersock Theatre
Bowersock
Babe Cohn
Kansas
Shook Diamond
Maple Grove
Reuter Organ Factory
William Shook
Lawrence
Detroit
Clara
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Clara Bok
Bernie Kine
Lawrence Theatres
Glen W. Dickinson Enterprises
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Collen Moore
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Gaby Eyes
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