Old favorites on screen here again at local theatres
Next week brings Mary Pickford and Mae Murray back to town with new films and two stage shows. Kempy benefits St John’s School, while The Broadway Night Club with Duke Yellman’s Orchestra plays Friday. Also features Circe the Enchantress, The Mystic, The Gaiety Girl, Western serials, and the Overland Limited among other titles.
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Screw
Mary Pickford
Mae Murray
Kempy
St. John’s School Building Fund
Duke Yellman
Annie Rooney
Mary Philbin
Maryland
Bob Custer
William Desmond
Broadway Night Club
Malcolm Melrezer
Alice Lake
the Overland Limited
Green Archer
Fox News
Western star Tom Tyer leads The Cow boy Muskeeter at Opera House
Theatre listing shows Tom Tyer in The Cow boy Muskeeter, with The Green Archer and a Fox News segment. Ben Corbett stars in The Gunless Bad Man, plus Franklyn Farnum and Helen Holmes in Battling Brewster chapters. Art Acord appears in The Circus Cyclone, and Mazie Adventures concludes with a Felix comedy.
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Maryland
Pete Morrison
Jack Daugherty
Franklyn Farnum
B. O. T. Club
Frederick
Ob Custer
Goelus
Battling Brewster
Larry Lemon
Opera House
Tom Tyer
Green Archer
Fox News
Ben Corbett
Helen Holmes
Empire
Art Acord
Mazie
Felix
Critics Duel Over Countess Cathcart Play Ashes
New York critics debate immigration era censors after Countess Cathcart’s stage entry with the play Ashes. Audiences mocked a line and applauded a fatalistic moment as the production sparked moral and cultural controversy. The piece also reviews The Chief Thing and Schweiger, noting Moscow influences and Teuton postwar themes shaping the season.
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New York
Cathcart
Alison Skipworth
Ellis Island
Federal
London
Fragmented Poems and Jokes From an Odd Newspaper Page
A collection of miscellany including verses by Walter Decker, light humor about bachelors and divorcees, classroom quips about Roger Williams, Mah Jong jokes, and a note that Si Harry Lander and Paul Whiteman’s orchestra have signed for an appearance here.
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New York
Si Harry Lander
Paul Whiteman
Harold Lloyd film and local theatre effort in Frederick
Frederick residents are invited to the Opera House on April 28 and 29 for a Harold Lloyd feature and the Alumni Association of St Johns School present their home production Kempy. Cast members promise stage charm, local talent, and support for a worthy cause with seats available for eager patrons.
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Baltimore
Frederick
Kempy
Association of St Johns’ School
Vws
The Unknown Soldier film tribute by Hoffmanns studio
In Trollywood on April 3 a dedication honors the Unknown Soldier as a human symbol with a single Hilo for war’s death. The final war themed motion picture explores romance and spirituality amid war’s horrors and kindness. Lead stars include Charles Emmett Mack Marguerite de la Motte and WW Walthall.
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Trollywood
Rensud Hoffman
Charles Emmett Mack
Marguerite de la Motte
Jenny WW. Walthall
Claire McDowell
Ethel Wales
Helpful Hints Hunters by Morris Ackerman
An article urging a national game sanctuary policy to protect waterfowl habitats. It argues private duck clubs feed migrating ducks and advocates preserving wetlands, establishing protected refuges, and creating large shooting-free tracts across states, citing Pennsylvania as a model. It notes industry surveys and calls on all spoilsmen to support wildlife conservation.
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America
Ani
Eves
Pennsylvania
Mysterious Fashion Notes From A Strained Text
A garbled passage hints at fashion items for spring including gold leather vests and white satin piqué materials. Mentions of deer, Yellowstone Park, and lace-like accessories appear as fragmented phrases without clear context or coherent events.
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Louse
Protecting Tourists In The National Parks
Dr Huen of the United States Public Health Service outlines national park sanitation efforts. Yellowstone Park now operates three sewage plants with two more planned, aiming to connect hotels and camps to sewer lines. Water supply testing and regular sanitation checks are conducted across major parks including Rocky Mountain and Rainier, with mosquito control programs expanding.
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United States
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone
Yello Park
Yellow
Rocky Mountain Park
Ghider National Park
Park
Vouourne Park
Rainier Sequetst
General Grant Park
California
Couture
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NEA Play Jury
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Moscow
Martha Hedman
Marshs
Schweiger
Franz Werfel
Austria
Fifth Avenue Playhouse Brigade
Jacob Ben Ami
Broadway
Hina Warwick
Deck’s Dope
Walter Decker
Mary
Tve
Roger Williams
Massachusetts
Wil Rogers
My Girl
Mah Jongy
Imo Brothers
Tommy
Mehul Shutin
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Chicare
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George Olson
Clapton
Detroit
Ian
Ion Resuiis
General Insurance
Potts & Griffin
Court St
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Morris Ackerman
Algranquin Dark
Read Machinery Co., Jor, Pal
Lester Smith
Albert
Gannon
G. Taxi CO
J. T. Miller
Francis Scott Key
Dr. Huen
United States Public Health Service
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Greenawalt
North Market St
Maryland Theatre
W. L. C. Fisher
Jack Moweh
Teavin
Aren Holmes
Perer
Jack Demp
Sey
Harry Wills
Yellow Springs Cornet Band, Inc
Byron E. Harley
John Francis Fischer
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