Comedies Dominate Week In Pictures At Local Theaters
Local listings preview a week of comedies and light fare at Empire Theaters and The Maryland. Highlights include The Social Celebrity with Adolphe Menjou, Seven Days with Lillian Rich, Creighton Hale, and Hoot Gibson returns. The Maryland features The Girl in the Limousine and Hands Up with Lefty Flynn, plus a slate of newsreels and two reel comedies.
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Adolphe Menjou
Lillian Rich
Creighton Hale
Hoot Gibson
Maryland
Larry Lemon
Flynn
Empire
Nazimova
Fox News
Mary Astor
Lloyd Hughes
Ghester Conklin
Pathe
Jillian Rich
Warner Classic
Arizona
Vitagraph
Deck’s Dope by Walter Decker reads like a humor column
A string of dated one liners and wry jabs on marriage, prohibition, money, love, and social foibles. Sharp asides about women, drivers, insurance men, and the press show a comic voice riffing on contemporary vices and mishaps.
Odd quotes and facts from an old newspaper page
A fragmentary collage notes that weekly deeds rival Sunday prayers for gin, claims dead men tell no tales, and mentions a young railway executive Bow and Heatty of Crat cite Paedile Railway at forty. It also notes Antares as the largest known heavenly body.
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Hell
Bow
Heatty
Cratcite Paedile Railway
Desert Realism in Filming Barbara Worth in Nevada
In the Black Rock desert the cast and 400 crew endure 120 degree heat, sand blasts, alkali dust, and grueling routines as Henry King shoots Harold Wright's The Winning of Barbara Worth for Samuel Goldwyn. The harsh setting and hardships lend a stark realism to the production amid desert skeletons, Paiute legends, and a tense water conflict among sheepmen.
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Barbara Worth
New
Black Rock
Henry King
Harold Wright
Barba Worth
Samuel Goldwyn
Wright
Lins
Nevada
Hollywood Tenderfest
Ronald Colman
Willard Holmes
Wilma Barky
Barbara
Harlequin
Owl
What's in a name millions for Marys in Hollywood
Hollywood news notes the superstition around names in film casting. Mary Pickford and other actresses show how a common name aids success, while unique names can hinder. The piece traces Mary Pickford, Mary Miles Minter, Mary Brian, and Marion Astor from beginnings to stardom and notes their fortunes and careers.
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Dan Thomas
NEA
Hollywood
Mary
Marys
Bailie
Gwendolyns
Lynettes
Vyvyans
Odettes
Mary Smith
Delores de Pipperino
Mary Pickford
America
Toronto
Can
D. W.griffith
Miss Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Midas
Mary Pickford Company
Marr
Mary Miles Minter
Dallas
Tex
Ma Brian
Texaz
Wendy
Chic
Timeig
Astor
Amr Filmland
New York
Famous Players-Lasky
Matt
ToCeRi
John Barrymore
A Few Of Hollywood Famous Marys
Mary McAvlister recalls early film work and charm in Hollywood. She starred opposite Harold Grange in The Mhel fback and began acting at age fifteen while studying at a university, signing a contract with a studio at eighteen.
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Hollywood
Mary McAvlister
Harold “ Grange
Heen
Duffy, Hollywood’s Young Grandfather of Film
Duffy, a motion picture actor, is said to be the world’s youngest man to play grandpa on screen. Though 0 years old, he has three grandchildren and signs long contracts to portray “father time” in Christie comedies, while boasting a rapid disguise time of 1 minute 50 seconds from young to old. He supports his claim with injuries and a recovered set of teeth from a horse-accident past.
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Dan Thomas
NEA
Hollywood
Duffy
Jack
Tia Juana
Grampa
Wilms
Joan Crawford Rising Star of the West
Hollywood reports Joan Crawford a 19 year old screen newcomer groomed by MGM for major stardom. Discovered on a New York stage, she debuts in small roles before rising in Sally Irene and Mary and Tramp Tramp Tramp, with later parts in Paris and The Grey Hat. Her poised, earnest manner and striking presence mark her as a standout talent for the studio.
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Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Tory Rapf
Miss Crawford
New York
M-G-M
Jackie Coogan
Sally
Irene
Mary
Harry Langdon
Paris
Charles Ray
Douglas Gilmore
Lew
Subordinate Stars and Simplify Plot in The Last Laugh
New York report on director F W Murnau arriving in America to remake his film approach. He aims to strip story to bare essentials with simple, direct continuity and relies on an American writer to shape a new version that preserves core theatre truth without star power.
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NEA Service
New York
FL Ww. Murnau
Sandshot
America
Kit
Martha
Incomprehensible OCR fragment on an unnamed figure
The readable text appears to discuss reactions to pictures and types, mentioning Francis Wood a retired officer and a London to Coldstregin walk. Rest is garbled with unclear names and events.
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Francis Wood
Tobemile
London
Coldstregin
Bret
Ile
I. Fullonge
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Josie Sedgwick
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Ben Corbett
Pee Wee Holmes
Herbert Rawlinson
Fphanton
Walter Decker
Congress
Cupid
Mrs
United States
Standard Oil
Ira
Deck
Antares
Wilma Banky
Ahserhe
Canshine
Ie Maakle
Universa
En Ashe
Samp Stundio
San Qeant
Mary Brian
Mary Philbin
Pary I Meallister
Ary Astor
Jack Duffy
Grandpol
West
Gene Cohn
Mann
Germany
Fox
UFA
Amoene
Arta
Seborr
Tommy Perkins
Johnny Hines
Perkins
Hines
Frederick
OOTON
Animal Circus ON Earth
People’s Drug Store
E. Patrick St
Maryland Theatre
W. L. C. Fisher
Josie
Sedgwick
Stenz Stuing
Varry
Hertert Rawlinson
Max
Lewapar
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