Hollywood Tales of Cranks and Mixups in Film World
Hollywood items recount misnaming mixups at studios as director Clyde Elliot flirts with a singer named Suranna in a jungle misadventure, while Alice Brady fights radio stage jitters and a Breckler test echoes amid a wave of humorous miscommunications. The piece notes a dyslexic slate of name errors and a joke about the Honenzollern lineage from a hill near Stuttgart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harrison
NEA Service
Hollywood
Paramounts
Clyde Elliot
Mislay Peninsula
Sim ~Booleo
Jungles
Cable
Asmara
Suranna
Tivoli screens Swing Your Lady and Brother Rat at Opera House
Tivoli presents Warner Bros musical Swing Your Lady featuring Penny Singleton and Humphrey Bogart with Hill Billy from Tenth Avenue. Cast also includes Louise Fazenda Nat Pendleton and Frank McHugh. Opera House hosts matinee and evening performances of Brother Rat about Virginia Military Institute students. Next week National Theater Washington booked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Bros
Hill Billy
Tenth Avenue
Penny Singleton
Humphrey Bogart
Louise Fazenda
Nat Pendleton
Frank McHugh
Allen Jenkins
The
Weaver Bros. and
Elviry
Hillbillies of Vaudeville Fame
Opera House
Brother Rat
City Opera House
New York
Virginia Military Institute
West Point of the South
John Monks, Jr
George Finlehoffe
George Abpott
Frederick Theater
National Theater
Washington
Lovettsville Weekend Socials and Local Notes
Miss Ida Smith and Miss Abbee Smith of Keyser WV were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Johnson. A surprise birthday party honored Mr. Lee Titus of Brunswick. Rev. Mrs. A F Tobler attended a ministerial meeting in Frederick. Several residents visited relatives in Adams Town and Jefferson. Lovettsville High School to present "Billy's Goat" on March 4. Many local visits, hospital updates, and travel plans noted among townspeople and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Helen Shrr
Adamstown
Charles Souder
Etta Cost
Elkins
W. Va
Irma Cost
Elizabeth
Mabel
Sue
Betty Wire
Bertie Potterfield
Washington
J. O. Graham
White
Charlie Graham
Waterford
Wesley White
Ruth Howser
Hamilton
Wm. Mann
Robert Graham
Lucketts
Freida Johnson
Peabody Institute
Nashville
Carrie Hough
Clarendon
Wi. Mann
Wiliam Wiard
H. WW. Beatty
Charles Booth
William and
Samuel Kalb
Baltimore
Bonnie Arnold
Henry Yakey
Orchard Farm Sale At Harmony Grove Sells Briskly
Sale of orchard and farming implements at Mrs. T. B. Hayward’s Brocton Orchard near Harmony Grove drew a large crowd despite rain. Total receipts reached 772 dollars with a power orchard sprayer selling for 45 dollars. Glenn Trout served as auctioneer and R. L. Kelly as clerk. Jenner made the first inoculation for smallpox in 1796.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brocton Orchardés
T. B. Hayward
Harmony Grove
Glenn Trout
R. L. Kelly
Valentine gatherings and visits in Sykesville area
In Sykesville on February 24 Henry Forsythe was injured when a steering wheel jammed causing a vehicle to crash into trees near the store. The report lists numerous local visitors, social events, and community notices including Valentine parties at the Philathea class, Junior choir gatherings, a school production in Baltimore, and various families hosting or visiting in Catonsville, Ellicott City, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sykesville
Henry Forsythe
Forsythe and Brown
Forsyth
Harry Barres
Greenwood
Fannie
Wasa
Re Arthur
Ram
Beak Graerweead
Fannie Smith
Charles Hobbs
Lucille
Gladys Hobbs
Lee Thompson
Joseph Schaub
Catonsville
John F. Koerner
G. Frank Flohr
Rd County
Gates
Snyder
Ana
Jack
Baltimore
Melvin Hartman
Haysmond K. Bratt
Emerson Barlow
Brunswick
Earl Lulen
Arbutus
Albert F. Brown
Elmer Sipes
St. Paul's M. E. Church
Albert O. Sorflaten
William Melville
Hilda McDaniel
Eugenia Brown
Miss Wentz
Mass Bee Berry
Margaret Wilson
Edward Wilson
School of Acting Stock Company
Guild Theater
Willard Hatfield
William Evans
Guy Jones
Aaron Evans
Arthur C. Brown
Hulrie
Calvert Hall
Baltic
Sheldon Brown
Elmer Spes
Poteet
Ore
Mission Helpers
Movie Scrapbook By Bill Porter Caricatures by George Scarbo
Mertha Raye profile notes her origin in Butte Montana dressing room and early stages from vaudeville mugging at age three. It traces her rise after being fired by Ben Blue and teaming with Jimmy Durante, guest stints at Trocadero, discovery by four directors, overnight fame, and later traits including humor, energy, charity to script girls, opinions on blocking stereotypes, hobbies, fashion restraint, and a single stocking habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mertha Raye
Butte, Mont
Paul Ash
Ben Blue
Jimmy Durante
Martha
Thurmont Carnival Highlighted by P T A Minstrel Show
Large crowds attended Thurmont High School events Friday and Saturday as the P T A sponsored the annual carnival. Elliot Gross acted as interlocator for Friday’s minstrel, featuring a cast of local businessmen and students with songs, dances, and comic routines led by Joseph E Curfman, Ross Smith, Dr. Frank Swearingen, Dr. George Fallon, Arthur Moorehead, Ira Keeney, D Vernon Holler, Roy Creeger, Howard Damuth, A J Willer, Charles Eckenrode, and Robert Brown. The program included numbers like Darktown Strutters Ball and Take Me Out to the Ball Game, with Mrs. M H Derr, Miss Ethel Crawford, and Joseph E Curiman organizing and coaching. Mrs. Floyd Blower accompanied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont Thurmont
Thurmont High School
P.T. A
Elliot Gross
Ure
Joseph E Curfman
Ross Smith
Frank V. Swearingen
George Fallon
Arthur Moorehead
Ira Keeney
D. Vernon Holler
Roy Creeser
Howard Damuth
A. J. Willer
Charles Eckenrode
Robert Brown
Heigh-Ho
Brotherly Love
Dr. Fallon
D. Vernon Holter
Darktown Strutters
Dr. Swearingen
Roy Creeger
A. J. Williar
Papal authority on canonization since 1634
The statement notes that since 1634 only the pope has held the power to canonize individuals as saints in the Roman Catholic Church, marking a formal centralization of sainthood procedures under papal sovereignty.
Another Cub Pack Is Organized Here
Preparations are under way for the formation of Cub Scout Pack 2 sponsored by the Church of the Rev. Ralph L. Shober. In the near future a charter will be applied for as four more boys completed the work and tests. Names of new members include Gav Wedele, David Bradshan, and Harry Ramsourg. The group planned a hike to Camp Baker on March 2 and held weekly gatherings practicing the Cub Law of unison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Sen
Ralph EL Shober
Bob Ca
Gav Wedele Davd Bradshan
Harry Ramsourg
Mex
Marshail Wetzel
Robert Stoner
Carl Ho
He.gouw
Allens & Ye
Cub Law of Unison
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Sal
Toin
Paris
Alice Brady
Sam Wood
Charley Becker
Charles Bleckler
Mr. Wood
Sam
Wood
Lord Jeff
Breckier
Rudolf Friml
Rudolph Fromel
Fromel
Friml
Frome
Germany
Zollerm
Stuttgart
America
Rincesses Myzehen
Maxhide
Ruhije
Zag
Albania
United States
Boston
Fan Noli
Theatre News
Toonerville
Unete
Chew
Wilson
Lok
Lovettsville
Earl Grove
Florida
Tommie Potterfield
Ruth Carr
Loudoun Hospital
Edward Potterfield
James Edward
Windle
Purcellville
Jenner
Bill Porter
George Scarbo
Fears
Holllywood
Doanes
Gousur
Money
Ella
Graqous
Hofhes
By Mortimer Charleston
Washory Rubbing
Procter & Gamble
Waveware
Qaeral
Fasteeth
Burall
Carty's & Pat
George Abbott
John Mowes JR
Fred F
Geo. S. Rodock
the Commercial Bank of Maryland
Frank L. Stoner
Farmers & Mechanics
National Bank
Warner Bros, Theatres
Rafe
Slick
Fang Appia
Louise
NAT Pendleton Eee Ik
Penny "Singleton
Weaver Bros
Ole Hounizin
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