Week of Theater and Film Features at Local Theatres
The listings show Mare Nostrum Battling Butler and a renowned vocal concert as the week’s standout events. Opera House and Empire present daily programs with Buster Keaton in Battling Butler, Maryland and Fox features, Julian Eltinge in Madam Behave, Letty Flynn in Mull Hall’s Great Catch, and Westerns featuring Rex Lease and Hoot Gibson among others.
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Battling Butler
Opera House
Buster Keaton
Wiiam
Billy
Ketterman
Mr. Ketterman
Henry Bates
Medro-Goldwyn
Marc Nostrum
Fox
Universal Presents
Eeaea
Fighting Marine
Gene Tunney
Fox News
Empire
House Peters
Patsy
Ruth Miller
Julian
Eltinge
Letty Flynn
Mulhall
Maryland
Beverly Bayne
Warner
William Deswind
Eileen
Sedgwick
Hoot” Gibson
Curley Witzel
Bonita
Rex Lease
Kathryn McGuire
Decks Dope Verses and Nonsense Take on Life
A quirky collage of humorous lines and wordplay by Walter Decker, lampooning married life and social foibles. Jokes touch on expenses in marriage, odd dialogue between couples, and playful mishearings with pop culture flair.
Satiric Mockery Of American Customs In Broadway Plays
New York reports a surge of satiric mockery in early American drama led by Kaufman Connelly Lawson Howard McAvoy Fitzgerald and Kelly. The piece notes White Wings by Philip Barry as a daring if short lived venture and profiles the Neighborhood Playhouse and other venues weaving social satire with modernist zeal.
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NEA
New York
Sinclair Lewsites
George Kaufman
Marc Connelly
John Lawson
Sidney Howard
J. P. McAvoy
George Kelly
Scott Fitzgerald
Connelly- Kaufman
McAvoy
Sidney Howlard
Lucky Sam McCarver
Wall Street
Tawson
Fitzgerald
Great Gatsby
Long Island
Kelly
Kaufman
Wisdom Tooth
Broadway
Lfe
Philip Barry
Winifred Lenihan
Indies
Amateur Nights and Star Performers at Frederick Opera House
The article announces amateur night aims with Otto C. Wiegand guiding auditions and cash prizes at the Opera House. It promotes Robert Mantell and Genevieve Hamper in The Merchant of Venice and King Lear on Nov 18, plus William “Bilis” Ketterman a noted tenor with Henry Bates at a forthcoming Monday and Tuesday engagement. Local support from Frederick High School and Hood Coffee serves as backing.
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Ming
Otto C. Wiegand
Wiegand
Decker
Opera House
Mr. Wiegand
Billy
Ketterman
Willian
Bilis
Frederick
Henry Bates
Peabody
York
Wiliam Ketterian
Mise Myrte Brown
Gover
Merchant OF Venice
King Sears
Costello Sisters Strive To Break Given Fame Curse
Hollywood. Dolores and Helene Costello daughters of Maurice Costello, faced hurdles as they pursued film stardom. Directors assumed they knew acting basics. Dolores feared Warner Bros would drop her despite a five year contract and a low salary for rising star. Helene shares similar fate and avoids complaint while sisters discuss daily film life.
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NEA
Hollywood
Costello
Dolores
Helene
Maurice Costello
Warner Brothers
Miss Costello
Warners
Ton
Mare Nostram program and ads tease big pictures
A damaged OCR fragment advertises a program and big pictures titled Mare Nostram. It mentions Wednesday and Thursday scheduling, a price or admission note, and artwork or portraits linked to a Parke event at the Opera House with unclear details about tickets or performers.
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Mare Nostram
Thoresday
Pumps for Pomp Hew the word pump came
Fragmentary OCR text mentions pumps, chaos, water, and a theory of corruption while referencing a license and a reader’s note. No coherent events or clear entities emerge beyond scattered terms such as pumps, chaos, water, and license.
Rich Young Landlord Wardman Wins Tenant and Wife
Washington November 6 The tale of Harry Wardman a rich young landlord who began with seven shillings and rose to build hundreds of Washington homes and four hotels ends with him losing a tenant to winning a wife Lillian Glascox from Asheville N C became his partner and they now reside in Wardman Park Hotel with daughter Helen. Wardman later became a leading developer in Washington and London sharing life with his politically active wife.
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NEA
Washington
Lillian Glasg
Harry Wardman
Wourd
Wardman
Lillian Glascox
Asheville
N. C
Lilian
Erolands
Wardman Park
Nations
Seattle Milds
Yorkshire
Emis
New York
Lfe
Denver
Chicago
Philadelphia
Besa
Iis
Wardmains
Dolores Del Rio Wins Oscar Role in Resurrection Film
Hollywood November 6 Dolores Del Rio, once a Mexico City society belle, is poised for the lead of Katusha Maslova in Tolstoy’s Resurrection. Producer Edwin Carewe confirms she is likely to be cast, with Del Rio praised for adaptable beauty suited to Maslova’s character.
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Dan Thomas
NEA
Hollywood
Mexico City
Dolores del Rio
Katusha Maslova
Count Ley Telstox
Dolores
Edwin Carewe
Cir
Miss del Rio
Mrs. del Rio
Massova
Moaries
Mewra Cisel
Rey Ware Pyshavee
Beery Hatton Make Bloodless War Film at Sea
Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton are filming a World War comedy aboard Pacific battle ships for a bloodless war picture titled Were in the Navy Now. Lorraine Eason leads, Gerratine stands out as the ace, and Eddie Luther directs. Ships and wind machines create realistic scenes on deck at Los Angeles harbor. A real submarine appears in the climactic close shot.
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Dan Thomas
Hollywood
heart+ break village
Wallace Beery
Raymond Hatton
Beery
Hatton
Berry
Lorraine Eason
Miss Eason
Polot Gerratine
Eddie
Lasky Ette
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Dumbeli
Wubby
Jach
Luch
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Ames
Iolanthe
Manhattan
Lewisohn
Grand Street
Savai
Bluebeard
McAvor
Actors Theater
Greenwich Theater
Frederick Lonsdale
Mrs. Cheney
William Tikgen 2Nd
Laboratory Theater
Mrs
Garry Wardman
Virginia Swain
Gary
Raeen
Dolonus DE Rio
Lorraine
Eabon Seme
Maryland Theatre
W. L. C. Fisher
Pat
Fred Gilman
Pollard
Grantland Rice
Max Asher
City Opera House
Frederick Matinee
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