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Talkies Transform New York Stage to Hollywood Screen
Paramount reports New York stage power shifting to talking pictures. Laurence Schwab to adapt Follow Thru for film with Nancy Carroll and Zelma O Neal. Lasky argues stars remain driving force as Oakie rises in High Society. Talks on Sarah and Son note females in leading role and bodied by Ruth Chatterton. Powells, Akins discuss mass appeal of talkies over highbrow theatre. The Benson Murder Case uses thunder for effect. Dr Fu Manchu returns as all talking sequel. Charity aids industry as actors learn new screen fame. Marco Himself adapted into The Social Lion with Mary Brian.
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New York
Broadway
Hollywood
Laurence Schwab
Schwab and Mandel
Schwab
Nancy Carroll
Charles Rogers
Zelma O'Neal
Paramount
Talking Pictures
Jesse Lasky
Lasky
Edison
Pavlova
Otto Kahn
Jack Dempsey
Skeets Gallagher
Charles Sellon
A. Edward Sutherland
Hollywood Studios
Talking Screen
Zoe Akins
Sarah and Son
Ruth Chatterton
Screen
Miss Akins
Australia
Dorothy Arzner
Fredric March
Doris Lloyd
Gilbert Emery
Phillippe de Lacy
Power of Talkies
Albert de Sart
Benson
William Powell
Dr Fu Manche
Dr Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Manchu
Florence Ryerson
Lloyd Corrigan
Sax Rohmer
Lage
Othelo
Warner Oland
O. Py Heggie
Jean Acthur
Neil Hamilton
William Austin
Rowland V. Lee
Charity
Jack Onkie
Alscnity
Social Lion
Octavus Roy Cohen
Marco
Mary Brian
Clive Borden