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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1931
Page
38
Los Angeles report on Charlie Chaplin seeking low priced showings for City Lights, discussing soundtrack choices and plans to release via alternate channels. Article notes his aim to boost accessibility with cheaper tickets and mentions bids from theater chains and his control over distribution.
An interview quotes Charlie Chaplin proposing to rent the George M. Cohan theater for City Lights. He suggests charging ten dollars for opening night seats then continuing with standard prices, arguing the premieres will draw audiences despite a period of low mood.
Gors to New York to open City Lights as Fichie schedules a Bale in New York one week after Los Angeles premiere at the new Carabiner house. Albert Panstein will be Cherke's guest of honor in Sno Angeles, with high regard for the little many who shaped stage and screen. An amazing friendship between Einstein and Chaplin grows amid world attention and German professors in Nersilec seek Wegres for art.
A fragmented memoir style passage recounts Charlie confessing with apology about a film praised as his best. He laments misfit clothes and world indifference, recalls past interviews and a barber shop moment in Chicago, and hints at long friendships and a trusted ally in Cearlie.
The Strand plans a Sunday screening led by Lane landirr with a cast including Shellon Tawig and Tom Jeandany. The film promises intense action with scenes of combat and dangerous pursuits, while preview notes emphasize dramatic stunts and peril.
Clara stars in No Limit a Texas film about a debutante usherette Clare How whose romance with Norman Foster is complicated by a cigarette case linking them. After their wedding a thief unsettles the plot as police probe and Clara faces accusations amid a bustling theater world with Erwin and Foster as key figures.
Greta Garba, a popular young actress, comes soon to the Texty theater in the third nil-taking picture ami Astro. Cast includes Hubert Montpomers and John Milian in supporting roles as announced by producers.
Nagel Tobin stars in Free Love at the AAG Majestic theater as the featured attraction during RRC anniversary events. Donrad Nagel and Generiece Train present through talk and screen roles. Jack McLallen and Barab headline the discounted venderille with comedy and musical acts.
Genevieve Tobin stars in Free Love showing at the Greater Majestic theater. The program highlights Tobin in a bold role as patrons enjoy a modern romance drama on the film screen.
In a mixed lineup from Theaters to Auditorium a night of film listings shows TENAG No Limit featuring Clare Bow and Stuart Erwin with Her ty Greer and Norwean Foster ATEU The Bat Whispers with The Merkel and Chester Morris TATEH VAs Langs Morals with Grace Moore Reginald Denny EMP IRE Oyte & Sipher with Dorothy Mackaill MAJES NIC Free Lady with Conrad Nagel and Genevieve Tobin REO Daindeville PLAZA Monte Carlo with Teanette Macdonald STRAND Firebrand dore dan Uptown Follow Thru with Nancy Carroll HIGHLAND PARK Follow Thru PALACE Girl of the Golden West with Ann Harding HARLANDALE The Call at the Flesh with Hamon Na Farro AUDITORIUM Mohiar night at 845 p m Will Fogern
Aztec theater screens an aviation style Western epic with a large cast led by Wil Bet Lily Iramite. The film follows frontier pioneers driving new rails across the continent and echoes The Covered Wagon in scope and peril.
Newsreel coverage at Empire Theatre features Joffre funeral scenes and Avffre's service as part of a Metro film reel. The program includes European phorces, Gret tulmp leaders, post office imagery, and a Feaned blur-bincing fowl in an American poultry show.
Ann Harding returns to the Palace in Girl of the Golden West opening Sunday for four days. Based on Belasco's play, the operatic tale follows a California gold rush heroine amid romance and danger set against a frontier backdrop. Cast includes Janie Hennig and Finney Bonninter.
A fragmentary notice advertises Africa Speaks at Empire Theater starting Friday. The feature follows explorer Paul Hoefier with involvement in a Colorado Africa expedition and jungle photography amid Tanz Africa, noting danger from predators in Masairibes district.
Hollywood flurry details the opening of the Trader Horn theater and the Los Angeles theater project notable for modern design. Chaplin film City Lights premieres January 31 amid social buzz as stars gather.
Rumors swirl around Hollywoods elite as couples and tensions mix with studio power plays. Jack Narty and Joan Warner spark chatter about Edvuestional epic links. Warner and family plans hint at a major talent reshuffle at Paramount as new faces rise and old standbys shift.
A garbled passage references a boy about thirty inches tall and several youths, with scattered names such as Jackie Beazley and Afriel Grern. The text is incomplete and contains nonsensical phrases, making precise details or events unclear.
A fragment discusses Grace Broore and Jenny Lind in a French adaptation titled Jenny Ling. It notes an all-French cast and mentions Miles Moore and Jane Nella as contributors, with implications of a romance plot and a dramatic prima donna character.
The Aztec presents a crime caper labeled a comedy thriller with Gustav Von Sexl Ferlitz and Richard Tucker in supporting roles under SuBpACII AC. The plot centers on a master criminal whose identity remains concealed until the finale. The Bat Whispers style mystery aims to keep audiences guessing about the true villain as entertaining action unfolds. Also featured is The Gor Gang Kids in a short adventure titled Dearhi Tees with a Spanish choir and song.
A stage show titled Black Silver Revue sails into Texas for a vest week engagement. The act features Paul Spor and a cast performing a sequence of dances and musical numbers amid a bold theme introduced with a hopeful note.
A garbled report details Clara Bow related in name to a bold theft involving dainty vanity and money. The text laments the era’s dire need while noting public concern, wealth, and a childlike misfortune around Beloved figures and fragile trust.
A damaged report notes the Alistar cast in a scene set in California with two women in outfits described as uniforms. The piece discusses the production and the possibility of a photographed still, mentioning names implied by the OCR.
The case of Nancy Sunmis Ant surfaces as a four year affair. Shubret ornament anchors a stage program with Nancy and Phil Ling Holmes as featured performers. Emparely Performers present the supporting acts while Stolen Wearen is billed as the sole Eastern production in this recital.
Fragmentary plot notes describe Jack Oakie in a new starring picture for fourteen mount weeks at Aztec theater starting Thursday. The spoof follows a Arkansas-born hero rescuing workers and winning praise, with Boyd and BeDonall billed in a satire of racketeers and urban crime.
Clarke Kugeler singled out for unusual honor as first female impersonator in a film era. Ruggles appears in drag as Aunt with Sarita, a shiny black silk gown and bonnet. The scene set amid “holy Three” and debut plans for next picture Chinfos’ Anny.
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