Overseas gossip notes Elsie Janis in Paris show
Sergeant Woollcott reports from Paris on Stars and Stripes staff detailing Elsie Janis as Army idol and the front line triumphs. The letter recalls encounters with entertainers like Cohan Nora Bayes Adams Doda Erskine Mendel and a Yale bureau visit with a view of the Comedie Francaise and searchlights.
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Sergeant Woolcott
Sergeant Woollcott
Paris
Stars and Stripes
New York Herald
Elsie Janis
Cohan
Nora Bayes Iis
Elsie
Crillon
F. P
Adams
Lee Doda
Pals
Professor Erskine
Columbia
Clare Mendel
Yale
Yale Bureau
Comedie Francaise
Moliere
Fred Stone Enjoys First Motion Picture Move in Hollywood
Fred Stone reaches Hollywood for filmland vacation and sets new pace on set at Famous Players-Lasky studio. He stars in a scenario titled Under the Tor while performing stunts on a tall rig and a church steeple. Stone plans three vivid scenes and a comeback in Jack o Lantern by autumn.
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Fred Stone
California
Amityville
L. L
Carlene Crater
Finost
Iack of
Lantern
Globe
Famous Players-Lasky iStudio
Hollywood
Jesse
Mr. Stone
Mr.Stone
Fot
Sean
Catelho
Daneve
Paige
George
Majestic Theater Bill Divided on Comedy and Music
The Majestic Theater presents a varied bill led by a standout comedy with strong musical support. Acts include Shayne, the Sharrocks with Behind the Grand Stand, a new miniature operetta The Naughty Princess, and dancers like Mile Rhea with Joseph Mach. Reviews praise novelty, humor, and stage spectacle.
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Mile
Rhea
Minaiestic
Stein
ME Shayne
Sharrocks
AD Shayne
Shayne
Mathews
Lhem
Tnieh
Emu
Charley Bigelow
Camel
Chey
Harry
Pound Sharrock
Musimedy
Joseph Mach
Gins
Tony
Pay
Phil
Any
Fritches
New Wardrobe Costs for Virginia Pearson in Film
Virginia Pearson reportedly spent 75000 on a new wardrobe for a quasi social invasion of Italy tied to a Vox film production. A sable coat cost 2000 and a headpiece drew strong remarks as she discusses costume fidelity to era and social status.
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Virginia Pearson
Italy
Edmund Lawrence
Blackton Studios
Brooklyn
Vox Film
Miss Pearson
Spectacular Follies Glow Amid War Shadow and Speculation
The New York Ziegfeld Follies stage a lavish, war‑tinged production led by Kay Jinurell, with ornate scenery by Josef Urdar and gowns by Florenz Ziegfeld. A battle with ticket speculators rages as lineups wind through the New Amsterdam lobby while lavish aerial and mechanized numbers wow audiences, including aviatoresses and a starlit ballet. Performers like William Rogers and Eddie Cantor headline. Marillyn Miller debuts amid praise for the fresh energy and costly stagecraft.
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New York
Managee Ziegfeld
Kay Jinurell
Europe
Burns
Chicago Tribune
Kay
Ziegfeld
New Amsterdam
Jenro
Tong
Josef Urdar
Florenz Riegfeld
Lillian Lorraing
Rogers
William H
Cropper
Stepi
Aineed Willkuler
Tre
England
Treland Hone
George Cohan
Lillie Rorke Ziegfell
Denny Miller
MK Wonkan
Newcanter
Shin
Marillyn Miller
The
Shuberts
Marillyn
Gorey
Mie
Stuberts
Giegfeld
Eddie Cantor
Hion
W. C. Wields
Broadway Summer Lists and Film Stars Aid War Drive
A collage of Broadway’s summer slate includes a patriotic program staged by Ben Ali Haggin and a new Irving Berlin song sung by a female chorus of rejected men. Details of “Getting Together” show a money making arc from $18,000 a week to a $50,000 syndicate offer, with a $40,000 gap on return to New York. The Theda Bara Red Cross relief effort features eight fans paying $100 for autographed photos and a $100 donation per letter, totaling significant aid as Bara pledges daily correspondence.
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Ben Ali Haggin
Irving Berlin
Camp Upton
New York
Red Cross
Theda Bara
Miss Bara
Missy Bara
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Loxsy Wyland
William Fox
Bonnie Annie Laurie
Cyril Uyland
Lentesport
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la Foreign
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Bonnavon
Mary G. Hall
Oakland Street
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West Texas Military Academy
WM. T. Capers
W. T. Mla
J. Tom Williams
San Antolin
Westmoorland College
San Antonis Female College
West End
University of Texas, Southern
Methodiat University
Southwestern
Phos
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Tventy
Wnsha
Chkzena
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