Be Yourself Club Backed by Film Maker? Controversy Over Colleen Moore
Hollywood July 19. Colleen Moore, famed modern screen idol, champions the Be Yourself Club advocating natural beauty and limited cosmetics for on screen use. She contrasts this with a critical stance on makeup, urging healthier skin care and studio-only use. Moore reports 300 members and notes public interest from peers, while industry hires, studio retools, and new production plans unfold around Universal City as M-G-M and peers expand facilities and produce more two reel comedies.
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Harold B
Swismit
Hollywood
Colleen Moore
Colles
Collee
Eseile Tay
Doothy Mackall
Grae
Gloria Brann
Claire Windener
Blanche Sweet
Mix Is Cast as Comedian In Soft Boiled
Tom Mix enters the comedy field in his first special, Soft Boiled, a William Fox production directed by J. G. Brysane. The Ro yal theater shows promise of thousands of laughs as Mix, the stern western hero, navigates mishaps with a shoe clerk and a cold eyed audience. The plot centers on his temper and inheritance, with Mix proving the film’s humorous charm through his unique character.
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Tom Mix
William Fox
J. G. Brysane
Royal Theater
Westner
Steers
Mix
Flashes From Sioux City Screens with Tom Mix and Friends
A clipped local note highlights Sioux City cinema featuring Tom Mix in a program with Rite Dove and the famed companion Tony the wonder pal. The piece notes playful banter and the film lineup's appeal to audiences seeking light western entertainment.
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Nacious
Tom Mix
Pretty
Rite Dove
Tony, the
Wonder
Doug Fairbanks Honored by French Officials for Film Education
Douglas Fairbanks receives a French government honor naming him an officer of public instruction. Presented at Hotel Orion in Paris by Jean de la Greze on behalf of the ministry beaux arts, the decoration features two gold palms on a purple ribbon. The award, originated by Napoleon in 1808, honors the educational value of his films including The Thief of Bagdad now shown in several American cities.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Pickford-Fairbanks
Beaux Arts
Hotel Orion
Paris
Jean de la Greze
Poincare
Napoleon
Fairbanks
Screen Life on Film Draws Fire and Laughs
Charles Ray argues films misrepresent American family life as many theaters ban fight pictures. Helen Chadwick predicts future photoplays will seem quaint a decade hence. Dorothy Mackail campaigns against makeup for girls to curb mischief. Jere Austin leaves medicine for acting, trading patients for movie patrons.
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Charles Ray
Dorothy Mackail
Jesse
Aes
Actress Wife Presents Pink Sapphire Ring to Actor
David Ret Kirby received a rare large solitaire pink sapphire ring from his wife Mia Kirby on his birthday. Mia Kirby, daughter of Chaplain Halsey Gavitt, is noted for jewel collection studies. The ring is among the few stones of this color and size in the United States.
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David
Mia Kirby
United States
New Vaudeville Prodigy Jack Osterman Shines at Palace
New York July 19 A remarkable 22 year old, Jack Osterman, son of Kathryn Osterman and the late J J Rosenthal, debuts a wholly original act combining synchronized talk with a film. He writes directs and films his piece titled His Visit to Hollywood featuring appearances by Chaplin Keaton and others, delivering monologues and songs that showcase his genius and the era’s vaudeville milieu.
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Alice Robe
New York
Keith
Jack Osterman
Vaudeville
Hollywood
Kathryn Osterman
J. J. Rosenthal
Pitt Paft Pouff
Charlie Chaplin
Betty Compson
Witte Collier, Jr
Buster Keaton
Jack
al Jolson
Dirty Hands
Stage by the Play Jury in New York Delays and Innovations
New York theater scene slows after the Democratic convention with no new productions last week. Arch Selwyn plans Rue de la Paix featuring global performers and a Liliputian toy-soldier number. Paris fashion house Patou to stage a story fashion show led by Mrs. Jean Nash, while Maurice and Hughes bring America to London and Paris. Vogue revues in summer will run only at night with no matinees.
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New York
Arch Selwyn
Rue de la Paix
Selwyn
Liliputians
Jean Patou
Couturer
Paris
Patou
Dempsey Busy on Two New Fight and Win Films
The Jack Dempsey company under Eric Kenton went to San Francisco to film two Fight and Win pictures. Part of All Swell on the Ocean was shot aboard ship en route from Los Angeles to San Francisco, while Bring Him In was made mostly in the Inter city.
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Jack Dempsey
Eric Kenton
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Inter City
Billie Burke Sets Sights On Musical Stage In September
Billie Burke will appear in a September musical offering by Clare Kummer with book lyrics and music. Managed by husband Florenz Ziegfeld she previously sang in Frohman productions and in Rose Briar performing two songs.
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Billy Burke
Florenz 1 Ziegfeld
Clare Kummer
Miss Burke
Leslie Stewart
Frohman
Miss O ‘Burke
Pola Negri Praises Stage Life In Men Studio Chat
Pola Negri star of the Paramount picture Men at the Plaza theater offers advice for long life. She says a stage career provides varied emotion and ongoing enthusiasm, noting actors often return to the stage and that varied mental interests sustain vitality into older age. Ernest Torrence returns west after work on The Mountebank, with Anna Q. Nilsson also heading back to the coast.
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Pola Negri
Paramount
Plaza Theater
Ernest ‘Torrence
West Coast
Herbert Brenon
William J. Locke
Anna Q
Son
Beauce Rudy Sho and Beauce Valentino At Sioux City
A fragment from a 1920s film page notes Rudy Sho and Rudolph Valentino in Sioux City with a new bid for popularity as Valentino joins Hitz-Ca for a future project. It mentions upcoming releases including Miami and a Royal appearance for Tom Mix and Bryson. Star appearances by Mary Astor and Reginald De Havilland are hinted, with chatter on personal image and stage work.
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Rudolph Valentin
Sioux City
Monsieur Beaucu Ie
Plaza
Tarkinston
Valentino
Tom Mix
the Royal
Charlie Chaplin
Mary Astor
Reginald Dee
Conway Tearle
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