Night Bird puts on huge fight sequence at Colonial
Reginald Denny stars in The Night Bird opening at the Colonial theatre. A W R fighter battle in a lip snorting slug fest draws thousands at the Olympic auditorium in Los Angeles. Denny, a former light heavyweight champion of the Royal Flying Corps, showcases martial skill.
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Reginald Denny
Universal
Colonial Theatre
Olympic Auditorium
Los Angeles
Denny
Lght
Royal Flying Corps
Marmola fat loss formula touted in old ad claims
An old Marmola prescription tablet advert promotes a method to “lose fat” by supplying an element Nature uses to convert food into energy. The piece cites decades of research, claims safety, and urges readers to take four tablets daily, with druggists selling boxes at $1 each.
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Nature
Football Feud Grux Of New Film Wit That Girl
David Butler directs Fox Films latest comedy Wit That Girl starring Sue Carol and David Rollins. Based on a football feud across three Norton and Brown generations, the lighthearted drama adapts James Hopper’s Father and Son from Saturday Evening Post. John Stone wrote the screen adaptation for Fox.
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David Butler
Fox Films
Academy
Sue Carol
David Rollins
Nortons
Browns
James Hopper
Saturday Evening Post
John’ Stone
Fox
Mrs Harry Needy Sicks With Sore Throat Illness Listed
Mrs Harry Needy is on the sick list with a sore throat. The brief notice notes her illness and hospitalization status in the local column.
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Harry Needy
Man, Woman, and Wife at Maryland theatre this week
The Maryland theatre shows Man, Woman, and Wife with Norman Kerry in a notable role as a deserter who proves a genuine bum. Pauline Starke helps elevate him while Marian Nixon portrays a wife proud of her husband’s death on the battlefield. A penitentiary escape closes the film, with three Vitaphone preludes topping the bill.
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Maryland
Norman Kerry
Pauline Starke
Marian Nixon
Code of the Scarlet tops Ken Maynard western at Palace
Ken Maynard's latest western Code of the Scarlet plays at the Palace Theatre. He stars as a Royal Northwest Mounted Policeman in a Canadian Northwest setting with sweeping action and a dramatic twist. The film underscores Maynard's daring style and draws a large fan following.
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Ken Maynard
Palace Theatre
Ken
Canadian Northwest
Royal Northwest Mounted
Letter Golf Challenge for Word Changes
A brief item explains a letter golf game to transform one word to another within six strokes. Rules include changing one letter at a time aiming from COW to HEN, with examples like COW HOW HEW HEN. Only common long-form words count. slang and abbreviations excluded.
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Studebaker
F. C. B. Factory
Fleigh Motor
Oak Hill Ave
Reginald DE
Napoleon
Norman Kerry and
Pauline Stark
Carl Laemmle
Edw. Laemmle
Erich von Stoheim
Reginald’ Denny
Bird
The
Colonial
N. Potomac
Nexon Academy
David
Rollins
Davia Butler
Ming Youth
Football Romance
Billy Dove
Follies
Maynard
Reason
Radiolas
Fada
Kolster
Brunswick
Atwater Kent
Victor
Minion, Conrad, Hause CO
Potomac St
Maryland Theatre
Harry C. Main
Eaat
Franklin Street
Northwest Mounted
Tarzan
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