Emory Johnson’s West Bound Limited Epic of the Rail
The stage and screen star Emory Johnson presents West Bound Limited at the Academy Theatre. The epic centers on the American railroad system and the men who keep it running with loyalty and courage. Johnson, famed for In the Name of the Law and The Third Alarms, crafts a virile drama focused on the railway workers and their devotion to home and duty.
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Emory Johnson
Ure
Hilary Johnson
Johnson
Academy Theatre
Famous Culebra Cut shown in photoplay
The Panama Canal Culebra Cut is featured in a Paramount film scene of the epoch voyage with Thomas Meighan as star in The Ne er Do Well. Engineers triumph over slides as dirt and rocks wash down and keep the canal open, saving government funds. Ruth Roland’s Haunted Valley episode continues with Ruth and Craig solving Valley mysteries at the Palace theatre today and tomorrow with a daring subterranean whirlpool climax.
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Culebra
Panama Canal
Paramount
Ruth Roland
Palace Theatre
Ruth
Craig
Whilpool
Domestic love theme charms audiences in Gasnier film
Gasnier discusses the appeal of domestic love in cinema as audiences connect with couples' joys and sorrows. The piece notes his recent directing of Daughters of the Rich at the Colonial and his work on Poor Men's Wives, with cast members Florence Dixon and Robert Adams.
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Gasnier
Colonial Theatre
Agnes
Christine Johnson
Frank Carey
Gasner
Luan
Florence Dixon
Thomas Meighan
Robert Adams
Clarence
Celebrated Arizona Cowboys in Movies at Palace Theatre
A fragment from a 1930s era cinema page notes Arizona cowboys in the Paramount feature North of the Rio Grande with Red Eagle and Jack Holt, opening at the Palace. Also advertised is The Supreme Passion at the Maryland Theatre, plus an ad for Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy and a local pharmacy’s endorsement.
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Arizona
Rio Grande
Jack Holt
Rebe Daniels
Paramount
Palace Theatre
Red Eagle
Hull Dogging Steers
Maryland Theatre Today
Erneste
He Jettling Oleae Ee
Mayr
D. C
Aughinbaugh and Son
Dvageists
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Ani Int. News
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Franklin St
Harry S. Myers
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Fant
Ascerts
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Stuart Holmes
Ruth Clifford
Ethel Shannon
Josef Swickard ‘Truly Shattuck
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Ludwig Motor Co
W. Franklin
R. M. Hays & Bros
Washington Street
Firestone Tires
Stoner's Tire & Accessory Store
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New Moon Valley
Ralph Lewis
Peale
Nixon's
Hagerstown
Leading Theatre
Town Academy
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