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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1929
Page
12
Metro Goldwyn Mayer prepares its first all talking and singing production The Broadway Melody opening for a week with a midnight show Sunday at the Maryland theatre. Director Beaumont and George Cunningham sift sixty chorus hopefuls for varied types and photographic individuality.
Tillating MGM production features Bessie J ana Iage and Charles King in a backstage life driven plot. The Simba film by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson documents four years in African jungles with dramatic encounters as natives guard lions and antelopes, giraffes, and other wildlife before a thrilling climax. Osa Johnson is highlighted as she calmly stalks dangerous animals for the lens.
Two prominent Clevelanders join a national show of support for Mrs. Mary Ware Dennett against conviction for publishing her pamphlet The Sex Side of Life. Dr. Bernice Neuberger, president of Women’s Clubs, and Dorothy Dean Henry, a woman police captain, are among those backing her.
Carlin's Joyland in Baltimore Maryland rises among leading parks with color schemes decorations and attractions. The new Coliseum and Big Show house the world's only Synthetic Menagerie and the Tumble Bus thrill ride is popular. Lindy Planes offer aerial tours to London Rome Paris and Hollywood. Ten new side shows line the midway and the Laugh sensation Whoopee Palace promises cheer.
Buster Keaton stars in Spite Marriage at the Colonial today and tomorrow in a fast paced comedy built as a play within a play. The story follows a lovesick tailor who crashes theatrical life seeking an actress, with a yacht wreck and a chase among the many comic thrills.
A puzzle note describes a Desert Golf theme with an oasis water hole and many Solfersike water holes. It hints that today’s puzzle will be popular and mentions par seven. One solution will appear in the next issue.
The star transforms the interpretation of his part creating a highly comic farce. Another actor could have played it straight, yet Keaton’s mishaps and timing produce a lively, humorous drama without altering the core situation.
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