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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1929
Page
6
The Divine Lady begins its local showing at the Academy, presenting Corinne Griffith as Lady Hamilton in a tense, dramatic tale. First National delivers lavish production values, a strong cast, and a sweeping, sea bound saga centered on Hamilton’s turbulent life.
Fred Waring and his jubilant jazz orchestra star in Syncopation a Radio picture at the Maryland theatre Records and contracts mark their rise with a Paris Des Ambassadeurs engagement Salle Pleyel and shows in London Berlin and across America their unprecedented triumphs spotlight their international fame
Paramount presents screen version of Anne Nichols drama Abie's Irish Rose starring a beloved Broadway classic. The film portrays love and tolerance amid racial misunderstandings with careful production by Nichols. A comedy drama balanced with poignant moments and light interludes, drawing from the stage hit.
The Divine Lady at Nixon's Academy is a superb historical drama with Corinne Griffith resembling Lady Hamilton. The film depicts Emma Lyon’s fate and Nelson era episodes, features fine costuming and sound, boosts library demand for history books, and likely popularizes late 1798 to 1805 British history.
An old advertisement urges skinny men and women to gain weight using McCoy's Tablets. It claims the product is the greatest flesh builder with an ironclad guarantee: if after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes there is no weight gain of at least five pounds and satisfaction, money is refunded. Marketed by McCoy Laboratories with Cod Liver Oil also distributed.
In a lighthearted UC Berkeley French class, Muriel Chariehois joined Robert F P Champonier's course. A playful exchange of phrases led to a running joke that she would become his Madame. The anecdote reflects classroom whimsy and budding romance.
A note explains letter golf rules as changing one letter per stroke to form a new valid word. Examples show transforming COW to HOW to HEW in three strokes. The puzzle answer sequence BAKER BAKES BALES BALLS BOLLS ROLLS is given.
Warner Bros drama features Myrna Loy as a convent-born girl who becomes a hard boiled vamp to save her lover and recover bonds stolen to cover a banker’s losses. Set in New Orleans high stakes gambling, the plot centers on a father's memory and a dramatic gunshot. Loy’s performance shows growing versatility.
Cearfoss area notes dated May 16 report Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Schindel and Mrs. David Eckstine visiting Miss Margaret Griffith in Hagerstown. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dorsey and daughter Miriam and others called on Geo. F. P. Dieterich’s family near Cearfoss. Lizzie Palmer, staying with her sister Mrs. F. T. Moats, returns to Harrisburg. Emory Baker and family of Washington also mentioned with Mary Kate Baker.
In Hagerstown area circles, a Sunday visit occurred as George R Baker and family hosted relatives including Mrs. Fred Stouffer and Mrs. Ann Sprecher with Jed Sprecher and sons Roger and Junior. Josephus Moats of Hagerstown joined to see the hosts’ daughter in Westminster.
John Leatherman of Philad is connected with Sprecher's in a brief local note.
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