Making Movie Stars at Midtre week beginning ay
Review notes a local debut of Making Movie Stars from A. J. Duffy with United Rook ie as discoverer of new stars. It promises laughable situations, modern topics, and insight into movie making. Local talent provides the cast as the audience is asked to vote for actors for The Vampire. Two weeks after filming, complete pictures shown at the same theatre. Nazimova in Revelation heads Metro special, with her famed range of roles from Parisian grace to battlefield passion. Shows Monday and Tuesday at Grand theatre 3 30 and 8 00 pm with other pictures and vaudeville. The Little American by Cecil B De Mille screens at Middlesex tonight, plus It Pays to Exercise and three vaudeville acts, starts 6 30.
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A. J. Duffy
United Rookie
Aveling
Act
Cargin
Ayers
Theda Bara
William Jarnum
Frank Keenan
Nazimova
Metro
Rosebush
Grizette
Joline
Mme. Nazimova
Grand Theatre
Cecil B. de Mille
Middlesex Theatre
Jeanie Macpherson
Mr. de Mille
Mack Sennett
Local War Bond Drive Opens and Red Cross Work Expands
Westbrook holds a meeting at Wilcox’s store to promote the national war savings campaign starting Friday for two weeks. Red Cross HQ reports a large gauze shipment and ongoing work for volunteers. Edmund Anderson, 26, dies of pneumonia in France, listed as Eddie Godfred Anderson in the first casualty list, son of John Anderson with two brothers and two sisters. Children’s Day at Congregational church planned. engagement of Charlotte Emily Dibble to Dayton Bohling announced. Bohling recently enlisted in the U S Naval Reserve. Red Cross work continues as Mrs. Adolph Johnson hosts the Horse Hill sewing circle. Main Street property work by H. H. Parker’s crew. Child Welfare urged by the Council of Defense and President Wilson. Westbrook aims for active wartime child welfare year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
W. A. Wilcox
National War Savings Campaign
The
Red Cross
Edmund Anderson
France
Eddie Godfred Anderson
John Anderson
Misses Anna
Thelma Anderson
Deep River
Haddam
John L. Hall
Pondmeadow
Comstock Cheney Company
Ivoryton
Anderson
Camp Devens
Camp Upton
Congregational Church
H. M. Dibble
Charlotte Emily
Dayton
William Henry Bohling
Bohling
U. S. Naval Reserve Forces
Newport
R.I
Adolph Johnson
Horse Hill
H. H. Parker
Main Street
C. N. Field
Council of Defense
Wilson
England
United
Song of Songs comes to Middlesex with Hisse Ferguson
Beautiful Hisse Ferguson stars in The Song of Songs at the Middlesex on June 10 and 11. Adapted from Howard Sloan's play, which drew crowds at the Bilinge theatre in New York, the film unit presents a melodramatic tale of a man’s double standards and a woman’s vindication, showcasing Ferguson’s dramatic abilities.
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Hisse Ferguson
Artcraft
Middlesex
Howard Sheldon
Bilinge Theatre
New York
Miss Ferguson
Hvelihood
Rand Theatre Comedy and an O Henry Feature
A brief notice notes a Rand Theatre program featuring a comedy show and an O Henry story adaptation. Performances highlight light humor and classic short fiction in a single evening.
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Rand Theatre
O. Henry Fea
Morgan School events and town notices in Clinton
Clinton notes a quiet June with hospital recoveries and visits. Mrs Ella Hilliard returns home from Hartford, Ronald Platt recovers with parents in Clinton, and Grace Hotchkiss with Caroline Lewis visit Middletown. Miss Elizabeth Lynch travels to Guilford to visit her sister. An engagement between Miss Helen Worth and Franklin Demerritt is announced. Morgan school holds service flag ceremony June 14 with 44 stars and speakers Asa Wilcox and Everett Hill. Morgan school seniors to hear Principal George B D E. class day follows with prize orations and commencement. Priscilla Club elects officers and plans a June 24 cottage outing at Beach Park. Belle Chapman spends the week on Commerce Street.
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Cliton
Ella Hilliard
West Main Street
Hartford
Ronald Platt
C. Fred Platt
Grace Hotchkiss
Caroline Lewis
Middletown
Elizabeth Lynch
Guilford
William Horan
Helen Worth
Morgan School
Franklin Demerritt
Watertown
Mass
Red Cross
Asa H. Wilcox
Torrington
Everett G. Hill
Hartford Times
Congregational Church
George BD. E. An
Morgan Hall
Priscilla Club
Henry Hull
George 8. Hull
John W. Kelsey
John Chapman
Amelia Westrich
Beach Park
Belle Chapman
Commerce Street
Man Reflects on Ongoing Illness and Hopelessness
A fragment recalls a man named T. Ark who felt worried and hopeless for years. He states trying many remedies and doctors, yet remaining worn and ill, mentioning he tried something labeled Pole while seeking relief.
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T. Ark
Niantic Social Notes Share Summer Visitors and Local Calls
Niantic residents and visitors are reported at cottages, bungalows, and groves this week. Names include Dr. Paul Augustus Kumpitsch and family, Mrs. O M Case, Miss Effie Haynes, Robert Stiglitz, and the Levison party among others.Trips occur among Bridgeport Hartford New Haven and Brooklyn locals with people arriving for the season and others returning from trips.
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Niantic
Paul Augustus Kumpitsch
Paul
Bridgeport
Hartford
Edmund Smith
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fannie Lindsley
Meriden
Ellen V. Weir
Robert Stevens
Brooklyn
N. Y
Saunder
Norma Beckford
Flint
Rocky Hill
W. E. Beebe
Thompson
White Plains
South Street
F. A. Aston
Middletown
Mr. Aston
Effie Haynes
Henry B. Smith
East Hampton
Alfred Brown
New Haven
Whippoorwill
Harry McLaughlin
H. B. Goodenough
Capt. N. W. Rogers
Charles Banta
Stiglitz
New York City
Levison
Robert Stiglitz
New York
Levison D. Levison
New London
Stevens
Saunders’ Grove
Social gathering, baptisms, and town notes in Rocky Hill
In Rocky Hill on June 8 a men’s social will be held at the Congregational church basement with refreshments. Mrs Stickles visited Hartford Friday. June 10 ends the shad season. Miss Anna Klatt recovering from a Hartford hospital operation. Children’s Day and baptisms planned at the Congregational church. Grange hall to host the 1918 class supper Monday. A Methodist church social drew a fair turnout. Rev. M. H. Alling has a sore hand. Mrs. Howard F. Spencer sold her town house to West Rocky Hill buyers. Walter Robbins writes he has landed safely in France. C. W. Boardman was in Hartford Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Darling
Hartford
Stickles
Anna Klatt
Hartford Hospital
Congregational Church
Grange Hall
Methodist Church
State Guard
M. BH
Alling
Howard F. Spencer
West Rocky Hill
Walter Robbins
Ely
France
C. W. Boardman
Middlefield marks Levi B Coe Public Library 25th anniversary
In Middlefield on a June Thursday evening a strawberry festival celebrated the Levi B. Coe Public Library dedication. Rev L O Seliriver read the dedication speech and Rev G B Hawkes spoke on the program 26 years ago and the library's current role. Morris E Alling will speak at the Grange next week on Can We Shine and Children's Day will be observed with an evening union service in the M E church.
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Middlefield
Levi B. Coe Public Library
L. 0
Morris E. Alling
Grange
Suni
M. E
Alma, el Eae
Marines Extend Gains Further
Paris excursion turned into triumphal procession as Marines paraded through every hamlet village and town. American wounded were carried amid cheers from women and children lining streets. Dusty trench shoes protruding from ambulances drew further sympathy while ground gained signaled victory as troops joined the battle line and repelled the enemy.
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Paris
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Eddie Polo
Animated Weekly
Star of
Clinton
Famous Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Palm Beach
Barton
Barton Clothing Co
and Custom Tailors
Grove
J. M. Cogan
Full Informa
Tion
Jackson Co
Court St. Middletown
Tonight
Mary Pickford
Cecil B. DeMille
Jeanie McPherson
Adolph Zukor
Elsie Ferguson
Edward Sheldon
Charlies Maigne
Joseph Kaufman
Eagle's Eye
Theda Bara, W. S. Hart
WWE
A. B. Holmes
Arthur B
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