Pola Negri Starred Romance Shines in The Crown of Lies
Pola Negri headlines the Paramount feature The Crown of Lies at the Strand this afternoon. Immigrant girl rises from humble origins to queenly dreams while a New York salesman woos her and Noah Beery shines as a suave villain in a tale of romance and intrigue.
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Pola Negri
Paramount
Strand Theatre
Flaming Pola
Ernest Vajda
America
Rive
Robert Ames
Noah Beery
Lica
Palm Beach Girl filmed at Tahiti Beach Miami scene
Real South Sea atmosphere blends Venice Miami and Tahiti Beach for Bebe Daniels new project directed by Erle Kenton. A jungle edge location near Coral Gables creates a scene of bootleggers hijacking a speed boat under sheriffs pursuit. Artificial canals palm trees and grass huts shape the set.
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South Sea Islands
Venice
Miami
Secenery
Bebe Daniels
Palm Beach
Tahiti Beach
Miami-Baltimore
Coral Gables
Erle Kenton
Miss Daniels
Penge
South Sea Island
Modern girls or flappers debated by Camp Fire Girls
The Camp Fire Girls contested the term flapper calling it a stigma on lively girls and proposed modern as the correct label for present day girls who are industrious and ambitious.
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Camp Fire
Gillingwater's Screen Rise Sparked by Pickford Touch
Mary Pickford persuaded Claude Gillingwater to quit a flourishing stage career and enter films. She saw him in The Three Wise Fools and cast him as the Earl in Little Lord Fauntleroy, launching his movie success. He later starred as Lord Sandale in We Moderns with Colleen Moore.
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Claude Gillingwater
Mary Pickford
Gillingwater
Mary
Los Angeles
Colleen Moore Leads Camp Fire Campaign With Modernist Flair
The Camp Fire organization taps film star Colleen Moore to head its campaign. Moore is described as a typical example of the modern era and has just finished the film We Moderns, an adaptation of Israel Zangwill's novel. She portrays a young society modern.
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Camp Fire Organization
Colleen Moore
Colleen
Israel Zangwill
Movement Aims to Exterminate Cormorant Birds
In England a campaign is underway to eradicate the cormorant, blamed for destroying two and a quarter tons of fish annually per bird, prompting calls for drastic measures to protect fisheries.
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England
My Own Pal at Strand with Tom Mix Olive Borden
Virginia Marshall and Olive Borden star with Tom Mix in My Own Pal at the Strand. The program runs Wednesday through Saturday with Chapter Number Two of The Radio Detective accompanying the feature.
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Virginia Marshall
Tom Mix
Olive Borden
The
Strand
the Strand
Pola Negri
Paramount
Lizzie
Strand Orchestra
Tom Santchi
Mix Shows Snappy Stuff With Horse and Rope in Film
Tom Mix stars in My Own S al starring Olive Borden and Virginia Marshall. The western follows Tom O Hara who joins the mounted police after thrilling rope work with his horse Tony. He saves the chief’s niece from a runaway and wins acceptance in the force.
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Tom Mix
Fox Films
Strand Theatre
Tom O’hara
Mounted Police
Tom
Tony
Thelves
Olive Borden
Mr. Mix
Virginia Marshall
Jill
Tom Santchi
Tom McGuire
Bardson Bard
Jacques Rollens
Helen Lynch
Mix Brings My Own Pal West to City Police Force
Tom Mix deserts his ranch to join the mounted police in My Own Pal. He begins with adventure in the city, adopts a little girl, kidnaps a girl, and saves the police chief’s niece from a runaway. After joining the force, he faces comic and dangerous episodes and captures a gang terrorizing the city. Ireland has an auto parking problem.
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Tom Mix
Mounted Police
Chief of Police
Oh What a Nurse Comes to Capitol for Three Day Run
Syd Chaplin stars in a Capitol theatre 3 day engagement of Oh What a Nurse. The comedy follows Jerry Clark, a San Francisco newsroom clerk turned junior advisor, as he navigates pranks, romance, and a bootleg plot while posing as a nurse aboard a seaborne pursuit and confronting a ruthless boss.
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Syd Chaplin
Capitol Theatre
Erie
Warner Bros
Jerry Clark
Mr. Chaplin
San Francisco
Jerry
Daly Whimpe
June Harrison
Patsy Ruth Miller
Gayne Whitman
David Torrence
Tig Tim
Harrison
Torrence
Jane
Olive Hurt
Whitman
June
Mise Whimple
Kenry Barrows
Oakland
Clive
Ladge Kirby
Matthew Betts
Dolly
Hd Kennedy
Big Tim
Larrivan
Iglly
English Actor George K Arthur Leads In The Boob
George K Arthur, a former English stage star who came to America on Chaplin's advice, headlines The Boob in a leading comedy role. He gained notice for The Salvation Hunters and later starred opposite Mae Murray in Paddy the Maharajah. He is now a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer featured player.
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George K. Arthur
Arthur
America
Charles Chaplin
London
Dan
Hollywood
Mae Marah
Paddy the Mer
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
We Moderns Scenes Laid in London at Orpheum
The film We Moderns starring Colleen Moore screens at the Orpheum starting Thursday. It depicts postwar youth with London locations such as Westminster Abbey Parliament Tower of London Windsor Castle Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus. Moore shines as Mary Sundale with strong support from Jack Mulhall and others.
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Colleen Moore
Orpheum Theatre
Moore
Mary Sundale
Jack Mulhall
Calcutta Bazaars Closes Amid Rio Compulsion
Calcutta markets shut down under pressure from Rio authorities. Local traders report halted sales and uncertain reopening timelines as officials enforce new restrictions.
Boob Opens at Orpheum With George Arthur in Lead
George K Arthur stars as Peter in The Boob directed by William A Wellman opening Tuesday at the Orpheum. Dina Olmsted plays Amy alongside Joan Crawford as a woman detective and Charley Murray as a perpetually drunken cowpuncher. Antonio D Algy appears as the city slicker in a story of youth, romance, and modern adventures.
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Orpheum Theatre
William A
Wellman
George K. Arthur
Peter
Knights of Old
Dina Gertrude Olmated
Amy
Miss Olmsted
Joan Crawford
Charlea Murray
Antonio D'Algy
Book Is Wellmans First Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production
The Book marks director Wellman’s debut for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with Hank Mann in the cast. Kenneth Clarke adapted the screenplay from Don Quixote Jr. by George Scarborough and Annete Westbay, blending suavity and studio elegance in the film project.
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Hank Mann
Wellman
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Kenneth Clarke
Don Quixote, Jr
George Scarborough
Ansette Westbay
Palm Beach Girl and The Book At Local Theaters
At the Orpheum this week Bebe Daniels Lawrence Grey star in Palm Beach Girl a whirlwind comedy romance. Pathe News Scared Stiff with Jack Derville orchestra and Ed Head at the Organ. Also The Book with George K Arthur Gertrude Olmstead Joan Crawford and Charlie Murray. Gooseland shows and more. Strand features Pola Negri Crown of Lies Wireless Lizzie and My Own Pal. Capitol presents Syd Chaplin Oh What a Nurse and International News. Rex offers Vaudeville plus The Navigator with Buster Keaton and The Danger Rider.
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Bebe Daniels
Lawrence Grey
Palm Beach
Pathe News
Jack Derville
Ed Head
George K. Arthur
Gertrude Olmstead
Joan Crawford
Charlie Murray
Metro- Goldwyn
Alice Day
Collen Moore
Jack Mulhall
Claude Gillingwater
We Moderns
the Capitol
Syd Chaplin
Murray the Real Old-Timer and Early Film Comedian
Charles Murray, a renowned stage and screen comedian, had a long career spanning twenty one years with Ollie Mack in Murray and Mack. He appeared in D W Griffiths 1912 pictures and spent eight years with Mack Sennett, starring in numerous comedies. Also noted is a Smyrna Cooley girls’ school fielding about 200 students, with 270 Turkish pupils after the war.
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Charles Murray
Boo Murray
Ollie Mack
Murray and Mack
D. W. Griffih
Mack Sennett
Rauin
Smyrna Cooley
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Mix
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Rio
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Art Mix
Danger Rider
Ken McDonald
Murray
Be Daniels
Miga
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