Get Into Politics With Marie Dressler at the Rialto
Marie Dressler stars in a comedy about women voters rising against corrupt city politics. Dressler’s innocent lead sparks a general strike and a comic clash with male politicians as Roscoe Ates, William Bakewell, Joann Marsh, and Karen Morley support the lively plot and romance.
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Miss Dressler
Miss Moran
Roscoe
Ates
William Bakewell
Joann Marsh
Karen Morley
Marie Dressler A Storied Stage and Screen Icon
Marie Dressler born in Coburg Canada rose from chorus work to star in Tillie’s Punctured Romance in 1914 with Charlie Chaplin. She built a long film career with Metro Goldwyn Mayer after 1925 and starred in Anna Christie Caught Short Min and Bill and Politics.
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Coburg
Canada
New York
Mack Sennett
Charlie Chaplin
Tillie
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Polly Moran
Anna Christie
Polly Moran Career Highlights and Personal Details
Polly Moran, born in Chicago to a contractor father and Kelly mother, rose from Chicago public schools and St. Patrick's convent to vaudeville and a successful film career. She acted with De Wolf Hopper, debuted in 1915 as Mrs Murray in The Janitor, and starred in Sheriff Nell and many Cecil B. DeMille productions. Her filmography includes Affairs of Anatol, Road to Mandalay, The Blackbird, Trail of 98, Hollywood Revue of 1929, Callahan and Murphy, Bringing Up Father, The Divine Woman, The Thirteenth Hour, Unholy Night, Buttons, Honeymoon. Moran stood 5'4", weighed 134 pounds, with dark brown hair and blue eyes, and enjoyed riding and swimming.
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Africa
Chicago
Kelly
Polly Moran
St. Patrick’s Convent
de Wolf Hopper
Charlie Murray
Sheriff
Cecil B. de Mille
Anatol
Saunders Sonn tag Wedding Saturday
Miss Betty Saunders daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Saunders 1600 Jackson street married Milton T Sonntag son of Mr and Mrs John Sonntag Plainfield Saturday evening at seven in the home of the bride s aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs J J McArdle 1007 Ohio street Rever end E E Hastings officiating After a wedding trip through the East the couple will reside in Plainfield
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Betty Saunders
A. W. Saunders
Jackson Street
Milton T. Sonntag
John Sonntag
Plainfield
J. J. McArdle
Ohio Street
E. E. Hastings
Sonde
Plainfiell
D Salle Alumni Picnic Plans Draw Community
The D Salle alumni announce a picnic with games such as tug of war running and horse events. Attendees should travel six miles south on Chicago Street to the Grange Hall then two and a half miles west to Burr Oak Farm. Edward Jackson chairs the committee. Dale Reece, described as an electrician's daughter, causes a stir among the attendees.
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de Cone
Chicago Street
Grange Hall
Burr Oak Farm
Edward Jackson
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Rialto
W. Jefferson St
Raynor Ave
Woodbury’s
Saunders - Sonntag
Aartney’s
Chicago St
D'Salle
Dale Reece
Mayflower Fruit &Vegetable Co
Cass Street
C. AdlerBo
W. Jefferson
Bluff
Jim Dandy
H. H
Seltzers
Manhattan
California
Joliet’s
America
Roscoates
Hokum
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