Laurel and Hardy in Pardon Us at Rialto for three days
Laurel and Hardy star in the six reel comedy Pardon Us headlining the Rialto program for three days beginning Sunday. The prison burlesque follows their bootlegging misadventures with riot scenes disguises dancing and song. Wilfred Lucas Walter Long June Marlowe and James Finlayson support. James Parrott directs.
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Laurel and Hardy
America
Laurel
Hardy
Confedians
Wilfred Lucas
Walter Long
Tiger
June Marlowe
James Finlayson
James Parrott
Keaton Comedy at Rialto Theatre Friday
Buster Keaton stars in Sidewalks of New York at the Rialto Theatre starting Friday. The MGM comedy follows a millionaire’s son reforming tenement kids, with love, gangsters, gym scenes, boxing, and a gangster chase finale.
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Buster Keaton
Rialto Theatre
Sidewalks
New York
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Buster
Jules White
Zion Myers
Anita Page
Keaton
Cliff Edwards
Poggle
Frank Rowan
Butch
Clipper
Norman Phillips, Jr
Frank la Rue
Oscar Apfel
Syd Saylor
Clark Marshall
George Landy
Paul Gerard Smith
Film Stars Work in San Bernardino Location Shoot
San Bernardino hosts two Paramount units drawing about 1200 people for Shanghai Express railway station scenes. Director Joseph von Sternberg leads stars Marlene Dietrich Clive Brook Anna May Wong Warner Oland Eugene Pallette with hundreds of local extras. Looky unit arrives for three weeks with 200 workers under Norman Taurog and Jackie Cooper among others.
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San Bernardino
California
Paramount Hollywood Studios
Joseph von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich
Clive Brook
Anna May Wong
Warner Oland
Eugene Pallette
Looky
Norman Taurog
Jackie Cooper
Robert Coogan
Jackie Searl
Paul Lukas Sings Beloved Bachelor in Rialto Engagement
Paul Lukas stars in The Beloved Bachelor with Dorothy Jordan and Charlie Ruggles at the Rialto Wednesday. He seeks a romantic hero role after prior smart characterizations, a shift reflecting his Continental stage training and desire for varied, human portrayals.
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Paul Lukas
Rialto
Bachelor
Paramount
Dorothy Jordan
Charlie Ruggles
Lukas
I.ts Peart
Monks Battle For Close-Up With Actress Kay Francis
Monkeys fought over a close up with Kay Francis for her Paramount picture Girls About Town. One primate won the shot while the other showed jealousy and was displaced from the sequence.
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Monks
Kay Francis
Paramount
Tallulah Bankhead Plans Western Trip
Actress Tallulah Bankhead, famed London toast, will begin her next film production in Hollywood at Paramount studios after completing her current project The Cheat. This move follows her success in London and signals a western tour in early plans.
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Tallulah Bankhead
Hollywood
Paramount Studios
Aan Penn
Behind the Screen Juvenile film stars save earnings in trust
The article reports that child film actors earn money but are not spoiled. Most wages are placed in trust funds until adulthood, with examples like Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan. It notes limited spending money, parents paying expenses, and family living modestly.
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Jackie Coogan
Jackie Cooper
Mitzi Green
Robert
Jackie Sears
Blonde Stars Dominate Film World Yet Frighten Cameramen
A survey of Hollywood lore notes blondes are popular with audiences but pose filming challenges due to hair eye and skin similarity. It highlights Lilyan Tashman Kay Francis Nancy Carroll and Lucien Littlefield and explains why many actresses avoid beauty parlors while studios supply makeup teams.
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Hollywood
Nancy Carroll
Lilyan Tashman
Kay Francis
Jackie Cooper longs for his late vaude father
The article notes Jackie Cooper, known as Skippy, laments his father Johnny Cooper, a vaudeville performer who died when Jackie was two. He has adopted Jack Coogan as a stand in father figure and often talks to God about a potential daddy while amusingly pressuring his mother to marry Richard Dix.
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Jackie
Skippy
Cooper
Johnny Cooper
Jack Coogan
Robert
Richard Dix
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Stan Laurel
Los Angeles
Ruth Noble
Yukio Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
Miss Noble
Hayakawa
Tsuri Aoki
Lucien Littlefield
Oliver Hardy
Stan
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