Norma Talmadge shifts to comedy in Kiki at Strand Community
Norma Talmadge, famed for dignified romance, stars in Kiki a Belasco stage hit adaptation at Strand Community Theatre Sunday July 4. Ronald Colman plays her Paris theater manager ally as the film delivers 1926 vintage laughs with a devil may care heroine and a bold modern romance. Dolores del Rio debuts as a new vamp joining the screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Talmadge
Comedienne
Kiki
Belasco
Miss Talmadge
Nfe
Norma
Ronald Colman
Paris
Graystark
Mary Astor
Lloyd Hughes
Dolores del Rio
Joanna
Carewe
Mexico
Buck Jones in The Cowboy and the Countess at Community Theater
Buck Jones stars in The Cowboy and the Countess a vivid exhibition tour story set in Europe with cowboys led by Jerry Whipple of the Boot Jack Ranch and Elsa Verlaine tracing Belgravia nobility. The plot blends romance action and humor as stunts thrill audiences and a finale resolves complex problems with Buck Jones Helena TD Algy Diana Miller and Harvey Clark in supporting roles.
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Cowboy
Europe
Buck Jones
Community Theater
Belgravia
Jerry Whipple
Boot Jack Ranch
Elsa Verlaine
Jerry
Elsa
United States
Helena Td’ Algy
Diana Miller
Harvey Clark
Dororthy Farnum Adapts Ibanez Torrent For Screen
Dorothy Farnum crafts a translated novel adaptation as she scenarizes Ibanez Torrent a feature at Community theater on Sunday June 27 with Ricardo Cortez Greta Garbo in a lavish production directed by Monta Bell. The tale follows a Spanish statesman and an operatic prima donna amid dramatic storms and floods and grand settings inspired by world opera, the Madrid throne room and more. Greta Garbo makes her American debut opposite Richard Cortez in dazzling Max Ree gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Farnum
Ibanez
Ricardo Cortez
Greta Garbo
Monta Bell
Vicente Blasco Ibanes
Madrid Royal Throne Room
Richard Cortes
Max Ree
Peters Maki Harjy get township highway
W S Peters awarded the contract for grading a section of the new proposed highway from Thomaston north to Lake Superior by the township board. Peters bid 7200 with a minimum 500 rock excavation charge. Oscar B Maki and Co were awarded the bridge construction over Jackson Creek on this road. The road will follow state highway specifications and extend toward Presque Isle. Jacob Harry and Co won a road contract from the Tula road north to Thomaston for 1349.
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W. S. Peters
Thomaston
Lake Superior
Peters
Thomas Desonia
W. J. Anderson
Oscar B. Maki and Co
Jackson Creek
Presque Isle
Jacob Harry and Co
Tula Road
Gogebic County Fair Set for August 31 to September 3
The Gogebic County Fair, August 31 through September 3, plans a large field of race horses and a top free act program. F A Healy, secretary, says a trained animal circus and a tumbling act will be featured. Repairs at the fair grounds aim to accommodate growing exhibits. premiums offered rival those at the Detroit state fair.
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County Fair Association
F. A. Healy
Detroit
Former Wakefield Man in Thrilling Gun Fight
The Iron River Reporter recounts a burglary at Iron River Creamery and Club billiard hall. John Scott, a former Wakefield resident and Wakefield Iron Company employee, engages in a gunfight with a burglar, narrowly thwarting a larger cash loss as police pursue leads and neighbors recall the events.
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Wakefield
Iron River
John Scott
Wakefield Iron Company
Iron River Creamery
A. B. Scribner
Negaunee
Hero
Tron River
Albert Anderson
Oscar Neyman
Trout Creek
Central School
Channing
Scott
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Show House
Gogebic County
England and
Wales
Tony
Wonder Bane
Ringling
White Horse
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Spiritland
North Pole
Norge
Norway
Peary
The
Stars and Stripes
Tokyo
M'Sieur
Nosma Lalmadde Kiki
With Ronald Colman
Mary Aster
Spain
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