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Newspaper

The Wakefield News

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1925

Page

3

Poisoned Paradise at Strand Community theater Monte Carlo tale

New film Poisoned Paradise shows at Strand Community Theater on Tuesday November 10. Kenneth Harlan and Clara Row lead an all star cast with Raymond Griffith Josef Swickard and Carmel Myers in vamp roles. Two Glover children Frankie Lee and Peaches Jackson provide key moments. The Monte Carlo backdrop frames a moving tale of two youths lured by roulette who encounter a string of adventures. A vivid entertainment spectacle praised for teamwork and charm.

Pucaday Kenneth Harlan Clara Row Raymond Griffith Josef Swickard Carmel Myers Glover Frankie, Lee Peaches Jackson Monte Carlo

Colleen Moore Plays Tempestuous Star in Flirting With Love

Colleen Moore acts a temperamental young actress Gilda Lamont in Flirting With Love at Brents Community Theater on Sunday Nov 8. The plot centers on her rise after a risqué farce The Lost Kimono and her clash with Wade Cameron, a psychology professor and Better Plays Committee leader, who objects to the show. Gilda outsmarts him by feigning amnesia, sparking a battle of wits and dramatic tension.

Brents Gilda Lamont Wade Cameron Conway Tearle Better Plays Cameron Gilda

Playful plot in a farcical drama misdirection

A leading actress plots to burlesque a drama with her manager to gain revenge on a gullible professor of dual personality hoax. Cameron is ridiculed as a playwright endorser in this clever photoplay. Moore and Tearle deliver a highly enjoyable performance, though the full twist remains tightly kept.

Cameron Golleen Moore Conway Tearle

Perils for the Wild stars the world’s strongest man

Joe Bonome performs daring feats handling a range of animals from lion cubs to full grown tigers in Perils for the Wild a ten episode serial at Strand Community Theater opening Tuesday Adapted from Swiss Family Robinson the film features Margaret Quimby Jack Mower Alfred Allen and Eva Gordon in supporting roles.

Joe Bonome Strand Community Theater Margaret Quimby Jack Mower Alfred Allen Eva Gordon

Shipwreck drama in Norma Talmadge film The Only Woman

The Strand Community theater shows The Only Woman on Thanksgiving day November 26, featuring Norma Talmadge and Eugene O’Brien in a vivid shipwreck sequence aboard a private yacht. The stars perform daring stunts amid stormy seas, with a plot of marital tension, sacrifice, and renewed love on screen.

Norma Talmadge Norma Eugene O'Brien Church Isle Eugene Strand Community Theater

Sills Stages His Best Movie Fight in Knockout

Mil ton Sills stars in The Knockout as a formidable pugilist in a Canadian river clash with six-foot-seven-inch Titian Kolb. The film follows his string of virile screen roles and features a brutal hand to hand sequence that left him bruised with a black eye, marking his most intense onscreen brawl to date.

Sills Greafest Milton Sills Strand Communlity Oliver Tressilian Major Craig Man Jim O'Malley Joli Kolb Titian

Overland Limited romance of the rails at community theater

The community theater to present The Overland Limited a thrill filled photoplay by Jas J Tynan. It follows railroad engineer David Barton portrayed by Malcolm McGregor as he overcomes obstacles to build a multimillion project and save a trainful of passengers from a maniac’s scheme. Ralph Lewis stars as Ed Barton with Alice Lake as Ruth Dent in a tale spanning an Eastern college to the Rockies with romance drama and action.

Seasor Overland Limited Jas. J. Tynan Malcolm McGregor David Barton Olive Borr Comden David Ruth Dent Ralph Lewis Ed Barto Alice Lake Vamp Eastern College Rocky‘mountains

Overland Limited Photoplay Thrills With Romance and Comedy

A vivid review touts The Overland Limited as the finest photoplay of its kind, featuring a dramatic derailment climax where a giant locomotive crashes through steel girders and plunges into a river. It blends thrills, romance, and humor and is praised as suitable for every family. The article also notes X ray use in treating whooping cough and rickets, and mentions the 18th century martyrdom of Tyndale.

Overland Limited

Milton Sills in The Knockout at Strand Community

Militon Sills brings melodrama action romance and thrills to The Knockout to be shown at Strand Community theater. The film promises love excitement scenic beauty and wholesome fun with Sills delivering rapid-fire fight and action scenes reminiscent of his prior thrillers.

Strand-Community Milton Sills Sills

Lost World at Strand offers thrills for all ages

The Strand Community Theater showcases The Lost World promising a dime novel thrill for boys and men alike. Bessie Love, Lloyd Hughes, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone headline with dramatic monsters, boat constrictors, alligators and a daring ape amid tropical scenes and erupting volcanoes.

Conan Doyle Strand Community Theater London Bessie Love Lloyd Hughes Wallace Beery Lewis Stone Alma Bennett Bulk Montana Arthur Hoyt Waklace Beery Crimain Little Monkey

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