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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1925
Page
3
A New York theatrical magnate with grippe travels to South Carolina to recuperate but finds the official bus missing leaving him to trudge a mile and a half with a valise. An old man on the platform jokes the depot was placed far from town to get closer to the railroad.
A Georgia banker nicknamed the Human Safety Clutch recounts a tale of leaving papers on his desk and sending Uncle Jim for them. After the search, the owner discovers he has no nickel to pay, prompting Uncle Jim to remind him that he still has a nickel somewhere.
A quotation from Robert Hichens's After the Verdict noting that every woman possesses qualities she lacks until she loves and that even the closest wives scrutinize their husbands at times, with each woman likely having a good reason for such thoughts.
Adolph Menjou and Gret Nissen on a wedding trip are the leads in a rapid fire comedy drama. Menjou’s gambling urges trigger a masterful husband plot as Gret, after an elopement, seeks independence. The Community theatre screens the film next Tuesday September 15 with a full cast.
The Lady Who Lied arrives at the Community theatre Lin ar Sept. 13 with lavish production values. A Venice Grand Canal carnival scene and realistic localities showcase the film starring Lewis Stone Virginia Valli Nita Naldi and other noted players in principal roles.
Colleen Moore stars in Sally opening Tuesday Sept 22 at the Community theatre. The film features lavish scale sets including the Elm Tree Inn scene and expansive lawn fete construction with authentic interiors and exteriors.
A new and gigantic production of Quo Vadis is completed and to be shown at the Community theatre on Sunday September 6. Emil Jannings stars in a cast said to number over 20 000 with scenes laid in Rome on Nero era sites. The film blends historic decadence and brutal despotism with the romance of Vinicius and Lygia and the steadfast faith of Peter’s followers.
A compact reflection on ethics warns that pursuing a good end through evil means corrupts the soul. The quotation emphasizes that moral integrity cannot coexist with sin.
A glossary of Anglo-Saxon and Old Saxon preserved at Epinal France is said to have been written toward the end of the seventh century. It was originally kept at the Moyen Moutier abbey Lenones.
The Strand Theatre features a revival of Nero as portrayed by Emil Jannings, praised for a vivid, lustful yet vain depiction. The program pairs a second film, The Garden of Weeds, featuring Betty Compson and Warner Baxter, with a Broadway-adapted stage hit themed around wealth, intrigue, and chorus girl life on display this Saturday. The review notes sensational action, romance, and comedy amid lavish settings and star performances.
A vivid set of cafe scenes and a jazzy shipboard interior frame the forthcoming film Wine at the Community Theatre. Directed by Louis Gasnier, it stars Clara Bow, Forrest Stanley, H. Gordon, Myrtie Stedman, Robert Agnew, Walter Long, Grace Carlisle and Leo White. The plot centers on a mother, father, and a debutante daughter amid jazz loving society and refined family circles.
Eve's Secret stars Betty Compson and Jack Holt and plays next Tuesday at the Community theatre. A Duke of Poltagva wooes a peasant girl, sends her to Paris for education, and faces rivalry and duels that color his view of love. He kills in a banquet intrigue and learns of disillusionment as the tale unfolds.
Sunday spectacle showed beautiful Christian girls leaping into a roaring arena with yawning jaws. The lions starved for days, met martyrs with a smile as the crowd roared.
A woman entangles with Baxter through deception after her discharge and secret meetings. She marries Fellowes while hiding her past, and the couple honeymoon. On return she cannot confess, discovers a Japanese butler in the house, and Fellowes returns for a taunting dinner.
A tense scene unfolds as a woman confesses under strain and Fellowes declares his plan to kill her. Bravado collapses into a grim standoff as men face off across a table and the story moves rapidly toward a fatal finale.
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