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Newspaper
The Winthrop Review
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1925
Page
6
Around 11 45 p m a stone shattered a train window near Highlands station wounding Ginsburg in the arm. Police traced two boys after conductor filed a report. A separate incident notes a car collision on Sagamore avenue due to a sunk hole breaking springs in the vehicle.
Scout Executive Wm R Ferris notes resignation of Mr F G Knell who edits the weekly column. Red Cross Life Saving and Swimming classes led by Mr Fred Wegener run all winter teaching rescue, resuscitation, and tow skills. Open to all youths 12 and older, details at Wegener’s delicatessen on Somerset Ave or Ferris Ocean 0396 R.
Winthrop High School teachers heard Professor George A. Myrick of Harvard speak on Scientific Thinking on March 16. Chelsea defeated Winthrop in the season finale, tying Chelsea with Brockton for first in the league. Winthrop finished third. The play Under Cover will be staged April 17 with cast members listed, plus the school orchestra. A marble pedestal donated by Mr. George F. Waite enhances stage decor.
Real estate deeds show transfers involving Harlow Francis Agnes McDon ough Bartlett Road Hull Mary L Dani P Hoffman and others on Lincoln Street Wave Way Avenue Bartlett Road Summit Way. Names include Nellie I Nichols Richmond F Jones Jr Carrie N Walsh Sarah A Murray Robt J Sandler and Harry Wise with pending filings.
The originator of the negro character Jim Crow is identified as Thomas D. Rice of New York. He first performed as Jim Crow at the Park Theater in New York and later toured England.
The Winthrop Theatre plans a March 23 to 29 program with The Lost Battalion six reel feature opening the week, plus Bread with Mae Bush, Why Hurry, and the Pathe Review on Tuesday. Wednesday is B F Keith vaudeville night headlined by Oh Doctor with Reginald Denny, His First Degree, and News Weekly. Tess of the D Urbervilles stars Blanche Sweet and Conrad Nagel on Thursday and Friday, with Before the Public and News Weekly. Saturday offers Cornered with Mariesl Prevost, Big Timber with William Desmond, and a Go-Getters chapter. Mary Astor leads a strong cast in a later feature with Otis Harlan and others.
Metro-Goldwyn plans Tess of the D Urbervilles as its greatest screen production say Marshall Neilan and manager Charles Hatch. Blanche Sweet stars with Conrad Nagel in the adaptation by Dorothy Farnum. The film, presented by Louis B Mayer, features a supporting cast led by Stuart Holmes and George Fawcett.
Universal Pictures selected a stellar cast to support Reginald Denny in Oh Doctor a screen version of the Harry Leon Wilson serial. The film directed by Harry Pollard features Denny in a tale of a pampered youth learning to cope with life after years of overprotection.
Marie Prevost stars in Cornered shown at the Winthrop next Saturday. She plays Mary Brennan a slum girl and Margaret Waring an heiress, embodying both roles with versatility. The cast includes Rockcliffe Fellowes Ray mond Hatton John Roche Cissy Fitzgerald Wilfred Lucas Vera Lewis. The plot follows a poor girl who, by likeness to an heiress, enters the Waring household and faces challenges when the real Miss Waring returns. The ending reveals the sisters share a bond and a satisfying conclusion. Warner Bros. Classic of the Screen.
Mae Busch stars in Bread a Metro-Goldwyn picture based on Charles Norris novel directed by Victor Schertzinger with Robert Frazer Pat OMalley Wanda Hawley and Hobart Bosworth in a drama about women in business and its impact on independence and home life. The cast also includes Myrtle Stedman Ward Crane Raymond Lee and Eugenie Besserer.
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