Scaramouche production costs loom large at Rex Ironwood
The film Scaramouche will screen at the Rex theatre next Monday to Wednesday. It used almost 600,000 feet of film, with huge costs in set construction and thousands of participants including 11,200 people involved, 10,000 mob extras, and 30 principal players, plus crews of directors, designers, and artisans.
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Scaramouche
Rex Ingram
Metro
Raphael Sabatini
Rex Theatre
Ironwood
Paris
Jackie Coogan in Ideal Oliver Twist at Strand
The Strand Community Theatre presents Jackie Coogan as Oliver Twist next Tuesday. Doubts about a child star portraying the hero fade as Coogan’s maturity and emotion carry the narrative, which compresses Dickens nine years into a shorter screen span while keeping the spirit intact.
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Sol Lesser
Jackie Coogan
Strand Community Theatre
Jackie
Dickens
Oliver
Liloyd
The Marriage Market to Play at Strand Theatre Saturday
A star studded film drama The Marriage Market comes to the Strand Theatre on Saturday May 10. Jack Mulhall Pauline Garon lead a cast including Alice Lake Shannon Day Jean Debriac Mayme Kelso Vera Lewis Willard Louis Kate Lester and Marc Robbins in Evelyn Campbell’s treatise on modern marriage where beauty and charm fetch the highest price.
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Strand Theatre
Jack Mulhall
Sterling
Pauline Garon
deMille
Allstar
Alice Lake
Shannon Day
Jean Debriac
Mayme Kelso
Vera Lewis
Willard Louis
Kate Lester
Marc Robbins
Evelyn Campbell
Miss Garon
The Girl of the Golden West at Strand May 11
The Belasco drama The Girl of the Golden West is adapted for the silver screen by director Carewe and will be shown at the Strand Theatre on Sunday May 11. The film reportedly improves upon the stage version with sharper pacing and production.
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the Golden West
David Belasco
Strand Theatre
Carewe
Belasco
The Girl of the Golden West in Colorful California West
The article lauds The Girl of the Golden West as a superb film. J Warren Kerrigan plays a romantic bandit amid 1849 California scenery with Sylvia Breamer in the title role and Rosemary Thelby as Nina. Russel Simpson offers a notable Sheriff portrayal as the plot unfolds with a five thousand dollar bounty and a dramatic pursuit.
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J. Warren Kerrigan
Ramerrez
Caballero
California
Sylvia Breamer
Belasco
Miss Breamer
Rosemary Thelby
Nina
Jack Rance
Russel Simpson
Carewe
Golden West
Girl In He Man Country Screened In Strand Show
A London idol enters Rhodesian gold fields disguised as a man to rescue a “her man” from Ponjola’s drink and decay. Cynthia Stockley’s South African veldt tale unfolds as it plays at the Strand theatre with a bold, solitary heroine in a harsh world.
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Rhodesian
London
Hell Upon
Earth
Ponjola
Cynthia Stockley
Blackbirds Learn to Eat Trout on Scottish Estate
A trout fishery in Scotland shows birds changing behavior after discovering a new food source. A single blackbird began feeding on young trout at a pond and, by next season, spread the habit to others. The result threatened the farm's fish rearing unless birds were removed.
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Scotland
Norway
London
Tit
Spirits Prompt Mother to Place Infant on Coals
Neighbors rescued a two month old girl as Mrs. Ethel Giliksen, in South Portland Maine, allegedly placed the child on hot stove coals claiming divine spirits called for the sacrifice. The infant suffered severe burns but is expected to recover. A mental evaluation for the mother will follow.
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South
Portland
Ethel @ Giliksen
Woman Druggist Burned When Alcohol Explodes
A five gallon can of alcohol exploded while Mina Anna Cena twenty four poured it into a mortar in her drug store at Center street Orange New Jersey. Her clothing caught fire and she ran to the street crying for help A boy removed his coat and smothered the flames then left without giving his name. Miss Cena suffered serious burns to arms face and body and was taken to her home for treatment.
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New York
Mina Anna Cena
Center Street
Orange
N. J
Cona
Woman Disarms Then Spanks Bandits Near Kansas City
A woman motorist, Mrs. W. M. Mitchell, offered two boys a ride near Kansas City, Mo. One boy threatened with a pistol demanding her purse. She knocked the pistol from his hand and spanked both youths, who fled the scene.
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Kansas City
W. M. Mitchell
For Sale 800 Acres Near Wakefield City Limits
Property offering includes 800 acres adjoining Wakefield city limits with 40 acres cleared, and equipped with hose and barns. For further information and terms inquire of Paul Mars Wakefield Michigan.
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Wakefield
Paul Mars
Wakefield, Mich, Ptt
Watkins sales opportunity invites Wakefield dealers
Wanted 7200 salespeople to sell Watkins nationally advertised household products. Established 1868, resources $15,000,000, branches across U S and Canada. Rare chance for city sales dealers in Wakefield and beyond, full or part time. Write J R Watkins Co Dept 99 Winona Minn.
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Watkins
U. S
Canada
Wakefield
J. R Watkins Co
Winona
Minn
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