Tell It To Sweeney and Hollywood Snippets Collide
A collage of film notes from a 1920s Los Angeles scene. It highlights Tell It To Sweeney at the Columbia, star pairings like Chester Conklin and George Hancroft as rival engineers, and Bancroft in a wrestling bout. It cites Doris Hill’s rising fame, The Gingham Girl release, Photoplay earnings for extras, hypnotic study on theater audiences, ushers’ fortunes, and various actors’ upcoming projects and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweeney
Columbia
Chester Conklin
George Hancroft
Bancroft
Conklin
Doris Hill
Comedienne
Sydney Chaplin
Wallace Beery
Casey
Clara Bow
Chum
Rosie
Lois Wilson
George EK
Arthur
Louis. E. Bisch
Black Doom twists in Library Gaucho portrayal
P Richard Jones director of The Gaucho stages a dramatic climax with a lame Diack-clad man roaming scenes while crowds part to avoid the black doom. The Gaucho regains the City of the Shrine after a treacherous lieutenant lures away his outlaws using a Hannibal inspired tactic and a cattle herd routs the foe. Thursday, Bebe Daniels appears at the Library in She's a Sheik.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library
P. Richard Jones
Douglas Fairbanks
Hannibal
Bebe Daniels
Public Dole and the Vote as a Safety Valve
The piece argues that restricting the vote of the unemployed and poor would be a grave error, urging the needy to vote their interests to force government action. It notes Wall Street betting on political outcomes, cites bets predicting Coolidge’s 1928 win, and recalls Will Rogers and Hearst wagers on election odds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Mr. Coolidge
Coolidge
Will Rogers
W. R. Hearst
Bus Service Sanctions Warren Sheffield Transit Route
The Public Service Commission approves Kane Sheffield Transit Company to operate Warren to Sheffield bus service replacing trolley lines. Abandonment of Warren Street Railway trolley from Glade to Sheffield is confirmed with thirty days notice, after two years of losses and $30,000 needed road work. Lindbergh prep telegraphs Bogota flight plan in direct Panama route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Sheffield
Public Service Commission
Kane-Sheffield Transit Company
E. W. Albertson
William L. Betts
Clarendon
Warren Street Railway Company
Glade
John P. Fernstermacher
Penn Public Representative
Mr. Betts
Court House
Street Railway Company
Betts
William D. B. Ainey
Pennsylvania
Warren County
Kane Sheffield “Transit Company
Rehisle
Sea ‘Commission
Hickman Insanity Trial Opens Amid Tense Hype in L A
Edward Hickman, once the brash teen dubbed The Fox, faces a sanity evaluation in Los Angeles for the Marion Parker case. Prosecutors plan to prove sane at the time of the crime, while defense cites inherited mental strain and environmental factors. District Attorney Asa Keyes outlines a history from high school honor student to a life of crimes. Security stringently tight as the trial begins with 108 chairs and armed guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
U.P
Edward Hickman
Fox
California
Hickman
Marion Parker
Jerome Walsh
Kansas City
Walsh
Eva Hickman
Thomas Hickman
Edward
Harry Parker
Marion
Parker
Welbhy Hnr
Maron
Asa Keyes
Kansas City High School
Highman
Jand Hetle
Madge Bellemy Weds Hollywood Bond Broker in Tia Juana
Actress Madge Bellemy married Logan Metcalf, a Los Angeles bond broker, in Tia Juana. The announcement came from her mother Mrs. Ann Philport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
U. P
Madge Bellemy
Logan Metcalf
Los Angeles
Tia Juana
Ann Philport
WE The Epic of the Air Chapter at Kelly Field
Colonel Lindbergh narrates cadet life at Kelly Field with humor and detail. The narrative recalls reveille mischief, field landings, cross country flights to Corpus Christi Galveston and Laredo, gunnery training at Ellington Field, makeshift camps, and aircraft with De Haviland and Browning Lewis armament, ending with shadow target practice over Trinity Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Brooks
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Laredo
Ellington Field
Houston
National Guard
Texas
Browning
Lewis
de Haviland
Trinity Bay
Sinclair bonds tied Everhart to costly cattle deal
Everhart testified that he and Sinclair arranged a party to fund cattle lands with 198000 in bonds and 35000 cash from a private railway car trip to New York. Fall later borrowed against an uncertified stock, while Doheny loaned 100000. Total 404000 flowed to Fall as bonds and cash from Sinclair and oil men. Witnesses listed for resumed hearings include Sinclair and others from oil, finance, and corporate firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair
Everhart
New York
Fall
Pueblo Bank
Welsh
Everyhart
Sineclair
E. L. Doheny
California
A. C. Downing
New York Trust Company
Nathan C. Lefester
Flist National Bank
John Mooney
Blair and Co
A. Steinmetz
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company
James W. Reid
Presiddent Hyva Corporation
C. D. Wakburg
PF. T. Graham
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
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Photoplay Magazine
James Murray
King Vidor
The
Capitol
Ricardo Cortez
Rivoli
Neil Hamilton
Strand
Joseph Morgan Henninger
Louise C. Thomas
New Orleans
Europe
Filmland
Fay Weay
Gary Cooper
Mary Brian
Richard Arlen
Charles Rogers
Ludbergh
Anne Nichols
Abie
Arnold Kent
William Powell
Evelyn Brent
Maurice Murphy
Sorrell and Son
Lon Chaney
Preddie Frederick
Norma Shearer
Leila Hyams
Moscow
Madge Bellamy
Lorraine Eddy
Lorraine
Elmer D. James
B. V. Lesser
Youngsville Theatre
Betty Compson and
Kenneth Harlap
LINDY
Bogota
Colombia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Panama City
Meddelin
Here
Lindbergh
Charles A. Bergh
London
Librarary
Gaucho
Doug
Four Gang
Pathe New
Thurs
Fables
Olli
Conklin Bancroft
Sieinen
Thur
Greenwich Village
George K-Arthur
Marines
Phils
Nashville
Tenn
Ben Fowler
W. W. Foust
Lindy’s
John T. Newell
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