Farrell MacDonald’s rise from stage to screen stardom noted
Farrell MacDonald, born 1875 in Waterbury Connecticut, began in theater and music before a long film career. A Yale graduate and former reporter, he joined Biograph in 1908 and became known for versatile character roles. He is slated to appear in Sunrise and other pictures. Edmund Lowe praises Fox Movietone for enabling actors to talk on film.
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Farrell MacDonald
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Biograph
New York
Queumy Sacoureeu
Yale
Macdonald
Weterbury, Conn
Lillian Russell
New England Composers’ Society
Comstock Minstrels
Crescent Stock Company
Brooklyn
Baltimore
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Orient
Frisco
Denver
Elitch Gardens
Bro- Blaph Company
Riley the Cop
Edmund Lowe
Hollywood
Fox Movietone
Movietone
Lowe
Sparkling vaudeville and Easy Come Easy Go at the library
The library showcases three vaudeville acts this week with Rick Nell’s clay modeling and Goelet and Hall’s monologues and songs. The Circus Follies finale features dancing stars and a mellow singer. Nell also plays a baker. The film Easy Come Easy Go stars Nancy Carrell with Dix and a strong supporting cast delivering a straightforward, humorous romance comedy.
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Library
Rick Nell
Goelet
Hall
Nell
Baker
Dix
Nancy Carrell
Paramount
Anne Nichols
Abie
The Magnificent Flirt opens at Columbia theater
Florence Vidor stars in The Magnificent Flirt a clean wholesome comedy set in Paris with a playful climax. The film features Loretta Young Lon Chaney’s leading woman Albert Conti Marietta Millner Matty Kemp and New Sparks in an unusual supporting cast as Mis Victor’s gowns dazzle and the French setting enhances the high life mood.
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Columbia
Florence Vidor
Paramount
Paris
Loretta Young
Lon Chaney
Haugh
Albert Conti
the Legion of the Condemned
Marietta Millner
Thomas Meighan
Matty Kemp
New Sparks
Richard Dix
Sporting Goods
Prospects of Smith and Hoover Split Highlight Boston Talk
Today Continued From Page One reports support for Governor Smith by some and retreat from General Motors. Mr Sloan backs Hoover and stays GM president. Republican orators claim Sloan’s prosperity message will persuade more Americans than Raskob who favors wine and beer. The piece hints bootlegging issues tied to prosperity.
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Governor Smith
General Motors
Sloan
Hoover
Mr. Sloan
Home Made Poems in Sara Kenugen Prize Contest
A reader notes a poem entry titled Home Made Poems in the Sara Kenugen Prize contest. It describes nature at sunset with serene scenery and a finding that “God is here” in the scene. The submission is attributed to Mrs. H. B. D. of Tionesta, Pa.
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Sara Kenugen
Sara
Maine Elections Loom and Historic Remembrances Outline
A fragmented passage notes Maine voters head to select a governor, senator, representative, and legislature next Monday. It discusses Maine’s expected influence on national trends, fibers of Democratic strength in the South, and reflects on heroes from Fernand Ducretet to a boy on the burning deck, linking X-ray risk and perseverance before death.
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Maine
Wolfe
Queck
Fernand Ducretet
Ducretet
Heaven
Crossword Puzzle Answers From Yesterday and Today
The page presents a jumble of crossword clues spanning aviatrix pose to ancient Greek sages. It lists numbers 7 through 43 with definitions seeking names, terms, and symbols, including references to historical figures, gods, and scientific elements, followed by the solution line.
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Jnna
Ae Mao
England
Greece
Aehiswlat
Arabia
God
Election era rhetoric and transport orders echo in 1930s notes
The text cites political slogans in Tennessee and Philadelphia and reports on the American Railway Association banning wooden cars after 1931, prompting orders for 300,000 steel freight cars. It hints at broader election themes with mention of native-born voters amid the era's social tensions.
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American Railway Association
Indian voters shift from whiskey era to autos in Indiana
American Indiana with twenty one years and 840000 tribes shows a modern shift in political life. A veteran British labor leader denounces beer betting while condemning Pussyfoot Johnsons. Newsprint from New Zealand hardwoods proves paper quality equal to American standards and prompts U S Forestry Lab to test American hardwood use.
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Indiana
Ben Turner
England
Turner
Washington
New Zealand
United States Forestry Service
United States Forest Producta Laboratory
Personal pledge disavowing debts by Kocher
A dated notice states that from September 4, 1928, Harry C. Kocher will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone other than himself. The signer declares this decision publicly and unilaterally.
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Harry C. Kocher
Body of Ingersoll sent to Boyhood Home for burial
The body of Robert H. Ingersoll, the dollar watch king, who died there on Wednesday, was en route to his boyhood home Leasing, Clichy today for burial in Lansing, Michigan and Denver, Colorado report.
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Ingersoll
Lansing
Mich
Denver
Colo
Robert H. Ingersoll
Dollar Watch King
Clichy
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Inea
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Henry Vil
Mary
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Lew Fields
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Ireland
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Anny Nis
Tennessee
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Tracaa Eae Ad
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Olumb
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Clyde Cook
Myrna Loy
Youngsville Theatre
Ken Maynard
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