Venetian Nights theme of Riviera stage show at Aniera
Riviera audiences will see Venice atmosphere in Street Angel screen debut with Jane Gaynor and Charles Farrell opening at the Riviera for four days. A special stage setting, built on the Cattle Congress grounds, will present a vaudeville bill headlined by Reed and Dut hers with Ruth Darrell, Wilhelma Edwards, and Mildred Markel. The film tells of a Naples girl who turns to the street for money, is imprisoned, meets an artist, and finds love after a run of dramatic events. Movietone features and a College comedy with Buster Keaton complete the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey Jones
Réed and Duthers
Ruth Darrell
Whelma Edwards
Riviera
Mildred Markel
Europe
Naples
Miss Gaynor
Farrell
Buster Beaton
Ann Cornwall
Ragqquet Miller
Singer
Clark
McCullough
Mounted man hit by automobile near Charles City
Charles City report says Jorgenson, living a mile south of town, was injured when a car driven by Freesa Foster of Nashua struck the horse he rode. He sustained fractures in the foot, a sprained ankle, and other minor bruises. The horse was knocked down and also bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Special Service
Charles City
Auc
Eee
Jorgenson
City
Freesa
Foster
Nashua
Quarterly Conference at Fredericksburg Church
Dr Witzigman of the Waterloo district will conduct the fourth quarterly conference here tonight in Fredericksburg Ta. The speaker is the superintendent of the M E church district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
PF. C. ‘Witzigman
Cedar Falls
M.eb. Church
The Wagon Show and Campus Capers at Local Theaters
Tonight at Palace Ken Mallard stars in The Wagon Show a life under the big top tale. Plaza presents On the Campus a Margaret Lillie Musical Comedy company comedy of college life. Films include The Matinee Idol with Bessie Leve and Johnny Walker, and Seventh Heaven at Rialto starring Charles Farrell. Riviera shows Loves of an Actress with Poli Negri and a Vitaphone acts bill. Strand features All talking Vitaphone Lion and the Mouse with John Barrymore and May McAvoy along with The Prediction and Souvenirs in color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace
Ken Mallard
PLAZA
Margaret Lillie
Bessie Leve
Johnny Walker
Pla
Wordwar
Rialto
Charles Farrell
Jane, Gaymor
Riviera Poli Negri
Ali
Gussie Bhun
Jimmie Dunn
Mary Colburn
Movietone
Pet Rooney
Robert Genchfer
Vitaphone
Lion and the Mouse
Jonel Barrymore
Alec Francis
William Collier, Jr
May McAvoy
Charles Hackett
Hugh Herbert
Hd Lowrey
Dolly Jester
Lillie Troupers at Rialto Ends Week with Big Show
The Margaret Lillie company enters its fourth and final week at the Plaza theatre. The program features two strong plays, new dance routines, and cast additions. Films include United States Smith with Eddie Gribbon and Lila Lee, plus Don't Marry with Lois Moran and Neil Hamilton. A special midnight show is planned tonight. Theatre closes after tomorrow for five weeks of renovations and a Schaffer Ranghewe engagement.
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Margaret Lillie
Plaza Theatre
Cyclone Comedienne
Warlance
Fogartys
Miss Lillie
Waterloo
Eddie Gribbon
United States Smith
Sam Sax
Lila Lee
Jas
Lois Moran
Neil Hanmilton
Miss Moran
Grandma
Frank Dobson
Orpheum
Lille Chorus
Lille Company
Plas
Rock Island Excursion to Hoover West Branch
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railroad offers a Hoover Special excursion rate to West Branch on August 21 the day Hoover inaugurates his Midwest campaign with a speech at his birthplace. Tickets depart Waterloo at 12 01 p m and 4 50 p m August 21 with return on any trains August 21 or 22. The Chicago Rock Island holds the West Branch 3 46 p m train until 9 p m August 21 and adds late evening stops at 30 15 p m and 12 midnight on August 21.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Hoover
West Branch
Middlewest
Waterloo
New Fast Ships on Yangtze Fly American Flag
Shanghai reports the Yangtze Rapid Steamship company now operates under the American flag along the 3500 mile Yangtze navigable course. United States capital backs the service expanding to Shanghai after five years upstream. The move pits American interests against Japanese and British rivals and signals growing inland shipping activity. Lansing Houx, company president, says U.S. firms can import interior materials from China faster.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
Yangtze Rapid Steamship Company
United States
China
Lansing Houx
Chhia
Cuban police halt savage ceremony at Havana cave
Federal policy agents report disrupting a so called brujo ritual near Havana. Police arrested the reader and seized exotic paraphernalia after discovering negroes gathered at a cave mouth for a nude rite led by a dancer in feathers. The purification rite, a surviving African custom, reportedly involved passing a white dead rooster over participants.
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Havana
Teader
Talkie era sparks stage and film feud in 1930s
New York reports a split among actors, writers, and producers over talking pictures. Some fear road show decline and star failures, while others expect big profits from the talkie craze. European critics vary from praise to sharp critique of American influence.
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New York
INS
Land of Make Believe
Actors’ Equity Association
Fittess
Agann
Authors’ League of America
Eugene O'Neill
Wieland Mayr
Lindbergh
Corsons to Open Women s Specialty Shop in September
E L Corson and Miss Mac Corson depart to acquire goods for a new women s store to open about September in the Schulte block. The shop will feature millinery hosiery and lingerie with Miss Carson overseeing the millinery department.
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Corsons
E. L. Corson
Miss Mac Corson
Schulte Block
Corson
Miss Carson
The Girl from Chicago at Strand. Burnham, Loy in new feature
Conrad Nagel and Myrna Loy star in The Girl from Chicago at the Strand for the first four days starting Sunday. The underworld tale follows a southern girl’s bid to free her brother from death and defeat the gang. Also on Vitaphone Mitchell Lewis stars in The Death Ship with Daphene Pollard in Mano Wanted. The Utica Jubilee Singers and Take a Chance show highlight the program with a secret star and a dramatic sketch.
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Conrad Nagel
Myrna Loy
Chicago
Busine
Somers Roche
Mitchell Lewis
Vitaphone
Daphene Pollard
Mano
Utica Jubilee Singers
Stoke
Stole
Ang
Waterloo
The Wagon Show at the Palace with Ken Maynard
A Western themed circus tale features Ken Maynard a former Ringling rider. The traveling troupe finds rival shows in every town yet gains size and success as a star departs and Ken steps in. A romance with the circus owner's daughter helps unite the competing acts.
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Ife
Igps
the Palace
Ken Maynard
Silver Screen
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
West
Ken
Ben
Digging Up Yorick Teaches Teeth Truths From Old Skulls
A Minnesota dentist Dr J G Hildebrand studies ancient skulls to learn how nutrition shaped teeth preservation before and after European contact. He finds pre white man diets preserved teeth, while post contact diets led to more decay, illustrated by a 14 year old Chippewa maiden's relics and later skulls.
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Yorick
Hamlet
North America
J. G. Hildebrand
Third Street West
Minnesota
Hildebrand
Nmne
Bena
Hme
Mmas
Drs Hildebrand
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Rock Island
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Regis Michaud
Joseph Delleil
Lafayette
Kerey
Marcel Br
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Pat
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Waterloo Fruit & Commission CO
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Strong Pomerat AG
Carper
Gen'l
Matt Graben
Maiden
G. C. Kennedy
Gates College
Gates
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Uie Bowen Farm
Abe Carolus
New Hartford
C. M. Allen Land Company
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