Waterloo Theatre to Reopen Sunday in 1916-16 Season
The Waterloo theatre will reopen Sunday evening for the 1916-16 theatrical session with the Gorrel Stéck company presenting The Girl Upstairs. Monday features the Merry Burlesquers, first of several similar attractions planned weekly through the season. Manager Busby emphasizes clean entertainment and announces arrangements for Marshalltown theatre revival and staff changes.
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Waterloo Theatre
Sesson
Gorrel Stéck
Marshalltown
James Ratchford
Herbert Parker
Electric Park
Wil
Readion to Hold Annual Picnic
Readion to hold its twelfth annual picnic on Thursday Aug. 26. The day features a street parade at 9 in the morning and street sports at 1 30 in the afternoon. A Sumner vs New Hampton semi pro baseball game offers a 1350 purse. Balloon ascent parachute loan by F Is Anibal. George Giegold of Chicago to deliver German address. Waterloo band to play. Dancing both afternoon and evening.
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Sumner
New Hampton
F. Is. Anibal
Waterloo
George Giegold
Chicago
Waterloo Band
Socialists Urge Neutrality in War of Conquest Critique
A major manifesto issued in Paris condemns annexation and forceful conquests by Germany. It argues defending national independence, warns that imperial expansion spawns future wars, and notes Germany’s strong economy does not require new territories. Dated June 25, the document appears in a late report from Hüt Tornite.
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Paris
Germany
Social Democratic Party
Réichstag
Hu-t Tornite
German Empire
Minda
Ht Tg
City dog catcher reports license sales and dog kills
C. EB. Jones the city dog catcher filed his monthly report with the city auditor showing $110 collected for dog licenses and 13 dogs killed in the last month. Delinquent dog taxes reached $290 since July. This year’s killings are lower than last year, which saw a major tax enforcement crusade reducing dog numbers.
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C. EB. Jones
Cty
Jones
Meade
Elks Picnic Possible at Electric Park This Year
Notes show a tentative plan to hold the Elks annual picnic at Electric Park after the regular season. Concessions would operate and meals served with entertainment extending into the evening to boost attendance. Also mentions special Evangelist meetings by Mr and Mrs Coleman concluding tonight and a corn crop survey predicting three fourths of a crop with favorable autumn conditions.
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Elks
Electric Park
H. Coleman
Coleman
Rainbow
Fie Hays
Frudenfeld Returns To Lead Majestic Waterloo Vaudeville
Arthur A. Frudenfeld resumes management of the Majestic in Waterloo after a three year theatre stint in Davenport and Springfield. He plans star-studded bookings starting Sept 5 and a policy of weekly bill changes with two shows on weekends. Stars include Gen Primose, George Dameral, Long Tack Sam, Kalama and Gus Edwards.
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Springfield
Arthur A. Frudenfeld
Majestic Theatre
George Fenberg
Decatur
Holman-Butter
Orpheum
Des Moines
Sioux City
Marcus Heiman
The
Majestic
Waterloo
Wilshine
Balboa actors wed at Long Beach in surprise union
Willlem Gourtueigu Jr and Miss Ethel Fleming, both Balboa Amusement Producing Company actors, married at Long Beach California on July 21. Courtleigh, a theater family member, acts in Neal of the Navy while Fleming, a protege of company president H M Horkheimer, recently debuted in film. The couple planned secrecy but the news leaked during a delayed honeymoon. Courtleigh left for Mare Island Navy Yard in San Francisco for additional scenes, while Fleming remained filming in another production.
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Ethel Fleming
Loong Beach
Cal
Balboa Amusement Producing Company
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Neal
Navy
Balboa
Patriot Company
Miss Fleming
H. M. Horkheimer
Beth
Courtleigh
San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
Atiss Fleming
George Oven to Star in Mutual Screen Comedies
George Oven famed for stage comedy and called the funnist man in America will headline a new Mutual program of novelty screen comedies. He began with Beach & Howards Minstrels and appeared in 1492 A Knight for a Day Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway and Coming Thru the Rye among others, often in comic parts.
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George Oven
America
Willl
Bram
Oven
Beach & Howers Minstrels
Broadway
George M. Cohan
Filmland Experiences series portraits misattributed note
Fragmentary text cites late portraits of Mies Darmond and a fourth entry in the Filmland Experiences series. Other items in the series are credited to Kathryn Williams, Harry Mestayer, and Tyrone Power.
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Mies Darmond
Kathryn Wilams
Harry Mestayer
Tyrone Power
Bessie Eyton’s unusual rise in motion picture stardom
The article profiles Bessie Eyton of Selig Polyscopes who rose to screen fame despite no stage training no known dramatic schooling and no relatives in theater. Her quiet background contrasts with her status as a leading motion picture star and fuels debates on screen personality.
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Selig Polyscops Company
Miss Byron
Miss Eyton
Carlyle Blackwell
Misa Claire
Mr. Wackwell
TASKY
Graystark
State Board Grants Permission For Opium Den Film Props
Lasky company secured state board of pharmacy approval to use opium den layouts in the new film featuring Blanche Sweat. Props valued at 2000 dollars were sent by inspectors, with the state collecting over 9000 dollars and former owners serving more than five years in prison.
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Lasky
Lasky Company
State Board of Pharmacy
Arbuckle Family Featured in Balboa Company Scene
Andrew Arbuckle joins Balboa Company and appears with Roscoe and Maelyn Arbuckle in a screen context. Roscoe is not from the same clan though the likeness is evident. Andrew previously worked with Lasky and made a strong impression in The Woman.
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Andrew Arbuckle
Balboa Company
Arbuckle
Roscoe
Maelyn
Andrew
Tlaelyn
Lasky
Waterloo to Stage Prelim and Monthly Burlesque Show
The Waterloo opens prelims with Al Gorrell and his company in The Girl Upstairs featuring old favorites including Happy Bu Jett Mildred Hastings Lela Gorrell and Goldie Gorrell. Also Monday night the Merry Burlesquers return with two new burlettas Going Right Out Fun in a Hotel and From Broadway to Atlantic City plus a vaudeville bill with Richy W Craig Jennings and Webb The Berlins and Dorothy Blodgett lead a chorus of twenty belles.
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Waterloo
al Gorrell
Mr. Gorrell
Happy Bu Jett
Mildred Hastings
Lela Gorrell
Goldie Gorrell
the Waterloo
Merry Burlesquers
Broadway
Atlantic City
Richy Ww
Craig
Jennings and
Webb
Berlins
Dorothy Blodgett
Schumann-Heink Sings at Universal Studios in Cage of Tigers
Madame Schumann-Heink drew a crowd of 14 000 in Los Angeles and 2 000 in Universal City as she sang The Rosary from a film set surrounded by a tiger cage. The crowd, including Nat Goodwin and Hobart Bosworth, paused movie work to listen and applauded loudly after the performance.
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Los Angelités
Universal City
Nat Goodwin
Hobart Bosworth
Otis Turner
Henry McRae
Madame Schumann-Heini
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Walthall Appears at Eastland Benefit Speech
Henry B. Walthall leading Essanay actor makes his first public appearance since entering photoplay work. He speaks at intermission during the Chicago Tribune benefit performance for Eastland disaster victims, expressing gratification to aid the bereaved.
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Henry B. Walthall
Essanay
Middo
Chicago Tribune
Hastland
Walthall
Arnold Daly Turns to Filmmaking for Pathe in Motion Pictures
Arnold Daly abandons George Bernard Shaw plays and Broadway stage for the cinema. He takes up directing and producing duties with Pathe, marking a shift from stage to motion pictures.
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Arnold Daly
George Bernicra Shaw
Pathe
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