Metropolis at Strand stars Lang and Pollock praise
The German feature Metropolis from Fritz Lang arrives at the Strand, described as a 4000 year future city tale about class, revolt and a moral, melodramatic plot with a foreign cast led by Alfred Abel and Brigitte Helm. Celebrated by critics as visually stunning with grand sets. Also on bill Lupino Lane comedy Drama De Bunk and Pathe News. Change of program includes Figures Dont Lie with Esther Ralston and Queer Ducks with Hodge Podge and Pathe News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channing Pollock
Metropolis
Alfred Abel
Gustav Froetich
Rude Klein-Rogce
Theodor Loos
Heinrich George
Brigitte Holm
Fritz Lang
Lupino Lane
de Bunk
Fables
Pathe News
Esther Ralston
Ford Sterling
Edward Sutherland
Richard Arlen
Doris Hil
Blanche Payson
Natalie Kingston
Esther
Hodge-Podge
The
Crystal audiences tease new film pairings and cast
Tuesday change brings Doris Kenyon and Warner Baxter to the screen in Mismates a tale of a rich Fifth Avenue heir who marries a pretty manicurist Mae Allison Charley Murray and about half a dozen others are in the Evans company cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Kenyon
Warner Baxter
Fifth Avenue
Mae Allison
Charley Murray
Evans Company
Finales Set For Amateurs Ukulele Contest Round
New revue Tuesday and finals in the ukulele contest for amateurs, conducted nightly during the past week, will be held Monday night. Picture actor Romaine Fielding dies in Hollywood from infection after tooth extraction.
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New Revue
Hollywood
Cal
INS
Romaine Fielding
Singed and vaudeville acts light Plaza program
The Plaza presents Singed a flaming drama of the new west with its old passions starring Blanche Sweet and Warner Baxter plus a strong supporting cast in four days of show with a Oklahoma oil fields romance and dramatic suspense. Vaudeville features Robison and Pierce Irma and Co and Bill Utah with three acts. Thursday screens The Heart Thief a Hungarian romance drama starring Schiklkraut de Putti and Edeson with comedy and newsreels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New West
Plaza Theatre
Blanche Sweet
Warner Baxter
Mery McAllister
Adela Rogers St. Johns
Oklahoma
Daniel Wang
Alfred Allen
Clark Comstock
Howard Truesdale
Claude King
Ida Darling
Edward David
Edgar Norton
Robison
Pierce
Irma & Co
Bill Utah
Utah
Plaza
Joseph Schiklkraut
Lya de Putti
Robert Edeson
Lajoe Biro
Hungary
Menjou Stars in A Gentleman of Paris at Rialto
Adolph Menjou headlines the Rialto for three days in A Gentleman of Paris a drama of love and marriage with a Parisian youth. Supporting cast includes Shirley Q Wara Arlette Marchal Ivy Harris and Lawrence Grant. The bill also features Mr G M Oddity Lion Hunt and Mutt and Jeff. The Rialto also screens The Monkey Talks with Olive Borden and others and Lew Cody in Please Dont plus a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and a Farce The Way of All Pants with Charley Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Menjou
Rialto
Paris
Menjou
Jove
Lew Cody
King Arthur's Court
Rialtooni
Ze Boulevard
Renee Addree
Charley Chase
Foreign Devils at Palace Theatre Now
The William McCoy film "Foreign Devils" based on Peter BR Reyne’s tale of the Boxer uprising in China blends authentic history with a romantic plot. It stars Clara Windsor and McCoy as a military attaché and a noblewoman, with Cyril Chadwick, Lawson Batt, Emily Fitzroy and others in supporting roles.
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Tim McCay
Othe Palace Theatre
Peter BR. Reyne
China
Peking
McCoy
Americas
Pexinglexation
Claire Windsor
Opposte McCoy
Cyril Chadwick
Lawson Batt
Frank Carrier
Emily Fitzroy
Sofia Kamiyama
Frank Chloe
Riviera Theatre to open with 45 staff and smiling atmosphere
Waterloo's Riviera Theatre announces a permanent house staff of more than 45, chosen for courteous efficiency to create the theatre atmosphere. Manager H D Grove vows strict training, no tipping, and a warm, engaging crew from box office to mezzanine, with plush interiors and a notable projection room.
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New Riviera Theatre
H. D. Grove
The
Riviera
Waterloo
Grove
Riviera Theatre
Waterloo. Three of Smilingest
Riviera Wints
Ilera
Dps
Shrine
Bes Molnee
Omaha
Sla
Whemmatipudite
Milady of Waterloo
Stock Company War Ends In Lincoln Theatre Pact
A metropolitan styled rivalry between two stock companies in Lincoln Nebraska ends as The Playhouse Incorporated agrees to move its troupe to the rival theatre. Suits filed in district court by the opposition will be dismissed.
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Lincoln
Neb
Zancaln
The
Playhouse, Incorporated
Meatre Famples RL Sinus Die
Cedar Rapids
Layers
Playhouse
Vaudeville and film bill chaos at the Strand and Plaza
A chaotic summary of film features and vaudeville acts across Strand and Plaza venues. Titles include Easy Pickings mystery thriller with Crystal Anna Nilsson and Kenneth Harkin, Evans Revue musical comedy, Colleen with J Farrell MacDonald and Madge Bellamy, plus a Victor Hugo inspired Le Mans era era drama The Miserables. Also billed are Giddy Gobblers, Tenants of Marble Canyon, and world theater star Florence Victor in The World at Her Feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal
Anna Nilsson
Kenneth Harkin
Evans Revue
Bos
Tim Mr Coy
la Windsor
Fox News
Plaza
Colleen
Jfarrell MacDonald
Madge Bellamy
Leland
Brown
Gage
Gilroy Cole
Haynes
John Orren
Florence Vitor
Arnohe
Oeast
Aiko
Christie
Bruce
Marble Canyon
Gilda Gray to Seek Divorce From Second Husband
New York telegraph report says Gilda Gray will file for divorce in Milwaukee against Gil Boag her husband manager whom she met during her shimmy dance at a now-closed nightclub. She had already divorced her first husband a Polish bartender in Milwaukee.
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New York
Milwaukee
Gilda Gray
Gil Boag
Boag
Gilda
Piecadilly Bendievous
Millwaukee
Mystery Thrills Film and Evang Show at Crystal
Alma Q. Nilsson opens at Crystal Theatre with Easy Pickings a mystery thriller about a crooked lawyer poisoning a millionaire to seize his estate. Cast includes Kenneth Harlan Jerry Miley Philo McCullough Charles Selton Zack Williams Billy Bevan and Gertrude Howard. Evans Revue company offers a vaudeville bill of musical comedy skits, dancing and harmony quartet with strong scenic and costume effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Q. Nilsson
Crystal Theatre
Somo-Wiiter
Miss Nilsson
Kenneth Harlan
Jerry Miley
Philo McCullough
Charles Selton
Zack Wilams
Billy Bevan
Gertrude Howard
Evans ‘Revue Company
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Warner Haster
Darling Sullsday
Adolphe Mpnjen
Shirley O'Hara
Gentleman of
Rialto Theatre
Anns Q. Nilsson
Tim MccCoy
Clare Windsor
Palace ‘Theatre
Pari
Palace Theatre
Chicago
Anna Q. Nilsson
Ralph Bowen
Pioneer
Amrad
Bartlett & McFarlane
Atwater Ki -Radio
Nichols & Gates
Atwater Kent
West Fourth St
Harry
Ike’ Evans
Wis
Pathe | News
Weird Aid
Metteopolis
Lupino Lane Force
Yerkes’ Band
Peter Kyne
Golf Nut
Frank
Irma Milo & CO
Rialty
Darts
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