Old Homestead to Open at Waterloo Theatre Tomorrow
The Trousdale Players stage Denman Thompson's Old Homestead at the Waterloo theatre starting tomorrow. The rural comedy drama, a native Yankee portrait, features Joshua Whitcomb and other beloved characters. Critics hail its timeless appeal and enduring success since 1886. A double male quartet is advertised as a feature.
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Old Homestead
Denman Thompson
Trousdale Players
Waterloo Theatre
United States
New England
Joshua Whitcomb
Denman ‘Thompson
Rip van Winkie
Joseph Jefferson
Cy Prime
Seth Perkins
Happy Jack
Aunt Matilda
Ed Hanzey
Rickety Ann
Denman
Thompson
Lfe
Theodore Roberts Flays Family in Will
Los Angeles telegram reports actor Theodore Roberts left his entire estate to nephew Edward Roberts Higgins of New York, citing lack of affection from his blood relatives. Roberts died in Hollywood last week, valued at more than $10,000, and his will expresses a lifelong pain over family ties and pride.
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Los Angeles
Cal
U.P
Altho
Notion Picture
Theodore Roberts
Roberts
Hollywood
Edward
Higgins
New York
Hnfe
Circus Clown Seeks Divorce Over Nagging Wife
Chicago reported. James Murphy known as Happy Jim a former circus clown says his wife Josephine nagged him so badly he lost his job. He now works in a department store where children recognize him with whiskers and Santa requests. He filed for divorce on cruelty grounds.
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Chicago
Happy Jim" Murphy
Josephine
Happy Jim
Tim
Jim
Santa Claus
Myers Heads Allied State Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors
Abram F. Myers of Fairfield Iowa has been named president and general counsel of the Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors. The three year contract carries a 25000 dollar annual salary. The association represents independent movie exhibitors and announced the appointment via FE. P. Smith.
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Bes Moines
Abram F. Myers
Fairfield
Federal Trade Commission
Allied States Association of Motion
Strand Presents Hap piness At Christmas Week Show
Strand manager A G Stolte announces a Christmas week program of talking pictures and Vitaphone acts. Includes Our Gang in sound and a Marion Talley quartet from Verdi’s Rigoletto with Jack Baxley and others. Hit of the Show features Joe E Brown in backstage romance with Gertrude Astor and Leroy Mason. The Butter and Egg Man with Jack Mulhall runs four days next week, then The Outcast with Corinne Griffith on New Year’s day.
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Strand
A. G. Stolte
Our Gang
Marion Talley
Josias Zuro
Photophone
Walter Donaldson
Brown
Joe E. Brown
Gertrude Astor
Gertrude
Leroy Mason
Vitaphone
Jack Baxley
Babette Wilson
Redmond É& Wells
Waterloo
Jack Mulhall
Corinne Griffith
European film combine plans American invasion
London reports a proposed 30 million dollar Woodger film combine to battle Hollywood in Europe and invade the U S market. Promoter A S Woodger says operation starts May and holds control of Emelka and Deutsche Lichtspiel, plus three major German studios and around 800 German cinemas. Additional French and Canadian stakes may join.
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INL
Woodger Film Combine
Europe
Woodger
Hollywood
Emelka
Deutsche Lichtspiel Syndicate
Tim McCoy Stars in Beyond the Sierras at Palace
Tim McCoy stars in Beyond the Sierras at the Palace showing Friday and Sunday. He plays a dual role as a masked bandit and lover seeking to recover a lost fortune, with Sylvia Beecher as leading lady and Roy D Arcy as the robber chief. Polly Moran provides comedy relief with Making Whoopee on the weekend bill.
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Sylvia Beecher
Tim McCoy
Palace Theatre
Waterloo Theatre
Palace
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Wday
McCoy
Roy D'Arcy
Owens
Polly Moran
Inez
Richard Wreid
Carlos del Valle
J. Gordon Russell
Wells
Fox News
Home James at Crystal theatre with Laura La Plante
The Crystal theatre presents today and Sunday a comedy featuring Laura La Plante in Home James. A lively tale of mistaken identity, romance, and funny situations as a boss' son and a driver complicate love. The program notes emphasize La Plante's comic charm and pantomime scenes. The theatre remains closed Monday and reopens Tuesday.
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Laura la Plante
Laura
Smasher
Miss la Plante
Christ
Comedy Reopens With Ham and Eggs at the Front
The venue will reopen for the rest of the week with another clever comedy titled Ham and Eggs at the Front featuring Tom Wilson Heinie Conklin and Myrna Loy.
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Tom Wilson
Heinie Conklin
Myrna Loy
West of Zanzibar at Riviera promises jungle drama
Lon Chaney stars as Dead Legs Flint in West of Zanzibar at the Riviera tomorrow. The tale follows a lyuan, a magician pursued to Africa where he exacts revenge with native tribes. Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Jane Daly and Warner Baxter co star in a feature said to boast spectacular jungle scenes and a bizarre sinister plot. The week includes Movietone and Paramount newsreels, a Christmastime stage setting, Vita phone features, and several stage acts.
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Voodo
Zanzibar
Riviera Theatre
Lon Chaney
Flint
Africa
Lionel Barrymore
Mary Nolan
Warner Baxter
Jane Daly
Parisians report Bernhardt kin death. Hollywood gossip swirls
The Paris theater gossip column reports Maurice Bernhardt, 65, son of Sarah Bernhardt, has died. Chicago hears of a possible marriage between Townsend Netcher and Constance Talmadge, while the Talmadges and their mother are in Nice. Riviera shows, Logan Square reopening, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy touring, and new film projects from Colleen Moore, Alice White, Milton Sills, and Dorothy Mackaill fill the talk with industry notes.
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Gertrude Netcher
Chicago
Townsend Netcher
Boston
Constance Talmadge
Talmadges
Norma
Constance
Nice
France
Hollywood Backstage Cozens Glamour and Gossip
Hollywood gossip notes Charlie Chaplin Evelyn Brent Virginia Lee Corbin and Grant Withers. Joe Schildkraut works on Fox Movietone courtroom drama Thru Different Eyes with Mary Duncan and Warner Baxter. Elise to Havana returns Jan 10. Lupe Velez Gary Cooper romance. Ronald Colman William Powell Richard Barthelmess at Arrowhead Springs. We Hate Women club formed. lighthearted Hollywood chatter.
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Joseph Schildkraut
Fox
Joe
Mary Duncan
Warner Baxter
Elise
Havana
Ye Film Village
Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood Hills
Ronald Colman
William Powell
Richard Barthelmess
Arrowhead Springs
Ronald
Powell
Strange Interlude Tops New York Theatre Season
In 1928 Broadway opened with Eugene O Neil s Strange Interlude hailed as a landmark work and perhaps the finest native play. It runs over four hours and uses asides to reveal thoughts, gaining momentum and Pulitzer status amid other major works like Machinal Mima Belascos lavish spectacle and a slate of revivals and musical comedies across the season.
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Glenham
N.Y
New York Theatre
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Sophie Treadwell
Arthur Hopkins
Mima
David ‘Belasco
David ‘Belasco’s Adaption of “the Red Mill,” By Ferenc Molnar
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Philip Barry
Bartlett Cormack
Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Marco
O'Neill
Ibsen
the Wild Duck
Blanche Yurka
George Tyler
Will Rogers
Fred Stone
Earl Carroll
George White
Lew Leslie
Bill Robinson
London
Beatrice Lillie
Noel Coward
Billy Carlin Debuts as Riviera Master of Ceremonies
William Carlin named new master of ceremonies and band leader at the Riviera theatre. He will make his first Waterloo appearance Sunday December 30 after touring Cedar Rapids and Fort Dodge last year with the Goodrich Silvertown orchestra. Carlin, 26, has a long vaudeville and dance orchestra background including work with Joe Frisco and Paul Whiteman’s society orchestra in Providence. He arrives from New York City with new material for the Riviera show.
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William Carlin
Riviera Theatre
Carlin
Waterloo
Altho
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Goodrich Silvertown
Jack Bain
Joe Frisco
Providence
R. I
Paul Whiteman
Society
Keith and Orpheum
Jimmie Hussey
Venetian Garden
New York City
The
Riviera
Youths Steal Car and Crash Then Flee
Three youths last night stole an automobile belonging to W. K. Fossler of Locust street. They drove a short distance and collided with a car driven by J. H. Ackerson near Mullan avenue and Lafayette street, then fled in three directions as police headed to the scene. Fossler later claimed the car at police headquarters. The vehicle was damaged but little.
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W. K. Fossler
Locust Street
J. H. Ackerson
Rentzelman Court
Mullan Avenna
Lafayette Street
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