Vitaphone vaudeville opens at Strand in Waterloo
Waterloo Evening Courier reports Strand presents Vitaphone synchronized sound with five vaudeville acts and the feature When a Man Loves starring John Barrymore and Dolores Costello. Will Hays delivers dedication on Sunday. Vitaphone band 107 pieces. 18 musicians perform. Manon and Fabien plot and fate unfold in the synopsis.
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Vitaphone
Strand
Vaude- Vile
Harland Yerkes
Strand Band
Luli Welty
Will Hays
Vivienne Segal
John Thomas
Gus Reed
Fred Ardath & Co
Orpheum
Ardath
Waring
East
Weld
John Harrymore
Delores Costello
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Henry Hadley
Manon
Fabien
Picardy
St. Sulpice
America
John Barrymore
Dolores Costello
Strand Theatre
Theatrical and Picture Gossip from Des Moines
The Central State Theatre corporation led by A H Blank seeks to pave the Orpheum Clinton and install a Vitae! Phone with plans to begin March 1. Evans Revue, after a Crystal Theatre run, paused in Colorado Springs for a two week stay while reports say they are doing steady business. Francis X. Bushman opened at Pantages Los Angeles with Your People sketch, sister Leonore in the act. A London cabal cites Mare Nostrum S being withdrawn due to criticism of Germany. Eastern Fair Managers may model ordinances after Cedar Rapids to curb circuses before fairs. Katz and Rainbow Gardens Chicago supplied entertainment at the Des Moines auto show. Variety notes Plaza Players in St Petersburg Florida claim a $2,700 weekly overhead but continuing.
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Des Moines
Orpheum
Clinton
Central State Theatre Corporation
A. H. Blank
Francis X. Bushman
Pantages Theatre
Los Angeles
Leonore
Petersburg
Pla
Variety
Plaza Players
Hollywood gossip and theatre moves sweep major cities
Reporting from North America and Europe recounts London censors looming over a Dawn scandal loophole, Charles Ray joining the Cosmopolitan revival of Within the Law in New York, Joan Crawford denying secret marriage to Douglas Fairbanks Jr, and Mary Astor marrying Kenneth Hawkes. A Toronto banker’s death follows watching The Circus. police cases. legal actions include Olive Day winning 19000 against Mrs Millcent Sunday, and industry deals in Dubuque with Publix/Rosenthal involvement.
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Cable News
London
Herbert Wilcox
Edith Cavell
Charles Ray
Sherlock Holmes
Cosmopolitan Theatre
New York
Actress Alice Calhoun Faces Serious Auto-Intoxication Surgery
Hollywood California February twenty fifth. Actress Alice Calhoun is facing a serious operation for a form of autointoxication. The condition is described as extremely serious and she is hospitalized in Hollywood. Internal medical details were not disclosed.
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Alice Calhoun
Hollywood
Cat
Calhoun
Hollywood Hospital
Douglas Fairbanks Gaucho Riviera Screening
Riviera theater hosts Douglas Fairbanks in The Gaucho for four days with Lupe Velez Eye Southern and Casey Jones directing the Riviera stage band. The program also features Flo and Ollie Walters and Boyd Senter with a new Anagelty dance. Thursday brings Peel My Pulse and a new bill plus updated stage acts.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Riviera Theatre
New York
Groves
The
Riviera
Doug
Lupe Velez
Eye Southern
Casey Jones
Casey
Douglas & Claire
Flo
Ollie Walters
Boyd Senter
Dan Ross, Jr
Bebe Daniels
Melbourne MacDowell
George Irving
Charles Sello
Heine Conklin
William Powell
Richard Arlen
Waterloo Girls to Dance Black Bottom at Waterloo Theatre
Waterloo girls from Maddigan School of Music perform the black bottom at Waterloo Theatre with six dancers Hazel Humphrey Betty Cape Vivian Marks Maxine Howe Merly Maxfick Gertrude Hewitt. solo by Ethel Linder, chorus by Lilian Cahn Jeanette Conn Mary Knockle La Verne Bubic Mary Kitts Helene Blitz. costumes by COSLUMES. coached by Wanda Maulsby. Ola fiddlers from northeastern Iowa counties compete in wide event.
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Waterloo Theatre
Waterloo
Hazel Humphrey
Betty Cape
Vivian Marks
Maxine Howe
Merly Maxfick
Gertrude Hewitt
Ethel Linder
Lilian Cahn
Jeanette Conn
Mary Knockle
la Verne Bubic
Mary Kitts
Helene Blitz
Marguerite
Helen Nash
Swanee Tiver
Maddigan School of Music and Dramatic Art
Wanda Maulsby
Chenault Productions
Hamilton
Local Contests Highlight Rivalry for Prizes
Variety of events includes hog calling and husband calling with about 150 contestants expected. Talks and contests form the program as sections crown champions while Morris Plan offers debt relief with 15 percent annual interest and a $1 fee per $40 borrowed at 22 Bridtke St Waterloo.
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Morris Plan
Waterloo Morris Plan Co
Bridtke St
M. CG
Stage Show and Girl in Pullman at Crystal Today
Marie Prevost stars in The Girl In the Pullman opening at Crystal theatre with Harrison Pord Franklin Pangborn Kathryn McGuire Ethel Wales and Harry Myers. It follows a divorced couple and lovers in comic romantic entanglements. Leslie's Comedians offer Goldbrick's Return a new farce with Johnny Phillibur Walter Arnold Marshall Chapel Dorothy Dean Mildred Chapman Ernie DeKalb. Change of Bil Tuesday brings My Friend from India with Franklin Pragham Elinor Fair.
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Marie Prevost
Crystal Theatre
Wilson Collison
Harrison Pord
Franklin Pangborn
Kathryn McGuire
Ethel Wales
Harry Myers
Leslie
Goldbrick
Phillibur
Johnny Phillibur
Goldbricks
Buck
Walter Arnold
Marshall Chapel
Dorothy Dean
Mildred Chapman
Ernie DeKalb
Crystal
India
Crystal Screen
Franklin Pragham
Elinor Fair
Pathe
H. A. de Seouchet
Leslie Comedians Stock Company
Al Wilson Stars in The Flying Patrol at Palace Theatre
Al Wilson, famed aerial acrobat and army aviation instructor, writes and stars in The Flying Patrol. The Universal Westin air film features Elsa Benham, Jack Mower, Frank Tommick, Monte Montague, Art Goebel and Frank Clark. Bruce Mitchell directs. program also includes Gold Diggers at Weepeh and Fox News.
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al Wilson
Universal Westen
Palace Theatre
Elsa Benham
Jack Mower
Frank Tommick
Monte Montague
Art Goebel
Frank Clark
Bruce Mitchell
Fox News
Suwanee Dancer Helen Nash to Perform at Waterloo Theatre
Suwanee dancer Miss Helen Nash and Mar guerite Nash will headline a Suwanee river dance Sunday night at the Waterloo theatre during old fiddlers night.
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Helen Nash
Marguerite Nash
Waterloo Theatre
Vitaphone: a long study yields synchronized sound film
The Vitaphone results from years of research dating back fourteen years to early attempts with a phonograph. Western Electric developed the final device with twin horns and precise synchronization to the projector. Delicate microphones and a soundproof booth ensure camera noise and mechanical interference are minimized.
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Western Electric Company
Cedar Falls woman denies allegations in divorce case
Mrs. Monica Seltenrich of Cedar Falls challenges Julius Seltenrich’s divorce petition as false and accuses him of perjury. She says the filing aims to injure her socially and trigger a cross petition, asks the petition be dismissed. Names Arbuckle as attorney. Report also notes a wreck near Polly Wis with injuries among sleeping car passengers.
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Monica “F. Sellenrich
Cedar Falls
Julius M. Seltenrich
Arbuckle
Riviera stage show and Strand comedy double feature
Riviera presents a spectacular farce with Marie Cords Lewis Stane and Ric ardo Cortez plus a big cast, Jay Mills leads violin and dance numbers with Riviera band. Also Firemen Save My Child at Strand starring Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton with Josephine Dunn and Tom Kennedy, plus comedies and news reels.
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Riviera
Helen ‘of Troy
Marie Cords
Lewis Stane
Ricardo Cortez
Jay Mills
Sand Myron Peal
Wallace Beery
Raymond Hatton
Josephine Dunn
Tom Kennedy
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Cedar Rapids
A Katz
Rainbow Gardens
Chicago
Tritz
Hazel Humphreys
Doughas Fairbanks
Air Patrol
Helen Lewis
Waterco
St. Petersburg
Joan Crawford
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Toronto
William F
Canadian Accident Assurance Company
Chicago Dispatch
A. A. Blank
Jake Rosenthal
Publix
Rosenthal
Majestic Theatre
Dubuque
Blank
Mary Astor
Kenneth Hawkes
Ab Hollywood
Jean Engels
Olive Day
Motion Picture Extra
Millcent Sunday
Billy Sunday, Jr
Doug’ Fairbanks
Dora
Dora Duby
Darling
Paris
Berlin
Madrid
Vienna
Broadway
Duby
Europe
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Pullman
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Polly
Wis
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Here
Lublin
Elks Dining Room
Vermont
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