Richard Dix stars in The Gay Defender at Rialto
Richard Dix portrays a romantic Spanish bandit in The Gay Defender coming to Rialto for four days. The cast includes Miss Todd as Nero’s sweetheart, Fred Kohler as the villain, with Mary Pickford’s My Best Girl screening Thursday. The listing notes additional cast, a short comedy, and the Pathe review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Dix
Rislto
California
Todd
Paramount Picture School
Nero
Fred Kohler
Wolf
Jerry “Mandy
Robert
Brower
Harry
Charles Rogers
Mary
Herry
Carties
Sunshine Hart
Lucien ‘Littlefield
Carmelita Geraghty
Hobart Bosworth
Evely
Hall
Theatrical Gossip at Plaza and Rialto Theatres
The Paden Players at Plaza and Rialto entertain with a party after a performance. News notes include Smith’s death in Hollywood and a Sunday film showing debate, Audrey Maple Griffiths and Elinor Marshall joining Paden Players, Strand Theatre price cuts, and theater folks like Jack Pickford and Gladys Harvey in transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paden
Plaza
Rialto
Alexander Prk Jeb
Strand Theatre Announces Weekly Program Two Changes
Strand to offer two changes weekly with reduced admission starting tomorrow. Manager A G Stolic outlines first half week showing The Vanishing Pioneers featuring Jack Holt with water rights conflict. Zion National Park exterior scenes and local pioneer extras noted. Will Morrisey and others perform at the Morri sey and Miller Night Club. Thursday’s program includes Soft Living with Madge Bellamy and Johnny Neck Brown in a country comedy plot, Abe Lyman and orchestra on Vitaphone, and Lynn Cowan with original song numbers. Strand News and orchestra return after two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Stolic
Avill
Vanishing Pioneers
Jack Holt
Holt
Will Powell
Fred Kohler
Waterloo Girt
Zion Naonal Park
Ula
Vitaphone
Eddie Conrad
Broadway
Marion Eeldy
Waterloo
Morrisey
Madge Bellamy
Johnny Neck Brown
Abe Lyman
Haley
McFadden
Parr
Lynn Cowan
Strand Theatre Orchestra
Strand
Plaza theatre buys scenery from Majestic storage
Plaza theatre purchases 37 sets of scenery formerly used at the Majestic theatre. Stored in the Majestic building basement, the items are in modern useful condition and will be repainted by the Plaza artists for future productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plaza
Majestic
Majestic Theatre
Plaza Theatre
Plock
Arcente
Placa Theatre
Komedy Karnival Week Billed For Riviera Theatre
Riviera hosts Komedy Karnival Week starting tomorrow with Wallace Beery and R Hatton in The Big Killing a comedy of two carnival sharpshooters hired to wipe out a Kentucky feud family Buster Kenton in College United Artists feature screens Thursday Two two reel comedies stage shows Sunday and Thursday with acts including Casey Jones and Emerson Baldwin plus Brown and La Valle Dog's Life and Paramount news on the program Organ played by Larry Jean Pisher screens Thursday as feature accompaniment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Riviera
Wallace Beery
R. Hatton
Kentucky
Buster Kenton
United Artists
Anders Randolph
Mary Bran
Gardner James
Lane Chandler
Paul MacAlistey
Jamies Mason
Bry Yearsley
Walter James
Casey Jones
Angel
Emerson& Haldwin
Brown & la Valle
Paramount News
Larry Jean Pisher
Big Organ
Colege
Buster
Marian Eddy in Vitaphone Vaude Sketch at Strand
Marian Eddy a former Waterloo girl now in California appears in a Vitaphone vaudeville sketch at the Strand starting Sunday aiding her husband Eddie Goland billed as Broadway's favorite comedian. The article traces her singing career from church soloist to lyric soprano and notes her studies in multiple cities and travels abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Eddy
Waterloo
Vitaphone Vaude
Strand
California
Vitaphone
Eddie Goland
Broadway
Miss Eddy
David B. Henderson
J. GC
Riehl Street
Marian Henderson
Eddy Gonred
San Francisco
Conrad
New York
Minneapolis
Chicago
Washington
Pars
Berlin
London
Bumbling Keaton on Campus Stage in Comedy Night
Keaton stars as a clumsy campus bookish coed in a Farce of Life Morr Stage Comedy. Professors admire brains while students tease via blunders and pranks for laughs. Ann Cornwall leads the feminine role in Bumping Into Broadway with Casey Jones directing a vaudeville filled Thursday bill of all comedy and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keaton
Ann Cornwall
Broadway
The Idea of Having Their Dresses Stolen Annoys These Girls
The article centers on Lois Benson and her companions who react to the notion of their dresses being stolen. It emphasizes concern over the idea rather than the value, reflecting a humorous or candid stance by the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Maple Griffiths
George EB. Griffiths
New York
Brcher
Thomas Lynch
Lois Benson
Paden Players Stage Traffic in Souls at Plaza
Howard Paden presents Traffic in Souls at the Plaza for four days starting Sunday with Roy Jones as the villain and Miss Jean Lowry as the heroine in a Tenderloin district setting. Interspersed musical numbers, a comedy on screen Why Sailors Got Wrong, and the farce Whose Baby Are You? headline the program alongside Love Hungry with Lois Moran and Lawrence Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acthelodrama
Howard Paden
Paden
Plaza Theatre
Tenderloin
Roy
Jones
Jean Lowry
Gracye Hobertson
Waterloo
Plaza ‘Theatre
Dunseith
Paden Players
James Dunseith
Ory
Paul Markaroff
Lois Moran
Lawrence Gray
Marjorie Beene
Lois
Gray
Fox
Harold Lloyd in Grandma's Boy at Palace Tomorrow for Four Days
Harold Lloyd brings Grandma's Boy to the Palace for a four day run starting tomorrow. The comedy features Lloyd as a coward who overcomes fear to confront a thief, with Mildred Davis as the sweetheart and a cast including Charles Stevenson and Noah Young. Fred Newmeyer directs the Hal Roach story and script team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lloyd
Palace Theatre
Mildred Davis
Wif
Charles Stevenson
Anna ‘Townsend
Dick Sutherland
Noah Young
Fred Newmeyer
Hal Reach
Sam Taylor
Jyan Hayes
The
Fables
Fox. News
Theatre listings and film lineup at multiple downtown houses
Tonight at Palace Wells presents Greased Lightning a western romance starring Betty Gardwell plus comedy and Fox news reel. Plaza features Clouds and Sunshine a Howard Paden musical comedy stock company with vaudeville numbers. Rialto shows The Big Parade with Lawrence Stallings epic war story starring John Gilbert and Renee Adoree. Riviera offers Mad Hour Elinor Glyn drama with Sally ONeill and Larry Kent. Strand presents The Missing Link Syd Chaplin with vaudeville and Movie Man acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonight Palace
Teq Wells
Betty Gardwell
Fox News
Plaza—Paten Players
Howard Paden
Toby
Vaudevilla
Claire Windsor
John Bowers
Rialto
Lawrence Stallings
John Gilbert
Renee Adoree
Riviera
Elinor Glyn
Sally O'Neill
Larry Kent
Casey Jones
Delano Dell
Libby Corem
Paramount News
Syd Chaplin
Africa
Hons
Monks
Vila
Earl Burnett
Charles Rogers
Billy
Elsa
Newell
Robbery Report At Cedar River Park Involving Teens
Police were told yesterday afternoon that a minor girl and a companion were robbed at Cedar River park. A basket containing two dresses and two purses was taken. One purse held 28 cents, the other 35. The girls, likely high school age, described a man watching them nearby. The basket later disappeared but the emphasis was on the loss of the items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Park “Boulevard
Lucile Perham
Twelfth Street
Cedar River Park
Lois
City's hottest night follows hottest day
Waterloo residents endured extreme heat as temperatures peaked at 97 after a 73 degree low. A fresh southwest breeze offered some relief today while thermometers in Toa. om registered 81 degrees at dawn and 10 pm read 91 in the shade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Toa. Om
Nashua Picnic Draws Thousands for All-Day Event
A Nashua area picnic effort expects about fifteen thousand attendees with a full day of events. Alta Vista and Lesa shops teams play at 3:30 p m as part of the program with races, a parade, fireworks, and a speech by Mayor Walte. The Waterloo Central Guild will sponsor trapshooting, and special trains provide transport to and from the fairgrounds with an evening return option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceantral
Waterieans
Nashua
Sinois Central Shops
Alta Vista
Lesa Shops
Jessp
Jesup
Walte
Frank Finn
Waterton
Gui Chib
Waterloo
Campers Shot by Mistake In California Tent Fire
Police advanced a theory of mistaken identity in the shooting of two campers at Esles Park. Dr. George M Slight, 59, head of education at Lake Forest University, and his son Virgil, 25, were wounded when a man fired into their tent. doctors feared Dr Slight may die.
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Esles Park
Calo
George M. Slight
Department of Education
Lake Forest, University
AML
Virgil
Slight
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Lottie Pickford
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Rialto Theatre
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Zane Greves
Soft Living
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