Belle Bennett in Theatres Week Ahead and Mother's Machree
News notes underline Belle Bennett starring in Theatres Week ahead with Mulher Malhabe at the Strand and the Irish drama Mother Machree opening for a full week. The Strand slate features synchronized scores, a Movietone program, and two-part talking comedy Whirl and Girls. Cast includes Ethel Clayton Victor McLaglen Dolores Del Rio and Alma Roberts with a Medley of Pathe sound news.
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Mother Macher
Mother Love
St Patrick's Day
Maneger Art Stone
de Sang
Tke ‘Mather Machree
Aicha Johnson Young
Machree
Ireland
Bran
Philippe DeLacey
America
Tiss Musical Store
Kilkenny
Victor McLaglen
Jakes
Ethel Clayton
Neil Hamilton
Victor MacLaglen
Belle Bennett
Macree
Metro
Francis White
Ponce
Joseph Regan
Renolds
Jack Pepper
Fuzzy” Knight
Harry Gribbon
Andy Clyde
Mack Sennett
Pathe ‘Sound
Backstage at Hollywood highlights star shifts and gossip
A chatter-filled Hollywood bulletin notes Rin Tin Tin talk, Greta Garbo talk, and Barbara Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore drama. It mentions Bebe Daniels with grandmother, George Fitzmaurice’s newborn Sheila, star sightings at parties, and industry moves like Monte Brice joining Pathé.
Theatrical Gossip Mix Ties Marital Rumors and Cast Notes
The article covers Miss Daehlio Pears known as Virginia Vance to wed Hiyant Washburn in a private ceremony. It also notes Broadway casting for Gilda in Rigoletto, Nora Bayes jewelry auction results, Greta Garbo’s Hollywood return, and various theater and film talent movements and productions.
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Daehlio Pears
Gene Tunney
Hiyant Washbur
Miss Pears
Virginia Vance
Washburn
Mabel Forrest Washburn
Broadway
Nora Bayes
New York
Greta Garbo
Hollywood
Berlin
Mira Gardo
Prince Sigurd
Duke of
Upland
Crystal Theatre presents The Fighting Eagle double bill
Crystal Theatre showcases Rod LaRocque and Phyllis Haver in The Adventures of Gerard based on Conan Doyle. The program also features His Royal Sinner a broad comedy with Lloyd and LaRocque in supporting roles. Audience enjoyneyed vaudeville style humor as a merry mix of romance and action.
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Crystal Theatre
Lindav
Teaihe Engin
Rod LaRocque
Phyils Hrace
Iarald Llnyd
Asar
Lloyd
Arine
Phyllis Haver
Conan Doyle
Gerard
Desert Song Earns High Praise On Waterloo Run
Critics and audiences acclaim The Desert Song on tour at the Waterloo Theatre tonight. The operetta, praised for drama romance and dance, has had record runs in New York Chicago London and toured with Schwab and Mandel leading the production.
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Watering
Beare
Casio Theatre
New York
Century
Imperial Theatres
Chy
Broadway
London
Drury Lane Theatre
Great Northern Theatre
Chicago
Schwab and
Mandel
Wil Ses
New York Sun, Inn& Recat Musical Admirtal
Slemant Romberg
Maryland
Movie Kiss Cold by Comparison ton First 33 Years Ago
Nollywood notes 33rd anniversary of a film labeled a sensation, tracing its rise from a 50 film feel to a fading box office. Paramount research cites a dramatic drop in screen kiss length from historic highs to about ten feet now, with three-foot kisses common.
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uPi
Paramount Research Department
Widow Jones
May Irwin and John C Rice Kiss Through Film Era
A Vitascope company promotion sparked the famous on screen kiss by May Irwin and John C Rice, filmed as part of a staged play. Projection was slow, the kiss required about 40 seconds, and public reaction was strong. Robert Milton, a New York producer, argued the kiss length matters little and the surrounding circumstances define its impact.
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May Irwin
John C. Rice
Vitascope Company
Robert Milton
New York
Intel
Fairbanks Opens The Iron Mask at Riviera Today
Douglas Fairbanks leads The Iron Mask at the Riviera for four days with sound synchronized spectacle. Cast includes Marguerite de la Motte and Dorothy Revier. United Artists release based on The Three Musketeers. Riviera also features BHI Carlin stage show and Frivolities of 1928 next week with no vaudeville acts the last weekend.
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Marguerite de la Motte
Dorothy
Revier
Vera Lewis
Rolfe Sedan
Wiliam Bakewell
Gorfon Thorpe
Nigel de Brulier
Gardinal Hickelsey
Ulrich Haupt
Lon Poff
Charles Stevens
Leon Bary
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Three Musketeers
Dunas
Fox Movietone
Paramount News
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Margie & Marie
Florence Berry
Carlin
Ralph Jones
The
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Ganelog
Veudeville
Screen Plates to Campaign for New Income Tax Break
Hollywood notes a motion picture academy meeting urging a nationwide drive for a fairer income tax rate for screen players. A model tax return will be filed to test government figures, with attendees including Rod LaRaye and King Vidor. They argue taxes ignore the five to six lean years actors endure after peak earnings.
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Hollywood
Cal
The
Motion Picture Academy of Adts and Sciences
Academy
Bebe Daniels
Rod la Raye
King Vidor
Regimahi Harker
Constance Talmadge Engaged to Chicago Merchant
Hollywood star Constance Talmadge has announced her engagement to Townsend Metcher a Chicago merchant. The wedding is slated for May 8 and will likely occur after her Mexico trip.
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France
California
Bob Leonard
Joey Brown
Hollywood
Cal
Mocen
Constance Talmadge
Townsend Metcher
Chicago
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Natalie Talmadge
Bighter
Constance
Miss Talmadge
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Alastar Madkintosh
England
The Fighting Eagle and Other Crystal Theatre Features Tonight
Crystal presents tonight Rod La Rocque and Phyllis Haver in The Fighting Eagle, Conan Doyle romance and adventure, Harold Lloyd in Its Royal Sisness, Wild Blood with King of Wild Horses, Rubber Necks and Fox News. Rex theatres show King of Wild Horses, Wild Blood, The Tren Mask sequel to The Three Musketeers, plus Movietone and Paramount News, stage acts by Carlin Parsons Hawks and others. Descriptions include Dora Thorne melodrama, The Trail of 98, Klondike romance, Bilgtole Mr Bangs talking comedy, and Desera Song musical with John Zhiie Mary Harrison and a large chorus.
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Harold ‘Lloyd
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Rex
Western Plainé
Fox News
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Movietone
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Margie & Marie
ROYAL
House of Scandal
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Bilgtole
Mr. Bangs
Edward Everett Horton
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Otto Harbach
Oscar Lammerstein
Andrank Mandel
John Zhiie
Mary Harrison
Rex Wild Horse Rex at Palace Today and Sunday
Rex the Wild Horse star appears in the Universal film Wild Blood at the Palace today and Sunday with leading humans Jack Perrin Ethylne Clair and others. The action features a stampede scene filmed at risk, a romance amid western scenery, and is paired with Rubber Necks and Fox news. a Mississippi Supreme Court judge files a case about a passenger in a vehicular ban related to an accident.
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Ethiyne Clair
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Melbourne's Plays and Players Change to Monthly Issue
An advance copy announces Melbourne's Plays and Players Volume 2 Number 7 adopting a monthly format at 36 cents per copy or $1.50 yearly. G A Townsend Melbourne returns to publishing after 15 years away, with cover art featuring Charles J. Winninger, star of Show Boat, and six full page gold bordered portraits of stage and screen stars among 35 engravings.
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G. A. Townsend
Chas. J. Winninger
Treay
FR. A. Burley
Winoninger
Morehan
Cap'n
Andy Hawks
Edna Ferber
Mae Murray Sues Over $100,000 Real Estate Deal
Los Angeles March 16 Mae Murray motion picture actress files suit for 100000 damages against R Eccles and J M Ferguson alleging they conspired to defraud her in a real estate deal.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mae Murray
R. Eccles
J. M. Ferguson
Death of Des Moines man Ralph Ngolton Dean
Ralph Ngolton Dean of Des Moines died today after acute asthma and heart disease. Funeral services will be held Monday.
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Des Moines
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Ralph Bolton
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