Frankie Darra in Little Mickey Grogan at Crystal Theatre
The Crystal Theatre opens today for four days with Frankie Darra and Jobyna Ralston in Little Mickey Grogan a colorful humane story of New York East Side. Also starting Tuesday Monte Blue stars in One Round with Jim Jeffries in a redblooded boxing romance and a comedy plus news reel.
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Crystal Theatre
Mickey Grogan
Frankie Darra
Jobyna Ralston
New York
East Side
Leg Meehan
Arthur Guy Empey
Lassie Loughern
Cextrell Nye
Billy Scott
Vadim Granoff
Crawford Kent
Jim Jeffries
Crystal
Monte Blue
Warner Brothers
Tim Hogan
Leila Hyams
Frank Fagney
Tom Gallery
Texas Kid
Theaters Preview: Silent Screen Offerings and Vaudeville Acts
A wide bill features Crystal Frankie Casto in Little Mickey Grogan with Jobyna Ralston, Palace presents The Pioneer Scout Fred Thomson and Silver King, Plaza shows The Gay Retreat with Sammy Cohen and Kid McNamara, Rialto Show Underworld with George Bancroft, Riviera western Under The Tone Rin with Richard Arlen, and Strand On To Reno with Marie Prevost. Vaudeville includes Dallas Walker & Sister, Tighe, Bordine & Carroll, orchestral and vocal numbers, and Reinald Werrenrath.
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PLAZA
Sammy Cohen
Kid McNamara
Ike
Mike
Dallas Walker & Sister
Harry Tighe
Bordine & Carrol Revue
George la Hue
Riviera
Richard Arlen
Mary Brian
Paramount News
Jay Mills
Coscia
Verdi
Benny Strong
Jarvis and
Rattery
Dan Ross
Reno
Marie Prevost
Cullen Land
Reinald Werrenrath
Willie
Eugene Howard
Pris
Ted McNamara
Beavis
Ambilance Corps
Oon
Wrone Craton
Fips
Vina
Haves
Gene Cretan
Belly Francisco
Judy King
Holmes Herbert
Charins German
Bordine
Carroll Bevan
Garros
Carnes
Dallas Watlur
Lerogptar
Gloria
Fashion Show and Dance Revue at Plaza Tuesday to Friday
A four day program at the Plaza Theatre promises fashion themed acts and a spring style show featuring Waterloo models from the Sweeney company. The bill includes vaudeville numbers led by Cecelia Blair and Velma Porters, plus film subjects Ladies Must Dress and Paris Fashion Fashions of 1928. Reginald Denny leather-pusher film On Your Toes screens Friday with comedy and newsreel. Ends life by gas in Omaha report accompanies.
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Waterloo
Alexander Prank
Plaza Theatre
Virginia Valli
Hope Hampton
Paris
Frank
Sweeney Company
Buck’s Booterie
Alexander Frank
Bill
the Plaza
Reginald Denny
Hayden Stevenson
Barbara Worth
Denny
Plaza
Theatrical Gossip And Industry News Circulate
The column reports Jacqueline Logan seeking divorce from Robert Gillespie in 1925 after alleged domestic tension. It notes Chicago newspaper moves toward tabloidization, LA prosecutor actions against The Captive cast for an obscene play, and biographical works for William H Crane. It also mentions Varieties on talking pictures, impostor Hal Roach claimants, a 1000-strong riot at Paramount, Fannie Brice signing with Warner Bros, a National ban on publicity, Percy Grainger engagement to Ella Strom, and new film projects including The Thief in the Dark.
Underworld at Rialto for Week Bold Gangster Study
George Bancroft stars as Bill Weed in Underworld at Rialto for a week with Evelyn Brent as Feathers. The film portrays a violent city underworld clash with law and order, boasting continuous action and a dramatic climax. Also shows a comedy and Pathe news. harmony restored between local theatre musicians and projectionists after a walkout last August.
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Rialto
Underworld
Kang Hie
Ben Becht
George Bancroft
Old Ironsides
Clive Brook
Evelyn Brent
Larry Lemon
Fred Kohler
Pathe
Bill Weed
Rialto Theatre
Weed
Attila of the
Feathers
Hallworld
Atree
Birds of Prey
Ben Hecht
Lewis
Buck
Mulligan
Helen Lynch
Jerry Mandy
Paloma
Karl Morse
Sam
Palace
Bijou Theatres
Mason City
Pioneer Scout at Palace captures high speed wagon wreck
Fred Thomson stars in The Pioneer Scout at the Palace Theatre today and Sunday. A sensational race through a covered wagon wreck features a spectacular leap by Thomson on a white horse. Supporting acts include Noor, Gare, Von Wilsema, and the vaudeville duo Pickles and Coughdrops heading to Kansas City after touring locally.
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Fred Thomson
Palace Uheatre
Pourtiy
Ciefornia
Wally
Thomson Ste
Thomson
Noars
Gare
von Wilsema
Bor Gale
Karl Smith
Hines and Smith
Kansas City
Loews Midland Theatre
Courhdra
Willy
Playa Theatre
Theatre Man Killed and Girl Wounded in Hold-up
Police rounded up 100 suspects after an attempted hold-up at the Cross Keys theatre in Philadelphia. Hartson, 27, assistant manager, was killed. cashier Miss Martha Vetter, 17, and Miss Yette Fer, 17, were wounded leaving the theatre. Fer was reported in a perilous condition.
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Philadelphia
Cross Keys
Hesmeel Max Hartson
Martha Vetter
Yettefer
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Alhéatre
Frankie Casto
Ife
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Ton Wilton
Willian Courtright
Bungalow
Fox News
Vasry Jones
the Sunny Boy
California
Riviera Theatre
George
Bancroft and
The
Mela Nouri
Strand Theatre
Sammy Cohen and
Tred McNamara
Fachion
Virginia Walli
Omaha
Neb
Drs
Joseph Peebles
Atlantic
Jacqueline Logan
Robert Gillespie
Theatrical Journal
Chicago
Tribune
Chicago Daily Journal
Los Angeles
Isadora Duncan
William H. Crane
Varietey
Pittsburgh Capital
Pittsburgh
Hal Roach
Roach
Hollywood
Paramount Studios
Fannie Brice
Warmer Brothers
Warners
National Studios
Percy Grainger
Cedar Rapids
Ella Viola Strom
Fox Jet
Alfred Ray
Crook
Riatlo
Pathe News
Halis
Sere
Vera Gleats
Pioneer
Frey ‘Thomson
Calace Theatre
Franks
NALTO
Adole Hyhee
Lasay Hector Turnbull
Cuvee Brook Evelyn Brent GroRce Bancroft
Larry Semon
Garamount
Rialto Blue Ribbon
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