MENJOU IN PLAZA FILM FARCE AT WATERLOO PLAZA THEATRE
Adolph Menjou stars in Service for Ladies a Parisian hotel romance with a headwaiter prince and princess in a lively comedy. Kathryn Carver Charles Lane and Lawrence Grant co star in a scenic production. Baby Henderson dances with the Andries Trio as a vaudeville feature. Madame Pompadour with Dorothy Gish screens next, followed by a change of vaudeville.
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Adolph Menjou
Plaza Theatre
Ernest Vadia
Kathryn Carver
Charles Lane
Lawrence Grant
Baby Henderson
Andries
Plaza
Madame Pompadour
Dorothy Gish
France
Peor
Antonia Moreno
Miss Gish
Henri Bose
Gibb McLaughlin
Nelson Keys
Cyril McLagien
Maria Beauplan
Marie Ault
Yom Reynolds
Schanzer
Wellsch
Venetian Theatre set for holiday opening opening
The Venetian theatre on Fourth street bridge will begin stage work next week as the new manager H D Grove arrives from Des Moines. Interior finishing and seating installation rushes ahead for a public inspection and holiday opening. The venue promises to be a premier amusement palace in the city.
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Fourth Street Bridge
H. D. Grove
Des Moines
Chicago
Hellywood i
Victor McLaglan
Fox
Dorothy Matthews
Natalie Joyce
Maria Craiquiana
Elena Jurado
Gladys Brockwell
T Loutse Brooks
Myra Loy
Sally Rand
Gertrude Short
Eileen Sedgwick
Los Angeles
Variety
Reginald Denny
Bubbles Steiffer
Slack
Waterlog Theatre
Helen Lewis
Academy
Northampton
Mass
Cal Boti
Ringling Clown Roles In Opera Earn Mixed Remarks
Chicago critics note Robert Ringling in Pagliacci as Tonia the clown of opera, praised for eloquence and operatic timbre but modest in volume, marking a cautious reception of his American public debut. Olga Kargan also debuted with the Chicago Opera Company, receiving similar attention for a first operatic appearance.
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Chicago
Robert Ringling
Cireus
Tonia
Pantomimin
Ringling
Billie Copeland Builds Film Path From California Beauty
Billie Copeland Miss Cilforsin 1927 seeks film fame in California. The Texas Star reporter notes her as a typical California beauty making a bid in Hollywood while previously living near Dallas Texas and working with Ghyrieue comedies.
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Hollywood
Cal
Billie Copeland
Cilforsin
California
Dallas
Tex
Ventura
Rialto Theatre Adopts Three-Show and Revival Policy
The Rialto Theatre announces a new schedule with shows on Sunday Wednesday and Friday every week. Big features will be limited, starting with The Gat and the Canary opening tomorrow and running through the week. The management also reveals a separate program change forthcoming.
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Rialto Theatre
Geensiniy
Rialto
Rialto Manage
Revival to screen The Phantom of the Opera at Con Junction
The first revival shown will be The Phantom of the Opera starring Lon Chaney, screened next Thursday night. Patrons may submit their preferred Michigan pictures at the box office to influence future revivals, as the management plans to feature outstanding past productions.
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Lon Chaney
Maalipement
The Climbers at Crystal Musical Gomedy on Stage
Irene Rich stars in The Climbers opening today at the Crystal Unealre for three days. The production adapts a Clyde Fitch stage hit with romance and drama set in old Spain and a later colony, featuring the Duchess of Armagon and a scheming duke.
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Irene Rich
Clyde Fitch
Old Spain
New Spain
Armagon
Bengeminht
Lie Pictures
Miss Rich
Forrest Stanley
Duke
Clyde Cook
Flobdle Patrbanks
Myrna Loy
Anders Randalon
Dot Parley
Rosemary Cooper
Nigel Barrinn
Joseph Striker
Hertor Sarna
Max Ttarswin
Martha Franklin
Harry
Ike’ Evans
Burns
Crystal
Blackout Akits
Crystal Endurnices
Revgue Company
Director Chleago Elyzabeth Pickett Moves Meld
Director Chleago Elyzabeth Pickett formerly of Oak Park Chicago suburb has invaded another Meld to direct a film. Pickett has found success directing animal pictures, loved animals as a child, studied English at Wellesley, and entered film via Nim editing and scenario writing. She wrote Wolf Fangs and Wipes of the Storm and directed The Salmon Ran Under Colorado Skies and My Old Kentucky Home.
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Chleago
Elyzabeth Pickett
Oak Park
Chicago
Ffollyweork
Swieli
Miss Pickett
Wellesley College
Nim
Colorado
The Ladder Free to Public After 400 New York Performances
The Broadway play The Ladder dealing with reincarnation has been free since Thanksgiving night. Doors were opened by the producer without explanation. Critics estimate about 400 performances have cost Edgar B. Davis, the backer known as end rubber man, roughly $700.
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Wile
Edgar B. Davis
Cat and Canary at Rialto with Laura La Plante
The Cat and the Canary, a Universal mystery thriller starring Laura La Plante and a strong supporting cast, opens at the Rialto for a week. A strict last ten minutes will be blocked to protect patrons from finale spoilers, with additional Thursday revival of The Phantom of the Opera and a two reel comedy plus news reel.
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Rialto
Laura LA Plante
Rialto Theatre
Arthur Edmond Carew
Gertrude Astor
Creighton Hale
Forrest Stanley
Martha Mattox
Flora Finch
George Seigmann
Tilly Marshall
Anita Loos and Husband Plan World Travel for Life
Anita Loos and her 53-year-old husband John Emerson announce plans to spend the rest of their lives traveling. They will divide time among Jennk London New York and Palm Beach with Vienna as their favorite city praising its cleanliness and order. Emerson, president of Actors Equity, criticizes American overwork and excess and says savings should be spent on living.
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Anita Loos
John Emerson
Europe
Emerson
Actors’ Equity Association
Emersons
Jennk
London
New York
Palm Beach
Vienna
Miss Loos
Frank Names Baker to Run Universal Houses in Marshalltown
Alexander Frank, visiting from the Thanksgiving home, appoints Carl Baker to manage the Casino and Strand in Marshalltown. Baker, linked with Frank for six years at Plazick and Rialto, will relocate with his family after a week in town. He previously ran Rial for West Coast Theatres and now oversees Universal operations with Omaha headquarters.
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Alexander Frank
Universal Theatres
Town
Nebraska
Carl Baker
Universal Films
Marshalltown
Casino
Strand
Baker
Frank
Plazick
Rialto Theatres
Rial
West Coast Theatres, Inc
Universal
Omaha
Rin Tin Tin in Tracked by the Police at Palace
Rin Tin Tin headlines the Palace today and Sunday in Tracked by the Police a desert saga of the Laguna dam project and rival construction firms. Jason Bebards shepherds the job for old Tom Bradley and Marcella is his daughter’s lover. Tom Santachi leads the rival outfit as the plot builds to thrilling confrontations.
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Rin-Tin-Tin
Palace Theatre
Arizona
Laguna Dam
Jason Bebards
Old Tom Bradley
Tom
Marcella
Virginia Browne Faire
Tom Santachi
Bradiey
Young South American Cartoonist Tops Hollywood Fame
Clean the Garr, a fourteen year old from a Pennsylvania convent, wowed Hollywood with caricatures of film stars during a summer stay with her mother a scenario reader. Critics hailed her as a genius as she plans to return to New York to study art, following no formal training. Her father Gene Carr is a successful cartoonist.
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Hollywood
Cal
South America
Mexico
France
Clean the Garr
Pennsylvania
Cleanthe
New York
Altha
Gene Carr
Cleanthe Carr
Conrad Wiidt
Gloria Swanson
Dolores Detply
Anna May Wong and Etta Lee Leave Screen for Stage Roles
Hollywood pivots from film to stage as Anna May Wong announces a New York winter debut in The Living Buddha with Gilbert Miller planning a Los Angeles production later. Etta Lee also debuts in Los Angeles this summer with The Scales Virgin and plans a valdeville tour. Both seek greater opportunities while remaining tied to screen careers.
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Hollywood
Cal
Anna May Wong
New York
Gilbert Miller
Los An
Gles
Iater
Etta Lee
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Valdeville
One-Star Tragic Identity Hidden by Hollywood Casting
Pretty Extra Hollywood California November notes reveal Ruth Hurst from Atlanta as a rising new face. She has averaged over six days a week in film work for two months, moving between melodrama shoots and the entertainment venue of the story.
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Hollywood
Cal
Ruth Hurst
Atlanta
Lve
Fred Stone
New York
Ruth
Crystal Irene Rich Stars In The Climbers At The Wethéatre
Crystal Irene Rich leads the cast in The Climbers at Wethéatre with Clyde Cook and Myrna Loy among the performers. Evans' Revue offers new blackout skits songs and dances. Tracked by the Police features Rin Tin Tin in a western tale with Jason Robards Virginia Browne Faire and others. Frisco Sally Levy at Plaza stars Sally O’Neill with DeLaney and D Arcy in a Jewish Irish comedy romance. Madege Bellamy headlines Rialto in Very Confidentially a light romance and comedy. Strand features Swim Girl Swim with Bebe Daniels Gertrude Ederle and a large supporting cast.
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Crystal
Irene Rich
Clyde Cook
Foryesh Stanley
Flidellc Fairbanks
Anders Randolph
Myrna Loy
Clyde Fitch
Evans
Palace
Jason Robards
Virginia Browne Faire
Tom Sanisch
Dave Morrie
Comedy
Fox News
Rialto
Madege Bellamy
Bebe Daniels
Gertrude Ederle
James Trall
Josephine Dunn
William Austin
James Mack
Clara Bow Stars in Rough House Rosie at Strand
Clara Bow headlines the Strand week with Rough House Rosie a fast moving Paramount comedy centered on her boxing and dancing antics. Reed Howes Arthur Housman Doris Hill Douglas Gilmore John Milian and Henry Kolker co star in a story from the Saturday Evening Post with a boxing ballet and nightclub escapades culminating in a boxing arena finale. The program also features an Our Gang short Bring Home the Turkey plus Fables Lindy’s Cat and Curiosities Mystic India.
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Clara Bow
Rosie
Strand
Tenth Avenue
Nunaily Johnson
Saturday Evening Post
Paramount
Frank Strayer
Clara
Reed Howes
Arthur Housman
Doris Hill
Douglas Gilmore
John Milian
Henry Kolker
Howes
Joe Hem
Joe
Our Gang
Girls Deny Abducting Car In Waterloo Disappearance
Miss Leona Smith and Miss Harveld Lyons testified in Waterloo about the disappearance of Jack V Wallink’s Hudson sedan. They said Wallink invited them to ride to Cedar Rapids, then allowed them to drive, and claimed he was intoxicated when police said they absconded with the car. The pair assert no intent to steal and that Wallink repossessed the vehicle in Cedar Rapids.
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Leona Smith
Harveld Lyons
Jack V Wallink
Hudson Seden
Waterloo
Smith
Lyons
Wallink
Mankato
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Miss Lyons
Wallick
Miss Smith
Building Permits Noted For Several Local Projects
Mid-Continent Petrocurr Corp plans a heating plant at 428 Fifth West. H T Nauman seeks a garage at 235 Prospect Boulevard. Mead Poyner requests a heating plant at 1425 Lafayette. Vv C Kelford files for a heating plant at 556 Willard. Vv CG Kelford seeks a dwelling addition at 536 Willard. Georges E Rickley proposes a heating plant at 620 Fifth West. St Pauls M E church requests a heating plant at 406 Broadway.
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Mid-Continent Petrocurr. Corp
Fifth West
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