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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1926
Page
3
Principals present Over the Garden Wall a comedy burlesque with eight vaudeville specialties and chorus highlights. Thursday introduces The New Cook a musical comedy farce with new specialties. The Mystery Club starring Matt Moore Mildred Harris and others caps the week as a thriller with exciting episodes.
Colleen Moore appears in It Must Be Love at Strand tomorrow. The simple, sweet story follows a deli proprietor daughter in cramped rooms behind the store, her romance with a dance partner, and her clash with her father. Supporting parts include Jean Hersholt and Malcolm McGregor. the program also features Our Gang and short reels.
A Tiffany production feature Morganson's Flish presents at the Palace with Anita Stewart Mahlon Hamilton Johnnie Walker Victor Patel Cratford Kent and Rose Tapley in key roles. A snowbound duel of rivals for a sick heiress centers the plot amid dramatic North country scenes.
The Rialto screening presents Harry Carey in a Pathe film about a man’s vengeance after his brother’s murder at a hall owner’s hands. Supporting cast includes Harrie mond James Morrison Trihy Clark and Walter James with John Dillson and Charles McHugh. On stage Jack Williams Dainty Little Darlings adds two new actors.
The Plaza presents Men of Steel starring Milton Sills with a strong supporting cast led by Doris Kenyon and Victor McLaghen. The film, filmed in iron country and Birmingham mills, is billed as a major drama with a gripping plot. Also on stage this week is Tha Three White Kuhns, a trio of string players. Plaza orchestra expands to 32 pieces with a special score for the picture.
Sophie Braslau, famed contralto, appears in a special Plaza Theatre concert on Wednesday October 20. Her advance notices tout a simple, unspoiled nature, contrasting with scandal and stunts used by other stars of the era.
The Crystal presents Rudolph Valentino in Monsieur Beaucaire at Crystal Theatre. Anita Stewart and Mahlon Hamilton star Morganson's Finish at Palace. Marceline Day appears in The Boy Friend at Plaga. Leena Owens and Joseph Schilikraut with Jack Williams’ Musical Comedy Revue at Rialto. Douglas Fairbanks stars in The Black Pirate at Strand. Berkell Players stock company performs Dancing Brothers at Waterloo.
A portrait of Miss Braslau showing a disciplined routine. She is raised by parents in Iran with a hardy constitution and maintains a strict regimen of a long daily walk, hot bath, cold shower, and fresh air to stay in sound physical condition. When not walking she plays tennis practices or entertains a broad circle of friends at teatime, and spends much of her time reading.
Richard Barthelmess stars in An Amateur Gentleman a Dickensian English tale set in Beau Brummel era London He plays the son of a prize fighter who inherits wealth and pursues social prestige He falls for a titled lady angers a nobleman and the plot escalates to adventure including a steeplechase and a climactic boxing bout Dor othy Dimbar Gardner James Nigel co star in this Crystal screening
Barrie, Brandon Hurst, Johnl jan, Billie Bennett and several other prominences in the Arms offer a comedy program along with Fox News reels. Starting Thursday the Crystal theater screens the new lineup.
A garbled excerpt references Lola Montez and a European figure, with mentions of styeglasses used to straighten a puppy with crow eyes, reflecting a melodramatic, unclear historical snippet.
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