Great Men Role and Stage Delights At Local Theatres
Tonight at Sihéatre Grystal presents The Great Men Role a melodrama of battles marines with mail train bandits. The cast includes Theodore von Eltz Frank Nelson Jeanne Morgan and more. Evans Revue offers songs dances and comedy skits along with comedy and news reels. Palace features Richard Dix in The Quarterback a comedy romance with a football theme and a rain drenched setting. Cast includes Esther Ralston Harry Beresford David Butler Robert W Craig Mona Palma plus more. Plaza presents W Fields in Running Wild a boxing glove hypnosis comedy with Mary Brian lead. vaudeville acts Wilson & Godfrey Conlin & Hamilton Villa & Strigo with Way Watts directing. Rialto shows John Gilbert Renee Adoree in The Show a romance of side show life with Metro comedy and news. Strand stars Milton Sills in Hard Boiled Haggerty a comedy of an American ace in Paris with Molly O’Tay Arthur Stone and others. Fables Pathe news and novelty film This World We Live In also shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grystal
Theodore von Eltz
Frank Nelson
Jeanne Morgan
Evans
Palace
Richard Dix
Quarterback
Esther Ralston
Harry Beresford
David Butler
Robert W. Craig
Mona Palma
Plaza
W. ©. Fields
Mary Brian
Wilson & Godfrey
Conlin & Hamilton
Villa & Strigo
Way Watts
Ald
Rialto
John Gilbert
Renee Adoree
Lionel Barrymore
Edward Connelly
Gertrude Short
Andy McLennan
Metro
Milton Sills
Haggerty
Ace
Jove
Paris
Molly O'Tay
Arthur Stone
Mitchell Lewis
George Fawcett
Yola
Avril
Pathe News
Great Mail Robbery and Evans Revue at Crystal
A Crystal Theatre program offers The Great Mail Robbery about marines tracking down bandits in a thrilling action film with planes and bombs. Theodore von Hitz leads the marines, then Evans Revue presents The Inventor as stage entertainment with Ike Evans and notable chorus numbers.
Elopement Ends When Girl Gets Hungry in Indiana
Florence Eagle Eye a 16 year old Rock Island Ill pupil and Louis Dudley 21 Davenport Ia eloped from Rock Island. After car trouble and pawned watch they slept in a Chicago dime theater. They rode toward Detroit until Florence grew hungry and Dudley drank milk from a doorstep but was caught. Juvenile officer to coordinate return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Florence Eagle Eye
Rock Island
Ill
Louis Dudley
Davenport
Chicago
Dudley
Detroit
Florence
Lildan Hendricks
Youth Who Left Home Here Found in Des Moines
George Bunt a 23 year old man with feeble mentality from Waterloo was picked up wandering in Des Moines after leaving home Sunday night. He was placed in a hospital and his mother Mrs Haltle Bunt notified to bring him back to Waterloo. It is unclear how he traveled but it is believed he hitched rides along the highway. Washington Ta Oct 26 Col David J Palmer former G A R commander in chief and Mrs Palmer celebrated their sixty first wedding anniversary receiving callers and messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George Bunt
Haltle Bunt
Commercial Street
Washington, Ta
Col
David J. Palmer
Grand Army of the Republic
Mona
Tabor
Tabby
Ritz
Hair-Groom keeps hair combed and glossy all day
An advertisement for Hair-Groom claims it coats hair only a few cents at Rugstore, providing natural gloss and a well groomed look for business and social occasions. It asserts hair stays combed all day, even if unruly or shampooed, and notes the product is a grease that helps hair grow thicker and heavier.
White Fire excerpt scene with Tabby and Mona
Tabor Wynne, torn between his wife June and stage performer Mona, visits Mona after a show where she presses for details about his entanglements. He deflects with humor while Mona hints at secrets with Arlington and Jenny Challis. The scene ends with Mona urging secrecy and a lingering kiss as preparations for a new engagement unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor Wynne
June
Lance Fairless
Wynne
Shim
Jennifer Challis
Jane
Fairless
New York
Miss Ghallis
Lance
Jenny
Cafes Des Enfants
Ritz
Benelli
Tabor
Jennifer
Mona
Arlington
Havana Ribbon cigar offer at a nickel
A bold pitch touts Havana Ribbon cigars as a miracle bargain offering a nickel trade in at any cigar store. The copy hypes ripe tobacco and expert construction with a claim to superior taste compared to the old five cent era.
Radio as Musical Instrument Debate In Iowa Court
District Judge Zeuch reserved decision on whether a radio is a musical instrument immune from attachment. F H Bynbar seeks to prevent seizure under a head of household rule. Counsel for the claimant argues the radio is a reproducing machine rather than a musical instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Zeuch
F. H. Bynbar
Allacher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sihéatre
Crystal
Crystal Theatre
Theodore von Hitz
Lee Shumway
Dewitt Jennings
Evans Revue Company
Harry
Ike Evans
Hazel Sewell
Harvey Maxwell
Clyde
Bess Davis
Davis
Indiana
Pansy
By Ben Batsford
Louis Joseph Vance
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Mons
Cain
Stamford
Desmond
Charley Arlington
Sherry’s
Belasco
Nigel
Aeolian
Aeolian Company
Aeolian Hall
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Weber
Supreme Musical Instrument
George Steck
Stroud Studio
Parsons Music House
Waterloo
Sycamore &T
Carl Bickley
Pioneer Bank
Standard Tire Co
5Th
Jefferson
Polly
Terlin
East Fourth and
Water St
Felts
Sterling
Smith
Fox Newn
Jere Opeecu
Rcs
Armory Hall
Jesse Stone
ST. John’s Church Bazar
Bishop Cafeteria
Ellis
Waterloo - Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
His Melody Masters
Orpheum
Featuring
Skalelles
Gibson
Scott Chas
Brugge
Prevost
Ae Ball
Kenneth Thompson
Doagee Jr
Rial
Alma Rubens
Walter Pidgeon
Harry Norton
Robert Agnew
Salome
Chang
Mighilest OL
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