O'Brien's Theatre Season Promises All New Acts
O'Brien's season opens with a fully refreshed program under Oscar F. Hodge. New sketches include The Journey Joy Bus and The Bold Brave Black and Tans. Acts feature James Gorman's Ebony Yacht Club and Eddie Ross with a new monologue. Prices range 50c to 1.50 with matinee 50c to 75c. tickets at Elvington's.
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Brien
Pacife
O’brien
Oscar F. Hodge
James Gorman
Ebony Yacht Club
America
Eddie Ross
Bold
Brave Black and Tans
Friars Frolic
George M. Cohan
Fair and Warmer comes to Academy of Music on April 17
Selwyn & Company bring the Avery Hopwood farce Fair and Warmer to the Academy of Music in New York on Tuesday April 17. The show, famed for rapid laughs across three acts, will feature an credited cast of favorites and ticket prices from 1.50 to 50 cents. Tickets go on sale Saturday morning at Elvington's.
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Wilmington
Moonbeam
Moonbeam Maitis
Seymour and Duprey
Songbirds
South
Palm Beach Quartette
Alfred Seymour
Selwyn & Company
Avery Hopwood
New York
Academy of Music
Cort Theatre
Chicago
Royal Easter Week Show Featuring Lester Richards
Royal patrons enjoy a big Easter week bill headlined by blackface comedian Lester Richards. The act, now with the Moonbeam Maidens Company, appears with Her man Lewis and Virginia Beauties at the Royal venue this week. Richards scored the biggest hit previously.
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Royal
Lester Richards
Herman Lewis
Virginia Beauties
Moonbeam Maids Company
the Royal
Pidgin Island at Grand Tomorrow in Five Part Feature
Harold Lockwood and May Allison star in Pidgin Island a Metro Yorka production based on Harold Mc Grath novel. Set on the Canadian border shores the film follows agents John Crawford and Diana Wynne as they chase smugglers with perilous storms and boat capsizes amid rugged woods and waters.
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Harold Lockwood
May Allison
Fred J. Balshofer
Harold McGrath
John Crawford
Mr. Lockwood
Diana Wynne
Miss Allison
United States Customs Service
Masque of Life thrills debut in New York film
The Masque of Life, costing 600000 and produced in seven months, opened in New York to instant success. It plays at the Victoria theatre on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, noted as uniquely different from any other American picture.
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New York
Victoria Theatre
America
Theatre Gossip From Metropolis New York Apr 9
News briefs from New York theatres include Victor Herbert's HUid Henry Blossoms story and a Rodgers and Hammerstein style operetta, plus W Somerset Maugham's Love In a Cottage in development. Lew Fields in Bosom Friends and George Arliss in The Professor's Love Story headline. Clara Kimball Young stars and The Silent Master film slated. Also note Henry J Spanell trial deferred in Coleman Texas.
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New York
Victor Herbert
Henry Blossom
Sons of Ireland
Hileen
Shubert
Erin
Mr. Herbert
Pen
W. Somerset Matgham
Hudson Theater
John D. Williams
Honolulu
Lew Fields
Liberty Theatre
Helen Ware
John Mason
Richard Bennett
Irene Fenwick
George Arliss
Knickerbocker Theatre
Disraeli
Mr. Arliss
John Barrymore
George du Maurier
Peter Ibbetson
Cohan
Harris
Sydney Rosenfelt
Fred Noble
Clara Kimball Young
Eugene Walter
Miss Young
France
America
Robert Warwick
Warwick
Anna Little
Olive Tell
Theda Bara
Genevieve Hamper
William Fox
Stuart Holmes
Gladys Brockwell
Norma Talmadge
Buy In Wilmington Movement Promotes Cooperative Community Appeal
Readers are urged to consider a weekly message in the Dispatch columns. Citizens are invited to discuss the notes with friends and neighbors, as supporters claim thoughtful discussion will yield results.
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Wilmington
Dispatch
Local Business Listings Highlight Diverse City Firms
A readout of multiple local enterprises shows names across sectors including banks, drug stores, department stores, cycle shops, produce firms, and power companies. Notable entries include Peoples Savings Bank Jarman Futrelle and Tidewater Power Co alongside retail houses like Soler Cooley Hall Ross and Reilly.
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Green’s Drug Store
Bear Produce & Merchandise Company
G. W. Huggins, Inc
Peoples’ Savings Bank Jarman & Futrelle
J. O. Reilly
Sterchi-Bancroft CO
J. H. Rehder & CO. Department Store
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Metro Presents
Mae Allison
Metro
Pidgin Island
Marold McGrath
The
Seymour and
Dupree
Palm Beach
Juvenile
Virginia
Coleman
Texas
Henry J. Spanell
Spanell
Malcolm C. Butler
Alpine
Neil O’brien
Minstrel
Saviour
Earth
United States
BON Marche
Belk-Williams CO
J. W. H. Fuchs’ Department Store
A. D. Brown
J. M. Soley & CO
Queen City Cycle CO
Hall & Ross
G. Dannenbaum
Boylan & Hancock
Honnet
Citizens Bank
J. G. Wright & Son
Murchison National Bank
D.R. Foster & CO
American Bank & Trust CO Northam's Book & Stationery Store
C. W. Polvogt CO. Shrier & Solomon
R. C. Platt
L. W. Moore
Wilmington Savings & Trust
Goodman
Roge. Moore. Sons
C. Home Savings Bank
Tidewater Power CO
W. B. Cooper & CO
W. Munroe & CO
S Bunting Drug CO
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