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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
5
A single big time Keith vaudeville act titled Big Time Vodvil will headline Friday and Saturday at The Auditorium. The act precedes late pictures at 9 on Friday and 4 on Saturday, with shows at 8 and 10 after the film program and a Sunshine comedy finale. The act moves next week to a Baltimore theatre.
Alice Joyce called the Madonna of the silver screen shines in The Prey showing at the Auditorium tomorrow and Saturday. The film features elegant gowns striking lighting and powerful emotional acting that captivates the audience. An elaborate banquet scene with an Egyptian dancer adds to the production’s spectacle.
Dorothy Phillips stars in Once to Every Woman as a life changing moment for Aurora Meredith. The film, a grand production with opera scale and Metropolitan style extras, plays to record crowds at Rialto Theatre Washington with audiences later heading to Auditorium next Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs Claude Kline spends a week in Baltimore visiting friends and seeing local sights. The trip highlights social gatherings and hospitality during her stay.
A description proclaims a powerful Dorothy Phillips drama about a woman's ambitions and sacrifices. Shown for two days beginning Monday at The Auditorium after a prior run in Washington at The Rialto on Ninth Street.
The Palace screens the latest Fairbanks production in Winchester with the title Mark of Zerro planned for Wednesday and Thursday next week. The theater notes it often premieres new releases here around initial showings and snowing periods.
The vaudeville acts perform twice every Saturday night at the Auditorium to accommodate latecomers. The pictures start promptly at 6 45 and again at 8 with vaudeville following each showing ending with the two reel Sunshine comedy. The final film shows at 9 and vaudeville resumes at 10 with the closing comedy and possible repeat of opening reels.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets with a sleep working slogan They promise relief from biliousness constipation headaches and cold symptoms while offering Wadeac TM TM as a clear energetic tonic for all ages at 10 25 or 50 cents.
The article notes the reopening of schools in Cross Junction on Monday. It mentions Mr and Mrs Oliver DeHaven visiting Capon Bridge, James Graves becoming a clerk at S H Braithwaite and Bros to fill a vacancy left by Nina Braithwaite, and Harvey Braithwaite visiting from Maryland. Beulah Braithwaite is also mentioned with ties to Capon Bridge.
The Empire Theatre announces special matinees every Saturday and Monday at two o clock. Monday matinees target schools Shenandoah Valley Denny Fort Loudoun Seminary. admission is ten cents tax included. Saturday programs invite school children and county patrons with seven or eight reels per show.
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