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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1921
Page
5
A large crowd welcomed Keith Act No. Catland & Co as they opened a two day vaudeville engagement at The Auditorium. The show features live cats performing tricks including a prize fight and a cat with rats, plus a full stage production and high quality reels.
Screen Opinions in December 1920 praises the film as a woman’s picture focusing on motherly sacrifice and ambition. Dorothy Phillips is noted, but Margaret Mann’s mother character captivates the audience with real life tenderness. The Moor’s Rialto Theatre Washington reports smash records with the production, planned at the Auditorium Monday and Tuesday with 10 15 20 25 cent admission plus tax.
An ad from Dr. Fahrney of Hagerstown Maryland invites readers to mail name and address for study of difficult cases. He claims to diagnose chronic diseases or deformities and explain what to do and how to do it.
The Empire presents Charles Ray in a modern comedy from Paramount for a nine reel night. Three shows on Saturdays start at 6:30 with orchestral music and a two reel Harold Lloyd feature The Haunted Spooks plus Pathe News. Balcony 15 cents, orchestra 2 cents.
Fresh receipts of barrel apples are limited with slow trade aside from fancy marks. Prices show little change on leading varieties like York Imperial Winesap and Delicious, with ranges noted for fancy marks and poorer grades. Banks and markets reference the Shenandoah Valley Nat Bank Savings Club in closing lines.
Dye Faye arrives at the Empire next Wednesday January 12 with Cecil Leahs new comedy idea When a Wife Gets Fat. The song focuses on the familiar topic of weight gain and the funny possibilities a lyricist can mine from the theme.
Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayfield win praise for Look Who's Here at the Forty fourth Street Theater. The show by Frank Mandel features jokes and musical numbers led by Lean with Mayfield in a fitting role. Notable cast includes Dorothy Betts Viola Frayne Clarke Sisters and George Lynch. The production heads to the Empire next Wednesday January 12.
The annual stockholders meeting to elect Directors will be held at the banking house in Winchester Virginia on Tuesday January 11 1921 between 11 and 2 oclock. Shenandoah Val Natl Bank Winchester Va. Wm G Hardy cashier.
The musical comedy features Miss Cleo Mayfield in standout gowns designed by her own modiste and Paris agent. Her status as American beauty of style is highlighted as the show Look Who's Here arrives at the Empire next Wednesday with a starry cast led by Agnes Ayers and Theodore Roberts.
William D. Taylor presents The Furnace by REALART Pictures at the Empire theater next Friday Jan 14. The feature previously drew record crowds at the Rialto Theater New York City and is praised as a powerful drama with intense emotion and searing themes.
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