1151'. JANUARY :10. 1924;
GEN T THEATRE
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Tia day. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday 5
«1:? Once at 8:15 Each Evening 2
CARL LAEMMLE PRESENTS
‘ " - AL SCREEN PRODUCTION OF ALL TIME.
‘5 1e Hunchback of s
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Notre Dame 1
1 5 15151151. ' Patsy Ruth Miller. Ernest Toré 2
j mond Hatton,.TuIIv Marshall, Gladys
ll and :1 Score of Other Stars.
“ I'LL-'5 SIXTH MONTH AT THE ASTOR
l'rl.\Tl L.R \E‘V \ORK CITY.
- . in: . ctlv as in a‘New York _With Complete Mu-
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: :5 11.: rows of orchestra. $1.00 plus tax, total
-: 1'. and fifth last rows of orchestra, 75c plus
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:‘te theatre is suspended during this engage-
5:11 .150 passes will be honored.
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231155 Normand or Miss
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1 Department of
for
”PALACE
THEATRE
Dnrldk'mtcrson. M'glng Director
Today, Friday, Saturday.
One or the biggest and pest Keith
bllb or the year.
JAMESZR a - OFFICER
AUBREY HYMAN
Songs &. Music Vocal specialties
LOVE TABS ‘
Thrcc‘Prc-tty Maidens in a Novel-
tyfiong and Dance Revue
CHARLES
PHILIPS & 00.
Comedy and
THE
HAYDEN S
Songs 5: Chatter Variety
and
Francis X. Bushman
and
Beverly Bayne
In their new picture presentation
deluxe
“Modern Marriage”
REGENT
THEATRE
TODAY
Matinee and Night
Requested Return Engagement
Douglas Fairbanks
“The Mollycoddle”
One of tho
best pictures Doug
(‘YCI‘ made.
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FRIDAY
MATINIZII 0.\I.Y 5
WILLIAM s. HART 5
In the Thomas 11. Int-5' Production
“The Cold Deck”
SATURDAY
t‘sn tans-M.
ALL STAR CAST
in
I‘ll ESISNTS
‘W’HISPERING W’IRES’ l
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U'I‘HIII’. SI ILI-X‘TI .I) Sl'llJEC‘TS
on Purviance and
hormand Pictures
311.55 Non-55:55.11. 55.5515”er up 111 the
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\5 r all 111.511. in Les Angeli“: recently.
Joe Kelly, Mabel
hump-111*
5-53 not been approach-
155: in uteri-nee to not
1111-5 s ‘oaluriug either
P. uvunce."
“I feel. insomr as
the public. good, clean
that '155251 showing these
Norlnanll's l"
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I-Zsterson.
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Miss Prtlvancc IS cleared. I shall
show her pit-luvs. but I won't show
any 01? Miss Sorznand‘s pictures for
at least a your."
Daugherty has
Communist Evidence 1
\VASHING'I‘UX. Jan. 13—.ttlorn~
oy General Daugherty declared In a
normal Slui“lllt-nl yesterday th.t the
Justice had "abun—
dant evidenCe" to back up the State
department‘s recvnt statements con-
cerning Communist propagun'ta in
the L'nitcd States.
The atlurney gcnc-ral‘s stat=1115nt
promptcd by publication of 30’-
letter-1 Written some Weeks ago
ivy John \V H. Crixn, asxsta'n at-
.Iorney general, saying that the de-
dence to bring: criminal proceedings
against Communist sympathize”! In
the United Stairs. It was punted
out today that Mr. Crim‘s section of
the department was not in :harge
or collection of such Information
and that the duty rested IUSLEId on
:oplnion of \\'.
lot“ the religious department oi the
‘5"‘The war upset the
-currcnt among us.
: rci’usal
5grounds of hopefullncss
isosted by
. Fleming ll.
3 loforc." ho
lgious books has bmu confine-l large
5, to
5 bool: can sell
=book as what
Publishers R e p o r 1;
Strong Increase i n
Demand f o r Relig-
ious Books
Books on religion are now in keen
demand {or the “and is r cding
religious literature on a scale never
before recorded.
are bringing out such literature to-
day than in the past: there are
more titles and bigger editions. Re-
‘ligious work appear on the “most-
called-for" lists of the public Ibra-
ries. and a. life of Christ nea-ls the
roster of best sellers in the non ac.
tion class.
Various explanations are offered
for this phenomenon in the hook-
selling trade; they all come down
to this. that the world. emerging
from the war. is loot-rim, ‘0 its soul.
Matters of the spirit are common
subjects of conversation: people
may be heard discussing them in
crowded elevators, in restauranls. in
subway trains.
rom books that deal “ith (cele-
sia tlcal points now in controversy
in church circles the creased de-
mand reaches in one direction to
semi-religious and philcsoohical
works and in the other direction to
the Bible itself. The Bible. per-‘
onnial best seller, sold better .1. the
first nine months of 1923 than 5n all
of 1922. an the 1923 total is likely
to run 75 er cent. higher than for
t‘e preceding year. These are sales.
nox gifts. The American 52115.: 50-
ciety's figures show that. where inn
persons were interested onmltzh to
pay money for a Bible in 19:: sev-
enteen or eighteen felt the I.C‘?1l in
l ‘23. Incidentally.5the demand in
New York. both city and State. has;
doubled in a year.
The new interest in religious writ-
ings has a deep significance, -n the
H. Murray. managvr
5
Company. H53 says:
oasv optimism
It Was toloWed
by a year or two of exhaustion—0t
to think and of theme in
pleasures—anything to fen-I of! the
disturbing queries that womd not
dour). \\'ith the rcturnin: tides (5:
life people have begun to think
things over. to cast about tor solid
in r-gard
to the future; and that means at
once new interest in philosophy and
religion.”
A more immediate cause is $11.;-
a representative oi the
Ila-veil Company. “lion:
said. "the sale or r511-
Macmillan
Iy to clergymcn. But the promin-
2eIlCC now gin-n by the newspapers
to doctrinal contrmcrsies has crea—
ted a demand throughout the laity.
Men and women in gcnernl r 1'5» read
log. and are discussing 111 groups.
serious books on both sides or the
disputed question.”
Another specific reason advancml
t
More publishers <5
to account in part for the unusual
turn of Interest is the religious bu 1k ,
“eel; which has been conducted 53‘
Lent in the last three years by 21555,
Salional Associatxon of Book I)ull-
Ushers. The campaign in 1924 is
to lm extenvIo-d (“or five Weeks. 0:155
of the chic: cllvcts of this campaign
has been to educate the book seller
the realization that a religion:
In the past the drab-r
was likely to regard every religious"
the trade calls :1
plug"—-onc that stays on the shelf.
“'iili ministers recommending books
lloweVer. the situa-z
ticm has changed. According to The
Publishers' \Voelzly, 730 religious
hooks “'l’l't': published in America in
1921‘, against 595 in 1921. The 1923
figures are expected to show a. still
greater gain.
The awakening of interest in r:-
ligious reading is worldwide. Great
Britain has had big sales of spiritual
books since 19:55. China and Japan
report likewise. The revival of re—
ligious feeling on the continent of
Europe “as well under way While
Am :rica was still giving its chief a;-
tertion, apparently. to temporal it
versions But while Middle Europe
his turned strongly toward mystic-
ism. America seems more concerned
with such questions as the inspira—
tion of the Bible and the divinity of
Christ. though there is a strong mys-
l'rom the pulpit.
. tical tendency here as well.
Devotional books once constituted
virtually the whole of religious liter-
ature in this country. Now books on
controversial matters are ascendent.
The present-day dISputes. according
to one booknian. send laymen to
study the Bible at first hand. The re-
vivtl of interest in serious things also
creates a market {or books that treat
of religion put to work. Accounts 0!
missionary and other welfare efforts
‘at home and abrOad. and of thte re-
clamation of stricken peoples. such
as the Armenians. have a better sale
then ever before.
Publishing houses that once issued
no books in this class now find it
worth their while to develop religious
departments. This is the more signi-
ficant when It is recalles that the
expenses of book publishing have
greatly increased since the war. Pub-
lishers cannot‘pass on to the con-
sumer the increase in cost of pro-
tlie bureau of investigation, under
direc tion of “‘ililam J. Burns.
duction as easily as is possible in
other lines of trade
REGENT
N. H. S. Dramatic Club
. “DaddyLongLegs”
BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
WITH samr. M03 0? H. Y.
FRIDAY EVENING, JAN 11
!
THEATRE
l'l'hrz‘u are is:
_ruus the gamut
\‘nndcvllle— ’lcturc
David Emerson, n gaging dizec~
tor'ol’ the Palace'has picked a five
ac: Keith program for lhePalace
{or the next three days. 13am»; and
Haslmo with a splendid supporting
company offering a comedy um‘elt)
act will feature the show. Jaidner
and Aube in songs and music are
among the best known vaudeville
performers of the present season.
Orfiver Hyman in songs and chatter
will be certain to please Paige-2.1m-
tronn. Fred and Tommy Hayden in
their original song and patter Lom-
positlons. Charles Phillips and Co.
will have their own comedy variety
offering. The feature picture ’ar the
last half of the week will be Ileveriy
Bayne and Francis X. Bushman in
"Modern Marriage." Thls picture
has won praise ever since it was 0f~
fered to the public a few “maths
ago and it has created a demand for
the return to the two popular stars
to the screen.
REGENT
“The Molly-cuddle."
Douglas Fairbanks needs no in-
troduction to Nor-wall; piclure fans.
He is n fax orite crew-where. For
that reason little- need to said of
any picture in “hich he stars and
parikul arty is it true that l' .tll5- need
be said of “The Molhcoddlc.” one
of his best releases, in which he is
appearing today only at the Hagen!
Theater. Tomorrow afternoon \V‘ill-
turn 5. Hart will be present-«l in
"The Cold Duk." This is me of
the lot-55111051 liart productmns made
under the direeiion of Thomas. H.
1116-: who ranks \xith the {(515151} di-
rectors of the country.
REGENT
The Hunchback of Sotrc Cllme‘
The liegc-nt ’I‘hvatv'r Will .5515ch
“The llunehhack of Noll-c. D 51:15:"
next week. Monday to l‘iiilf'r: in-
l‘lusivc. 'l‘hr‘ rucuire Il-t.‘ I-qen all
the Astor Theater {11 New Yo'k lor
the past six 115m lhs 551151 the present
indications are that it “ill can 111 no
then. for the 11515’ Six 1:1omhs. 'lhis
colossal inaslc-rpivve that ranks with
“The Birth of a. Nation." "I'll; COV-
cred “'agon," and the few oluer
really great cinema super specials is
coming to Norwalk for a 11 rally on-
gagcmcnt. .l-‘or the present it is
sufficient to say that there will be
two daily presentations at 2:1?» and
8:15. An augmented orchestra Will
play the special xxzhsical scox s The
last the rous of the orchestra will
be reserved for the evening shows
and all min-r seats 1:1 the llcuw. will
be available on general udnnssion
lickv is. Lon Chan-33‘ :55 "Th-.- llunrh-
hack." Patsy Iiutli Mill”. Ernest
Terrence of "Tho Covered “Egon."
Raymond Hutton. Tully Marshall
and Gladys lime-knoll are among the
featured plan-rs.
“I A LT“.
Dramatic Club will Put
lthe U.
5011 information received from federal
state directors of the L'.
merit Service and Commissioners of
Labor. describes the industrial out,-
look in Connecticut for the current
ye‘ar as follous:
considered in a
with Very little unemployment
ticcable.
that industrial prospects
ale equal
0!
try at the present time shows some
curtailment.
DCIIQVQ‘.
early spring months will show this
activity on a nearly normal basis.
played.
'has some“ but slackcnodo
o n “Daddy Long'-
Legs at the Regent—
The Cast
At the Regent theatre tomorrow
night the Dramatic Club of tin Nor-
walk High School will present the
{our act comedy “Daddy Long-Legs”
This play had a long run on Bromi-
on“, Members of the (tint) have
beet rehearsing faithfully tor . the
past month under the directnn of
Miss Mary McMahon.
. The cast of. the comedy follows:
Judy Abbot—Edna Gorden
Jervis Pendelton, Stanley
vosky.
{nines McBride—Philip 'Nehlc.
Parsons~VViiliam Hogan.
Cyrus \Vgikotf—Mark Donahue.
Mrs. Lippet—Jane Sallick.
Miss Pritihard-Margaret O'Rellly
Julia Pendieton—Narion Young.
Griggs—Joseph Smith.
\‘l'altersaI-lumphrey Doulcns. :25
Freddy Perkins—Charles “‘ava.
Tommy—“‘llliam Sullivan.
Mrs Pendleton—Dorothy Mathews
Sallie McBride—Dorothy P‘rq'.
The Orphans—Gladiola Murphy.
Margaret Jarvis. Chine Kate. Ger-
trude Le Brogue.
Ann—Erma “‘imphcim ’1'.
Industrial Outlook
in State Called as
Good as was 1923
A special survcv 0t 44 states by
.Department of Labor based
Josel-
Emplov-
Industrial .actixllv In this state is
healthy condition
no-
The opinion is expressed
for 1924_
if not. better. than "1059'
1923. \\ title the textile induso
is no reason to
than that the;
there
0! herwlso
The builders continue well cm-
though the “Inter weather
operations:
I10“OV€‘I". projoiis contemplated tori
lthe no“ v.0ar \\ hen started. 11 ill ab-i
[sorb t‘ 15: atallablc supply of
these i
lcraflsmt n.
l
curtailed.
l“ nyment to large numbers of
lskilled labor.
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“Ronni
lurl} Cizlit stuns haxc {orb -(ight
cliff-art- 116 di\m ('1 la“ 5. Mt n can
marry 13-3-5 air-old girls in some:
Finn-50d men. move to an-
7151 Income higamists.
SII’II'FS.
ntht'l‘ sta' “
Ilugwrt Hugh‘s
loll tizo‘ 1'5 111251151! 15} story "Reno. ‘
\shich Opt-Hell :1 three—(lay engage-
:mr-nt at the Iliallo theatre ycstvr»t
Etliljfi.
'l‘h :ir'tifiu of the unusual story=
C-"'lll“l‘5 around two rotlva-s. who
hoped to uni their rtiatrimmtial
troul5lls through the divorce courts.
A prim maiden aunt. some children
with {our 5548 of fathers and nioth—
wrs and omnpiications which resulted
n- he nth-t- Ian‘s Iii-gun to conflict.
tarry t..5- Action of the story into a
romantic cross—country chase that
from grim drama to
hilarity.
It. is a rmnarkni-lo drama. thrill-
ingly, fearlessly pictured. A n1ad~
cap llllVL‘lilllrt‘ all over America
ending in a Ixrr‘alh‘tnlfing climax.
F orresters Committee
to Meet Monday
The joint Convention commiltcc of
local Foresters organizatitns here
will hold a meeting Monday
This committee has charge of rais-
ing funds for the state Foresters
convention will be held in Norwalk
this year.
NERVOUS RUN-
DOWN MOTHERS
WornOutCimux
n‘ghth
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‘had this contract
5uhen he temporarily gave
road not}: now seasonally
“ill be resumed as soon
and alter-l em-
un-
Thc demand for all
classes of: labor is expected to be.
fully as great as during the post your.
Elzea to Carry School
Children and Teacher
the
State
as u cather permits
At an executive meeting of
males of In": galore, and Board 09 hdutation “hie-h follow-ad
uses them to help the regular session Tuesday night R
5 Kim was ri-engagod to furnish
transportation to and from school
for the. children attending the Cran-
ll5ury mhool. as “oil as for the
teacher of the School. Mr. Liza-a
up to recently
up the
(,ranhury bus line
mrrnnsonwrm
PIMPLES
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SOUTH NORWALI
TODAY AND FRIDAY
GOLDWYN PRESENTS
RE N0
A RUPERT HUGHES PRODUCTION
————.with
HELENE CHADWICK LEW CODY
GEORGE WALSH and CARMEL MYERS
HERE’S THE INSIDE STORY—-
The Truth About Divorce Told on the Screen for
the First Time.
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“THE PAWNSHOP”
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