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AT THE THEATRE
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Tonight one show. only. beginning at 77:30 o’clock;
xx winesday night, at 7 prompt, continuing-with the
3 Hrs Open at 11
Palace leea'tre
GALA VAUDEVILLE PROGRAM~
Headlined Today and Tomorrow by
McFadden’s Physical Culture Girls
Six Dancers With Miss McFadden
——a.nd-—-
.7 Other Big Acts
MIDNIGHT FROLIC AT 12
To Usher in the New Year
No Advance in Price
Mae Murray .
In Metro-Goldwyn’s New-Feature ‘ ’-
“Circe, The Enchantress”
REGENT
._ Theatre
, David 'Esterson, Managing ~Dir. -
’ronav a WEDNESDAY
_At 3:15, 1:16 and 9: [0
Betty CompSon E
In the bewltchlng drum
“THE FEMALE”
“Was Kipling' right about "rho Fe-
male?“ Is she more deadlythan
.the male?. Beautifueretm tells
you in this vivi'd.~thrilling:picturl-
zation of “balls. the Lion’s Cub."
COMEDY NEWS
amuse-amu-
King Vida-Presents -
Eleanor Boardman
. And Big‘CEBst in
“W ineof Youth”
Adapted from Rachel Crother s
" “Mary the Third. "
Zinc The Old Year Out and-the New Yearlin-
at the
COS COB INN
Under Management of a. Norwalk Boy
Parisian Mardi Gras and Frolic
Free Confetti, Horns, Hats and Souvenirs
MIDNIGHT REVIEW
V A U D E V I I. L E
COLORED JAZZ ORCHESTRA ,
Formerly with Plantation Ilefiew
wand—
11 o‘clock Supper —- $8. 00 per couple
No Extra Charges
For Reservations Phone Nor-walk 1446 12 or 3186
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continue as the midnightrevue New
Year's eve at 12. the doors of the
theatre opening at 11 for the frolic.
. The headlining act is the Mc—
‘ Fadden Physical Culture Girls. train-
:ed and directed by Bernarr Me;
EFadden. and with one 0! his beautiv
Eful daughters in the cast. The Two
haleohns are sensational acrobats;
thisECharles Martin. the cowboy singer.
won his way into the hearts of
yesterday's large audiences; Nor-
ton and Melnotte put on an or
ceptlonally elevensoug. dance and
comedy act. while .l-layward .and
sea and one evening Show. The Christie. as the “Co int and 1601.111-
~onight begins at 7:80. but on Jess" are imperscnatoxs of high
“May night starts at 7. it will rank Lowe. Anderson and Nan are
PALACE,
Big Vaudeville.
David Esterson
- knockout show for
‘v‘lght acts "of Broadway‘
'11:. and Mac Murray in
the Enchantress”—-one of
fascinating roles-are be—
owntoday and tomorrow. at
35».
(Just OK the Post Road)
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DANCING
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a. dancing revue iii-themselves. and
Bingham and Meyers are first class
comedians andjing'ers. E‘Tho Three
Alvarettes_close the'show with acro-
batic novelties.
‘REGENT.’
If there are any benlghted-indl-
vidualswho are still of the opinion
that women are the "weaker sex,"
they are invited to hasten to the Re-
gent theatre. where. today and
Wednesday, Betty Compaon is play-
in; in “The Fem e," adapted from
Cynthia. Stockle novel. "Della."
the.Lion Cub. .
"The Female" not only successful-
‘ly proves that the female: or the
species is decidedly the stronger sex.
but it also show: e-metamorphosis
that love eflects~w on it happens to
strike an illiterate. unsophisticated
little Boer girl. The title role is
ideally suited 'to Miss Compson's
temperament and she makes the
most of the wide dramatic scope
that the characterization aflords her.
Thursday and Friday. "Wine of
Youth." will be the teature picture.
In the cast are Eleanor Boardman.
James Morrison. Niles Welch. Ben
Lyon. Pauline Geron. Virginia. Lee
Corbin and. several‘ others.
RL‘II‘O.
“The Thiel 'ot Banded."
It. is.evident that when Douglas
Fairbanks produced "The Thief 0!
Eagdad." now playing at the Rialto
theatre. he tried to make the appar-
ently impossible an accomplished
fact. ‘
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The‘ Female. E
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THESENTINEIS
Pictures and
the Players
J. Farrell MacDonald, who played
the part or Corporal Casey in “The
iron Horse." will have an important
role-in “ng110! the Turt" now be-
ing filmed. MacDonald was born in
Waterbury.abut has been a resident
at California since the early days or
the movies. Following his gradua-
tion troui Yale he appeared in
stock and with road companiea.\He
is married. has one daughter. ten
years old and two hobbies, salt and
art exhibits.
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Raymond Batten. reatured play er
in“"l‘he Thundering erd" has been
a screen player for hirtcen years.
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A wet time was had by all when
Anna Ma‘y Wong lost control of a
tire hose during the hulking of fire
scenes for “Forty Winks." Under
the trem'endous pressure the hose
writhed and snapped on the floor.
smashing turniture and driving the
water in very direction with wall-
breaking force. Miss Wong. Eric
Mayne and other players were
drenched.
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“'allace Beery hatee whiskers. Yet
he has not shaved in more than a
year. Even when he married Anita
Gillman recently he had to retain
his alrdale disguise during the mar.
riage ceremony because he “as
playing a bewhiskered part in a.
picture. “71181: Victor Fleming eo-
loczed Beery for one or the featured
roles in “The Devil's Cargo",thero
was a. stir! argument as to whether
the character of Ben. the giant stok-
When the redoubtable Doug
clambers up a rope that is suspend-
ed in thin air. one begins to take
notice: then he dives to the bot-
tom‘ot the water. lu‘ls an undersea
monster. and “hen his sub-oceanic
business is finished. he calmly pro-
pels himself to the surrace.
He enters an enchanted mod.
where a tall tree. at the nave. of
a hand. comes to life and walks
about with uncanny disrespect to all
accepted ideas of tree conduct.
Later in the picture. the Thief
climbs a flight or a. Thousand Steps
that leads to the clouds and mounts
a. beautiful Winged Horse that
gracefully flies away with Doug on
his back. By now. you are ready to
believe that anything is possible
when as a climax. you see Douglas
and the Princess step upon a Magic
Carpet. it seems quite propcr tor
.the rug of its own volition to rise
up, sail out at the window. circle
the house~tope or Bazdad amidst
the plaudits o: the multitude. and
disappear with its human freight
across the rising moon.
The magic introduced. into this
film a so unusual that itvwould seem
likely to be the dominating interest.
but very wisely Douglas heepscvery-
thing subservient to the story. and
the beautllul romance of the Thief
and the Princess is both compelling
FOR A RESERVATION FOR
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and dramatic. with a well balanced
admixture of thrills and culprises.
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m Broadway - - New York
or should be clean uneven. Beexy
lost the argument and also lost an-
otller chance to remove the "triage."
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Rudolph Valentinto has settled
down to work in Hollywood on “Co-
bra." The star is living in the
house which he owned before his
departure to New York tw0 years
ago. It is on a high hill overlook-
ing the city. The visitor to the
Valentino home is confronted with
an. assortment or dogs. large and
small variety. The star's constant
companion is a big. Italian mastii‘l.
which he brought with him from
Italy. The mastift resembles a. bull-
doz. but is larger and not so ugly.
This dog wears a. hair collar which
gives him the appearance of hav-
ing a. natural fringe around his
neck.
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As a boy. Bull Montana. he or the
cauliflower ear and the pugllist'ic
mien. worked on a farm then as ap-
prentice to a shoe maker for the
munitlcient sum of three cents a
week. After working for the shoe
maker one year his salary was in-
creased to eight cents. Bull is at
present playing “Bully Boy" in Tom
Mix's picture "Dick Turpin."
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Virginia. Pearson. movie star of a
few years ago. is to return to the
screen in "The Phanton of the Op-
era ” She “ill play the role of
Carlotta. the rival prima donna to
Christine Daae. the heroine. Mis:
Pearson has been appearing vaude-
ville ulth her husband. Sheldon
Louis.
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The $10,000 prize. offered by Arl-
olph Zukor to the writer “hose
story or play made the best motion
picture produced in the year ended
September 1 last, has been awarded
by a distinguished body of judges
to Rafael Sabatilzi for his howl
‘MScaramouche" produced on 111'.
screen by Rex Ingram. The judges
were: George Barr Baker, chair-
man of the First International Con-
gress of Motion Picture Arts: Ellis
Parker Butler. president at the
Authors' league of America: Edward
Childs Carpenter. presidvnt of th-.
American Dramatists; Allan Dix-rm,
motion picture director;
Dana Gibson .the or: let: Fiederick
Roy Martin general manager of the
\sso:iated Press;1\lar3
Elli-31mm. lit“! list: l'lmrr
playwright and Rolu:r‘ l:
Emotion picture critic
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:hvr‘rood.
Monte Katterjoli n has
just an-
mcnte whereby the life of P. "L
screen under the title "The Great
Barnum. " Ketterjclm spent 0 er a
year gathering data. for the star:
During that time he travelled across
the continent six times. \lsiting dil-
terent scenes of Baruum' s acthities.
He also folloued the
formation first hand“ He
Barnum. Although no one has as;
yet been chosen to plav Barnum
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Barnum is to be tinnsformed to the:
Ringling Eto touch the a :hlng spot until I pro 2
Brothérs Barnum and Bailey circus cured l‘.0l 51' PH. 1.8 “lib vomit.“ ‘3
On tour for mu claws gathering in-Eful resultt. "
talked Ectic stimulant for tLe kidnes. can:
with hundreds or men who knew Ely and thoroughly flush and expense
two candidates hzue been mention-'
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ed for the role. Thomas Meighan
masseuse"?
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and Wallace Beery .
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Lloui Hughes will appear opposite
Corinne Griuith in "Duclasse. ’
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Margaret Livingston. star of "The
Chorus Lady" is wry, very sad these
days. And. the reason for fair‘
Margaret's unhappy demeahor is
very plain. Margaret was the adop-
ted mascot of the Syracuse college
football team when that Eastern
aggregation of husklee went to Los
.Angeles to play against the eleven
or the .‘Universny or California.
Margaret had never mascoted be-.
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fore. She mascoted as hard as she:
could.'hut—-shc is very sad. Her!
protegees lost.
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Casson Ferguson will return to
the screen after a year's travel in
Europe in support of Rudolph Val-
entino in "Cobra." He will play the
part or the star's best friend. en-
acted ou the stage “'lih great suc—
cess by Ralph Morgan. Those who
saw Pauline Frederick's memorable
production or “Bindame X" will re-
member Ferguson as the young at-
torney who was eloquent even
though acting in the silent’ drama.
Nita Nal-ii will play the erriug Wife
in “Cobra."
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Rudolph Valentino's next picture
will be “Cobra" from the New York
dramatic success of last season. In
it he v'ill portray a role which “ill
remind many of his performance in
“The Shclk.” To make "Cobra"
Rudolph will have to sacrifice the
’l-card he had been growing for his
part in “The Scarlet Power" so
that. the public will never, see the
r-lcturesrwe appendage that attract-
ed so much newspaper attention
both in this countrv and in Eur-
:ope. It is supposed, however. that
Ewhcn "Cobra“ l5 complete-d anothrr
E litai‘d “11! inc raised to mret the re-
t’luirtmrnts of the Spanish pieces.
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Rod La Iloquu,
completed the featur rule in "The
Golden RUE" Will leave. room for
Paris. to play opposnc Gloria Swan- :
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who has fur?
A Lemur”? Jov has not retired {rum
Ellie screen. Rumors that she had
Eabandonazm her career wri‘e not. at
:l‘CFt .1 low tins ago YVth] 5.11.», nu
‘lm'r‘sivl l0 Hollvuvmd lo luirin norlr
on "The Dir-seinakr-r Paris"
News at her return alter an absence
or eight months was the siznal for
,a series or congratulatory messages
lrom players who had been associat-
l ml with her in many of hrr form-:rE
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Mrs. Ellen elilgnaro. Scut h lorl-z ;
Fa. urine "-1 had been suffering
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the kidneys and
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pleased with the relief obtained. The?
use of FOLEY PILL? increases kid '
may activity.—-Etillson-Powell Corp .‘
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
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ANNIVERSARY WEEK
Now Playing
AVE YOU EVER
seen a Magic
Rug soar above
the city beating a
Thief and a Prui-
cess?
.Have you ever
seen a white horse
withwin sflythru
the clougs’
Have you ever
seen Magic ropes,
live dragons and
bats as big as ele-
phants?
Have you ever
Seen arr“invisible”_
cloak?
This beautiful
sto of romance
an adventure
3 in
ings of astoun
and unbelievable
magic.
AUGMENTED
BIALTO
ORCHESTRA
. “Happiness
Must be Earned”
3 Pmmunmxcus
2:15, 7:00 mi‘omo .
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Always famous
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phere, We have made special pre-
' ' ' , h parations to entertain a host of
new and old friends l'ew Year's
BRUNSWICK ORCHESTRA
will furnish Dance Music
BE SURE To SPENDt NEW YEAR’S EVE
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