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Cameo theatre. State street. Bridge.
port. takes pleasure in announcing
that within a feiv days this refined
home of photopinys will reopen its
doors which were closed last Satur-
day night for the purpose of in-
stalling the first Vitaphono produc-
tion to be presented in this State.
It is expected that the installation
will be completed in tune for the
playhouse to open on Christmas. the
exact date, however. will be an-
nounced later in the columns of this
paper.
Bringing Vitaphono to a any the
size of Bridgeport at this early date
is indeed an achievcment for the
management for at tho preson‘. time
the only cities able to boast of this
newest invention of the motion pic-
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PAGE SEVEN
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gum THEATRE
LAST’TIMES TODAY 2:15. 7:15 and 9
Anna Q. Nilsson and Lewis Stone in
“MIDNIGHT LOVERS”
of;
SATURDAY
BOB CU STER in
‘THB DUDE.COWBOY”
SUNDAY EVENING
ANITA STEWART in
“WHISPERING
WIRES”
,..'.~ , antic
.‘ ".24
Bridgeport is therefore the smallest
city in the country to be honored
with Vitaphone.
The Vitaiihonc is the latest in-
vention of the Western Electric and
Bell Telephone 0014., and brings to
the screen the voice. tone or speech
of the artist; being seen on the
screen with perfect synchronization
and causing the watcher and hearer
to feel that the shadow upon the
screen is actually speaking. playing
or singing. "
With the opening also comes John
Barrymore‘in “Don Juan." said to be
the greatest picture this greatest ac-
tor has made to date. With Barry-
more the cast. includes Mary Astor.
Estelle Taylor. Esther Ralston. June
All seats at the Cameo will be re.
served and there. will be two per-
formances daily at 2:15 and S: ini
ceive special at‘ ontlmi and telephone
Marlow. Helene Costello, Montague Tomorrow, not) Custer comes to
Love, Hedda Hopper. Willard Lewis ”"4" Rinlto screen in "TM Dude
and Joseph Swickard. (Timber? It is a hurricane of
p in. Out of town patrons “iii in. !‘
‘ffilii‘. MARRIAGE CLAUSE”
starring FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN and
DOVE '
receive prompt attention.
This paper will carry full details
of the opening date as wall as the
date the sale of tickets elects
THEAT 12E NOTES
‘ .RIALTO
Lewis Stone and Anna Q. Niisson
close their threeaiify engagement at
tho ~Riaiio theatre today in "The
Midnight Lover." it is a very funny
comedy of London and the war.
speeding; action. A cyclone of gsiv
iopim: hoofs. lightning larinls of full
:zm‘. _lu7..;. Another chapter! of the
'u:_£iii'iliii_’.: serial i'i‘ho House With-
will A Key.
lion.
orders as well as mail orders will
. - NRA
WHALHAS GONE BEFORE
- To the home of l'lttll‘ and Mill,
[41E ELWEIJ. in llamrlenvilie.
lath. one night in October of [8%.
comes MARTHA DALTON, ‘a
nurse, bearing with her a woman
who had fainted on the train on
which Martha had been traveling.
Elwell is an artist. He has a
son. JIM. aged 5. Late that night
twin girls are born to the woman.
who dies without revealing her
identity. The Elweils adopt the
girls. ,
The story then moves forward lit
years. The twins. new growing to
beautiful womanhood. have been
slanted MARGARET and ELIZA-
BETH and nicknamed RUSTY and
BET‘I‘Y. ’
and Jim lillwell enlists. 'i‘wo nights
before he leaves he discovers that
one of the twins loves him and
that he loves her. he telisehls
mother this but .he does not tell
her which twin it is. as he wants
her to love both of the twins equal-
ly while he is away.
The day before he leaves Jim
takes the girls to Chicago for a
good time. Willis in the dining
room of a hotel with them. Jim Is
violently surprised when a waiter
drops a note on the table written
by a won‘isn only a short distance
away. The.
now atom run sronr
comma x
question
and; only until.-
vou finish ridding
in know whethdr “lid
gone blind.
R
deep breath and read aloud:
"Dear Mr. Elweli: i have seine-
your girl friends.
wearinii.
seen one ring like that.
yesrsago.
third floor I shall explain further.
Yours sincerely.
NINA KINGSLEY.
"Well. I'll be damned." said Jim.
out“
told her quietly
iris hitched their chairs together
With one accord as the lingers of
both clutched the mysterious note
,and their lips moved as they read
the words. Their fingers rested at
length on the sisnsture. ~
“Who is Nina Kingsley.i.llmt"
Ania they spoke in concert and
there was accusation in the voices of
both. Evidently their Jim had lads
Moods of when: they never had
heard . .
’ Jim Diwali shrugged. “manna."
was the brief and definite response
of that perturbed young man. “i
never saw her before. She sat at
that table over there." and he jerked
his thumb toward the, place just
mated by the woman. adding. "She
not up and went right out after the
waiter left the note here." .
Batty then picked the note up
,/ satin and once more read It through
other two.
“She
wonderful
libero-root began to grip teens ‘-
could bs—be trust" him
this eyes I! I! they-fa Ml
ball then whether this
America enters the World War '
DST! and Betty repeated their
B "What is it. Jin’it"
by don't
he wanted
suddenly had
Jim picked up the paper. drew a
thing very important to tell you and
it pertains to the
diamond ring one of the girls is
in all my life i have only.
i recognise
it as one 1 last saw worn by a very
dear friend of mine nearly twenty
If the three of you will ’
coins to the reception parlor on the
"rec know as much so i do.” be
He held the paper out and the two
in a tow tens lust audible to the
must' have known our
mother!" Rusty exclaimed. and the
eyesofbotb gtrisgrew bigsstlie
possibilities underlying
“Oh. Jim. is it-do you this! it
Betty
inseoiosmwnluddeniysuaiiaad
woeful. Both giriswss'e mountings! compellingly. drew her attention.
bini..sworidofsgoniasd estrsaty'ln bait-action.
“For heaven's sake. Jim." Rusty ' »
burst forth. unable to control her
voice. "what is it—csti’t you tell
“She are one "endorsed the
ring." Jun replied rather helplessly
liniriedletely‘ though. he get to the
‘point of the router. “Your mother
was wearing the ring the‘nigbt she
.yon snow. the night you two were
born. Recline the best thing we can
do is to go up to the parlor and have
a talk with her. «What do you say!"
Natuuily. what tjiiey said was s
Josiah and unanimous consent to his
proposal. Whereupoo Jim amen
beckoned to the waiter And in the
esciteaie‘nt ‘0! the moment be bad
forgotten hit his tremors about the
also of the cheek. lie scarcely no
tieed it arthe waiter laid it in front
of bun. The uae‘ to so. and
whether Jim denied this as
"spsg‘ashious". or otherwise. be tailed
to say. lie use p es of salad
however. to leave the eighty cents
M iii. “Ems ‘
mmmaedsdlnneotoitbe
big dining roots. and when they,
passed the table occupied by Messrs .
Waters and Ochoa. the: depress
tinned gentleman. his eyes" now
living left the girls for ,tiisn
moment If than tiri.
«star-Ow ‘
ohnhofbiasei'esoiingscit
" “ill be offered in addi- it m.
Wonderingly. Belly removed the ring no... her finger.
. when you read my note.“ she began
" to confess both for hibibel!
. amnion- that none: at
r
REGENT
Tonight at the Regent theatre the
clay. “in Walked Jimmy." Will be
offered by tho Norwnik High school.
The cast is comprised of members
of tho nehooiwvho have been thor-
oughly trained .by Miss Mary ille-
hiaiion, who feels confident that the
production will ‘m: devoid of any
'tmntcurism. A very good enter-
taininent is assured.
'i‘omoriou. Geno Tunney will be
seen in another chapter of "The
Fighting Marine." and Fred Munich
in "The Yellow Back.“ A roaring
western drama or untamed bronchos.
horse racing and thrilling rescues.
WNW—w
PALACE
-Ti‘u primi' or ill pudding is in the
:it i paid and ihc proof of the
r : ‘Xi‘llllt‘i‘liii bill at the Palace
unlit-Ii
‘ to final curtain.
Regent Theatre
TONIGHT At 8:15,
A Stage Play
Under the Auepices of
NOR“ ALK HIGH SCHOOL
SATURDAY
Gene Tunney in
“THE FIGHTING
dMARINE”
Fred Homes in
“The Yellow Back”
i
l
I “lit WALKED JIMMY”
l
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
emu tartan imbue-non k;
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SM I l I NC
Keith Vaudeville
Ever Presented in The- Norwaiks’
PALACE
The Biggest Bill Oi
5 BIG HEADLINERS
MISSES & KISSES
BEATRICE LILLIE
Nsrdo & Wynn
Mel Craig The final;
(“JACK neuron:
COMING ON! NIGHT ONLY HONDAY. DEO. 27TH
Anne Nichol's Great Stage Success
“Abie’s Irish Rose”
.. KENO KEYES TRIO
s
theatre. now.'is in the seeing. Keith
\‘tiudol'llic roaches its zenith hero
with this great program and Nor-
null. ihcatre- -gcers will be adequate-
ly nonrded by their visit. C. n.
hiuddoch's act. "Aliens and Kisses."
.iloi . in north the admission fee
This revue in nine scenes enacted by
urtmrn persons moved the audience
in a spontaneous applause. The not
is in..- biggest and the finest intro,
«iucod hero. Linton and Ray. the
"liotsy Totsy Twins." offer a skit
. "The Retry." which runs
rampant with.comcdy from the first
Mel Craig in a sea.
slim “'ilil “.\liitO.'.' gets off a hit of
. (Continued On Page Fourteen.)
Threads
.0/ Clifford LbkbwarneSt Lynn
well—‘ and the sentence was finished
,ii s' i
with an elaborate shrug of the shoul-
cars a gesture at once eloquent and
graceful and. Rusty and Betty at
once concluded. decidedly reminiscent
i' . of the grand French ladies they had
it
"fl
v to:
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you“ re enrryin‘ too much weight.”
The other scowied and savagely
hit his cigar irr half and his eoniu
sion was such that he started to
drink from thernnaer bowl.
H'You go to hell!" he observed
tsstiiy to his pleagcd pander.
_ e e:
_ The woman who had signed her
self Nina“ Kingsley was alone to the
reception parlor when Rusty. Betty
and Jim entered, and evidently was
waiting for them. The manner of
bsr'grestins. subdued and assured
proclaimed her instantly do a woman
well versed in the ways of assists
and 'she world. .
"i booed you would some.“ she
bald quietly and Jim Elwell's awii
wsrdneaa vanished. She motioned
furthest tositdown.s ‘ .
”on were surprised. of course.
when the three were seated on a
divas“ Jim in the center. and she had
taken the chair facing theta. ,
Jim acknowledged that they had
The tidy exit: in, “Ion know who
i am. don't you! too have; souv-
sesn or read of Nina: est”. .,
.ilni Diwali reluctl
or board of is. lid! I
Kingsley went on.
she smiled engugingiy once more.
“you are no doubt anxious to know
what i meant in that note i had the
waiter fetch you. The ring—" she
indicated the diamond worn by Betty
-'-"l recognised the instant i saw it
down there in the palm room on so
count of its odd slitting."
«give me.
know it all at once. The ring-your
father~" and at the words the twins
started eagerly—"gave ll to—to a
very dear friend of mine. an actress
as an engagement ring Afterward
the engagement was broken pad the
ring was returned to l im.'
exclaimed Betty
voice.
know her?"
keenly disappointed.
leaning forward. gripped the edge
of the dives with a tense clutch of
her fingers.
whispered. “what was his same?"
read about. ‘
“We'll let it go at that.” Nine
“And now." and
“'i‘ha setting. " she went on. was a
very special one, the only one of its
kind she had ever seen and. besides.
and been designed for a specific
.nmpnyu
"inn tell us—” Rusty began
.g-nriy. her cheeks flushed. her eyes
i mining with excitement.
Nina Kingsley checked her. “For-
l’ou must be anxious to
“Oh. you—you know our father!"
in a trembling
"And our mother—«lid you
Rusty bent forward breathiassiy.
"i knew your father. yes. but not
roar mother—that is, not personally.
saw her but once." the woman ro-
plied with iust s tinge of coldness in
her voice
fiance of—ar—my friend until he
met the lady he afterward married.
your mother.“
'.'Your father was the
Rusty sank bank in her chair.
But. Betty.
"And our father." she
"lilo some?" repeated the woman.
her eyebrows lifting slightly “Why.
your father. my dear. was culten
celebrity in the vaudeville world and .
uthe Big Time. His name was Dan
vets-John K. Denver-m
"And mother's name-her mum
name. i mean?" \
But the answer was disappointing.
"Really. i don't think I ever heard.”
Nina Kingsley said.
There was a brief silence. Then
the actress held out her hs’iid toward
Betty.
mine the ring for a moment? Per
haps 1'“ be able to show you some
thing you've never yet seen "
"Would you allow ins to ex-
Wondsrinsly. and with Just a
suspicion of hesitaney. Dotty re
moved the ring from her finger and
laid it in the woman's outstretched
hand.
As the ring touched liar hand.
Nina Kingsley trembled slightly and
a red flush sprangto her on ks. in
her dirk eyes burned an odd lght as
she began twisting the towel to her
fingers. ‘
The twins were leaning forward in ‘
their seats. watching her tensely
.lixn Orwell was studying the woman
intently. s pussl'sd frown knitting his
forehead Somehow this woman was
Just a little too much for bun. it
was all very mysterious-
A question was on .his lips. John
K. Denver's—where was be newt But
he did not voice it. To his am
meat. Nina Kingsley. who had been
the ring all this time and
w seemed to have recovered
her usual eslu‘. turned slightly in
her chair and than tbefirlnds up
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