mrs. temple 's telegram is a 1920 american silent comedy film directed by james cruze and starring bryant washburn and wanda hawley .

it is based on the 1905 broadway play mrs. temple 's telegram by frank wyatt .

it was produced by famous players-lasky and released through paramount pictures .

this film survives and is preserved at the library of congress and at gosfilmofond , moscow .

mrs . temple ' s telegram

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city federation of women ' s clubs . after temple ' s first federation of women ' s clubs acco . . .
first presbyterian church of temple . the first church established in temple , this co . . .
first christian church of temple . when the santa fe railroad organized temple in 188 . . .
king ' s daughters hospital . the temple charter of the international order of the king . . .
london : s . french , ltd . ; new york , s . french
baker theatre , all next week ! commencing monday matinee , jan . 13 , 1913 , earl d . side presents “the winifred st . claire company . ” presenting a repertoire of broadway successes : matinees : monday – “cutest girl in town , ” tuesday – “girls , ” wednesday – “way down south , ” thursday – “the one he loved , ” friday – “mrs . temple’s telegram , ” saturday – “lena rivers . ” evenings : monday – “the turning point , ” tuesday – “little grey lady , ” wednesday – “mrs . temple’s telegram , ” thursday – “cutiest girl in town , ” friday – “the road to yesterday , ” saturday – “ way down south . ” prices – matinees : 10 and 20 cents . evenings : 10 , 20 , 30 and 50 cents . seats now on sale !
temple public library . on march 29 , 1900 , the women ' s literary club and the self cultur . . .
215 martin luther king , jr . dr . , temple , tx , united states
jack temple adores his wife , but she remains extremely jealous of him . while at an ice cream shop , jack is attracted to a flirtatious vamp and meets her again later on the roof garden of a department store . they linger so long that the store closes and the couple are locked out for the night . the next day , realizing that his wife will not believe the truth , jack tells her that he spent the night with his friend , john brown . mrs . templeton , suspecting that this is a lie , wires john brown to come . jack then convinces his friend frank fuller to pose as brown , but the real brown , who is mrs . temple ' s italian hairdresser and is secretly in love with her , arrives on the scene . brown ' s wife , in a jealous panic , follows . then the vamp appears and confesses that she is actually mrs . temple ' s cousin , who hatched the whole scheme to cure her cousin ' s jealousy .
first baptist church of temple . originally known as pleasant hill baptist church , this . . .
eighth street baptist church . soon after the establishment of temple as a railroad to . . .
six of the greatest hits of new york’s leading theatres will be presented here by chas . h . rosskam , justly famous chicago stock co . ina clair’s success “grounds for divorce . ” mary boland’s big hit “meet my wife . ” irene cordoni’s sensation “little miss bluebeard” a refreshing comedy cocktail . new york critics said : “it’s great entertainment , tuneful , cheering , amusing . ” “it’s daring , it’s delightful , it’s naughty and it’s nice . ” here is a play all morris county will surely enjoy . r . f . woodhull , manager .
christ episcopal church of temple . founded as a mission in 1889 , this fellowship achiev . . .
seven star cemetery . temple incorporated in 1882 , the same year the missouri , kansas . . .
dr . john s . and mary mccelvey house . completed about 1906 for dr . john s . mccelvey ( . . .
santa fe memorial hospital , inc . . the first hospital in temple , this institution opened . . .
memorial baptist church of temple . less than a decade after its founding in 1881 , templ . . .
city federation of women ' s clubs . after temple ' s first federation of women ' s clubs accomplished its goal of founding a library and disbanded in 1902 , this organization was created in 1915 to coordinate the work of the city ' s women ' s clubs . members met in a variety of locations until a clubhouse was built in 1947 - 48 . the city federation of women ' s clubs has led efforts to beautify the city with landscaping ; worked for health and safety issues ; organized youth recreational programs ; supported educational reforms and social service programs ; and provided leadership for the creative arts in temple . ( 1991 ) # 885
ferguson home . built 1907 for james e . and miriam a . ferguson , each later elected twice to governor ' s office in texas . mrs . ferguson was the first woman elected governor in any state . during their terms the texas highway department and public schools achieved great importance . this was family home until jim ferguson became governor in 1915 , and again from 1917 to 1925 , when mrs . ferguson was first inaugurated . recorded texas historic landmark - 1967 # 1591
lake polk park . soon after establishing the city of temple , the gulf , colorado , and san . . .
first united methodist church of temple . the rev . e . r . barcus served as the first pasto . . .
c . l . walker home . will campbell , who constructed many early homes in temple , built thi . . .
november 1 my wife’s family 2 passion play 9 robertson’s pictures 14 the girl in the barracks 16 clara bloodgood in “the truth
18 - 23 charles k . champlin company 27 lynian howe’s pictures 28 the great wall street mystery 30 mildred & rouchlere
shakespeare ' s love ' s labours lost as printed from the prompt copy for the production by augustin daly at the fifth avenue theatre , new york , 1874 .
burke and wills the triumph and tragedy of australia ' s most fam . . .
this is a reproduction of a book published before 1923 . this book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages , poor pictures , errant marks , etc . that were either part of the original artifact , or were introduced by the scanning process . we believe this work is culturally important , and despite the imperfections , have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide . we appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process , and hope you enjoy this valuable book . + + + + the below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title . this data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification : + + + + mrs . temple ' s telegram : a farce in three acts ; french ' s standard library edition frank gunning wyatt , william morris s . french , ltd . , 1908
w . goodrich jones ( 1860 - 1950 ) . known as
father of forestry in texas .
came to temple , . . .
clippings relating to a performance of la tosca , starring sarah bernhardt . from one of several scrapbooks related to new york city theater and opera compiled by mrs . margaret blaisdell byrd , mother - in - law of george yerrall iii ( class of 1941 ) .
city of temple . founded in 1881 on the santa fe line , temple , like dozens of texas towns , owed its beginning to the railroad and was , in fact , named for a santa fe official , b . m temple . on june 29 , 1881 , a gala town lot sale , with free barbecue , was held by promoters . in 1882 , the missouri , kansas , & texas built through and soon after , santa fe made temple a division point . for some time , however , temple was a town of shacks and tents with the usual large number of saloons and tough characters found in the early west . locally , it was called
tanglefoot
, because some citizens found that the combination of muddy streets and liquor made walking rather difficult at times . at 1882 , the town was incorporated and two private schools began . the temple academy was soon organized and public school was established in 1884 . in 1893 , the annual temple
stag party
began , growing out of a private thanksgiving celebration attended by the town ' s leading men . it was held until 1923 . today temple is known as a major hospital center of the south , for located here are santa fe hospital ( founded 1891 ) , king ' s daughters hospital ( 1896 ) , the scott and white hospital ( 1904 ) , and the veterans administration ( formerly mccloskey ) hospital ( 1942 ) . ( 1968 ) # 5224
pendleton . called pendletonville in 1880 ' s ; renamed 1904 for local resident george . . .
king ' s daughters hospital school of nursing . nursing training was implemented at kin . . .
king ' s daughters hospital . the temple charter of the international order of the king ' s daughters and sons , a protestant ecumenical group , was formed in 1893 to provide medical care to indigent citizens . the group , made up largely of educated women , rented rooms in a small house and opened king ' s daughters hospital in 1896 . in 1898 a board of trustees was elected which appointed the first staff physicians ; cornelia parsons became hospital superintendent . by 1920 the king ' s daughters organization had discontinued support of the hospital facility . considered ahead of its time from its earliest days , king ' s daughters hospital remains a major provider of affordable modern medical care . ( 1998 ) # 11725
the baker theater’s gold - leafed art deco architecture dates back to the 1920s , according to the theater’s web site . vaudeville performers , including abbott and costello , once performed on its stage , the site says .
grace united methodist church . founded in 1882 to serve the area ' s german population , t . . .
band comedy - j . g . anderson well known to local theater goers is in town for a home talent production for the benefit of the alton band . mr . anderson has secured the services of herbert de guerre - - leading man last season with the sanford dodge company - - to direct the production and play the leading part . the play selected by the committee is the popular new york success ,
mrs . temple ' s telegram
in which mr . de guerre has played many times with professional companies . this famous farce ran for three hundred consecutive nights in new york city and was pronounced by critics and public to be the greatest comedy hit of many seasons . the very best local talent has been secured for the various strong parts , and mr . de guerre stated after the rehearsal last night that the alton cast are the cleverest and most congenial amateurs he has ever coached . unusual interest is already displayed in this production and mr . anderson assures us that it will be the most satisfactory and cleverest performance ever witnessed on the local stage .
the theater presented “the first talking picture in morris county” on march 18 , 1929 showing warner brother’s , â€œon trialâ€ starring pauline frederick , bert lytell and lois wilson . the warner brother’s vitaphone production appeared for five days with two showings per night .
st . louis : backstage bite : deluca celebrates the muny ' s 100th season w / ooey gooey st . louie bars
42nd reunion of hood ' s texas brigade . honored the late general john b . hood , for whom f . . .
the baker theatre – tonight and tuesday matinee and evening ! 3 performances daily 2 : 30 p . m . , 7 : 15 and 9 p . m . thomas a . edison’s , genuine talking pictures ! projected by trained mechanicians from the edison laboratory on his latest and most wonderful invention : the edison kinetophone . presenting one and two part features , including : monday : edison’s minstrels , anniversary of jerry & mandy , temptation of faust , two shamrock’s from ireland , chimes of normandy , deaf mutes ( by rupert huges ) mrs . murphy’s horseshoe , band selections and many others ! tusday : john j . mcgraw ( 2 parts , ) after college days , julius ceaser , bonnie scotland , singing society , band selections and many others ! prices : 10 – 15 – 25 cents . friday matinee and evening : the 4th episode of the perils of pauline , more thrilling than ever !
dover youth wins fame in theatricals was the headlines on december 26 , 1924 in the dover advance . harry van orden now appearing on the keith circuit . mr . and mrs . lewis van orden and harry van orden , jr . , known on the vaudeville stage as van tyson and van , spent a few days last week with harry’s parents mr . and mrs . harry van orden of garden avenue in wharton . they came to dover direct from nashville , tenn . , to complete details in the constrution of a new house on west end heights where they intend to make their home when they come to dover . harry has been traveling with his uncle and aunt for the past year appearing in various parts of canada , on the pacific coast and throughout the middle west and much of florida . this week the group played at the royal theater in new york city .
first presbyterian church of temple . the first church established in temple , this congregation was organized on october 19 , 1881 , under the leadership of a . a . black , with the assistance of the rev . c . w . peyton and the rev . r . m . tuttle . the 24 charter members had been dismissed from the belton presbyterian church in order to found the temple congregation . the first and second buildings for the church were located on the southwest corner of north first and barton . construction of the present facility , the third for the congregation , began in 1929 , during the pastorate of the rev . michael mar yosip . ( 1982 ) # 1848
“we loved the architecture , ” scott franklin , the film’s producer , said of the theater . “it had a lot of character . ”
one night only , tuesday march 4th . direct from poli’s theatre , washington , d . c . “the john mccormack of musical comedyâ€¦america’s leading irish actor - singer : walter scanlan in
the blarney stone . ” hear mr . scanlan’s new songs . hear him sing : “kitty , ” “minstrel’s prayer , ” “when i kissed the blarney stone , ” “shamrock flirtation , ” and old favorites . a gorgeous four - acts musical comedy gem of youth , love and sunshine . seats on sale wednesday , february 27th at 10 am . note : curtain promptly at 8 : 20 .
santa fe memorial hospital , inc . . the first hospital in temple , this institution opened in 1891 for employees of the gulf , colorado & santa fe railroad . the first section of the present building , completed in 1908 , replaced an earlier frame structure . until 1948 nursing care was provided by sisters of charity of the incarnate word . early staff members dr . a . c . scott , chief surgeon , and dr . r . r . white later formed the noted scott and white clinic . now a general care facility , santa fe memorial hospital serves as a reminder of temple ' s early development as a railroad town . ( 1982 ) # 4579
dr . john s . and mary mccelvey house . completed about 1906 for dr . john s . mccelvey ( 1870 - 1964 ) and his fiancee , mary horne ( 1881 - 1960 ) , this house was erected of concrete blocks cast on the horne family plantation near waco . the mccelveys built the north wing addition and garage and servants ' quarters in 1927 . dr . mccelvey was a prominent local physician affiliated with the king ' s daughters hospital and was active in state medical associations . mary mccelvey was active in temple social and civic affairs . the house was designed in an eclectic gothic style with an asymmetrical plan , wraparound porch with chamferred corners , and stone piers with urns . recorded texas historic landmark - 1999 # 11728
first baptist church of temple . originally known as pleasant hill baptist church , this congregation was organized on november 21 , 1874 , in the small bell county town of birdsdale ( about one mile west of present temple ) . the rev . anderson clark ( 1829 - 1925 ) became the church ' s first pastor , leading a charter membership of twenty people . a small sanctuary was built on land donated by a . j . flakes , but was destroyed by a tornado two years after its construction . following the creation of the city of temple in 1881 , the members of pleasant hill baptist church voted to move to the new town and rename their congregation first baptist church of temple . a frame church was built on the corner of north main street and barton avenue in 1882 . it was replaced with a brick and stone structure in 1895 . after the 1895 building was destroyed in a 1938 fire , the congregation relocated to this site and built a new sanctuary that same year . additional buildings have been added over the years to serve the growing needs of the congregation . instrumental in local missionary activities , this church has served the community for over 100 years . ( 1988 ) # 1680
wayman chapel a . m . e . church . george connor , a missionary elder of the african methodist episcopal ( a . m . e . ) church assigned to the temple area , organized this congregation in 1883 . a frame sanctuary was built at this site two years later , with dock lacy and green mcgrew as church trustees . a growing membership during the early years of the 20th century required a larger house of worship , and the present brick sancturary was completed in 1927 . an important institution in temple ' s black community , wayman chapel a . m . e . church has long been a source of leadership and service . texas sesquicentennial 1836 - 1985 # 5728
in 1998 , new interest in the theater developed as the downtown business district began to grow with the arrival of the chester lionâ€ \ s club flea market .
the baker official opening of the 1916 - 1917 season ! tonight , the management proudly presents as the inaugural offering of the baker’s eleventh season , the celebrated american comedienne : may robson , herself , and her excellent company in her latest success : “the making over of mrs . matt , ” by james forbes . direct from the new nixon theatre in atlantic city , where miss robson entertained thousands of the “city folks . ” prices : 25 , 50 , 75 cents , $ 1 . 00 , a few $ 1 . 50 . curtain call : 8 : 20 . carriage call : 10 . 45 .
first united methodist church of temple . the rev . e . r . barcus served as the first pastor of the congregation , organized in 1882 , one year after the city of temple was founded . the original structure on this site was destroyed by fire in 1911 . the present romanesque revival building was finished three years later . architects were sanguinet & staats of fort worth . for many years civic meetings and school functions were conducted in the sanctuary , the largest in the area . recorded texas historic landmark - 1979 # 1896
site of 1920s factory of the temple monoplane . pioneer commercial aircraft developed by engineering genius george w . williams , who with roy sanderford , george carroll , and his brother , e . k . williams , formed texas aero corporation in 1927 . the firm obtained ( june 23 , 1928 ) approved type certificate no . 45 of u . s . department of commerce , to make and sell the temple monoplane . primarily designed for airmail , this craft was equipped for night flight - - an innovation in that era . despite successes , plant closed after 1929 wall street crash and death on aug . 15 , 1930 , of george williams in a student training disaster . ( 1970 ) # 4719
on december 30 , 1920 , the baker presents the boston english opera co . in gilbert and sullivan’s the merriest of comic operas , “ruddigore” on special tour after 200 times in new york with the company’s own orchestra and beauty chorus . by the early 1920s , in addition to the regular vaudeville acts and the silent motion pictures , the baker began to book major theatrical productions that made full use of the theatre’s five - story flyloft , back - stage and under - the - stage dressing rooms for the stars and morris county’s largest stage area , that hosted dozens of actors and dancers along with tons of scenery , all on stage at the same time .
starting monday ev ' ng , dec . 29th . annual engagement of dover’s favorite company , chicago stock co . opening production mon . eve . sir percy beauchamp says “one time the chambaw of commerce from pwovidence , roade island came ovah heah ; from time to time one of them would remawk in a loud voice ,
so this is london ! ” and then they would all laugh uproariously and so will you when you seeâ€¦george m . cohan’s newest comedy , spoofing the british ! tuesday matinee and night , “the alarm clock , ” by the author of “the bat . ” wednesday matinee and night , “the old soak , ” raymond hitchcock’s famous success . thursday matinee , “so this is london , ” thursday evening , “polly preferred” guy bolton’s comedy of the movies . friday matinee and night , “the white sister , ” f . marion crawford’s dramatic hit ! saturday matinee and night , “getting gertie’s garter , ” a laugh festival by mr . hopwood . matinees at 2 : 30 . evenings at 8 : 20 .
seven star cemetery . temple incorporated in 1882 , the same year the missouri , kansas and texas ( mkt ) railway built a line through this area . this land was most likely owned by the rail company , but few records exist about the burial ground ' s early history . many stories surround the cemetery , though , including that it began as a slave cemetery in the 1860s or as a public burial ground for african american residents . over the years , the site has been known by many names , including mkt , temple league and seven star cemetery . the latter name , used today , has particular significance because of the traditions related to the underground railroad . it is believed that seven stars , including the north star , helped guide slaves to their freedom before the close of the civil war . although fewer than 100 graves at the site retain their original markers , seven star cemetery is the final resting place of nearly 500 individuals whose stories are part of temple ' s rich history . those buried here include former slaves as well as veterans of the spanish - american and first world wars . the local chapter of the juneteenth association maintains the site . historic texas cemetery - 2005 # 13449
billy allen was the father of steve allen . on december 12 , 1912 the baker presented “get - rich - quick wallingford” and on december 30th “madam butterfly . ” larry boyd presents the hedge holmes musical comedy company “in song plays of brimful of music , mirth , and wholesome entertainment” 24 people , special scenery and electrica effects . as a special inducement paramount will offer may irwin in “mrs . black is back . ” orchestra seats 30 cents , first balcony 20 cents and 2nd balcony 10 cents .
her first appearance was in “the hoop of gold . ” she played “tilly” a london slaxey and made a hit . but for all that , she had to paint dinner cards for two more years . then she acted miss ashforth in “the private secretary . ” later she became a member of the lyceum and of the empire companies . noteworthy among her many creations are “liberty hall , ” brundy in “gudgvons , ” miss prism in “the importance of being earnest , ” miss gemoit in “bohemia , ” mrs . voskins in “lord and lady algy , ” miss yesrsuma , with her three legged dance in “the poet and the puppets , ” and queen elizabeth in paul kestor’s “dorothy vernon of haddon hall . ” for a short time miss robson was one of the fun maker at weber’s theatre . since 1907 she has been a star in “the rejuvenation of aunt mary . ”
42nd reunion of hood ' s texas brigade . honored the late general john b . hood , for whom fort hood was named . meetings were in first baptist church . transportation from carnegie library ( convention headquarters ) was by one of the first auto parades in temple . j . w . stevens , chaplain , hood ' s original brigade , conducted the annual memorial ceremony . other speakers included dr . t . a . pope , of cameron , and hon . w . b . lane , state comptroller . convention ended with rousing rendition of confederate war song ,
dixie
. this association , founded in 1872 , held reunions until 1934 . ( 1967 ) # 39
scott and white hospital . the gulf , colorado , and santa fe railway established the town of temple in 1881 and located the santa fe railway hospital at temple in 1891 . dr . arthur carroll scott , sr . ( 1865 - 1940 ) became chief surgeon of the railway in 1892 . in 1895 he hired dr . raleigh r . white , jr . , ( 1871 - 1917 ) who was promoted to co - chief surgeon by 1897 . doctors scott and white formed a private practice partnership in 1897 , and in 1904 they opened a hospital known as the temple sanitarium . located in downtown temple , it was renamed scott & white hospital in 1922 and expanded to six city blocks . the hospital became a training facility for nurses and doctors . several new divisions of specialized medicine were added after world war ii , and the hospital gained a national reputation for medical research . following relocation to this site in 1963 , the hospital expanded . by 1995 more than 6 , 000 people were employed here , and over one million patient visits were recorded . the largest group practice in texas , scott & white continues as a leader in the development of health care and has become a world - renowned medical facility . ( 1997 ) # 4613
ring of honor staff members said about 700 people came to the friday night show and the league’s owner , cary silken , said he expected the theater to be packed again on saturday night .
august 8 mayor of tokeo 12 little johnny jones 14 what happened to jones 17 under suspicion 19 billy the kid 21 funny mr . dooley 24 montana 28 mc fadden’s flats 30 the squaw man
pendleton . called pendletonville in 1880 ' s ; renamed 1904 for local resident george c . pendleton ( 1845 - 1913 ) , state representative , 1883 - 1889 ( house speaker , 1886 - 1887 ) . as lieutenant governor , 1891 - 1893 , became first elected official to preside over both legislative houses . u . s . congressman , 1893 - 1897 . ( 1968 ) # 3978
baker , dover , n . j . 5 big days starting today , mon . , tues . , wed . , thurs . , fri . warner bros . present “on trial” a 100 % talking picture ! with pauline frederick , bert lytell , and lois wilson . it’s new ! it’s different ! it’s sensational ! the first talking picture in morris county ! a warner bros ' . vitaphone production . prices admission for this engagement : matinee , 15 and 25 cents . evening , 25 and 50 cents . two complete showings in the evening at 7 and 9 o ' clock .
arthur carroll scott , sr . , m . d . . ( july 12 , 1865 - october 27 , 1940 ) born in gainesville , texas , arthur scott graduated from bellevue medical college in 1886 . in 1892 he became chief surgeon of the santa fe hospital in temple . he formed a partnership with dr . r . r . white , jr . , in 1897 , and they founded the temple sanitarium ( later scott and white hospital ) in 1904 . a specialist in surgery , dr . scott became a well known authority in cancer diagnosis and treatment . after a remarkable career , he died in 1940 . recorded - 1997 # 214
c . l . walker home . will campbell , who constructed many early homes in temple , built this residence in 1912 for c . l . walker ( 1881 - 1940 ) and his wife daisy ( 1884 - 1969 ) . since 1945 it has been owned by their son c . l . (
chick
) walker , jr . , and his wife iladene , who raised their three children here . the elder walker served as mayor of temple from 1922 to 1924 and his son was mayor from 1950 to 1952 . both were also city commissioners and both operated a cotton oil mill . recorded texas historic landmark - 1978 # 6491
today , fri . , sat . on the stage—– vaudeville , al h . wilson “world’s champion laugh provoker” smith and ware “southern steppers” alice – kerr & ensign – jack in a “high c” scream “fiddle up . ” marie’s comedy circus , “a clever group of four - footed friends . ” on the screen — “the eagle of the sea . ” a paramount picture with florence vidor and ricardo cortez .
former site of scott and white school of nursing . the school of nursing was founded in 1904 by dr . arthur c . scott and dr . raleigh white , jr . , as a part of their temple sanitarium to provide professional training for nurses . initially a small local student body was instructed by the doctors and nursing superintendent at their facility , a former catholic convent on south fifth street and avenue f in temple . doctor scott & white based the nursing school on the philosophy of florence nightingale , and created an atmosphere of training and education . the school expanded over the years , and changes took place in both the name of the school and the diversity of the curriculum . in 1946 nurses ' training included a liberal arts education in conjunction with temple junior college . by 1949 the school was ranked among the nation ' s top programs in nursing . in 1968 administrators planned a two - year phasing out of the diploma program in nursing and the beginning of the baccalaureate nursing program at mary hardin - baylor college . during its 66 years of existence as a diploma program , the scott & white school of nursing graduated 1 , 233 nurses who served prominently in health care worldwide . ( 1997 ) # 1954
rourke , in character , wearing tight lime green pants with an image of a ram’s head on each outer thigh , descended the walkway for his bout with the ayatollah , played by professional wrestler ernest miller .
on friday night , paul sansevere , of oxford , was scouting the show to see if he would take his two children , 8 and 10 years old , to saturday’s filming . he decided he would .
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first christian church of temple . when the santa fe railroad organized temple in 1880 , it offered lots to any church that would erect a building on the site . in 1888 a group of christian called an evangelist , the rev . w . s . lockhart , in an effort to organize a congregation . within a year , they had secured a site for a church building between central avenue and avenue a and had called the rev . c . h . strawn as their first pastor . the rev . mr . strawn organized such church groups as the official church board , the ladies ' aid society , and the sunday school . the congregation grew so rapidly by by 1903 its members had moved into a new building on the corner of 3rd street and adams avenue . in 1909 the graded sunday school system was adopted , and an educational annex was added in 1914 . the next years saw active growth . the bell county convention of christian churches was formed , the men ' s bible class flourished , the ladies of the church united to become the women ' s council , the church began to sponsor the boy scouts of america . many devoted members willed portions of their estates to the church , and by 1948 a modern building was dedicated . continued member support enabled the church to celebrate its centennial in 1988 . ( 1997 ) # 11724
presently , the baker’s stage is the largest in northern new jersey and boasts a 1500 square foot gigantic sunken hardwood floor . it also has marble staircases , multiple balconies , a video projection unit and a theater screen .
william h . baker constructed the new dover theater on property he purchased from the henry mcfarlan estate at the western end of what was once doverâ€ \ s pride and joy , the beautiful , “mcfarlan park . â€ the theater was built almost on the very site of the historic 1815 losey - mcfarlan mansion house and stables . mcfarlan park was the pride of the village with flowering trees and gardens . mr . mcfarlan often displayed rare and exotic plants each year to the townspeople’s delight . itâ€ \ s often been said that some of new jerseyâ€ \ s first tomatoes were cultivated here , long before tomatoes were eaten by the public , believing them to be poisonous . they were referred to then as â€œlove apples . â€ also , tall shaded oak trees lined both sides of west blackwell street from warren street up to prospect street making this section of town a beautiful showcase .
the film’s production company employed ring of honor , a pennsylvania - based professional wrestling league , to stage a series of real matches at the baker theater , and the crew filmed portions of the climactic scene between those matches .
the baker theatre , tuesday , aug . 12th , matinee only ! special engagement : sousa and his band ! john philip sousa , conductor . the world famous model soloists : miss virginia root , soprano : miss margel gluck , violiniste : herbert l . clarke , cornetist , sousa’s band compares only with sousa’s band ! first appearance in dover ! concert begins at 2 : 15 . prices : 35 , 50 and 75c . seats now selling !
steakley home . the f . l . wright home was built on old stagecoach road in 1874 , seven years before temple was founded . it is still on original boid d ' arc stumps foundation . has original chimneys , and roof line . the builder was 1867 settler from alabama , confederate veteran f . l . wright . recorded texas historic landmark , 1964 # 5102
october 1 - 7 aubrey stock company 8 the gypsy girl 12 east lynne 15 the walls of jericho 19 metro . moving pictures 24 the way of the transgressor 26 hadley’s moving pictures 28 jas . o ' neill in monte cristo
first lutheran church . when this church was organized by the rev . carl kreutzenstein in 1886 for temple ' s german - speaking lutherans , it was named bethlehem evangelical lutheran church . charter members included the schmidt , paulus , scholz , koch , bosl , jahnke , rhein , and haedge families . a small frame sanctuary was built at the corner of avenue f and fourth street . by 1913 the congregation needed larger facilities , and a new building was erected at avenue g and south first . in 1946 the church was renamed first lutheran church . a new sanctuary was built at this site in 1958 . ( 1989 ) # 1737
the ayatollah , introduced as “the beast from the middle east , ” came down a walkway wearing a white headscarf and brown cloak , with a snake charmer’s melody playing over the sound system . he waved a flag , apparently taunting the crowd .
grace united methodist church . founded in 1882 to serve the area ' s german population , this congregation originally was known as the friedens ( peace ) church of the evangelical association . this sanctuary was completed in 1883 on land donated by the gulf , colorado and santa fe railway . the wood frame structure with cedar post foundation features some elements of the gothic style . the church building stands as an important part of the area ' s diverse cultural heritage . recorded texas historic landmark - 1983 # 2237
augustin daly was a celebrated american playwright and producer , notably of shakespeare ' s plays . the library holds a large collection of the promptbooks for his plays and those of others ( except the plays of shakespeare : those are in the folger shakespeare library ) .
former site of y . m . c . a . . in 1898 , the gulf , colorado & santa fe railroad chartered a young men ' s christian association and , in 1899 , erected a 3 - story structure across the street from this site to furnish lodging and recreation for railway workers . the facility also served temple citizens and pioneered in providing athletic activities for youth . the principal community leaders of the
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were w . s . rowland ( 1866 - 1940 ) , dr . a . c . scott ( 1865 - 1940 ) , dr . j . m . woodson ( 1868 - 1930 ) , dr . r . t . wilson ( 1884 - 1965 ) , walter r . humphrey ( 1904 - 1971 ) . the first y . m . c . a . building burned in 1934 but was rebuilt the next year . in 1942 , the facilities were given to the uso . ( 1975 ) # 5920
for three days at the baker with celebrated film stars charlie chaplin , douglas fairbanks and frank keenan in “the rink , american aristrocracy” and “the grimsby’s boy . ” harold lloyd in the “lonesome luke” comedy and bliss along with four acts of vaudeville with the baker orchestra .
at its peak , the baker entertained charles champlin and myrkle harder who brought stock companies to dover to play broadway hits , such as â€œthe latest rebelâ€ , “the old homesteadâ€ and bayard viellerâ€ \ s â€œwithin the lawâ€ which opened on january 29 , 1914 with joe garson .
stairways changed , new ladies retiring room , children’s nursery , check room and gentlemen’s lounging apartments and being added to the baker theatre . mr . baker says he is not going to leave a stone unturned in the way of equipment to assist his new manager , mr . woodhull , in making the season 1913 - 14 the “biggest ever” at the baker . the old so - called “peanut heaven” or gallery will be eliminated , and orchestra chairs will replace the present benches , thus making the second balcony uniformly seated back to the picture booth . at the first landing on both sides , door lead to the ladies retiring rooms and children’s nursery , which will be in charge of matrons on all big attractions . under the new plan mr . baker , mr . woodhull and mr . hicks will all have private offices together with a special apartment for traveling managers . from a glance at mr . baker’s booking sheet , the people of dover will be permitted during the coming season to witness some of the best new york productions without the long ride on the theatre train to the big city .
eighth street baptist church . soon after the establishment of temple as a railroad town in 1882 , the rev . l . j . mackey organized the saint love all baptist church . the early mission of the church was to serve african american railroad workers in the new town . it was located on the southeast corner of d and 12th streets until 1905 , when , as the first baptist church ( colored ) , members moved to this location on what was then eighth street . in 1911 , during the pastorate of the rev . j . s . simmons , members adopted the present congregational name . the church has played a vital role in the development of the community it serves through active ministries that include youth , senior and homebound programs . ( 2005 ) # 13796
the grand opening program was mr . robert mantell & company in sir edward bulwer’s romantic play , richelieu or the conspiracy . prices for opening night were 50 cents , 1 . 00 and 1 . 50 . tickets went on sale at the theater box office the saturday before the big event .
the opening ceremonies comprised brief addresses , followed by headline vaudeville acts and the motion picture “north of 36” . recalling the days when the baker theatre was first opened in 1906 , rosewell s . bowlby , superintendent of the local schools , said that he was decidedly impressed at the wonderful transformation .
aronofsky , 39 , wearing a gray scarf , a black and green “ram” t - shirt and sporting a thick beard , at times offered direction to members of the audience while crew members sprayed the 55 - year - old rourke’s long stringy bleached blond hair and body , making it look like he was perspiring .
during friday night’s matches , marisa tomei , playing a stripper who befriends randy “the ram” robinson , filmed her entrance to the match in the temporarily closed - off theater lobby , ring of honor staff members said . tomei won the oscar for best supporting actress in 1993 for her role in “my cousin vinny . ”
arthur carroll scott , sr . , m . d . . ( 1865 - 1940 ) born in gainesville , texas , arthur c . scott graduated from bellevue medical college in 1886 and won an internship at the western pennsylvania hospital . returning to gainesville , he married maud m . sherwood in 1889 and began a private medical practice . in 1892 dr . scott was appointed chief surgeon of the gulf , colorado and santa fe hospital in temple . in 1895 he hired dr . raleigh r . white , jr . , and they formed a private partnership in 1897 . in 1904 they founded the temple sanitarium which they directed jointly until dr . white ' s death in 1917 . subsequently , dr . scott established a partnership with dr . g . v . brindley , sr . , and dr . m . w . sherwood and changed the name of the hospital to scott and white hospital in 1922 . a specialist in surgery , dr . scott became an internationally respected authority in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer . scott and white received accreditation from the american college of surgeons as a cancer treatment center in 1933 , the earliest in texas . dr . scott was active in many medical and community organizations . the institution he co - founded became a multi - specialty health system renowned in the southwest . he died in 1940 . ( 1997 ) # 215
george valter brindley , sr . , m . d . . ( january 8 , 1886 - october 7 , 1970 ) texas native george brindley graduated from the university of texas medical branch in galveston in 1911 , and went to work at the temple sanitarium ( later scott & white hospital ) . he became a prominent specialist in surgery and cancer treatment and a leader in guiding the development and growth of scott & white hospital . after 50 years , dr . brindley retired in 1961 and served in several community organizations . recorded - 1997 # 11721
carlos ramirez drove from new york city for the filming because he follows the work of darren aronofsky , director of “the wrestler . ” he read about “the wrestler” on the internet movie database and saw details about the dover filming on the movie’s web site , which features a dark , bloody image of the ram on the index page .
the baker , dover , n . j . vaudeville , tonight , tuesday and wednesday , mat . wed . 2 : 30 , buchanan de vens co . comedy sketch , “the suffragetts ' ball . ” “la parise , ” big scenic production with posing dogs . jeff and la vern healy , singing and pianologue . two acrobatic zulus , comedy acrobats . plus , exclusive service photo plays , tonight , two - parts : “the switchman’s mistake” and “a quarter back . ” coming friday , jan . 9th . john w . vogal’s , big city minstrels with two local boys , lew van orden and joe porphy . prices : 25 , 35 , 50 and 75 cents .
james a . fletcher house . bell county native james andrew fletcher ( 1858 - 1944 ) was a leading temple businessman . in 1907 , with his son omar , he acquired a local business founded in 1881 by his brother - in - law early greathouse . it became the nucleus of fletcher enterprises , a prominent banking and industrial firm . this residence was designed and constructed for fletcher and his wife susan jane in 1925 by ernest scrivener of san antonio . it features a mixture of styles popular during the era . recorded texas historic landmark - 1981 # 1918
joseph dennis . joseph dennis ( dec . 10 , 1810 - oct . 19 , 1894 ) tennessee native joseph dennis came to texas in 1849 with his wife , isa ( seitz ) , and their children . after bell county was created from milam county in 1850 , dennis was instrumental in selecting a site for the county seat , which became the town of belton . a respected landowner and businessman , dennis was elected first bell county treasurer and later moved to temple . a number of dennis family members are buried in this cemetery . recorded - 1984 # 2855
the film’s producer , director , actors and crew filmed at the baker theater last week , including a 13 - hour session on thursday . on friday and saturday night , a mix of wrestling fans , film followers , paid union extras and the generally curious watched the spectacle — actual professional wrestling matches along with the filming of “the wrestler” finale .
saturday , january 12th . matinee 2 : 30 . evening 8 : 20 . seats for both performances now on sale . “the high water mark of our 1924 season : henry w . savage’s magnificent musical comedy ,
the clinging vine , ” with irene dunn and the original n . y . production . our excellent orchestra at all performances .
rose zara ( zatagotsky ) phillips was barely into her teens when she starred in her first , and only , movie made by a duo who would later become two of hollywood’s most prominent directors . when she made the silent movie in the north jersey town of dover , the roaring ‘20s were in full swing . the flapper was queen of the decade ; the charleston was the dance and the public’s fascination with motion pictures was only beginning . “we heard two big hollywood directors were coming to dover to show the locals how movies are made and audition local people for parts , said rose phillips . the movie was
a dover romance” and the big hollywood directors were george cukor and clarence brown .
king ' s daughters hospital school of nursing . nursing training was implemented at king ' s daughters hospital from as early as 1897 , and formal two - year classes began in 1903 . in 1906 , the hospital revised its charter to officially include a nurses ' training school and the curriculum expanded to three years about 1910 . mary julia putts provided outstanding leadership as director in the 1920s . in difficult depression years , an expanded curriculum and facilities helped the school survive , but a shortage of enrollees caused it to close its doors in 1948 . the hospital began its own vocational nursing program in 1954 . school alumnae formed an association in 1921 and served with distinction in both world wars . ( 1998 ) # 11726
as vaudevlleâ€ \ s popularity began to fade and when economic hard times hit , something had to be cut . it was usually the vaudeville troupe that found itself back on the street . and with them went the stagehands , as well as the musicians . times became tough for the vaudeville performers except for those who went on to radio and motion pictures .
houdini was born erik weisz in budapest , hungary on march 24 , 1874 . his family soon immigrated to america where the aspiring young magician selected his own name — houdini . in 1899 impresario martin beck employed houdini to work for the orpheum ( vaudeville ) circuit . houdini performed his largest stage illusion in 1918 , vanishing jenny the elephant at new york’s hippodrome .
the daily advance wrote the following on february 6 , 1914 : tonight himmelein’s players headed by miss besse dainty , will be seen in one of the wittiest comedies of the day . “the blue mouse” is without an equal as a laugh producer and people who like comedy should not miss seeing miss dainty and company tonight in the sparkling comedy of new york life .
the baker theatre , dover , n . j . now showing ! today , tomorrow and saturday . a special washington’s birthday program of vaudeville , presenting jimmy shearer , favorite of station wgcp and his radio pals in a novelty offering “at the mike” and 4 other big acts ! special ! all kiddies attending the saturday matinee will receive a present from mr . shearer .
raleigh r . white , jr . , m . d . . ( 1871 - 1917 ) mississippi native raleigh r . white , jr . , moved to texas in 1882 . a graduate of tulane university department of medicine in 1893 , white was hired by dr . a . c . scott as house physician for the santa fe railway hospital in temple in 1895 . white and scott formed a medical practice partnership , became joint chief surgeons for the railway , and established what is now scott & white hospital . dr . white was highly esteemed by both colleagues and patients . recorded - 1997 # 4170


radical act is a feature-length documentary by tex clark .

shot in 1995 , radical act documents the contributions of female artists to the 1990s indie rock scene .

participants include kathleen hanna ( bikini kill , le tigre , julie ruin ) , toshi reagon , gretchen phillips , melissa york ( team dresch , vitapup , the butchies ) , kim coletta ( jawbox , co-owner of desoto records ) , shirlé hale ( mary lou lord , gerty , womyn of destruction ) , sharon topper ( god is my co-pilot ) , journalist evelyn mcdonnell ( mamarama : a memoir of sex , kids and rock n roll and rock she wrote : women write about rock , pop and rap ) , author victoria " vicky " starr ( " kd lang : all you get is me " ) and dr. kay turner ( now folk arts director of brooklyn arts council ) .

radical act screened at the 1996 outfest film festival in los angeles and was included in miranda july 's " joanie for jackie chainletter " collection of short films .

radical act ( film )

in the current political and social climate , it seems almost a radical act to see two arab muslim actors playing romantic leads .
in uncertain times , it is a subtle act of rebellion to celebrate and uplift marginalized voices .
radical act , a feature - length ( and vintage ) documentary about the contribution of female artists to the 1990 ' s punk scene . featuring : kathleen hanna ( bikini kill , le tigre ) , tribe 8 , toshi . . . see full summary »
“when a woman makes a film , that is a radical act , ” director and screenwriter ava duvernay said at the women in the world summit in new york city on wednesday night . by that definition–and by any other , really–she and the other two women on stage , pakistani documentary filmmaker sharmeen obaid - chinoy and prolific actress meryl streep , are all radicals .
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sami is an expressive actor and the broad , physical moments he does so well is what got the big laughs in the screening i attended at the recent arab film festival in sydney , but the film ' s hidden strength is in those subtle moments .
ali ' s wedding , directed by jeffrey walker and starring osamah sami and helena sawires and billed as australia ' s first muslim romantic comedy , is one such film .
the film trades mostly on broad , physical comedy , making it appealing to a wide audience . but the impact of ali ' s wedding goes deeper than whether it can make audiences laugh .
co - written by sami and based on his memoir good muslim boy , winner of the nsw premier ' s literary award , ali ' s wedding has already picked up a slew of audience and critics awards at film festivals around the country .
i’m so grateful to her , because i always had it rolling in the back of my mind that i wanted this period in time to be remembered for the sake of history , and for it to be in the library , or , you know , in the world – as somebody who’s interested in music and that period of time , that radical act would be out there as having told part of the story . it was a showcase for these folks who were talking about music and what it meant to them , and all of whom are really great musicians . so i hope some people who see it say , “who’s this meg hentges ? let’s see if we can find some of her records . ” i hope people go back and listen to some of the musicians i recorded .
in this way , this film occupies a space alongside amal awad ' s recently released non - fiction book beyond veiled cliches . although very different in scope and style , veiled cliches also refuses to shy away from the conflict between love and repression that many muslims experience .
all three women not only make their presence strongly felt in the male - dominated film industry , but tackle women’s issues and promote activism in their work–whether through portraying brave women so powerfully that even men can’t help but empathize , or exposing women’s struggles by documenting or dramatizing them .
in the summer of 1995 , tex clark ( then a final - year university student ) embarked upon a trek across the u . s . to document the burgeoning role women were playing in the underground punk and indie rock scenes . the resulting film , clark ' s final undergrad project , was
stephen colbert has made no secret of his opinions about donald trump . the late night host has been a ray of light in an endlessly depressing news cycle , inventing new and myriad ways to roast the president . but colbert has been quietly staging a more subtle act of rebellion on “the late show , ” by celebrating people of different races , genders , and orientations with a refreshingly inclusive showcase of stand - up comedians .
here , among the cacophony of muslim immigration bans , burqa stunts in parliament , and the ever present alarmism over
homegrown terrorism ,
is a film that refuses to put these issues at its centre , focusing instead on a story of , dare we say it , two star - crossed lovers trying to find a way to be together .
obaid - chinoy spoke poignantly about the psychological toll incurred by telling the heavy stories she takes on . “you have to live and breathe that reality with those people you are filming , often for years , ” she said . “their reality becomes your reality . their nightmares become your nightmares . you have to deal with your own demons when that film is done . ”
in the mid ‘90s , as female - led indie and punk bands proliferated under labels like foxcore and riot grrl , a college student named allison “tex” clark criss - crossed america with a vhs camera interviewing new - breed women rockers . pioneers like meg hentges and gretchen phillips of two nice girls , cult heroes like toshi reagon and bikini kill’s kathleen hanna ( later of le tigre ) , and musicians little known outside local scenes in austin , baltimore , or champaign - urbana talked to clark about how picking up guitars and drumsticks was not just musically liberating but an empowering and political act .
i started law school in 1995 , in september . i had submitted the documentary to a couple of festivals , but at the time i was on video , i wasn’t on film , and the film world hadn’t quite bridged the gap between , are we gonna show video , is video really cinema , and all that . like sundance , for instance , wouldn’t accept submissions unless they were on celluloid . and there were a lot of other ones . i mean , i wasn’t going to get into sundance , i know that , but they sort of were the tastemaker for that kind of policy . so i submitted it a couple of places , but really i was just studying , i was in law school , and the activist kind of interest that you see in the documentary got transformed into activism within the law and social justice interests that i had .
the show was great , phenomenal . but the one thing i missed from the original version were the backing vocals . the interplay between the awkward byrne in his tom wolfe - esque white suit and the grooving singers ( edna holt and lynn mabry ) was one of the elements that made the live shows captured by jonathan demme in the film stop making sense both sweet and transcendent , hilarious and delirious . fortunately the backing vocals are more prominent on kidjo’s album version , which drops june 8 . but also , the singer brings front and center what the heads placed 20 feet from stardom , as the saying goes : # blackgirlmagic
in streep’s latest film , suffragette –a british historical drama that will be released in the u . s . in october–she plays emmeline pankhurst , who led british women in their fight for the vote a hundred years ago . if a movie about voting rights sounds dull to you , you’re probably american : the british women’s movement “was different from the one in the u . s . , which was very polite , ” streep said . “in england , it was violent . ” after their attempts to petition parliament failed , the british suffragettes took a creative approach : blowing up the politicians’ golf courses . but it was “about wrecking property , not hurting people , ” she said .
nine pm on a saturday night in an english seaside town , eric and i eat in harry ramsden’s fish and chips restaurant across from the seafront . we’re just like the other couples sipping large glasses of wine ( the english equivalent of a “small glass” is a half pint ) and tucking into their cod and chips and mushy peas , only eric doesn’t drink , and told the waitress “no mushy peas” . ( i tried the mushy peas and agree they belong only in a color photo or black and white film . ) we’re just like the other couples making occasional conversation while the overhead speakers dotted in among the modest chandeliers play the type of music good old harry would have liked back in the day .
colbert isn’t the only high profile fan of carmen lynch’s ; the comedian recently wrote and starred in a short film directed by chloe sevigny . part of miu miu’s women’s tales series , “ carmen ” is an unsettling look at lynch’s life as a single woman comedian that begins with lynch telling jokes to an empty room . sans laughter , her black humor takes on an even more morose quality , which is the perfect complement to sevigny’s pensive shots of lynch walking the streets of new york . but not to worry — her colbert set is much funnier , if not entirely upbeat . “i love men in their forties , they’ve lost hope , ” she says . “they’re so real , they’re halfway to death and they know it . ”
kay turner , bac ' s folk arts director , has a ph . d . in folklore and anthropology from the university of texas , austin . in addition to her work at bac , she teaches courses on gender , theory of time and performance , and oral narrative theory in the performance studies graduate program at new york university . among her publications are beautiful necessity : the art and meaning of women ? s altars ( thames and hudson ) and baby precious always shines ( st . martin ? s press ) , an edited selection of love notes between gertrude stein and alice b . toklas . her current scholarly work includes ? september 11th and the burden of the ephemeral , ? an essay published in 2009 and a book project with dr . pauline greenhill , transgressive tales : queering the grimms ( forthcoming in 2012 , wayne state university press ) .
, talking heads thought and acted global . over the course of their previous three albums , they had made the transition from art - school weirdos to acclaimed rock band . now , as darkness dawned in reagan’s america , they wanted to do something truly historical . they thought big , expansive , the foundation of humanity . they thought africa .
on remain in light , an album on the library of congress registry , the rock quartet gathered musicians and sounds . inspired by afrobeat artists , specifically fela kuti , they played with polyrhythms , long jams , horns , backup singers . most critics and listeners loved it . but even that many years ago , some denounced the white americans for cultural appropriation . this is what makes angelique kidjo’s reinterpretation , or reappropriation if you will , of this seminal album so interesting .
kidjo is from benin , west africa . as a young singer recording her first album in the early 1980s , she enjoyed considerable less cultural freedom than talking heads . in fact , in ‘83 , she fled the country’s military - controlled government for paris , not wanting to be pressed into civic service ( a story remarkably similar to celia cruz’s flight from havana to the u . s . ) . in the decades since , she has become a global pop star , famous for her powerful voice , afrocentric anthems , and irrepressible dance moves . a few weeks ago , she staged a concert - cum - revival at the theater at the ace hotel , mostly playing all the songs from remain in light , but also leading the audience — and talking heads guitarist jerry harrison — in a conga line around the venue for some of her own classic hits .
i love the original remain in light ; it lived on my turntable when i was in college . but kidjo makes the songs her own , digging into their juju and finding new resonance in david byrne’s famed lyrics of alienation — “this is not my beautiful house , ” the colonized female sings the colonizer male’s words . vivien goldman says kidjo “triumphantly re - claimed the album for her continent” in her essay on the musician for women who rock : bessie to beyoncé . girl groups to riot grrrl , the anthology i edited ( hitting stores october 9 ) . as you can see from the video above , when kidjo sings “born under punches , ” it’s not a metaphor .
i hear from reliable sources ( my brother and st . vincent ) that david byrne’s current tour is also incredible , which i don’t doubt . i watched stop making sense for the first time in years last weekend ; it’s an important document of a band in transition . ( though you do have to wonder what everyone was on that allowed them to perform at that speed and intensity — ah , the ’80s . ) check out the mixture of aerobics and modern dance in “life during wartime” from stop making sense .
you would never have known from last night’s bold - as - love performance at the masonic lodge in the hollywood forever cemetery that liz phair has a history of crippling stage fright . maybe it was the army of ghosts that the artist said had her back ( “don’t touch my ass ! ” she scolded one ) , or maybe it was the quarter - century of power she found in the old songs she had dusted off for the show , but the exile from guyville played for about 80 minutes without falter or stammer . she wasn’t alone up there ; a younger musician whom she never introduced but referred to once as “connor” accompanied her on electric guitar and vocals . but sonically , his role seemed to be primarily one of moral support . about halfway through the show , phair had had enough of his trying to lead each song with a countoff . reminding him he was playing with “a rebel , ” she plunged into the next song without the human metronome . empowered by the small audience’s enraptured support and the refound determination of her old songs , phair played with a confidence and ease that evaded her when her first album , exile in guyville , whose songs she mostly played last night , made her an overnight indie star 25 years ago .
if you’ve listened to the recently released box set of that album and the previous tapes she recorded as girly - sound , you know how well that material has held up over time . that was even more evident at the show . the lodge was full of , well , women ( and men ) like me : well into middle age ( my friend sat over a vent because she was having hot flashes ) , nodding our heads to songs as we relived how phair was one of the first artists to express the gendered power imbalances of both intimate relationships and professional relationships in so - called alternative music communities . as she told me when i interviewed her back in april for the guardian : “i was tired of being the girlfriend of the guy in the band , i was tired of hearing that my music tastes suck . this was not ‘alternative’ ; this was just underproduced . ”
this was phair’s first show since the release of girly - sound to guyville . you’ll be hard - pressed to find tickets to the first leg of shows , but she has added more dates in the fall . for you angelenos , she’ll be at the theater at the ace september 21 . sure , this was a nostalgia trip for many of us , but i think her songs would resonate with young women today ; phair called it “fuck and run , ” today they call it “hook - up culture . ” as she told allison wolfe , for wolfe’s essay on her in women who rock : bessie to beyoncé . girl groups to riot grrrl , the book i edited ( out october 9 ) : . “male rock and roll singers have forever talked about sex graphically and gotten it on the radio . as a woman , i wanted to take that back . ”
said at the ascap expo panel i moderated may 7 . it was her lovely , evocative way of answering my question about what it was like to make an album with
. in three words , this gifted musician summarized the spirit of artistic collaboration , of two souls open to innovation and communication bouncing ideas off each other , emailing each other bits of sounds and bobs of lyrics , not being afraid to fail in front of each other or to embarrass themselves . i want this saying on a t - shirt : freedom is contagious . let’s catch it .
it was an honor to share the stage with st . vincent , and a pleasant surprise to be there with king princess , a new artist who is already blowing up on youtube . my first question was to point out that not only do they both have stage / pen names that denote a high sense of self - esteem , but they are also identities that are at least partially masculine : what kind of freedom does such a put - on persona give them ? both pointed out that their given names — annie clark and mikaela straus — don’t exactly shout “rock star ! ” clark said her given name sounds like a “stoner babysitter from 1985 . ” “king princess is like an attitude , ” mikaela explained . “i take comfort in it as kind of a shield to exist in , where i can make cohesive art .
hollywood , ca – may 07 : st . vincent , evelyn mcdonnell and king princess attend the 2018 ascap “i create music” expo at loews hollywood hotel on may 7 , 2018 in hollywood , california . ( photo by lester cohen / getty images for ascap )
her holiness and her majesty were both articulate , engaging , empowering . i loved the way they spoke to each other , sharing their experiences of being college dropouts ( st . vincent , from berklee school of music , king princess from usc ) and urging audience members , especially women , to take advantage of the cheap and easy affordances of such gear as apogee . but their personal styles were so different . clark sat straight in her chair , looking elegant and poised in a long dress she had gotten that morning , while straus lounged in hers , all comfy in a long shirt , pants , and track shoes .
at just 19 , king princess is already a fledgling online celebrity . she has earned her followers not just because she has a strong , vulnerable , warbling voice ( think regina spektor , kd lang , amy winehouse , lorde ) but also because she writes melody - driven songs about longing and loss , aimed unabashedly at female love interests . in
and at the expo panel , she is candid and open about her sexuality . her song “1950” is an ode to queer history , specifically the book
. she just released her latest song and video . like “1950 , ” “talia” is a song about a lost lover , represented by an inflatable love doll in the video . watch it here :
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the news of space x building its big effing rocket in san pedro has gone national , global even . it , along with some hot property deals , also led to the predictable headlines about an “ upturn for san pedro . ” maybe , maybe not . as “ marina del pedro , ” an info - rich exhibit currently at the angels gate cultural center , shows , the efforts to develop this community are as old as the port itself . curator and artist tim maxeiner ( discloser : he’s a friend ) turned to both historical archives and the contemporary local community to tell the tale of the port of los angeles’s push and pull relationship to nature , industry , people , and business . the german - born egalitarian pulls work from both teens he taught at the boys and girls club and such local artists as phoebe barnum and beth elliott . i even wrote an essay for it , about waterfront adventures in this whale of a town . the exhibit closes saturday , with festivities from 3 to 6 p . m . below is my essay , which will also be in the catalog , available this weekend .
i live on the edge of a forest . it’s five acres large , a potential home to 700 species , and it thrives in winter , when its trunks and leaves stretch high to the sky , swaying back and forth in the ocean currents . animals feed and hide here in the giant kelp : mammals as big as you , who will swim up to your kayak and look you straight in the eye or roll in the water underneath , showing off , or maybe even nursing their young . schools of fish — sardines or spanish mackerels — flash silver in the sun , and bright orange garibaldi dart nervously around rock outcroppings , having been pushed out of their nests by crustacean bullies : armored lobsters and their sideway cousins , the crabs .
i live next to one of the busiest ports in the world . ships laden with containers slip in and out of angels gate , like multi - colored skyscrapers moving sideways across the sea . towering cranes await them , a forest of metal redwoods silhouetted against the mountains , ready to pluck the rectangular boxes off the cargo decks like so many toothpicks hundreds of feet in the air , then stack them neatly on the dock , where they’ll continue their voyage via trains , or trucks — the atoms of the neoliberal capitalist organism continuing their global orbit . refineries belch smoke in the background , processing the crude black oil pumped up from the bottom of the ocean by the rigs that loom like watchtowers on the southern most edge of my view — the rigs are the south poles , the refineries the north . between them lie the kelp and the commerce , the dolphins and the dock workers , the whales and the freighters — the urban wild landscape of san pedro , my adopted home .
liz phair is sitting in the rose café , a well - loved venice , california , eatery where tech - industry entrepreneurs munch quinoa alongside music - biz hipsters sipping lattes . the critically adored singer - songwriter does not look like 25 years – sufficient time for her to conceive , deliver , raise and send a son off to college – have intervened since her debut album , exile in guyville , made her the rolling stone cover girl for third - wave feminism . she ignores her matcha until a foul odor of burning oil wafts over from the kitchen – a peril of open - air design . phair coughs . once , twice , repeatedly . it’s as if something heavy and toxic has seeped into this bastion of urban chic , landed in her sensitive lungs , and has to be expelled , forcibly and immediately . she perseveres , telling me about how the book she has written was compelled by the election of donald trump , her voice cracking under siege . then i begin coughing .
“it’s affecting you too , ” our canary in the coal mine exclaims . “sorry , i’m going to save you . ” she flags down a server and we move beverages and recorder to the bar , far from noxious fumes .
liz phair does not suffer irritants quietly . and lately , irritants abound . once again , men are excluding women from power , reducing them to sexual objects , and shutting down or demeaning their modes of expression . it’s guyville redux , only this time , it’s not just faux - alternative hipsters in the indie - rock scene of chicago in the early 1990s . it’s the top dog in the white house .
i caught up with phair recently for the guardian , one of the world’s greatest newspapers . i have to admit i was heavily influenced by the great interview allison wolfe did with her for women who rock . read my interview with liz here : urltoken
i first heard david ivar sing at house 1002 , a store where folks seek and discover odd treasures , on pacific avenue in san pedro , ca , the los angeles neighborhood david and i both call home . amid house’s cavernous space crammed with anchors and old tools and bamboo couches and vintage chandeliers , he sang leonard cohen , lou reed , and tom waits in a gentle loving tone , not an imitation of those rough - edged troubadours but a heartfull tribute . pacific runs from the end of the harbor freeway to sunken city , the off - limits tumble of asphalt and palm trees where seven decades ago , a housing development slipped into the sea . until a damn 7 - 11 opened a few years ago , there were no chain stores on pacific , just mom - and - pop ventures like house . this port town is a community of independent businesses and immigrants – a perfect spot for a french - swedish anti - folk anti - hero to lay his greek fisherman hat .
inspired by the words of mr . san pedro , mike watt , at a show – “release your own stuff ! put out your own music ! ” – david , under his musical name herman dune ( other stage names include black yaya ) , is releasing his latest , 13th album on his own on may 17 . sweet thursday is named after a john steinbeck novel and is also inspired by pedro’s monthly art walk on the first thursday of every month . along with brett sullivan of the band american anymen , david has made a video for each song . he’s releasing one video every thursday .
today , i have the honor of premiering “love cat blues , ” because , you know , i’m a cat lady . the video shows david driving around long beach , the south bay , and pedro in his old blue toyota , lovelorn and seeking . from his awkward southern twang in the spoken intro , to the road map background , to the steinbeckian title , to the americana groove , the album is a tribute to his adopted hometown and homeland , delivered at a time when immigrants are not always honored .
for more info about david and herman dune , and to buy limited edition copies of the album and of his art work , visit urltoken . you can watch the video below , or at urltoken , where you can also see his other videos as they are revealed over the next month .
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countless stand - up careers have been launched by plum late night appearances , including storied debuts by joan rivers , eddie murphy , and ellen degeneres on johnny carson’s “the tonight show . ” luckily for emerging comedians everywhere , the current resurgence of late night means the tradition is alive and well , which can be especially helpful for those comedians who might otherwise be a token at a comedy club — namely anyone who is not a straight , white man . no late night show is supporting a more inclusive roster of rising comedians than “ the late show with stephen colbert . ”
of the 11 stand - up comedians colbert has hosted in 2017 , only 4 have been white men , and one of those guys’ entire opening bit is about how he doesn’t look white ( for what it’s worth ) . all hailing from the new york comedy scene , where “the late show” is filmed , the talent pool is fairly evenly distributed across age , race , and gender lines , though the men do outnumber the women , and colbert has yet to host any trans comics . ( jimmy fallon recently had patti harrison on his show ) .
while there are no awards for being a good guy , it bears noting that colbert is doing his part to pay it forward and give exposure to voices that might otherwise not get heard in primetime . the inclusivity of “the late show” stand - up line - up is all the more apparent considering the show airs on cbs , which recently made headlines for refusing to pay asian - american actors daniel dae kim and grace park the same salaries as their white male co - stars on “hawaii five - 0 . ” looking at colbert’s guests , it is easy to forget that parity is not the norm .
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the proof , as they say , is in the pudding — and very funny pudding it is . each of these comedians offer fresh perspectives on topics the average white male comic couldn’t touch and would never think to explore . from topics such as gentrification , dating men in their forties , and flying as an arab - american , these stand - ups remind us what comedy does best : take pain and turn it into joy .
“i got just enough white people in my neighborhood to have a good grocery store , ” says out lesbian pat brown at the beginning of her colbert set , making light of the sensitive issue of harlem’s gentrification . brown won best female comic at the las vegas comedy festival , and released her first album last year , “the pat brown sex tape . ”
muslim comedian mo amer’s profile rose significantly when he was unexpectedly seated next to eric trump on a flight to scotland . amer immediately posted to instagram with the caption , “sometimes god just sends you the material . ” the two apparently had a good chat , with trump assuring amer their would be no muslim registry . while those reassurances might seem hollow , there is at least one muslim who got something good out of the trumps . amer details the experience further in his set , with a particularly amusing riff about how the flight attendant who upgraded him had to be a democrat .
cool and collected , greer barnes glides onto the “late show” stage with the swagger of a seasoned professional , after colbert introduces him with a clip from hbo’s “crashing , ” where barnes confronts the series’ star pete holmes about taking his stage time the night before he’s “supposed to do colbert . ” barnes is no stranger to comedy ; he has credits on “in living color” and “chappelle’s show , ” as well as more recently appearing on louis ck’s “horace and pete . ” his colbert set is confident and flawless , turning a funny bit about his fear of walking behind white women at night into a brilliant takedown of one of the most insidious examples of casual racism .
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“this idea of the political as personal has a vibrancy now , ” she said . “you can see the interconnections . my hope is that people of color who are involved in the black lives matter movement might see suffragette and get ideas . ”
obaid - chinoy , who won an oscar in 2012 for her documentary about acid attacks on women in pakistan , tends to focus on exposing injustice in her home country . but her films also highlight inspiring women . one of her recent projects , ‘ho yaqeen : syeda fatima , ’ follows a female activist fighting for the rights of bonded laborers in her village in punjab . in a clip shown to the audience , a woman boldly confronts a man who beats his workers . she refuses to leave or back down as he tries to send her away , denies using violence and then defends it as his right .
“very often , we see women in my part of the world as victims , ” she said . “i hope by putting my camera out there , i am creating heroes in my part of the world for the next generation . i need my daughters to have heroes in pakistan . ”
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“i said to myself , if she could do it , then anyone from this part of the world could do it , ” she said .
daily show host jon stewart , who moderated the panel , pointed to a common thread in all three films : “the men are assholes , ” he said , to the amusement of the women onstage as well as the audience .
but obaid - chinoy doesn’t mind hurting men’s feelings . “i like to make men uncomfortable , ” she said . she sees discomfort as the best impetus for change . “it’s only when you’re uncomfortable that you will perhaps look at yourself in the mirror and not like your reflection and think , maybe there is something wrong with the way i think . ”
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osamah sami plays the role of ali in muslim - australian romantic comedy ali ' s wedding .
every now and then , a piece of art comes along to remind us that there is more than one way to appreciate it .
that ' s not to say that ali ' s wedding ignores anti - muslim bigotry — no serious story about muslims can leave that out altogether — but it takes a back seat to the daily concerns in the lives of the characters ; the rivalry between the men at the mosque , the pressures of living in the shadow of a much - loved father admired for his wisdom , the irresistible attraction to the
wrong
girl .
and , of course , the difficulty of being young and muslim , not only because of racism but because of what is often a claustrophobic and judgmental community environment .
one of the unintended consequences of fending off bigoted attacks is the tendency to gloss over the more challenging aspects of being part of an ethnic community such as this .
even among more tolerant segments of society , there can be a failure to appreciate the complexity and diversity within immigrant and ethnic communities . as such , when members of such communities do attempt to point these out , they can be shouted down and silenced , or ostracised and dismissed as
native informants
.
the strictness , the subtle sexism in how parents favour boys over girls , and the unrelenting expectation to be
good muslim girls and boys
— these are real dilemmas facing real people .
like so many girls i have known , the youngster quickly learns to masks her pain behind an unreadable facial expression , suppressing emotional invalidation is how many us learned to survive .
ali ' s wedding refuses to sugar coat this experience of growing up muslim in a western context , of the agony of growing up torn between your own desires and those of your community , something that is all too often ignored because of the danger it can be appropriated by those with a bigoted agenda .
the key , of course , is how it is done . and how ali ' s wedding does it is in its lightest of touch and obvious affection .
the stories and characters are based on osamah sami ' s real - life experiences .
both , however , refuse to demonise and ridicule the people they are portraying . rather , they allow their subjects full humanity , exploring this real struggle alongside the valuable aspects of the culture ; family bonds , humour , the solace in community , the deep and abiding love .
this is the essential and necessary difference between criticism from within and much of the criticism of islam from without .
one appreciates complexity and seeks understanding , the other wants only to demonise and destroy .
ali ' s wedding coming so soon after beyond veiled cliches could signal something i ' ve been waiting to see for a long time — muslim and arab storytellers heading in a new and exciting direction regarding how they tell their stories . one that can lovingly recreate the good times without pretending the bad never existed .
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in 1995 and went to law school ( a fort worth native , she’s now a public defender in portland , oregon ) . for 15 years the movie was virtually unseen outside her living room , where she’d occasionally show it to friends .
, it’s snapshot of a time when women , especially gay women , were starting to assert themselves en masse in a mostly male domain .
before heading to work one morning this week , tex clark talked to mfw about her diy doc’s making and resurrection .
no . there is – well , yes , i am , because the other female tex that i knew is a trans - man and is no longer a she . so yes , but that wasn’t always the case . he is the main subject of a movie called gendernauts , if you are cruising the documentary section and you’d like to find out about the other tex .
i had been on the road as a roadie for a band called two nice girls . they broke up in 1992 , but they were sort of hailed at the time in the music press , such as it was , as the lesbian beatles . they were a four - piece , really musically great band . i just had written them a letter when i was in college and said , “hey , i’ll sell your t - shirts and drive your van if you let me come on the road with you , ” and they thought that sounded like a pretty good deal . so i had a lot of connections through the music world , through the acts that opened for them , and talking to them about music . i was 18 when that roadie gig began , and i was really interested in making documentaries , and so my girlfriend at the time , we got on the road together and started calling people up and asking if they’d give us interviews .
you know , i was in my early 20s , and i was in college and thinking about what it means to be a feminist , the personal is political , all those ideas . i was really interested in , and still am interested in , feminism and women’s voices . but also i just really like kickass hard rock that is being written and produced by women . but certainly my association with two nice girls was really helpful . i had maybe a little bit of an in .
[ the movie ] was something i’d shown a couple of friends over the years , and i stayed in touch with some of the musicians . but it was just kinda done . and then through social circles i met erin donovan , who has a million movies a minute , and she was telling me about a project she had , and i said , “i made a documentary once , but , you know , it’s not very good , you won’t like it” – you know , “it was years ago , da da da da . ” and she was like , “oh , i’ll look at it . ” and she went crazy . she was like , “this is on , we are gonna do this . ”
i have to tell you , i am not very plugged in to pop music . i know who lady gaga is , and i’ve seen her mostly in the tabloid internet bits , like “oh my god , can you believe what she did ? ” but i don’t really know her music very well . but it seems like she’s a good thing , from my very distant vista . she’s doing something that has always been done , from bessie smith and dusty springfield and on and on . which is , there are women who’ve had non - heterosexuality vibes who are making music that’s pretty sexual , and are embraced . but yeah , i think there’s something really queer and “screw you” about [ lady gaga’s ] public persona that’s entertaining .