The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17
In The Theatres
POLTS.

Starting today at P@s, a distinct the regular vaudeville bill, an old time afterpiece, "The Doctor Shop,'' will be nresented, those putting over'' the comedy being artists who have Jackie Farnum are one of the acts. They offer "Nonsens1cal Nonsense,' and Nat '(Hokum) Farnum stages the afterpiece which che IS of hee fhe aet hill is none other than Harry Breen, well known com edian, who will all ways find soft spot in the hearts of Brideeport theatregoers. Another team who will help show the home folks how yaudevillians entertain one another when they have a -tclown night" at one of the pig vaudeville of 154 Keeler avenue, who are mak- ing good in vaudeville. Incidentally friends of Darling will remember that she is some darhng;,
 crate in the afterpiece, are Kramer & Griffin, in "All About Nothing,'' and Raymond Mfdgley and his Pepper Box Revue, capable of heading an oro1i- nary vaudeville any day in the week. Tonight only local amateurs will be given an opportunity as an added at
 seena Owen in Sisters" will be the feature film, offered to Poli patrons after a wonderful success in New York.
 SlSISTS, truly d. WOIlu0IIul 1nOJ1On picture. which was made from the novel by. Kathleen Norris which is sh lowing at Po1fs theatre. is a lesson which every boy and girl. man and wife, and prospective couples should see. It shows the greatness of love and the spIendor of a woman's cour- age.
 It pictures more than a dozen ser- mons could preach or million books explain that the home is the rock on which the nation is founded. It goes to the root of the domestic trouble and depicts in clear-cut manner the reason why the foundation of American life is threatened. It is not a preachment but a. ..ivid story of how one courageous -,Ife fought to hold her husband from selfish sister and why divorce is such a cow- ardfy thing.
 POITS PALACE THEATRE, Installation of g. 90,000 cubic foot I minute exhaust fan ct the New | Poli Palace theatre on Main street at Congress, has attracted attention
 among the mechanical engineers ot l Bridgeport. The huge fan which is
 between Il and 15 feet in height and
 almost as deep in 1ength is motor ] driven and will operate in the upper | regions of the immense auditorium William A. Schaf, general manager
 of the Schaf Construction company l erecting the handsome granite block
 For Sylvester z. Po1i, declares that ii | will exhaust the air of the huge thea. | tre every two minutes.
 l Strained as 1t enters the building
 purified by mechanical means a1ons
 the same systematic lines that ha. | made the ventilation of the Parlia
 nent building in London. noted | throughout the world, this air is 1 heated by thermostatic regulation s, ! that in winter or summer it remains
 always at a pleasing temperature. | Regulation, Schaf declares, is auto
 matic and within one degree at al
 times of the adjustment made by tn,
 management from thermometers To
 cated in both the gallery mezzanin,
 and the auditorium floor.
 EMPIRE,
 Those who delight in pf1otoplav en tertafnment will find the offering a the. Empire theatre greatly sattsfyins
 and of sustained interest to the yer
 end of the play. '"The Safety Cur tain'' will remain three days to en
 tertain local theatregoers and in tha
 time fans who have made Norma TaI
 madge one of their favorftes will hay, opportunity to see her in some of tn, best acting she has ever done
 The plot opens with an exciting in c1cent in London music hall Wher, disaster drops the safety curtain upon the star characters past ana opens a new life with a soIdier-hert ftaking the place formerly held by al