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...Died. Lew Dockstader (George Alfred Clapp), 68, blackface comedian; in Manhattan, from a bone tumor on his leg resulting from a fall. On the vaudeville stage for over 50 years, Mr. Dockstader's most famed performance was an act in which he appeared, with burnt cork on his face, accoutred in every detail, even to teeth, as President Roosevelt in Rough Rider's costume. His mere entrance brought a roar of laughter...
Fred Stone, commanding exponent of clean fun, is just leaving. Jack Hazzard entangled himself with a failure called Bye, Bye, Barbara, but will probably be back. Other vacant niches are labeled: Sam Bernard, Lew Fields, Frank Tinney. Yet their absence cannot discourage the general jet of joy. It seems that louder and funnier theatricals are inevitable. In fact, loudest and funniest...
Three Women. The three women are Pauline Frederick, May McAvoy, and Marie Prevost. Pauline is 38 and looking around pretty anxiously for a little affection. May, her daughter, marries it right under her nose and Marie lures it rapidly away. It is Lew Cody. The unseen hand of Ernest Lubitsch pulls the strings for these popular puppets and makes them dance acceptably...
Engagement Denied. Lew Cody, cinema actor, to Dora Goldberg Gressing Northworth Gordon "Nora" Bayes (TIME, Aug. 25). Said he: "I wish it were true. It's fiction...
Engaged. Dora Goldberg Gressing; Norworth Clarke Gordon Bayes (known to theatre-goers as Nora Bayes), blond vaudeville actress, to Lew Cody, cinema actor; in London...