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CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD again remains as what Mr. Kingsley likes to call "the duplex headliner" at the Palace. Besides her songs she will appear with numerous accomplices in a skit bearing the title of "Movieland," which, although billed as new, is suspect, like her vehicle last week, of having been a part of "Le Maire's Affairs."
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CHICAGO, June 22. GEORGE WHITE has reconsidered the matter of how much to charge for main floor seats for the "Scandals," to be shown here July 10, and has cut the price from $5 to $4, save for Saturday and Sunday nights.
1927Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (died 2011)[†]
Robert Paul Kroetsch was a Canadian novelist, poet and nonfiction writer. In his fiction and critical essays, as well as in the journal he co-founded, boundary 2, he was an influential figure in Canada in introducing ideas about postmodernism.
1927Armand Guillaumin, French painter (born 1841)[†]
Armand Guillaumin was a French Impressionist painter and lithographer.
1927The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.[†]
The Cyclone, also called the Coney Island Cyclone, is a wooden roller coaster at Luna Park in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Designed by Vernon Keenan, it opened to the public on June 26, 1927. The roller coaster is on a plot of land at the intersection of Surf Avenue and West 10th Street. The Cyclone reaches a maximum speed of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) and has a total track length of 2,640 feet (800 m), with a maximum height of 85 feet (26 m).