THE FIRST “MOVIE”
PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW. A Punch and Judy show, declared to be the earliest form of “movie” entertainment in history has been introduced in a sequence for “Too Many Crooks,” the Paramount picture which marks Mildred Davis, return to the According to dramatic annalists, Punchinello, the chief puppet, is derived front the name Pueeio d'Aniello, an Italian vintner of 1560, who by his wit an? grotesque appearance became the leading comedian of Europe and whose place was supplied after his death by tiny wooden harlequins Apart from Miss Davis, other plavers in the cast of the photoplay, which was directed? by Fred Newmeyer, are Lloyd Hughes, George Bancroft and El . Brendel. 1
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19840, 14 May 1927, Page 15 (Supplement)
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115THE FIRST “MOVIE” Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19840, 14 May 1927, Page 15 (Supplement)
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