Charity and early cinema pioneers highlighted in photos
The piece surveys Linda Griffith known as Biograph's first leading lady and her role in An Adventuresome Dolly, her years with Biograph, and later work in Gaumont and Kinemacolor. It also notes Frederick Warde on Shakespearean insights into film, and Eugene B. Sanger weighing women’s influence on moviedom and standards in cinema and drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sears
Film Fun
America
Linda Grinith
Gaumont
Ingland
France
Fat Quimby
Kinemacolor Company
Everyman
Candie Burns
Eugene B. Sanger
Sanger Picture
Playstation
Mr. Sanger
Ina
Children as Censors and The Stage Debate in 1910s
Heads debate the moral and taste role of women in stage and film. Equal Suffrage officials note children as film judges and advocate entertainment over education, citing a failed experiment in the Kip’s Bay district. Speakers include Campbell Macculloch and Mrs. David Clarke Balch chaired the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon Pictures
Equal Suffrage League of New York
Kips Hay
Campbell Macculloch
D. W. Grimbs
Valentine Grant
W. Stephen Bush
David Clarke Balch
Dickens Adaptations Move to Screen From Novels
Lasky and Famous Players plan parallel Dickens film projects star Louise Hutt, Jack Pickford in Great Expectations while Marie Doro heads Oliver Twist on another? Versus stage versions the films use novels as bases. Griffith recalls early struggles and rise from Biograph extra to famed director in a tale of pursuit of cinema fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lasky Company
Marie Doro
Lasky
Paramount
Famous Players Film Company
Louise Hutt
Jack Pickford
The Metropolis Theater Scene Delivers Rich Entertainments
The Standard New York notes a flood of quality theater with Saran Bernhardt in Empire, Soldier Boy at the Shubert, Miss Springtime at New Amsterdam, and Pavlova in action at the Hippodrome. The piece highlights strong casts, lavish scenery, and brisk box office, plus upcoming shows from Cohan Harris and Selwyn Co. and praise for Bernhardt, Taylor, and Vallely.
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Standard
New York
Saran Bernhardt
Empire Theater
Shiberte
Astorater
Clifton
Crawford
John Charles Thomas
Rowland
Juan
New Amsterdam
Manhattan Opera House
Kiaw & Erlanger
Theater
Davia
Laurette Taylor
Mise Taylor
Charles Dillingham
Anna Pavlova
Hippodrome
Tay
Pavlova
Barney Bernard
Mr. Woods
Edward W. Dunn
Cohand& Harris Theater
Chauncey Olcott
Cohan @& Harris
Cohan & Harris
Olcott
Fiske O'Hara
Trish
Helen Vallely
Pitow
Yours Truly
Vallely
Thion
Joseph Hart
Clarke
George Nash
Wittam
Gaxton
James Forbes
Margaret Islington Little
St Nimedy
The
Fine and Her
Percy Preaged
Bowery
Etimam
Yeengamae
Bernhardt
Shuster
Kaye Ie Ayer
Egen
Belasco
Bia
Nancy Stees
Bernhardt Rehearsal Reveals New Leg Case At Home
An odd private meeting with the famed actress shows Bernhardt in lively health. A visitor reports Madame Bernhardt receiving him after a brief curtain call, describing her energy and a backstage rehearsal of a new leg. The star notes the work is not a play but a rehearsal of the remains of the old leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazimova
New York
Great Bernhardt
M’soo
Ama
Christmas Tree Origin Myth and Labor Reflections
A People's Home Journal piece recounts a legend linking the Christmas tree to Saint Winfred and the evergreen symbol of peace. It later notes New York Sun reflections on labor, arbitration, and histrionic calls for compulsory measures, contrasting humane ideals with self-interest in capital and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People
Winfred
Sherea
Christ Child
New York Sun
Wisit
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Frederick Warde
Thanhouser
King Lear
Aevent
Shakespeare
Warde
John
Critic
Julius
Ture
Troilus
Cress
My Men
Macbeth
Mounted Police
Mme. Nazimova
Dickens
Griffith
D. W. Griffith
Kenneth
MacGowan
Boston Transcript
Feure
Lick
Ay Film
Bio-graph Company
Grimith Wisk
Grimm
Biograph
Screen
London
Winston
Churchill
England
Lay
Ohio
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Ralph Kellard
Europe
Kellard
Clara Kimball Young
Robert Warwick
William Fox
Feare T
Fed the Pres
Man with-the-Grouch
Pathe’s Wonder
Grace Darmond
Leon Bary
Astra
Pathe Exchange
Butte
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