Trifling With Honor at Universal-Yuvewel Production
The Universal Jewel photodrama Trifling With Honor shown locally at the American theater portrays Shugrue once known as the Gas Pipe Kid. A hero to fans he struggles with a crooked life, choosing integrity over double crossing his team. Rockcliffe Fellows, Pritzi Ridgeway, Buddy Meassinger and Hayden Stevenson head a popular cast in a human centered tale written for Collier’s Weekly by William Slavens McNutt.
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Shugrue
San Quentin
Collier's Weekly
Wiliam Slavens McNutt
Universal City
Harry Pollard
Rockcliffe Fellowes
Fritzt Ridgeway
Butte
Buddy Meassinger
Hayden Stevenson
Hungry Hearts film adaptation praised by Anzia Yezierska
Immigrant author Anzia Yezierska lauds the Goldwyn motion picture Hungry Hearts directed by Mason Hopper. She notes actors Bryant Washburn Helen Ferguson Rosa Rosanova and others lived the story vividly, while Yezierska emphasizes her own disciplined writing process and enduring success.
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Rosa Rosanova
Hungry Hearts
Goldwyn
Miss Yezierska
Mason Hopper
New York
Bryant Washburn
Helen Ferguson
Rose Rosanova
George Siegmann
E. A. Warren
Otto Lederer
Vengeance of the Deep at Ansonia theater opens Wednesday
The South Seas adventure Vengeance of the Deep directed by A. B. Barringer stars Ralph Lewis Virginia Brown Faire Van Mattimore Harmon McGregor and others. Filmed mainly in Honolulu and Oahu natives are shown in a primitive state with notable incidents including a native feast that was interrupted by a sudden refusal.
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Ansonia Theater
South Seas
A. B. Barringer
Ralph Lewis
Virginia Brown Faire
van Mattimore
Harmon McGregor
Smoke” Turner
Honolulu
Oahu
Barringer
Native Hawaiians Star in Filmed Feast Incident
Director Barringer faces a delayed scene as Hawaiians protest a feast without its main dish. A genuine poi and taru root are later prepared, sunrise reveals the missing props inside actors, causing a day’s delay. The natives’ rituals and stance against whites drive the film’s tension and thrills.
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Barringer
Two Complete Trains Used in Westbound LimIted Film
Emory Johnson used two complete trains of 12 coaches and Pullmans plus a dining car baggage car and engines for railroad sequences in Westbound Lim ited at the Rialto theater starting Saturday. He chartered Southern Pacific trains and crews for two weeks near Los Angeles to film the scenes. The railroad sequences are described as among the most spectacular ever filmed.
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Emory Johnson
Rialto Theater
Johnson
Southern Pacific Railway
Los Angeles
Stock ley to Help Write Ponjola Screen Version in Hollywood
Rumor says Cynthia Stock ley will travel to Hollywood to personally assist in writing the screen adaptation of her renowned work Ponjola. The claim suggests direct involvement by the author in shaping the film.
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Cynthia Stockley
Hollywood
Ponjola
Week's Theater Program Highlights at Local Theaters
Sunday through Tuesday Dorothy Phillips stars in The White Frontier a comedy scenic and news. Wednesday through Friday The Tiger's Claw fourth episode of Plunder scenic and news. Saturday The Westbound Limited billed as the giant epic of the screen.
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Dorothy Phillips
Scenic and News
Trifling With Honor and Fighting Blood in Universal Cards
Fritzi Ridgeway and Rockliffe Fellows star in Universal's dynamic lineup as a baseball drama, cartoon comedy, and news reel. Round six features Fighting Blood and The Lonely Road, a First National special, offering a compact program tease with era film titles and key performers.
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Fritzi Ridgeway
Rockliffe Fellows
Universal
Fighting Blood
Hungry Hearts and Vengeance of the Deep on Twin Weekend Programs
Sunday Monday and Tuesday feature Bry ant Burns and Helen Ferguson in Hungry Hearts with a special return by Miss Elizabeth Nason. In international news Ralph Lewis and Virginia Faire star in Vengeance of the Deep, episode five of Phantom Fortune, with Nason again singing popular songs. Saturday offers Kingdom Within.
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Bryant Burns
Helen Ferguson
Elizabeth Nason
International
Ralph Lewis
Virginia Faire
International News
Dempsey Carpenter World Championship Battle at Jersey City
A vivid account previews the Dempsey Carpenter world title fight to be staged in Jersey City on July 4 1921. The feature highlights both fighters reputations and anticipated crowd turnout for the holiday weekend bout.
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Jersey City
Sunday only Cullen Landis in Dollar Devils and more
Sunday features Cullen Landis in Dollar Devils along with the comedy Oh Nursie. Monday and Tuesday showcase Sarle Williams in Lucky Carson and The Drifter. Wednesday and Thursday present Buck Jones in The Snow Drift with A Tropical Romeo and Movie Chats. Friday and Saturday star Hoot Gibson in Double Dealings and Six Second Smith of the Fighting Blood Series with Fox News.
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Cullen Landis
Nursie
Sarle Williams
Lucky Carson
Buck Jones
Hoot Gibson
Smith
Fox News
Learns How to Run an Engine in Westbound Limited
Ralph Lewis spends weeks in an engine cab training to be the engineer in Emory John son’s railroad drama Westbound Limited at Rialto theater. He starts by mastering the whistle and ends by taking the engineer’s seat to speed the train along Southern Pacific tracks at eighty miles per hour.
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Ralph Lewis
Emory Johnson
Rialto Theater
Southern Pacific
Dust in the Doorway cast lands Collier and Pearson
William Collier Jr has been engaged for Frank Borzage's latest production Dust in the Doorway. Virginia Pearson and William Truesdale will also appear in the film.
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William Collier Jr
Frank Borzage
Virginia Pearson
William Truesdale
Golden Age of Medicine Proclaimed by British Official
Sir George Newman, chief medical officer, declares a golden age of medicine as cholera, plague, typhus, typhoid, smallpox, tuberculosis and malaria become controllable. Antitoxin diphtheria cuts deaths from 29.8% to 9.3% since 1890, saving about 200 lives per 1000 cases. Enteric fever deaths drop from 374 to 12 per million between 1871 and 1922.
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London
George Newman
Sir George
Westbound Limited thrills lean on railroad hero Ralph Lewis
A Rialto Theater presentation of Emory Johnsons Westbound Limited stars Ralph Lewis as Engineer Bill Buckley with Claire McDowell and Ella Hall in top supporting roles. The drama extends the Johnson formula of elevating common working heroes to cinematic immortality.
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College
Rialto Theater
Emory Johnson
Westbound Limited
Ralph Lewis
Johnson
Bill Buckley
Claire McDowell
Ella Hali
Gowns For Norma In Within the Law
Norma Talmadge appears in a recent screen production wearing an evening gown with a beaded bodice and slit panel skirt, a unique drooping fringed fan, and in a motor scene a lace dress with floral festoons. She also sports a gray fox-collar cape and a tulle turban with matching throat wrap.
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Norma Talmadge
Favorite dessert fans Constance Talmadge with ancient Walapai chief
While filming in the Mojave for the comedy Daley actress Constance Talmadge met Chief Up-Who-Tah, the oldest Walapai warrior, who claims to be 199 years old and recalls Generals Fremont and Sheridan. He translates his name as Eat Much Chuckwalla and cites fondness for lizards and gila monsters.
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Mojave Desert
Daley
Constance Talmadge
Chief Up-Who- Tah
California Desert
General Fremont
General Sheridan
Joseph M. Schenck
Ug-Who-Tah
First National hires McGrew Willis for film adaptation
KF McGrew Willis engages with First National to adapt a series of books and stage plays for the screen. His first assignment is the film version of Edward A Paultons farce Her Temporary Husband starring William A Courtney currently performing in the East.
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KF. McGrew Willis
First National
Edward A. Paulton
William A. Courtney
Huntress Film Prep With Colleen Moore Leads
Filming for the screen adaptation of The Huntress from Hubert Footner's story will begin soon. Colleen Moore and Lloyd Hughes headline the cast with Walter Long in a prominent role.
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the Huntress
Hubert Footner
Colleen Moore
Lloyd Hughes
Walter Long
Tiger's Claw era thrills at Rialto with Holt tiger clash
A scene from Paramount's The Tiger's Claw features Jack Holt in a man to beast fight with a trained Bengal tiger. Holt ducks a sudden tiger rush and escapes into the tiger's cage, leaving the animal outside to peer in. The sensational stunt headlines next Wednesday's showing.
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Paramount
Jack Holt
Rialto Theater
Holt
The White Frontier at Rialto shines with Dorothy Phillips
A First National drama opens at Rialto for three days headed by Allen Holubar with Dorothy Phillips. The tale of a woman whose good name is sacrificed by an ambitious judge unfolds in Canada with humor and stark character conflict. Justice arrives unexpectedly as fate twists the plot, praised as a fine accomplishment by the cast and crew.
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Rialto Theater
Allen Holubar
Dorothy Phillips
Holubar
Canada
Jeffrey Deprends
Miss Phillips
White Frontier
The Lonely Road drama unfolds with a dramatic confrontation
Betty flees with $3000 from her husband as Warren Wade, believing she plans elopement with Dr Devereaux, beats the surgeon. He discovers the money funds his son’s medical care and that the man he nearly killed saved his own boy. The scene precedes the First National picture at American Wednesday with Coddy in fashionable attire.
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Betty
Warren Wade
Devereaux
Marguerite de la Motte Featured in Sears of Jealousy
A New York Journal feature under Women and Clothes profiles Marguerite de la Motte as a spirited Southern debutante who arrives in a trig cloth riding habit with open necks and a tri-cornered silk plush hat. The description highlights her stylish entrance and romantic appeal in the tale Sears of Jealousy.
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New York Journal
Marguerite de la Motte
Sears
Four New Stories Bought by First National
First National has purchased four more stories by renowned authors. The Sea Hawk by Rafael Sabatini appeared in Adventure magazine last fall and was later issued in book form. Rope by Holworthy Hall began as a serial and then appeared as a book. The Moving Finger by Elizabeth Irons Folsom appeared in Everybody's magazine. Pearls Before Cecily by Charles Brockett appeared in Saturday Evening Post.
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First National
Rafael Sabatini
Holworthy Hall
Bylizabeth Irons Folsom
Everybody's Magazine
Cecily
Saturday Evening Post
Charles Brockett
New Cast Additions for The Hauntress Film
Wilfred North and Charles E. Anderson join the film adaptation of Hubert Footner's novel The Hauntress. Anderson is slated to portray the principal heavy in the production joining a cast featuring seasoned players and the project aims to amplify suspense and drama.
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Heavy
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