Jan of the Big Snows at Rialto and Robinson Crusoe previews
James Oliver Curwood’s Jan of the Big Snows opens at the Rialto with War ner Richmond Louise Prussing William Peavey and others in a North country romance and adventure tale based on Curwood’s work. Also shown are Mack Sennett’s Gymnasium Jim a Sketchograph Seeing Greenwich Village and International News Weekly. Next Saturday brings The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
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James Oliver Curwood
God's Country
Jan
Rialto Theater
Curwood
Northlands
Hudson Bay Country
Big Snows
Charles M. Seay
Warner Richmond
Louise Prussing
William Peavey
Baby Haywood
Richard Neill
Rialto
Knockout Mack Sennett
Greenwich Village
International News Weekly
Butte
Robinson Crusoe
Crusoe
Knee Length Goas Replaces Coat Style In Holywood Promenade
In Holywood's promenade the spring suit has appeared replacing the knee length coat. Norma Almadge Katherine MacDonald Mabel Normand and Miriam Cooper adopt hip length models with tee lines and narrow short skirts.
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Holywood
Norma Almadge
Katherine MacDonald
Mabel Normand
Miriam Cooper
Sign Reads Jish Place In Fair Sale In Morrow County
A weathered sign posted in front of a farm in Morrow County Bucyrus Ohio reads Jish Place In Fair Sale. The misread wording suggests a listing or notice related to a farm sale.
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Bucyrus
Ohio
Morrow County
APOSTROPHE PATTERN IN EARLY FILM TITLES DISCUSSED
A discussion of the apostrophe usage in film titles traces its emergence from examples like The Ole Swimmin Hole and Molly o Mine to later cases such as Molly o’ Flaherty and Tel’able David. Norma Talmadge’s Smilin’ Through is cited as a current instance.
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Charlie Ray
Thomas Hings
Mabel Normand
Molly
Re Alwass
O'Flaherty
O'Hooligan
Dick Hartheimers
David
West Virginia
Norma Talmadge
Shingled Star Anita Stewart Adopts Bobbed Haircut
Anita Stewart emerges as a bright light in film by joining the bobbed hair trend at the barbershop. The caption notes her new cut looks cute but hints she may feel a twinge of regret upon seeing her famed hair shortened.
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Anita Stewart
Anita
Ben Turpin’s favored Gish inspired chicken stew
The comic actor Ben Turpin still favors chicken stew tied to Gish at hand. A Sennett lot chef recently created a new dish named Step Lively in honor of Turpin’s latest comedy. Turpin says he can cook chicken stew if no mime prints appear in the book. His wife disagrees.
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Ben Turpin
What the Well-Dressed Woman Wears This Spring
Mary Brooks Picken advocates disciplined spring dressing focusing on color, fit, and appropriateness. She highlights the three piece suit, sleeveless dresses, and bright hues, advising self trimming for silk dresses and practical options for home dressmakers.
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Mary Brooks Picken
Women’s Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Follies in Town and Red Peacock Play Highlight Butte Scene
The Grandway theater hosts the Greenwich Village Follies two nights with New York company led by Bert Savoy and Jay Brennan. Pola Negri stars in The Red Peacock at the American theater with a dramatic love story and vivid scenes.
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Grandway Theater
Butte
Greenwich Village Folles
New York
Garries Theater
Chicago
Manhattan
Wachfall the Bohemians, Inc
Greenwich Village
Broadway
John Murray Anderson
Pola Negri
Violette
No Admission Sign At Boston Church Crowds Park Street Church
Crowded Park Street Congregational Church on Eas ter Sunday featured a visible no admission sign outside the door as officers directed worshippers into the packed house. The crowd filled every seat and stood in all available space before services began.
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Boston Church
Boston
Park Street Congregational Church
Phyllis Haver to star in Sennett Ben Turpin comedies
Phyllis Haver, acclaimed for her ankle line, will lead the female roles in two reel Ben Turpin comedies produced by Mack Sennett for Associated First National Pictures. She notes footwear matters as key to style and foot health, warning against misfitting pumps and extreme heel choices.
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Phyllis
Phyllis Haver
Ben Turpin
Mack Sennett
Associated First National Pictures
Kindred of the Dust on Screen
Miriam Cooper stars as a squatter’s granddaughter who grows into a singer. Ralph Graves plays the laird’s son who forms workers at a sawmill in the film adaptation of Peter B. Kyne’s Kin dred of the Dust.
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Miriam Cooper
Ralph Graves
Peter B. Kyne
Hatred or Love in Katherine MacDonald’s Domestic Tale
Psychoanalytic theory sparks in a five reel feature where Katherine MacDonald confronts a baffling marriage. The husband stands by, pressing suppression as tension builds across the drama’s central relationship.
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Katherine MacDonald
Simple Black Chiffon Frock Worn by Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Phillips of First National wore a plain yet effective frock at a casual luncheon. The outfit featured fine black chiffon broadcloth with a heavy emerald green wool cross stitch embroidery as the focal point.
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Dorothy Phillips
Fool’s Paradise Comes to Rialto in Powerful De Mille Drama
The film based on Leonard Merrick’s The Laurels and the Lady unfolds a love and sacrifice story set in America. Dor othy Dalton Mildred Harris Conrad Nagel Theodore Kosloff John Davidson and Julia Page head the cast in a Cecil B de Mille production praised for power originality and dramatic moments.
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Cecil B. de Mille
Dorothy Dalton
Mildred Harris
Conrad Nagel
Theodore Kosloff
John Davidson
Julia Page
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Jan of the
Anotitider Shingled Star
Cress
Women's Institute
Red
Dorothy Rosh
Christine Burnsman
Dola Negri
Ana Michael Warkerry
Cecil 2
Paramount Picture
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