Grand Theater Presents New First-Run Features This Week
The Grand theater unveils two fresh first-run productions this week. Monday to Wednesday show The Man Who Could Not Lose featuring Carlyle Blackwell, with a strong supporting cast. Thursday to Saturday offers Sins of the Parents led by Madame Sarah Adler and an all-star troupe including Hal Clements and Ruth Hartman. Prices remain 3 cents for matinees and 10 cents for evening shows.
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Grand Theater
Players
Richard Harding Davis
Carlyle Blackwell
Sarah Adler
Hal Clements
Wiliam Brunton
James J. Sheehan
J. of Strong
Thomas Delmar
Harry Keenan
Ruth Hartman
Ruth Hartman and “Gypsie”Aphott
Blackwell
Champh Yey Carter
Jackson Carter
Deb
Sol Burbank
Carter
Burbank
Publishere
The Thief star turns Madame X actress in strong five act drama
Borethy Donnelly is praised for the title role in The Thief a strong five act drama Ruth Reland’s review notes her depth of character and careful study of the role the story follows a wife who covers extravagances and a husband’s hardships with a confidant subplot leading to confession and penitence The production is deemed well acted staged in good taste and effectively photographed and a real success
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Borethy Donnelly
Charaacter
Ruth Reland
The
Answers to Movie Fans From the Moving Picture Editor
A crowded column answers reader questions about actors and studios. It lists Pearl White with Pathe in Jersey City Heights and Crane Wilbur friend to forward queries, notes Mary Pickford with Famous Players and Florence LaBadie’s blond hair, and reports on Owen Moore with Hosworth and Elsie Janis in Atlanta.
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Moving Picture Editor
Pearl White
Pathe Company
Jersey City Heights
N.J
Crane Wilbur
Mary Pickford
Famous Players’ Film Company
West Twenty-sixth Street
Pauline
Platura
J. R
Blain
L. D. Carlyle Hinckwell
Players’ Film
the Grand
Owen Moore
Hosworth Company
Elsie Janis
Atlanta
Beverly Bayne
Bryant Washburn
Ford Sterling
Universal Company
Hollywood
Cal
Florence LaBadie
The
Pitagraph Company
Mast Fifteenth Street
Locust Avenue
New York City
Pathe
George Larkin
Haiboa Film Company
Wallace Reid
Majestic Jana Reliance
Balboa Film Corp Signs Girl for Three Years at 1000 a Week
A Balboa Film Corporation deal secures a young singer for three years at a weekly salary of 1000. Her youth beauty and stage experience position her for potential stardom as Balboa’s marquee attraction.
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Em Girl
Balboa, Film Corporation
Balboa
Officer 666 Comes to Montgomery Theater Show
Officer 686 is booked at the Montgomery theater on Friday and Saturday. It is Mr Kleine's first American made production, handled with lavish style and careful attention to detail that marks Kleine attractions. The entertainment promises a concise comedic reel length and polished execution.
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Montgomery Theater
Officer 666 Broadway cast leads film debut
Howard Estabrook headlines the screen adaptation of Officer 666 with Dan Moyles Lois Burnett and Harold Howard reprising stage roles. The production, from Augustus McHugh, follows a swift moving story of Travers Gladwin under George Kleine’s management with Belasco Frohman Brady and Co han & Harris backing stage successes transitioned to screen.
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Howard’ Estabrook
Travers Gladwin
Estabrook
Broadway
The
Law
Brown
Harvard
Boss
Harold Howard
New York
Whitney Barnes
Gladwin
Augustiin McHuek
George M. Co
Melodrama Farce Stars Han and Sam HH Herris on Tour
The melodramatic farce Played four hundred and eighty eight cities on its first tour. Lovers of photoplays are assured a genuine treat in Kleine's latest masterpiece.
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Han and
Sam HH. Herris
Public urged to pay ten cents for better film shows
The writer argues ten cents or more for moving pictures yields top quality and newer films. Five cent houses offer wornout subjects as exploitation and nickel shows. Star Spooner headlines two productions from World Film Corporation and Sawyer, illustrating higher value.
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Moving Picture
Ben Wilson Proves Prowess With Sword In Film Duel
In a Rex drama scene Ben Wilson fights a mock duel with co star Frances Nelson as Joseph W Girard feints and stabs with a rapier. The director Easton halts the scene when the duel turns real and Wilson recalls his 1964 5 West Point days before resigning to join the Mikade army.
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Ben Wilson
Hastern
Universal-Rex
Rex
Frances Nelson
Wilson
Joseph W. Girard
Girard
IrArtagan
Seo Strong
Seine
Easton
Ben
West Point
Mikade
Hybar Film Corp In New Offices In Forsyth Building
Hybar Film Corp announces expansion in Atlanta to ten new offices on the fifth floor of the Forsyth building. The exchange will store about $400,000 worth of film in a new vault and will show first run reels in a dedicated projection room. Arthur S. Hyman and T. Barbour lead the company, which handles releases from Alliance Sawyer Cosmos Ivan Oz and others and also controls the Chicago Tribune Belgian war pictures.
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Hybar Film Corporation
Atlanta
America
Hybar Corporation
Forsyth
Motion Picture Exchange
Arthur S. Hyman
T. Barbour
Hybar
Alliance
Sawyer
Cosmos
Ivan
Thrilling scenes in Zudora save man from hanging
Thanhouser serial Zudora delivers a mob scene and a life saving moment as a man is spared after rope is placed around his neck. The sixth episode builds intense situations with convincing realism, while Strand announces Keystone comedy weeks with child care at the Atlanta venue.
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Zadora
Thanhouser
Keystone
Strand
House OF Quality
World Film profit sharing plan boosts Atlanta staff
H E Stahler becomes World Film Corp Atlanta manager as Lewis J Selznick launches a profit sharing scheme. All employees from messengers to executives gain a share based on division performance and gross collections, promoting diligence and loyalty in a world wide operation.
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H. E., Stahler
Atlanta
The
World Film Corporation
Lewis J. Selznick
World Film ! Corporation
New York
Selznick
the World Film Corporation
United States
Selgnick
Exploits of Elaine at Vaudette Tuesday
The Exploits of Elaine, a new Pathé serial, debuts this week with episode 1 shown Tuesday at the Vaudette and weekly until completion. Writers Arthur B. Reeve and Charles Goddard produce the serial with Arneld Daly Pearl White and Sheldon Lewis in leading roles. the film promises intense, suspenseful episodes and broad audience appeal.
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Elaine
Pathe
Vaudette
Arthur Reeve
Charles Goddard
Arneld Daly
Pearl “White
Sheldon Lewis
Har ry Woodruff to star in A Gentleman of Leisure film
Samuel Goldfish announces Harry Woodruff, Broadway favorite, engaged by Jessa L. Lasky Feature Play to appear in the forthcoming screen version of A Gentleman of Leisure. The comedy drama, once Access On Broadway material, follows a well-to-do young man who bets he can burglarize and return home undetected with a professional helper. A selected company of top players will support Woodruff.
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Samuel Goldfish
Harry Woodruff
Jessa L. Lasky
Joseph Stagleton
Gretchen Lederer Gains Spotlight at Universal City Studio
Universal company discovers Gretchen Lederer in California and she gains exposure through her role in An Arrangement With Fate. The article notes her growing fame and fashion choices including rose satin and turquoise gowns enhancing her screen presence.
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California
Universal City
Gretchen Wederer
Universal Company
Miss Lederer
Double Bill Monday at Alpha Theater
The Alpha Theater offers a Monday double bill headlined by The Master Key and a Mary Pickford photo play In Sunny Spain. The popular Christmas toy giveaway drew many children daily, part of Alpha’s family appeal. A contest offering a $25,000 prize from the British government for a military aeroplane engine winner is noted among readers.
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Atlanta
Mary Pickford
Spain
al Fowler
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Urnatic
Ring
Sarah
WATH
Ben- Giefit
Helgoland
North-sea
Largest Film Exchange Inc
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Alliance Film Corporation
Sawyer ‘Film Corporation
Cosmos Feature Film Corporation
Ivan Film Corporation
OZ Film Corporation
Flaming Film CO
United Film CO
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Favorite Players
Excelsior Feature Film CO
Select Photo Play Producing CO
New Pathe
Gretchen Lederer
Alpha Theater
George Kleine
Augustin MacHugh
George M. Cohan
Sam H. Harris
Atlanta, Ga
H. E. Stahler
Ruth Gallon
Savoy
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