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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1916
Page
15
A garbled column notes media figures and public names including Sophie Sadawaki and Walter Head, mentioning interviews, movie stars like Chaplin, and a press agent. It reads as a chaotic collage of gossip and entertainment references from a Benjamins-era press page.
A long fragmented text reviews cinema fables and star gossip, mixing a tale of a youth sheltered by overcoats with encounters at tea dances and salons. It references Alma, a droll muse, a witty male narrator, and a string of theatrical images, with late notes on Florence Lawrence and Essanay star Mar.
A distressed correspondent writes about a young woman claiming potential fame as a moving picture actress. The writer warns of gossip and urges caution, mentioning Mary Pickford comparisons and a fear of trouble from sharing private details.
The Mill this week features Paamount stars in high society dramas and adds Mary Pickford in Rags on Friday. Diamonds in the Sk will be shown Tuesday, Marguerite Clark in Still Water on Wednesday, William Crane in David Ho rum Thursday, Blanche Sweet in tantive a romances of the Balkan war Friday, Pauline Frederick drama Saturday, plus children’s stories from 10 to 1 and John Barrymore in The Man From Mexico.
The Vaudette shows Let Katy Do It a DW Griffith production Monday and Tuesday with Dane Grey and Tuily Marshall in a comedy about Katy and her seven juvenile co stars. The Great Pearl Tang appears Monday. Sam Berg headlines a multi star program with a modellike cast. Wednesday features Ford Sterling in Fathers Footsteps. Mabel Normand returns with Fatty and Mabel Adrift. Thursday and Friday present The Cover, an Ince drama about a young wife’s fall through poverty with George Fawcett Willard Mack Clara Williams and Thelus Salter.
Real war photographs directed by the French government and filmed under life risking conditions are shown at the Lyric as a Mutual Special feature titled Fighting for France. The reels depict western front trenches, guns, planes, and leaders including King George the Fifth and Czar Nicholas, with scenes from Vosges battles and Alpine passes, under fire bombardments, submarines, and battlefield action.
Rupert Hughes farce adaptation Excuse Me shown at the Strand theater Friday as part of Pathe Gold Rooster program. The scene takes place aboard a coast to coast Pullman car with the production touting realism by halving a Pullman and mounting it on a flat car for the stage.
Five reel Universal drama follows Joe Knowles as he forgoes shelter food and tools to prove a primitive existence in Sierra Nevada and Maine. The film showcases primal forests snow capped peaks waterfalls and rugged landscapes while tracing a man’s effort to live without modern appliances. Plays at the Savoy Thursday.
William Morgan Hannon assesses the photodrama as a new art form, comparing it with traditional drama and photo drama. The piece notes its reception by leading booksellers and distributors in New Orleans, with emphasis on its place in contemporary art.
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