Pattycake in the Maine woods a tale of drift and reunion
A 16-year-old girl Pattycake is sold by her father to a woodsman and runs away to a remote camp. She is cared for by Mrs Frisbie and bonds form with Cy Walker and Ray. As Chip adapts to new homes and people, a long lost brother is found, and Uncle Jud reshapes his house to welcome her, leading to hopeful reconciliation.
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Whip Mettaire
Tim
Maine Woods
Pete Bokdue
Martin Frisbie
Martin
Raymond Stetson
Mrs. Frisbie
Trisbie
Chip
Ray
Cy Walker
Hermt
Ray Ware
Levi
McGuire
Tomah
Pete Polduc
Tevi
Bolduc
Old Cy
Amzi
Greenvale
Aunt Comfort
Hannah
Comfort
Judson Walker
Vera Raymond
Abby
Mandy Walker
Christmas Cove
Old
Jud
Mandy
Dan'l Webster
Montcalm
Pattycake
Nourn
Riggsville
Uncle Jud
Secret Revealed Sparks Homeward Hope in Greenvale
Chip confesses her true identity and past crimes to Uncle Jud, admitting she is Vera McGuire, daughter of a murdered man. Old Cy is traced, a reunion looms, and Martin Frisbie arrives with news that Cyrus Walker may be alive. A sixty thousand dollar inheritance awaits Vera in Riverton Savings Bank.
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Jad
Mandy
Chip
Uncle Jud
Cyrus
Abby
Aunt Mandy
Christmas Cove
O’ McGuire
Greenvale
Martin Frisbie
Cyrus Walker
Judson
Riggsville
Martin
Aunt Comfort
Old Cy
Judson Walker
Frisbie
Amzi
Ray
Levi
Grindstone
Runaway
Hannah
Vera McGuire
Riverton Savings Bank
You Cannot Establish Citizenship in Heaven By Dodging Taxes
A compact proverb-like observation notes that citizenship status or acceptance in a higher realm cannot be secured by evading tax obligations on earth, implying accountability and duty across both domains.
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Heaven
Children of Actors and Their Famous Offspring
A survey of actors families reveals Mary Mannering guarding her child’s pic ture, while Mansfield keeps his son away from the stage. William Morris’s wife Etta Hawkins has four children. their oldest Gordon is a budding draftsman who urged the Witching Hour cast to disband so his father could return home. William Brady and Grace George have a clever boy, and Wilton Lackaye’s son and Cornelia Skinner’s child are prodigies.
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Mary Mannering
Mansfield
Richard
William Morris
Witching Hour
New York
Chicago
Etta Hawkins
Gordon
Augustus Thomas
William Brady
Grace George
Wilton lLackaye
Cornelia Skinner
Stage dealings and productions from early 1900s theater world
Miss Hallie Erminie Rives negotiates with James K. Hackett for The Castaway dramatized by Eden Greville. Frank Daniels may have a new musical comedy next season by Harry Girard and Paul West. Forbes Robertson seeks British rights to The Witching Hour for London. Frederick Neil Innes named director of music for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle 1909. Gustave Frohman touts new American playwright J Stacy Hill The Way of an Aristocrat. Richard Carle collects material for The Alamo Girl set partly in San Antonio. Joel Barrymore proves strong in Laddles. Charles Frohman planned a starring tour for that comedian. The Witching Hour will soon play.
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Hallie Erminie Rives
James K. Hackett
Eden &. Greville
Frank Daniels
Harry Girard
Paul West
Forbes Robertson
London
Frederick Neil Innes
Seattle
Wash
Gustave Frohman
J. Stacy Hill
Cincinnati
Texas
Richard Carle
San Antonio
Tex
Sword Handing Lesson From The Merry Widow
Oscar Figman recalls a backstage mishap from a Shakespearian production in the provinces. A super held a sword over his shoulder by the blade for ten minutes near a gas jet to keep the handle from heat, provoking laughter until Figman demonstrated the proper technique. The mishap ends with the actor’s hot weapon and a furious reaction.
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Oscar Figman
Colonial Theater
Chicago
Figman
Super
Bernhardt Watches Nethersole In Paris Repertory
In Paris Mme Bernhardt hosted Olga Nethersole’s repertory at her theater. Sarah, the English actress, attended a performance with two Americans in the audience noting Bernhardt’s evident enthusiasm and admiration for Nethersole’s acting.
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Olga Nethersole
Paris
Mme, Bernhardt
the Divine
Sarah
Miss Nethersole
Mme. Bernhardt
Bernhardt
Pearls of Observation by Thomas E. Shea Actor
Pearls from Thomas E. Shea on acting and writing praise originality and sincerity. He notes no actor can copy greatness and a performer must please eye ear and intellect while craving clean plays and high tastes. He warns against pandering to low tastes for low rewards.
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Thomas E. Shea
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Lothrop, Lee & Shepard CO
Cap'n Bemis
Solon
Morrew
Cap
Bemis
Raymond
Milo Sewe
Cowboy Girl
Marie Cliffory Oo
Jo Ask Barrymore
Philadelphia
Joseph Coyne
Charles Frohman
Sarah and
Olga
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