Wall Flower at Twin Houses and Other Screenings
Colleen Moore stars as Idalene Nobbin the town wall flower who attempts suicide after being unloved. She survives broken legs and reemerges as a graceful butterfly drawing several suitors including Tsim Gallery Dana Todd Richard Dix and Rush Hughes. The bill also presents The Broken Silence a Royal Mounted Police drama filmed in Maine with scenic Great Open Spaces. A Pair of Kings a Vitagraph comedy. Pathe News and Topics of the Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen Moore
Rupert Hughes-Goldwyn
Modern
Beacon Theatres
Miss Moore
Idalene Nobbin
Idalene
Tsim Gallery
Dana Todd
Richard Dix
Rush Hughes
James Oliver Curwood
Royal Mounted Police
Maine
Larry Lemon
Vitagraph
Pathe
The Rise of Roscoe Paine at Olympia Theatre
Cape Cod film The Rise of Roscoe Paine shown as No Trespassing at Gordon's Olympia. Irene Castle stars as Molly Cohen opposite Roscoe Paine played by Ward Crane. A vaudeville bill features Fridkin Jr and partner, Montagu Love, Lambert and Fish, Frances Kennedy, and the Parisian Trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Lincoln
Roscoe Paine
Gordon
Washington Street
Olympia Theatre
Irene Castle
Molly Cohen
New York
Denboro
Mass
Cape Cod
Wall Street
Miss Castle
Ward Crane
Fridkin, Jr
Montagu Love
Lambert and Fish
Frances Kennedy
Smilin' Through at Central Square Theatre
Central Square Theatre presents Smilin Through in Cambridge. A radio demonstration with a powerful receiving set and amplifiers played to a full audience, followed by daily radio features. Friday showcases amateur night with vaudeville added Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Square Theatre
Cambridge
Lancaster Theatre Presents Sleep Walker and Love Never Dies Cast
The Lancaster Theatre opened with The Sleep Walker a Constance Binney photoplay featuring Jack Mulhall. Also on the bill Lloyd Hughes and Madge Bellamy star in Love Never Dies. A Thursday change presents Owen Moore in Reported Missing and Viola Dana in Seeing's Believing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Binney
Lancaster Theatre
Jack Mulhall
Lloyd Hughes
Madge Bellamy
Owen Moore
Viola Dana
Black Bag at Orpheum heads weekly bill
Herbert Rawlinson stars in The Black Bag at Loew's Orpheum with Virginia Valli in support. A young New York man pursues a gang after gem thefts tied to a mysterious black bag, is mistaken for the thief, and later proves the truth before courtship with the heroine. Also featuring Pair of Kings and Road to Vaudeville with five other acts and Pathe News. Change in program Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Rawlinson
Loew's
Orpheum
New York
Virginia Valli
Larry Lemon
Pathe
Tom Moore at the State Theatre presents Over the Border
A film adaptation of Gil bert Parker’s She of the Triple Ch evron shows at the State Theatre. The Royal Mounted Police tale stars Tom Moore as Sergeant Flaherty Betty Compson as Jen Peter Galbraith and Val plot whiskey smuggling Casson Ferguson J Farrell Macdonald Jean de Briac and Bert Lytell headline a capable cast with humor from Larry Seamon’s A Pair of Us and a news review featuring a Long Island fire and Somerville High School class day The State’s bill is praised for well acted films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Parker
The
Triple Chevron
Penrhyn Stanlaws
State Theatre
Royal Mounted Police
Peter Galbraith
Val
Flaherty
Tom Moore
Betty Compson
Peter
Jen
Casson Ferguson
J. Farrell Macdonald
Jean de Briac
Bert Lytell
Sherlock Brown
Secret Service
Lytell
Larry Seamon
Long Island
Somerville
Midnight Sons headline vaudeville at Gordon's Scollay Square
Eddie Kane and J Herman headline a lively vaudeville bill at Gordon's Scollay Square Theatre with The Midnight Sons. Other acts include Herman and Shirley in The Mysterious Stranger Mack and Zelmar in Songs and Stories Wilson and Kepple in The Wizards of the Wooden Shoes and a feature film Is Matrimony a Failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Kane
J. Herman
Gordon's
Mother Film At Bowdoin Square Delights Women
Bowdoin Square Theatre shows Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight as main picture with a mother son story and a love plot. Dustin Farnum stars in Iron to Gold and Larry Lemon provides comedy in A Pair of Kings. The Zicars Delmore and Moore Delton Duo and Eunice Howe with dogs perform in vaudeville. Bargain Friday features added to the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Dustin Farnum
Larry Lemon
Zicars
Driscoll
Perry
Delmore
Moore
Delton
Eunice Howe
Mae Murray at Gordon's Strand Fascination Screen
Mae Murray appears in Fascination at Gordon's Strand with showings alongside the latest news and comic pictures. Organ recitals by Arthur J. Martel accompany the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Murray
Gordon's Strand
Arthur J. Martel
Screen star Malcolm McGregor lands lead roles
Malcolm McGregor rises as a screen personality after a standout turn in The Prisoner of Zenda earns him a long-term Metro contract and a leading male role in Broken Chains at Culver City. Colleen Moore and Claire Windsor headline the female roles. McGregor, Yale graduate and athletic star, likened to Rudolph Valentino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm McGregor
Rex Ingram
Metro Company
Goldwyn Company
Mr. McGregor
Metro
Culver City
Allan Holubar
Colleen Moore
Claire Windsor
Rudolph Valentino
Yale
The Young Rajah Began Filming at Paramount Studio
Camera clicks started on Rudolph Valentino's second Paramount film The Young Rajah adapted by June Mathis from Amos Judd. The story splits between India and America with Wanda Hawley as lead, and American and Hindu cast including Charles Ogle Fannie Midgely Maude Wayne William Boyd Spottiswoode Aiken and J Farrell MacDonald Bertram GrassleyGeorge Field Edwin Stevens George Periolat in respective parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Valentino
Paramount
June Mathis
John Ames Mitchell
Amos Judd
India
America
Wanda Hawley
Charles Ogle
Fannie Midgely
Maude Wayne
William Boyd
Spottiswoode Aiken
J. Farrell
Gimme leading female role in Hughes film with Chadwick
Rupert Hughes and Adelaide Manola Hughes wrote the feature Gimme. Helene Chadwick is slated for the lead female role in the picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Hughes-Goldwyn
Mr. Hughes
Adelaide Manola Hughes
Helene Chadwick
Pearl White Set for Pathe Serial Debut July First
Pathe studios prepare for Pearl White to begin her first serial on July 1. Fresh from a major success in Paris at the Casino de Paris Revue she will bring a snow white Rolls Royce to attract Fifth Avenue attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathe
Pearl White
Miss White
Paris
Fifth Avenue
Actress Madge Bellamy Cast in Garrison's Finish
Auburn haired star Madge Bellamy is chosen as leading woman for Jack Pickford in Garrison's Finish. Bellamy, praised by critics as a rising screen talent, recently played leads in Lorna Doone and Someone to Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Bellamy
Jack Pickford
Garrison
Miss Bellamy
Film Notes and Industry Gossip From The Boston Post
Send her photograph on receipt of 2c. Barbara Bedford appears in Step on It with Hoot Gibson while Gloria Davenport portrays Letty. Lila Lee, never married, is escorted by Chaplin in Blood and Sand with Valentino. Glen Hunter played Willie in Smilin Through. Manuscripts are reviewed by major studios in single sided typewritten form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H
Barbara Bedford
Hoot Gibson
Gloria Davenport
Letty
Miss Davenport
Dotty B
Lila Lee
Charles Chaplin
Miss Lee
Rudolph Valentino
Framingham
Nh. T
Boston
Glen Hunter
Willie
Palmella Hall
Boston Post
Dustin Farnum at the Boston Theater Strikes Dramatic Romance
Dustin Farnum stars in Strange Idols at the Boston Theatre a romance of a lumberman and the city wife as Cupid aids a broken life. Larry Lemon's A Pair of Kings draws laughs. vaudeville features La Vier and others in All in the Spirit of Jest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin Farnum
Boston
Cupid
Larry Lemon
Jack la Vier
Dr Flanagan Leaves MSPCA for Private Practice
Dr Frank J. Flanagan resigns after 11 years as chief veterinarian at the MSPCA to devote himself fully to private practice. A noted surgeon with horses and dogs, he graduated from Toronto University and Chicago Veterinary College and previously worked in the West before joining the MSPCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Flanagan
Flanagan
New England
Toronto University
Chicago Veterinary College
West
Deserted at the Altar Melodrama to Be Filmed
Phil Goldstine Productions will adapt the old-time melodrama Deserted at the Altar for the screen with Bessie Love to star. Love recently appeared in the Fox special The Village Blacksmith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Goldstine
Bessie Love
Miss Love
Fox
Rich Men's Wives Goes Into Filming With All Star Cast
Louis Gasnier starts filming Rich Men's Wives with a notable cast led by House Peters Claire Windsor Mildred June Myrtle Stedman Rosemary Theby Gaston Glass Richard Headrick and Charles Clary in the lead roles as production progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Gasnier
House Peters
Claire Windsor
Mildred June
Myrtle Stedman
Rosemary Theby
Gaston Glass
Richard Headrick
Charles Clary
Answers to Questions J and Viola Dana Return to Metro
J and Viola Dana have resumed studies in Hollywood at Metro. Dana plans to return to acting, while ongoing coursework suggests a renewed focus on film work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Dana
Metro Studies
Hollywood
Fenway Theatre Summer Orchestra Opens With Smilin Through
The Fenway Theatre summer orchestra debuted for the season, interpreting the feature picture Smilin Through starring Norma Talmadge. The audience applauded the ensemble's first appearance of the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenway Theatre Summer Orchestra
Norma Talmadge
Fenway Summer Orchestra
Norumbega Park Vaudeville Features Modern Dance Act
Danny Duggan and Anna Pierce showcase the evolution of dance from gavotte to swing as a highlight of Norumbega Park vaudeville. Other acts include Maurice and Moore, the Franklin brothers, Frank Corbett and Company. The News Weekly is shown and the film Channing of the Northwest stars Eugene O'Brien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Duggan
Anna Pierce
Norumbega Park
Maurice and Moore
Franklin Brothers
Frank Corbett and Company
Channing of
The
Northwest
Eugene O'Brien
Flitner Atwood Company Ship Chandler Bankrupt
The Flitner Atwood Company Boston ship chandler was petitioned into bankruptcy by creditors in Federal Court claiming about 32450. A receiver petition was filed in Federal Equity Court awaiting hearings. Judge Anderson hesitated to appoint a receiver amid claims totaling 109000 from banks and small creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flitner-Atwood Company
Boston
Federal Equity Court
Anderson
Exeter Theatre Presents The Bachelor Daddy and Free Art
The Exeter Theatre shows Thomas Meighan in The Bachelor Daddy and Free Art adapted from Sinclair Lewis. The programme runs today and Wednesday with the last half of the week featuring Fair Lady and Rupe Hughes Come On Over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exet Theatre
Thomas Meighan
Saturday Evening Post
Sinclair Lewis
Re Beach
Rupe Hughes
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Rupert Hughes
Olympia
Lincoln’s
Scollay Square
Bowdoin SQ
Busine
Atlas
H. A. Rasmason
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
Boylston Street
Wheeling
W. Va
Malcolm M’gregor
Valentino
Keene
John Oja
Dublin
Herman
John E. Allen
Elmer
Roy M. Pickard
E. C. Simmons
U. S. Pat
Simmons Hardware Co
BAY State Agatene
BAY State Liquid Paints
BAY State Enamels
BAY State Columbia
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc
Federal Street
Cape M. F
Griffin, Bros
I Gifford
Woods Hole Freeman
Tromaestow
North Trut
Snow
Truro
Uft
Tarry Bay
State Liquid Paints
V. Y. Oliver
Wellfleet
Isaac Paine
South Wellfleet
W. Horton
North Eastham
E. C
Sally
Gayety
ST. James
Slippy McGee
Fenway Theatre
Exeter Theatre
R. H. Stearns CO
Mueller
Tly
National Retail Dry Goods Association
National Garment Retailers’ Association
Grand Central Palace
71St Regiment Armory
Gramercy
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