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Bridgeport notes a stage program by Lyric Poli Players featuring Brewsters Mill themes. Howard as Archibald Vanderpool and Miss Ward support Miss Knorr fresh ingenue creates an aura. The Forbidden to Be shows Theda Barn in cloak scene with Austrian Woodsmen and Texican Romance. Wolves of the Rail and Watch Your Neighbors screen acts plus Park William Collier appearance teased.
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Mack Sennett
Theda Bara Keeps Vampire Roles With Public Demand
Vaudeville star Theda Bara continues to play vampire parts under her director s insistence. She can perform other roles but audiences clearly prefer the vamp persona and her stage offerings in this vein remain popular.
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Theda Bara
Theda Gary
Burlesque Star's Popularity Grows Under Silent Drama
Marjorie Wilson, the petite Tyriangie star, steadily gains popularity as long as she remains in silent dramatic role. Johnny McCarthy, Plaza manager, remains unimpressed, yet supporters believe actions speak louder than words.
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Johnny McCarthy
Plaza
John
Dudley A Versatile Entertainer On Stage And Screen
Charles Dudley, born 1883 in Fort Aviz, built a wide career from choir boy to comedian and versatile actor on stage and in early film. Starting at Universal in Los Angeles, he rose from assistant director to key comedian roles with Marian Leonard and Roscoe ckl, earning praise for range from slapstick to dramatic bits.
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Fore
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Bove
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Gement
Robert Ard
Anna Little
Roscoeckl
Marian Leonard
Monopote
Balboa
Dancing and opera shape New York stage scene
Footlights Chatter surveys dance by Busa Cansino and her brother at Winter Garden, the Grasshopper opera in New York, Katherine Grey on The Thirteenth Chair touring plans, Marguerita Sylva’s Carmen with Campanini, and shifts in American repertoire. It notes props on stage, a remark about a life like prop and the evolving main street showday.
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Senorita Cansino
New York
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Iden Payne
Sylvia Lazzari
Payne
Ireland
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Campanini
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Ferne Rogers
Screen gossip from the silent era stars and studios
Industry notes describe stardom sparking minor actors, studio moves, and personnel changes. Margaret Mayo leads Goldwyns scenario unit while stars like Olga Tetrovin and Douglas Fairbanks are tied to new projects. Publicity mentions theatre reopenings, studio space, Red Cross efforts, and the ongoing film production activity across Hollywood and New York.
Weston Theatre Showcases Plentiful Entertainment
Weston theatre offers rich programs with top notch features and a sprint of stock company history. Manager Lund stays alert to deliver best in motion pictures for patrons while Arvine of Lyric Five earns high praise as city’s premier stock showman and manager. Local scene notes highlight Jonn Thee’s return and a sketch The Plain Clothes Man in the works.
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the Five
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Ian
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Oll Poli
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Fannie Ward Arrives From London to Star in Pathe Films
From Dear Old London comes Fannie Ward a famous Pathe favorite and England native who captured American audiences in stage and screen. After a stint in motion pictures she signed with Paramount and then secured a long term contract to star in Pathe plays.
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Enid Markey
Thomas H. Ince
Cooper-Hewitts
Fannie Ward
Pathe
Miss Ward
England
Canoe
Paramount
William Hart Becomes Mercy Plea In Wild West Film
William S Hart, famed for dangerous stunts, begs for mercy after an extreme scene in the film Wolves of the Raid. He endures a 40 degree chute fall and a vault through a second story window as part of the action sequence.
Actors and inventors in a bustling news snapshot
A lively fragment features Bill confronting a challenge and demanding freedom to act in a film scene while J G Hawks ponders a story. It also notes a New York inventor patenting a vibrating pusher to move coal toward a locomotive tender and a quip about improving a janitor’s shovel delivery in a Chicago paper.
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