Dramatic Offerings at Lyric and Other Theatres
Bridgeport’s Poli Players stage The Daughter of Mother Machree at Lyric with Warda Toward as Sally O'Brien, mixing wit and pathos. Nearby, Plaza features Here Comes the Bride. screen stars Clara Kimball Young and Pell Trenton appear in The House of Glass. Vaudeville by Sigfrond Troupe and Gilead skits headline Poli’s program, plus Love Me at Empire with Dorothy Dalton in a Western romance.
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Byrie
Mother Machree
Ireland
Poli
Lyric Theatre
Miss Warda
Sally O'Brien
George Arvine
Bridgeport
Williams
Mitchetl
Gilead
Dorothy Dalton
Paramount
Empire Theatre
Maida Madison
Gordon Apples
George Bevan
Vaudeville to film bosses lure many stars to Biograph
A flood of talent gathers as Leonce Perret moves to Biograph films with Dolly Sisters, Theda Bara and Miss Joyce on ramp for major productions. Details cover Ward Walsh shifts, Hart, Novak, Dana, Bushman, Chaplin campaigns, and international talent joining American studios.
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Leonce Perret
Robert Warwick
Biograph
M. Perret
United States
Theda Bara
Lola
Los Angeles
Salome
Tadweards
Tara
Gold doubloon gifts Star Dana on Breakers Ahead set
Viola Dana receives a rare gold doubloon from a sea captain characterizing a link to Spanish Main era. The disc, aged and smooth, supposedly relic of an ancient wreck, arrived with a note from the mariner who sailed between San Francisco and South American ports. Dana’s new Metro film Breakers Ahead features her alongside director Charles Sra bin and a noted supporting cast.
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Viola Dana
Metro
Migs Dana
Miss Yona
Mariner Hader
Pantitic
San Francisco
South American
Mariner
Daughter of France star endures wild horse scene
Virginia Pearson, in a German uniform, endures a chaotic on location scene at Great Neck. The cast scramble for suitable horses as Pearson, a Southern actress, rides a fiery mount believed to be Payne Whitney’s best private horse. Her nerves fray as the horse reacts strongly to the proactive German outfit.
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France
Virginia Pearson
Great Neck
Miss Pearson
Mr. Jones
Kentucky
Friar
Kennedy A Crack Shot In Dramatic Show
Madge Kennedy, star of the screen, is praised for handling a revolver with grace in The Danger Came. A stranger crook issues a weapon to protect herself in a tense scene, and Kennedy’s poised performance overshadows her character’s needs.
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Madge
Aly Koa
Madge Kennedy
Eninoes
Arama
Ewa
Miss Kennedy
Madge Kennedy Masters Guns Skills For Stage Role
Photo Play veteran Madge Kennedy recalled growing up in California where she learned to handle rifle and revolver on a relative’s ranch. She said every actress should know how to use a gun for effect and demonstrated at Goldwyn studios, handling two shots with skill rivaling Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley.
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Notritis
Leman
Madge Sennedy
California
Comedienne
Mrs. Kennedy
Goldwyn Studios
Buffalo Bill
Annie Oakley
Burlesque Cowboys Ride in Vitagraph Studio Scene
A rough incident on a Vitagraph Western set ends with a young rider trying to control a bucking horse during a stunt. Bystanders, including J. Frank Glendowens, ask about the rider while Hedda Nova stars in The Womb in the Web. Glendowens hails from a Montana ranch and has spent years horseriding before entering film.
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Hollywo
J. Frank Lend
Hedda Nova
Glendowens
Monta
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