Lyric Theatre Review and Broadvaudeville Mix
A Bright Lyric program runs with Marys ankle jokes and strong turns by Dudley Ayers and Miss Howard, plus Empire and West End film notes and Poli show reviews. Babe LaTour and Dreamland dominate vaudeville while Charlie Chaplin returns to the West End in A Dogs Life with Alice Joyce and Vitagraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Tully
Akle
Poli
Dudley Ayers
Dr. Hampton
Chums
Stokes
Ainsworth
Chubby
Harold Kennnedy
Yising Youngawger
Mr. Ayers
Ass Howara
Miss Howard
West End
Onarlin’ Chaplin
Tata Street
Clinton Avenue
Alice Joyce
Marc MacDermott
Vitagraph
Helen Connelly
Bobby Connelly
Ner Fionally
Florence Reed
Canada
United States
William J. Flynn
Germany
Heuarst-Pathe Inewa
France
Lands’ & Alton
Robert Henry Hodge. & Company
Levinsky Defeats Bartly Madden In Long Bout Thriller
Levinsky outlasted Madden across fifteen rounds in a fierce boxing match with repeated lefts to the face and dense exchanges. Madden mounted late pressure but Levinsky controlled the center, with both fighters suffering cuts and fatigue. Earlier, McMahon, Wilson, and the Allen Bergen bout filled a busy curtain-raiser card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madden
Levinsky
Gavinsky
McMahon
Burns
Young McMahon
Stratford
Paddy Burns
Boston
Wilson
Munroe
Frankie Wilson
Phil Munroe
Remington A. G
Terry Lee
Laksco
Red Allen
Charlie Bergen
Charlie Begen
New Haven
Allen
Bergen
Bohemia Featured in Mutual Play With Margarita Fisher
New York's Bohemia appears in a Mutual release titled Four Square Deal set for first run theatres June 10. Margarita Fisher portrays a country girl who moves to the city to pursue a career, becomes a serious thinker, and faces challenges in romance and urban life. The film adapts a Terhune magazine story from Red Book and is produced at American Film Company studios under Lloyd Ingraham with Jack Mower in a supporting role. Fisher is later at work on Impossible Susan in Santa Barbara for Mutual, slated for late July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mutual
Margarita Fisher
Migs Fisher
Albert Payson Terhuns
American Film Company
Lloyd
Ingraham
Jack Mower
Fisher
Santa Barbara
Open Letter to Clever Mary Pickford
A personal, nostalgic note to Mary Pickford recounting early film memories in Los Angeles. The writer recalls loving her in youth, jokes about film quality, and reveals shock upon learning she married, ending with praise for her lasting impact on audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pickford
Day Dreams on Stage as Cavalry Trumpets Signal War Echoes
In a Mack Sennett comedy rehearsal, chaos erupts when a cavalry trumpet blasts cue danger. Glen Cavender, playing a trumpeter from the Rough Riders, channels old war memories as he imagines marches and trumpet calls. The cast reacts to the sudden wartime echoes disrupting the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvel Rea
Glen
Sam
Sixth
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
Struranes
Nauincrae
Berin
New Hobby Vests Fascination of Triangle Star
Darrell Foss, Triangle leading man, reveals a quirky obsession with vests fancy food and saucy westcotts pasted on his dressing room door. The verse laments pride and war victims as a Chinaman wears a vest like ming, signaling a shift in tone and mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Foss
Foss
Ming
Reserves Called Out At Vitagraph Studio Tea
Betty Blythe and Alice Joyce, Vitagraph stars, hosted a tea in their Brooklyn studio dressing room. More than 40 associates, directors and extras gathered as the room held six, so revelers circulated in relays. Props were seized from the property department to create atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Blythe
Alice Joyce
Vitagraph
Brooklyn
Play staged in Japan by Triangle with Oriental effects
Triangle presents Who is to Blame in Japan with Director Frank Burgage arranging authentic details. Animated dock scenes show American passengers disembarking, rickshaw bars, curio booths, geishas in a tea house, and other entrancing touches for a vivid overseas setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle
Japan
Frank Burgage
Heavenly Measure
Bond buyers all at Mack Sennett studio scene
The Mack Sennett studio built a gibbet with a figure hanging from it bearing the label he wouldn't buy Liberty bonds. In contrast, every man woman and child in the studio reportedly owns Liberty bonds as a strong inducement to support the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Sennett
Franklin Brothers to Stage Talmadge Play
Norma Talmadge has secured the Franklin Brothers to direct her next picture. The famed directing team, prominent in motion pictures, joins Norma Talmadge's Select Pictures roster under Joseph Mehangle. They have guided Talmadge in early Triangle days and later works like Jack and the Beanstalk and Ali Baba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Talmadge
Franklin Brothers
Thefmamts
C. M
A. Franklin
Joseph Mehangle
Strankiln
vAl
Trian‘gle
Triangle Film Corporation
Franklins
Paul West
France
Pershing
West
Alchemist Actor Hoyt Helped Lockwood’s Breakthrough
Edward N. Hoyt the Shakespearean actor who mentors Harold Lockwood in Metro’s The House of Mirth recalls giving Lockwood his first real opportunity. Hoyt also starred in Faust vaudeville with Lockwood’s early employer and has appeared in The Struggle Everlasting The Crimson Dove The Scarlet Letter The Fetid Girl Sealed Lips Greater Love Hath No Man and many screen productions. He notes his habit of marrying fellow stars and cannot conduct marriage ceremonies while in The House of Mirth role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward N. Hoyt
Alchemist
Metro
Edith Wharton
Harold Lockwood
Mr. Lockwood
Mr. Hoyt
Faust
Hazel Dawn
Irving Cummings
Florence Reed
Clara Kimball Young
Vivian Martin
William Courtenay
Ethel Clayton
William Russell
Krichell's Men Show Early Strength and Depth
Krichell's team displays strong early form with rapid baserunning and solid defense across positions. Lat at third, Brackett in left, Martin in center, and a Chinese player at right lead a lineup aided by a new squeeze play and bunting strategy. Colvin contributes as a versatile utility. Bridgeport crowds lead attendance while other towns lag as the pennant race starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guardian
Lat
Chinaman
Brackett
Martin
Laundry Workers’ Union
Colvin
Krichell
Bridgeport
Worcester
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Tme
First Run Artcraft
Paramount
Tomor‘Tow
Charles Ray
Broadway
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Babe” LaTour
Eva Tanguay
Plaza
Babe
Comedienne
Mr. Gold
Dreamland
Aviation Corps
Sharp
Gibson
Cavana
Belle Bennett
Dodgers
Lyona
Moran
Bartly Madden
Bohemia
Los Angeles
Cal
Somerville
Mass
Talmadge
Lockwood
Tn Astruction
Misa Jewel Smith
Binith St. Tel
Barnum
Schneider Studio
Central Ave
Stratford Ave
Tsrs
Fairfield Beach
Murray
LE Chateau
Liberty
State Street
Colorado Avenue
Charles Chaplin
Wm. Fox
Tom MIX
Polie
Vandeville
Acces
Pica
Frankie "May
Comedeans
Embs & Walton
Robert Henry Hodge & Co
Ith Kiisoch
Hrarst -Pathe News
Bennett
Sharp & Gibson
Ery
Lyons-Moran
Eucatre
Kitty ‘Gordon
Uys
Quilty’s School OF Dancing
Colonial
Fairfield Ave
Park « Ee A
Spiegel
Midgie Miller
Ee, Ie Wa Uus
Ulla
Brooklawn Dancing Pavilion
Stapleton’s
Real Jazz Band
Stratfield
Elite Theatre
Main Street
Dorothy Dalton
Charlie Chaplin
WM .S.hart
Paramount Feature
West State ST
Clinton Ave
Lion Dolea
Robert W. Chambers
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