Just Outside the Door at Plaza Theatre and West End
The Plaza Theatre features the Select Picture Just Outside the Door starring Edith Haller with J Barney Sherry Betty Blythe Arnold Greece Ida Lewis and others. Jules Eckert Goodman writes the drama. A vaudeville act Dottie Claire and a Pasha athletic turn are also billed. a New Year’s Eve midnight show is planned. West End showcases Humoresque with Alma Rubens Gaston Glass and Vera Gordon. Leon Kantor’s music career and personal trials drive the plot in a ghetto setting.
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Dottie Claire
Siyon
Arabi
Mantry
Hughes
Merritt
al Riccard
Plaza Theatre
West End
Leon Kantor
Leon
Pymate
Gina Gins
Genina
France
Gina
Alma Rubens
Gaston Glass
Vera Gordon
Poli Players Present New Farce Comedy at Lyric Theatre
Poli Players stage Marry The Poor Girl a clean farce opening this afternoon for a week at the Lyric theatre with two daily shows and a New Year matinee. A tale of engagements mistaken rooms at a weekend party ends in a comic, romantic marriage forced by parents and aided by a make believe vamp and friends.
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Lyric Theater
Mamma R
Papa
Sand
Fhouk
Tarriage
Haive
Heroine Will Escape Pitfalls of Party
A studio note for Metro’s West Coast production of Mother, Tove in Kellywood California describes a wild party scene at a famous San Francisco cafe. Alice Lake says the party will be staged with reckless abandon, yet the heroine resists the pad man and remains unattached, marking a novel turn in the film.
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San Francisco
Metro
Tove
Alice Lake
West Coast
Kellyweood
Cali
Orhix
DRY humor and wry banter in a ranch scene
Rogers and Walter Cameron face a relentless off sovk salesman as Cameron quips about buying a thousand shires if a horse comes with each hare. Iugenie Beswerer stars in a Goldwyn film, with Rosa and other stage and screen celebs noted. Heights of Terror headlines the fifth Fantomas episode with Ruth clinging to a cliff as her sweetheart struggles to save her.
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Rogers
Walter Cameron
Cameron
E4ard Sedewick
Ruth
Bernhardt Returns To Stage In Daniel At Paris Theatre
Paris reports Sarah Bernhardt back on stage in the drama Daniel, though often confined to a chair or bed in the second and fourth acts. The performance drew long applause and flowers as critics praised her enduring emotional power and unchanged voice.
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Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Daniel
Sarah
Bes
Ting Athletic
George Walsh Herother
Atlantic City
Sarah. Bernhardt
States
British Isles
Cinema Briefs: Hillions and Other Stage to Screen News
Nazimova stars in Hillions adapted from a French stage hit with Greenwich Village flair and California winter resort high life. Dennis Neilson Terry, son of Ellen Terry, leads in The Hundredth Chance, while Ferguson returns to New York for Sacred and Profane Love. Lionel Barrymore finishes The Great Adventure and Jim the Penman. Anetha Getwell, 50 000 entry winner, stars in a Soldiers' Bonus photoplay and appears as the first woman to operate a U S army tank during Armistice Day events.
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Nazimova the
Incomparable
Greenwich Village
Russia
California
Charles Bryant
Dennis Neilson Terry
Lord Saltash
Ethel Dell
Ellen Terry
Henry Trving
Lyceum
Hisse Ferguson
New York
Los Angeles
Arnold Bennet
Miss Ferguson
Anetha Getwell
Washington, D
One Never Can Tell by Buster Keaton
In a rare quoted interview Buster Keaton reflects on how few enter film comedies with malice aforethought. He notes Roncoe Arbuckle's transition from musical comedy to cinema and cites Chaplin and others who started on stage before becoming longtime comedy film fixtures. He says his own path followed a similar course.
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Buster Keaton
Roncoe Arbuckle
Charlie Chaplin
Peruses Stage Offer Continues in Pictures
Johnny Walker refused a flattering offer to return to the speaking stage to accept a leading role in William Fox’s serial Fantomas. He argues that appearing in a successful serial lets him reach more of the public than Broadway’s best stage production.
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Johnny Walker
William Fox
Fantomas
Jehnny
Groadway
Enter Another Female Impersonator in Rupert Hughes Story
Five year old Robert De Vilbiss will portray Joyce in a Dow Rupert Hughes production. Helen Chadwick plays Mrs Jones as the cast tightens for the stage vignette.
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Robert de Vilbiss
Joyce
Rupert Hughes
Helen Chadwick
Mrs. Jones
Historic Piano With Stars In Concert
Frank Glendon stars in Gouverneur Morris play The Water i and owns two pianos used in a concert featuring Godowsky Orn Moskowsky Levinsky and Rubinstein, highlighting a rare collaboration and performance.
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Frank Glendon
Gouverneur Morris
Godowsky, Orn
Moskowsky
Levinsky
Rubinstein
Cardigan scenes filmed at historic sites for screen adaptation
Production notes reveal scenes from Cardigan were shot at Johnston Toll in Dobbs Ferry where parts of the story occur while at the Los Angeles Auditorium and Margaret Theatre on the west coast Goldwyn used the venues to film opera scenes for The Great Lover starring Leo D. I. r i ehstein.
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Cardigan
The
Fist
Robert W. Chambers
Mesmore Kendall
Johnston Tull
Dobbs’ Ferry
Wir
Los Angeles
Audtorium
Lagaret
C Coasts
Goldwyn
Leo di Iriehstein
Leiber Leads Shakespeare Run at Lexington Theatre
The reviews praise Fritz Leiber's Hamlet and Shakespearean repertoire at the Lexington Theater noting his presence voice and intelligence as the season’s standout. The piece also highlights St John Ervine’s Mixed Marriage with strong acting by Augustin Duncan and others, Mitzi’s star turn in Lady Billy, and mentions Sydney Greenstreet and Jean Newcombe as supporting talents.
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Dixie Hines
New York
John E. Kellerd
Manhattan Opera House
Kellierd
Fritz Leiber
Lexington Theater
Julius Ceassi
Leiber
Hamlet
Shakespeare
Formeo
St. John Ervine
Jane Clege
John Ferguson
United States
Workingmans
Belfast
Augustin Duncan
Margaret Wycherly
Rollo Peters
Barry Macallum
Harmon MacGregor
Mitzi
Lady Billy
Zelda Sears
Col. Savase
Sydney Greenstreet
Jean Newcombe
Miss Newcombe
State of Liberty
Mr. Greenstreet
Sir Toby
Well Known Screen Favorite Frank Mayo Emerges
Well known screen star Frank Mayo, long associated with Universal, continues to attract popular appeal as a leading figure in films. The actor's enduring presence reinforces his status in moviedom and reflects his broad appeal across audiences.
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Moving Pictures
Universal
Frank Mayo
Scarcity of Good Productions Tied to Actors, Says Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Phillips argues that the shortage of high quality photoplays stems entirely from a lack of capable actors and actresses. She notes many stars no longer turn out eight to twelve features yearly, while casting pools grow. confirms cinema needs stronger talent to lift production standards. Buck Jones finishes Two Moons, a cattle country drama produced by Edward J. Le Saint, with Culver City filming and a Palace Hotel lobby detail replicated for authenticity.
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Dorothy Philips
Miss Phillips
Buck Jones
Edward J. le Saint
Joottings By D. 4. L. A Vintage Screen Critique Summary
A satirical collage on early film culture notes dismissive views of stars and costumes, jokes about Kiss scenes, reformers opposing movie kisses, and a chorus of stage imagery. It comments on actors, dressmakers, and audience reactions amid chaotic stage humor and censorship hints.
Sure Isn't A Miser On Broadway Joke
Tangdon McCormick, noted playwright, was stopped on Broadway by a young woman who had just witnessed The Storm. For fifteen minutes she juggled adjectives regardless of speed limit. McCormick sighed and said there is one thing I call you. If silence is golden, tell the world you are no miser.
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Tangdon McCormick
Mr. McCormick
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Pasha Athletic Sports of
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Renta Ware
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Tom Moore
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League of Natives
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Empire Builders
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