Silent Screen Week Shows and Stars in Town
Tom Mix stars in Dick Turpin while Ricardo Cortez and Bebe Daniels headline Argentine Love. Antonio Moreno heads The Border Legion at Orpheum with Constance Bennett and Owen Moore in Code of the West. Emil Jannings and Lillian Hall Davis in Clark Morrell. Norma Shearer appears in Lady of the Night at the Grand with Walter Hiers in person today and Monday. Olive LeCompte brings Fast Steppers to the Grand Thursday through Saturday. Quo Vadis plays at the Alhambra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Mix
Dick Turpin
Olive LeCompte
Personal visits by film stars rare in Canton
Walter Hiers appears at the Grand for today and Monday in a light comedy while Quo Vadis and other European and American productions show at the Alhambra, Mozart, and Strand. The article notes few film stars have visited Canton and highlights actors like Emil Jannings Lydia Hall Davis and Tom Mix.
Argentine Love at the Strand Stars Daniels and Cortez
Bebe Daniels and Ricardo Cortez lead in Vicente Blasco Ibanez's Argentine Love at the Strand. James Rennie appears in a supporting role with Mario Maiteroni and Aurelio Cocela among others in the Spanish themed drama set around love and a choice between two suitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicente Blasco Ibanez
Bebe Daniels
Ricardo Cortez
Bebe
Cortez
Consuelo Garcia
States
James Rennie
Rennie
Miss Daniels
Mario Maiteroni
Gloria Swanson
Aurelio Cocela
Walter Hiers Stars In Person and Screen At Grand
Walter Hiers the famed rotund comedian appears in person today and Monday at the Grand theater to accompany the film Hold Your Breath starring Dorothy Devore. The uproarious thriller features a human fly sequence up a skyscraper and a crash into a crowded street with stunts and laughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hiers
Grand Theater
Hiers
Harold Lloyd
Dorothy Devore
Jack Pickford
Miss Devore
Fire Department
Dorothy
Edy
Tully Marshall
Jimmy Adams
Tom Mix Stars In Dick Turpin On Mozart Screen
Fox Film Corporation brings the rare production Dick Turpin to the Mozart theater with Tom Mix in the title role. The film features a strong supporting cast led by Kathleen Myers and Philo McCullough and introduces a black mare named Black Bess as Turpin’s mount. J G Blystone directed and Charles Kenyon wrote the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Mix
Dick Turpin
England
Tony
Mix Ranch
Black Betty
Turpin
Kathleen Myers
Mix
Fox Film Corporation
Eivotal
Fox
New York
Philo McCullough
James Marcus
Alan Hale
Sid Jordan
Lucille Hutton
Bull Montana
Jack Herrick
J. G. Blystone
Charles Kenyon
Dancer Bee Jackson Joins Lying Wives Film Number
Bee Jackson, famed stage dancer, is recruited to perform a jazzy number in the film Lying Wives where Clara Kimball Young will star.
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Bee Jackson
Clara Kimball Young
Week's List of Releases For General Showings
The trade lists last weeks feature pictures now ready for general release including Seven Chances from Metro-Goldwyn, The Air Mail and The Dressmaker From Paris from Paramount, The Midnight Girl from Chadwick, Sally from First National, Riders of the Purple Sage from Fox, Headwinds from Universal Jewel, Men and Women from Paramount, and The 14 Most Beautiful Girls In The World in romance of Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-Goldwyn
Buster Keaton
Paramount
Paris
Leatrice Joy
Chadwick
Lila Lee
Sally
First National
Colleen Moore
Ziegfeld
Fox
Tom Mix
Zane Grey
Universal Jewel
House Peters
Patsy Ruth Miller
Canton
Famous Players to sign Pola Negri for four more pictures
Walter Wanger announces Pola Negri signed with Famous Players last October for four more films after the current deal ends in April. The contract includes an option for four additional productions, guaranteeing her services for the next two years if exercised.
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New York
Walter Wanger
Famous Players Production Department
Pola Negri
Famous
Wanger
Opn
Miss Negri
Quo Vadis On Large Scale At Alhambra Theater
A new and gigantic production of Quo Vadis is showing all week at the Alhambra. Emil Jannings stars as Nero in a Roman setting filmed on site, with scenes of imperial decadence, the Circus, and the Christian romance of Vinicius and Lygia.
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Wegest
Europe
Alhambra
Italy
Sienkiewicz
Emil Jannings
Brooklyn
Nero
Lydia Hall Davis
Lygia
Rome
First National
Palatine
Circus Maximus
Christ
Vincius
Peter
Apostle
Jannings
Birlas
Troy
Vinicius
Buchowetski to Direct Napoleon at Universal
In Universal City Carl Laemmle signed Dimitri Buchowetski to produce a grand film titled Napoleon the Great on a scale rivaling The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Phantom of the Opera. Work to begin around May or June. He will also direct Norma Talmadge in Graustark before starting Napoleon.
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Universal City
Dimitri Buchowetski
Carl Laemmle
Universal
Napoleon the Great
Notre Dame
Buchowetski
Norma Talmadgen
Vaudeville Program Heads to Mindy Lyceum Theater
This week Bram presents a diverse vaudeville bill with headliners Davis Revue Artistic development of Old Tin Minstrel, Clark Morrell tenor from Italy, Bayle and Price comedy, Jack Wells Joe Walters country act, Orville Reeder Strong, Ronald novelty act, and Pathe News and Aesop's. The lineup promises high laughs and international talent.
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Vaudevills Bram
Mindy Lyceum Theater
Sevevue
Davis’ Revue
Clark Morr
Keith
Morrell
Italy
Bayle Ani Pn
Atta-Boy
Jack Wells
Joe Walters
Canton
Orville Reeder
Strong
Ronald
Pathe News
Moonlight Ballroom Reopens Night Show With Victor Records
Moonlight Ballroom at Lake opens for a single night with Paul Host Champion Victor Records and his band in a special attraction. The Moonlight Ballroom closed for a week to resurface and prepare for the spring season starting April 11. Elaine Hammerstein stars in The Roman Actress in a leading role.
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Lake
Paul
Victor Records & Tra
Elaine Hammerstein
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Leon Errol
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Four Horsemen
Bebe Daniel
Ricardo Cortes
Allan Dwan
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