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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1925
Page
27
A local cinema forecast suggests a wide range of moods will please audiences this week. Features include East of Suez at the Virginian and A Man More Live at the Cap, with stars Pola and Dorothy MacMurray drawing attention from New York.
Rehearsals underway as Charleston Elks prepare the annual minstrel revue to entertain 52,000 residents. Director Charlene G. guides the production with Miller Producing Co from New York supplying costumes and cast features five specialty acts and a miniature musical comedy titled Listening. Notable local and regional figures expected to join the cast, with tickets sold for suburban buyers and a focus on community access to the event.
Local article notes a barber shop in SEPSMLANTI Michigan posts a No Smoking sign. The piece mentions Michigan State Normal School attendees and a small town setting with community details, reflecting a transient urban anecdote.
A garbled 1910s style notes Constance Talmadge stars in Her Night of Romance at the Capitol starting Monday for three days. Toland Colian plays a British nobleman amid a sequence of witty misunderstandings and a risk of scandal. Supporting cast includes Albert Brad Jean Bricket Sidney Braes and Temple Sax. The program also features Life's Greatest Game as a second attraction with Rene Weleter and a Lenore Whitman noted cast.
Constance Talmadge announces plans to construct a theatre dedicated to women only. She will also produce pictures featuring casts that are nearly all women, expanding opportunities for female performers in cinema.
J Needham, former nat, takes charge as general manager at Capitol Theatre succeeding William Brooker. New policy slashes prices by 69 percent to meet hard times, while aiming to offer best available pictures and a strong program through the week. The move is not aimed at waging a price war but to attract audiences during difficult periods, with various productions and performers mentioned in the announced lineup.
The Virginian lists weekly screenings: East of Suez with Pola Negri on Mon Tue Wed. A Man Must Live with Richard Dix on Thu Sat. Her Night of Romance with Constance Talmadge on Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat. Life's Greatest Game with Gertrude Olmstead and Johnnie Walker on Fri Sat. The Man Who Came Back with Dorothy Mackaill on Mon Tue Wed. Another Man's Wife with Lila Lee and Wallace Beery on Thu Fri Sat. Circe the Enchantress with Mae Murray on Mon Tue Wed Thu. Dynamite Smith with Jeanveind Charies Ray on Fri Sat.
Circe the Enchantress is Rialto Picture for the first four days of the week. The film, based on the life of Hires, follows a femme fatale as she ventures through modern city life and uses charm to manipulate men before a dramatic downfall. The narrative centers on a city editor and reporters racing to cover a waterfront blaze and a Diamond Cafe incident as Slugger Rourke becomes a focal point.
A fragmented reminiscence traces Charles Ray's youth and ambition to become an actor. It recounts his early training, involvement with chess groups, and path through stage companies, leading to a breakthrough performance in The Cowardly Son and later roles that built his path to fame. The narrative mentions mentors, family constraints, and shifts from theater to offered film prospects shaping his career.
Robert Ames Delivers a uneven but generally promising turn in the comedy Jack in the Pulpit while Mrs Partridge Prevails as a sharp moral farce aimed at middle class pretensions. Marion Goetz and Alexander Clark co star with a capable supporting cast as critics note the production’s merits and flaws.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a peculiar discovery involving an oyster and pearls, referencing Beach Packing company plans and a strange appearance of pearls of varied colors. The text mentions stage show titles and a misread caption about a freak of nature.
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