Hollywood Censors and Stars Shape Silent Era Trends
Julie Opp wife of William Faver sham dies in New York hospital. Censorship bills rise across legislatures while producers fear limits. Charles Ray praised for never filming questionable scenes. Claire Windsor recalls parsimony by a major company during a banqu et scene. Tom Santschi two reel westerns gain momentum. Bill Hart retirement opens a gap for The Three Musketeers adaptation with top writers. The Miracle Man shatters records with profits nearing 3 million and continued play potential.
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Charles Ray
Tom Santschi
Pathe Company
Bill Hart
Tom
De Mille Film Uses Traveling Carnival for Something to Think About
The De Mille production uses a leased street carnival with about five hundred extras to stage a country fair setting. The film blends strikingly beautiful settings with a sober message about right thinking and living, portraying a central female lead between two men. In a separate exchange a bank manager confirms an old cashier friend has left the bank.
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Cecil B de Mille
Paramount
de Mille
Mr. Come
Mr. Clarke
The Miracle of Love At Iloilo Candlestick Incident
In the Ilolio program the film The Miracle of Love relies on oversized candlesticks from Cosmo Hamilton's novel. Five o'clock workers left and thirteen sticks were moved up the stairs. A collapse nearly injures the director prompting a grim joke about twelve.
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Iloilo
Athon Company
Cosmo Hamilton
Paramount Artcraft
Gladys Brockwell Stars in Chasing Rainbows at Ilo-Ilo Theatre
Gladys Brockwell, famed William Fox star, appears Friday at the Ilo-Ilo Theatre in Chasing Rainbows. She plays a waitress with a large heart and quick mind, in a wholesome tale with humor pathos and a hopeful ending as she seeks a pot of gold at the rainbow’s end.
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Gladys Brockwell
William Fox
Miss Brockwell
Grass by the Yard Grass grown on cloth shipped as lawn
Mr McDonald of Harpenden England grows grass on cloth laid in his greenhouse. After the grass covers the cloth it is rolled and sent to buyers who spread it on lawns to root quickly and be usable within days.
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McDonald
Harpenden
Eng
Girl Hero Overcomes Lawless Town in Western Tale
A bold heroine tames a wild town using courage and wit. She earns love and justice by outsmarting dangerous men and seizing a pot of gold at journey’s end, proving beauty and bravery can topple lawlessness.
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Julie Opp
William Faversham
Post-Graduate Hospital
New York
Claire Windsor
Lois Weber Studios
Miss Windsor
Bruno
George Loane Tucker
Doris Keane
Ilo-Ilo
Athon Co
The
Salvation Army
British Columbia
Vancouver
Alo le
Victoria Social Report
Ilo-Ilo Theatre
Jesse L. Lasky
Cecil B. DE Mille
Theodore Roberts
Gloria Swanson
Elliot Dexter
Monte Blue
Cosmopolitan
Chasing Rainbows
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