Never Say Quit and The Gay Old Dog at Ilo-Ilo
A review notes George Walsh in Never Say Quit and the Jimmy Dodd tale The Gay Old Dog at the Ilo-Ilo. The column highlights Friday superstitions debunked by wearing green and describes plot details of both photoplays and a Wm. Fox comedy with Mrs. Thrift scenes and a colorful life of Jimmy Dodd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Walsh
Reginald Jones
Reginald
Wm. Fox
John Cumberland
Jimmy Dodd
Edna Ferber
Jimmy
Carrie
Stella
Emily Harrison
Emily
Dodd
Eva
Babe
Ilo-Ilo
Sidney Drew
Unsolicited Testimonials Mistress Evening Dress Dance Incident
A heated exchange at a social dance reveals Jane wearing a new evening dress last night provoking indignation from a mistress who scolds her while Jane meekly explains the crowd's remarks.
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Jane
Dorothy Gish Stars in Battling Jane Thrift Drive Tale
Dorothy Gish plays a wanderer who cares for a baby in Hillsdale Maine during a thrift stamp drive. After a quarrel with Dr. Sheldon, she flees with the child, takes a hotel job, and faces a showdown as the infant falls ill and she recalls the father is a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
Maine
Jane
Wilbur
Sheldon
Relhdo
The Border Wireless at Ilo Theater
William S. Hart stars in The Border Wireless a modern war era Western with espionage on the border. Hart plays Steve Ransom a vengeful son who becomes a bandit amid a rail company dispute while rescuing Elsa a telegraph operator. Brandt a German spy hides a wireless mine operation sending messages to Mexico Honduras and Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Hart
Ilo Llo
Mr. Hart
Steve Ransom
Wyoming
Steve
Elsa
Magdalen Mines
Brandt
Mexico
Honduras
Berlin
General Pershing
Europe
A Model Servant and a Child’s Dinner Table Exchange
A dialogue features a servant request with Mr De Broke about a bill and a family comment on a caterpillar anecdote at table. A teacher asks about misbehavior and a mother’s stern warning about punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. de Broke
Life Insurance Sparks Gentle Exchange
One character notes securing a life insurance policy for five thousand dollars. The other replies with relief that the insured will no longer need reminders to be careful, adding a humorous, domestic tone to the dialogue.
A Sure Cure for Insomnia and Odd Local Bits
A humorous set of regional vignettes and one line jokes. Tales include a doctor prescribing a powder for a cat in milk to ease insomnia and situational quips from neighbors, a foreman and new hand exchange about a wheelbarrow, and a maid offering water to a thirsty caller while a tramp jokes about his iron constitution.
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Jinx
Jimmy Dodds
Gay Old Dog
Dorothy Gish
Border Wireless
Bill
Tommy
Thomas
Flatbush
Bensonhurst
New
Ilo-Ilo Theatre
Reggie
Helen
Paramount Picture
Artcraft
the Gay Old Dog
Harold Lloyd
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