The Girl on the Cover Advises Movie Struck Women
Miss Edith Johnson known as the girl on the cover recounts her Selig Company entry to film, the hard work behind scenes, wardrobe changes, and risks of motion picture life. She cites Sweet Alyssum as her best role and notes strong women face long hours, harsh studios, and critics while pursuing craft.
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Edith Johnson
Johnson Ware
Selig
Beecause
Philadelphia
Mr. Selig
West
Los Angeles
Selig Company
Charles Major
Selig Jungle Zoo
Colin Campbell
Selig Red Seal
Tyrone Power
Kathryn Williams
Alyssum
Roanoke Brooks
Little Star Lenore Ulrich Signs Two Year Film Contract
Lenore Ulrich, noted stage and screen actress, has signed a two year exclusive contract with Oliver Morosco for Paramount Pictures. She praised Morosco’s high quality productions and shared fond memories of Kilmeny and her stage success.
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Lenore Ulrich
Paramount Pictures
Milwaukee
Oliver Moroseco
Oliver Morose
Paramount
Perhaps That's the Reason In Detroit Free Press
A light exchange reveals social ties as a daughter and her husband improve relations, while the narrator notes infrequent visits. The snippet captures domestic brevity and urban newspaper tone.
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Detroit Free Press
Electrical Prosperity Week Targets U S Business Growth
New York reports the United Electrical Interests of America launching Electrical Prosperity Week to push prosperity into every city town and village. The campaign uses posters stamps posters displays with the Electric design and highlights America's $2 000 000 daily electrical trade in machinery equipment and public power.
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New York
United Electrical Interests of America
America
Local cast set for 1492 comic opera December 13
The Maryland Theatre hosts a December 13 production of the comic opera 1492 with original cast mostly returning. Prof John E Edwards stars as Queen Isabella with W J Cramer Ferdinand, John Read Columbus, Dr Karl P Heintz the Royal Treasurer, and Arnett Widener Joana among others. Proceeds benefit Associated Charities.
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Maryland Theatre
John E. Edwards
Isabella of Spain
W. J. Cramer
Ferdinand
John Read
Christopher Columbus
Karl P. Heintz
Royal
Lloyd Rawlings
Bridgette de Murfie
Foster Read
Catalina
Royal Household
Alvin Anthony
Joana
Arnett Widener
Goodwin to Again Appear in Movies for Mirror Films
Nat Goodwin, long a stage star, signs exclusive contract with Mirror Films Inc. to act in pictures. He will work at the new Mirror Studio in Glendale, Long Island, early next year. A company of screen artists is assembling to support him, with several plays chosen though his first film has not yet been named.
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Mr. Morosco
Paramount
New York
Nat Goodwin
Mirror Films, Inc
Clifford B. Harmon
Goodwin
the Mirror
Glendale
L. I
Mr. Harmon
Garden of Allah at Maryland Theatre two day run
The Maryland Theatre presents The Garden of Allah in a two day limited engagement starting tomorrow. The production opens with a desert scene titled The Spirit of the Desert featuring Arabs, Kabyles, and Moors in a caravan and a sheik on a camel. Tickets are on sale by phone.
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Maryland Theatre
Desert
The Peasant Girl at Maryland Theatre this Saturday
Edith Thayer stars in The Peasant Girl joined by Leo Stein Rudolph Frim and Oskar Nedbal in the comic opera after success in New York. George Bluenthal brings a large chorus, a special orchestra under Paul Martin, with principal players including Frank Deshon and Hugh Scott. Maryland Theatre hosts matinee and night performances on December 4.
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New York
Edith Thayer
Leo Stein
Rudolph Frim
Oskar Nedbal
Miss Thayer
Emma Trentini
Forty-fourth Street Theatre
George Bluenthal
Trentini
Paul Martin
Frank Deshon
Hugh Scott
Almon Knowles
Nelson Riley
Peggy Brannon
Elaine Doree
Stella Thomas
Gus Vaughn
Constance Grant
George Gould
Maryland Theatre
Victoria Theatre serial chapter preview dominates bill
The Victoria Theatre presents the twenty eighth chapter On the Wings of the Morning of The Diamond From the Sky with tomorrow afternoon and night showings. Readers are invited to submit a 1000 word sequel for a $10000 prize and a new episode continues with Esther John Powell Vivian Mareto Blair Stanley and Diamond in the next three chapters.
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Victoria Theatre
Tomorow
Esther
John Powell
Vivian Mareto
Blair Stanley
Diamond
Victoria Theat
Greater Lov Hath No Man at Grande Theatre
Metro Pictures presents the American drama Greater Lov Hath No Man at the Grande Theatre tomorrow afternoon and night. Emmet Currigan stars as Varge with a plot of sacrifice and crime, where a son takes the blame, a life sentence, and a prison escape attempt ends with Varge serving as warden’s gardener after heroic acts during a fire.
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Metro Pictures Corporation
Emmet Currigan
Grande Theatre
Frar L. Packard
Merton
Harold
Varge
Imagining Sarah Bernhardt Amid Shipwreck Heroism
The captain praised her courage, calling Sarah Bernhardt the bravest woman he had seen as the shipwreck tale unfolds across pages.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Twain Works to Be Adapted into Motion Pictures
The works of the late Mark Twain are to be adapted for film, including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, bringing the famous characters of Samuel Clemens to the screen with scores of other celebrated figures.
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Mark Twain
Samuel
Twain Works to Be Adapted into Photo Play Form
Langbourne Clemens announces that Mark Twain novels will be adapted into motion pictures by Lasky Feature Play Co and released on Paramount. The plans include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer among the best known works, with broad audience appeal.
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Langbourne Clemens
Mark Twain
Twain
Lasky Feature Play Co
Universal
Lasky
Geraldine Farrar
Metropolitan Opera
Carmen
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Paramount
The
Lasky Company
Tom Sawyer
Varied Twalsp Stories Prompt Early Picturization
A list notes many shorter tales by the late Mark Twalsp suitable for film or stage adaptation. Mentions Arthur's Court, Visit to Fleaven, Equator, 1Innoowney OTe d'nhead, Wilson, Ftp tv 1 Sawyer Abroad, Pom Sawye tective, The Jumping Frog and other pieces as candidates for picturization.
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Arthur's Court
Fleaven
Equator
Nhead
Wilson
Sawyer
Mark Twalsp
Vermont Banker on Trial for Fake Bank Entries
George C. Averill of Brattleboro, a Brattleboro leader and 18 year former president of the Vermont National Bank, faces arraignment in federal court on a charge under a federal statute for making false entries to deceive examiners. The warrant alleges fake entries to inflate the bank reserves and deposits with no claim of funds misappropriation.
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Vermont
Rutland
George C. Averill
Brattleboro
Averill
Brattlesboro
Vermont National Bank
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Little Star
Miss Ulrich
Oliver Morosec
Associated Charities
Ingham Lord
Garden OF Allah
Maryland
Janet
Varge Gove
Metro
Huck Finn
Paramount Theatre
Fannie
Ward
Liberty
Kathryn Osterman
Theatre
Cumberla
Robert Hichens
Mary Anderson Navarro
Century Theater
Emmet Corrigan
Frank L. Packard
Lottie Pickford
William Cummings
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