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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
7
Director J Searle Dawley discusses Marguerite Clark in The Valentine Girl a Famous Players photoplay. He praises the plot and Clark for fitting the star and notes Little Marian Morgan won hearts at the studio. The film opens at Broadway theatre next Friday.
Louise Hull wears a real birthday gift necklace in the Pallas Paramount production The Lonesome Chap. The pearls, given by her mother on her birthday, appear in scenes filmed the day before. Hull arranged for a photograph to immortalize the gift during production with House Peters co starring.
Judge Boyd remains on the bench amid pushback from some to remove him. He postponed Wilkesboro district court from May 28 to September 11 citing crop-making needs and the absence of prisoners. He argued witnesses and jurors would be disrupted if the May term proceeded.
Weekly theater card lists William Fox offerings with The Mischief Maker and The Great Serial Patria featuring Mrs Vern on Castle plus One of Many with Frances Nelson and Handy Henry comedy. It notes Little Lost Sister and three Fox film serials The Great Secret The Double Cross and The Voice on the Wire amid other showings and a charity event for Company MHigh Point soldiers.
A long list of backers and sponsors for the 1917 Chautauqua season runs from June 22 to 28 inclusive. Names include A. T. Wishart A. E. Tate W. B. Thomas W. T. Powell J. W. Hinkle Dr. W. J. McAnaily W. C. Thompson R. BR. Ragan W. E. Price J. P. Rawley Clarence A. Smith W. T. Parker and many others. The roster reflects community leaders and contributors who support the Chautauqua program.
The Virginia Brooks tale Little Lost Sister is filmed as a Selig Red Seal play conveying a moral lesson and a solution to a vital problem. It urges mothers to require daughters to watch and features a strong love story amid thrilling climaxes.
Louise Huff and House Peters perform seven hundred feet underground in one of California’s largest mines for The Lonesome Chap. Regular miners join as film actors while the production rolls next Wednesday. Harry Benham, star of The Mischief Maker, served three years in the Illinois National Guard and may resume his sergeant rank on return.
The Rose theater screens One of Many featuring Frances Nelson Tuesday, a tale of Shirley Bryson and a critique of modern youth and hypocrisy. The Broadway theater hosts Marguerite Clark in The Valentine Girl with a strong cast and Dawley direction next Friday.
Bluebird presents a Rose theater screening of Black Orchids starring Cleo Madison as Zoraida a flirt whose pursuit of love causes tragedy Rex Ingram directs a melodramatic adaptation intended as a moral warning to flirtatious women The screen drama ends with a grim fate for the heroine reflecting the production's purpose.
Louise Huff and House Peters star next Wednesday in the Pallas Paramount production The Lonesome Chap. Emma Rochelle Williams wrote the thrilling tale adapted for the screen by Harvey Gates with a strong supporting cast including Eugene Palette John Burton Betty Jonson and Senor Buzzi.
Marguerite Clark plays Marian Morgan in The Valentine Girl at the Broadway theater next Friday. The plot centers on a little girl seeking her father, who is found engrossed in a gambling game with confederates, until the revival brings a moral choice and a poignant moment.
Ti Inez Marcel limps while portraying Madame Briand in the William Fox photoplay The Mischief Maker. She broke her ankle years ago when jumping from a window in a prior film and was unable to perform fully for six months.
The old Red Sox pitcher Joe Woo now with Cleveland has not yet resumed regular pitching duties after a year away from the major leagues with Indiana.
Schedule from High Point North Carolina detailing daily interurban service to Winston-Salem and Greensboro, with departure times from High Point Elwood and Winston, connection to trains west, hotel pickups, Greensboro to Guilford Hotel departures, ticketing at hotels, car seating, baggage allowance, and emphasis on sober drivers and prompt service.
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