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Newspaper
Petersburg Daily Progress
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
2
Mary Pickford appears at the Palace tomorrow in her own company’s new photo drama Less Than the Dust. She will wear several distinctive costumes including an Indian native dress and a charming ensemble suited to the period and role.
The Palace shows the Mary Pickford feature Less Than the Dust with an elaborate oriental setting tomorrow. Also today June Caprice stars in The Mischief Maker, with the statue plot element modeled from Caprice. A double program repeats on Wednesdays, offering Billie Burke in Gloria's Romance and related features with bargain matinee pricing.
The Strand shows A Fools Paradise a society drama praised as gripping and one of Petersburg's best. Tomorrow Bluebird Photoplays presents Love Never Dies with Roth Stonehouse making a star turn in a tale inspired by Mendelssohn Spring Song about fidelity, childhood love, and a romantic struggle ending happily.
The management announces Following the Fing or American Boys in Mexico will show tomorrow after a missed slot due to Christmas rush. Following the Flag featuring National Guardsmen on the Mexican Border will be shown at the same price. Dare Devil Geo Larkin in The Police Reporter Ben Turpin in A Waiting Game Harry Meyers and Rosemary Thebe in Their Installment Furniture complete the program alongside Miss Lillian Drew and Sydney Ainsworth in The Little Brown Mole and a Black Cat feature a Flag of Truce Chapter 15.
The current cinemas feature Libe rty Kate and Babe Hardy in He Winked and Won with Selig Tribune presenting a lively mix. The program also includes a screening of Selig’s Fribune as part of today's show and plans for more screenings this week.
Chas Soladar's Brinkley Girls Company headlines this week at the Lyric with a streamlined version of the opera The Mascot titled The King of Heidelburg. The troupe reports enthusiastic crowds and a crowded capacity, with many specialties planned for today’s show.
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