Fire scene tests film crew during Sunset Trail shoot
Vivian Martin star of The Sunset Trail and director George H. Melford helped fight a fire at Rincon camp in the San Gabriel canyon California. The cast and crew awakening to a blaze saved cabins and continued preparations for departures to the Savoy and Family theaters. A prop man even went back toward the studio to fetch a fire extinguisher as chaos turned to caution.
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Vivian Martin
Paramount
George H. Melford
Rincon Camp
San Gabriel Canyon
California
Miss Martin
Savoy Theater
Fairbanks Stars in Arizona at Princess Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks appears as Lieut. Denton in the screen adaptation of the American stage classic Arizona. Augustus Thomas influenced the change and Fairbanks approved. The film debuts at the Princess Theatre Sunday through Tuesday with an exceptional cast and high production standards.
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Arizona
Augustus Thomas
Douglas Fairbanks
Princess Theater
James P. Hogan
Fairbanks
Lieut. Denton
Praise Given Silent Mystery By Critics
Critics praise The Silent Mystery as a standout Francis Ford project. The fifteen episode serial has drawn unusually flattering notices from leading motion picture and theater journals, signaling strong industry reception for the latest work.
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Francis Ford
Savoy Theater Today Auction At Quincy Theater
Critics, among the keenest appraisers of pictures, note that a film must have very great merit to spark enthusiastic comment. The Savoy Theater at Quincy hosts a Monday auction as part of a lineup that test critics' patience and taste.
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Quincy Theater
Bert Lytell Has a Dual Role This Film
Bert Lytell stars in Blind Man's Eyes at the Belasco theater in a powerful drama of love and hate. He plays Hugh Overton, a falsely accused man, with an ensemble cast including Naomi Childers, Frank Currier, Joseph Kilgour, Mignon Anderson, Richard Morris, Gertrude Claire, and Moris Foster. Adapted from William Meary's novel by Tune Mathis and directed under Maxwell Karger's supervision.
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Metro
Bert Lytell
Belasco
Hugh Overton
Mr. Lytell
Naomi Childers
Frank Currier
Joseph Kilgour
Mignon Anderson
Richard Morris
Gertrude Claire
Moris Foster
Tune Mathis
Willian Meary
John Tace
Maxwell Karger
Cheating Cheaters at Star Theater this week
Clara Kimball Young stars in a screen adaptation of the Broadway hit Cheating Cheaters at the Star Theater. Nan Carey infiltrates rival crooks posing as Palmers, uncovers paste jewels, and aids a reform effort after a police raid and a detective named Ferris.
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Star Theater
Clara Kimball Young
Miss Young
Nan Carey
Palmers
Makan
Palmer Jewels
Crook
Ferris
Nan
AT BIJOU The Bite Delivers Enjoyable Vaudeville Act
The Bite offers a pleasing vaudeville bill today and tonight with Ter and Eleta performing a notable act. Mr. Lockwood is lucky to witness such talent, said to be the greatest act of its kind seen in Quincy. Other acts on the bill also entertain and a star shines through skill and personality.
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Yester
Eleta
Lockwood
Quincy
Film Glossary Terms for Movie Fans Fifth Installment
A compiled glossary of motion picture words and terms curated for fans led by Bessie Barris cale. Entries define terms from strike to subtitle to vamp and zero hour with period tone and crisp explanations.
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Bessie Barriscale
BK. B. Features
Slaughter House
Violet
Vamp
Villaness
Yannigan
Reel Life Stars and Films In Early 1920s Spotlight
Enid Bennett appears in The Law of Man filmed as Nemesis. Charles Ray releases Creased Lightning about a country inventor and a racing machine. Dorothy Dalton heads to New York for several pictures. Mon tagu Love returns to screen. World photos to stage six painter works and a full feature. Evelyn Greeley photographed for Among the Apple Blossoms. Five reel adaptation of James Whitcomb Riley’s Little Orphant Annie titled Back Home. Santchi and Coleen Moore star in the drama. Films increasingly used in churches and schools for education and propaganda.
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Charles Ray
Julien Josephson
Ray
Hamilton King
New York City
Evelyn Greeley
World Picture Star
James Whitcomb Riley
World Pictures
Thomas Santchi
Coleen Moore
Poram
Photo Plays: Week of Theaters and Star Casts
This week showcases Frances Ford Mae Gaston and Rosemarys in Thirty in The Silent Mystery at Quincey Theater with Pathe Weekly and Lions and Ladies. Trelen Gibson headlines The Black Tlotse Tandit at News Screen Mag azine. Various theaters feature Lyons and Moran, William Duncan, Pearl White, Helen Gibson, Antonio Morena, Carat Hollawas, Barry Chapin, Pauline Frederick, Vivien Martin, Tay Ley Holmes, Sessue Hayakawa, Douglas Fairbanks, Louise Huff, Ciara Kimball Young, Bert Tytell, and George Walsh in a slate of dramas, comedies, and travel pictures across venues.
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Quincey ‘Theater
Frances Ford
Mae Gaston
Rosemarys
Thorndayy
Triday
Douglas Mairbanks
Alisss
Sinere Field
Pearl White
Lightway Leider
Helen Gibson
Nester Samedy
Antonio Morena
Carat Hollawas
Princess Theater
Douglas Fairanks
Arizona
Kurten
Mattel Naemand
Sis Hopkins
the Pictorial Review
George Walsh
Colonial Wheater
Warold Lloyd
Charles Chapliin
Thurador
Eddie Polo
Victoria Forde
King of the Kitchen
G. M. Anderson
Mae Marsh Prefers Private Feasts Over Public Dining
Mae Marsh, star of Goldwyn Pictures, avoids public restaurant dining though her screen roles often show her amid cafe life. In Spotlight Sadie she plays an Irish chorus girl who attends a supper party and orders milk, revealing her real dislike of restaurant food and being watched. The others revel at The Red Rooster Tavern.
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Mae Marsh
Goldwyn Pictures
Sadie
Red Reooster Tavern
Sun Crowned Bessie Barriscale Seeks Change in No Children Wanted Mood
Sun crowned actress Bessie Barriscale speaks out with earnest resolve to combat a prevailing sentiment among landlords against letting to families with children. Her determined stance aims to influence housing attitudes nationwide.
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Bessie Barriscale
Barriscale Sees Children as Nation’s Richest Treasure
A plan she has in mind works out successfully she hopes to solve the whole problem in a manner that will be satisfactory to everybody Miss Barriscale thinks that children form the richest treasure of a nation's wealth
Motion Pictures Promote Global Brotherhood in Everyday Life
The statement asserts that motion pictures foster greater understanding among people worldwide and will significantly contribute to universal brotherhood in daily living.
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Sessue
Ravan
Sunshine Comedy
Savoy Theater Today
W.s.hart
Artcraft Pictures
Star
Bijou
Sessue Havaizawa
Lingo
Mae
Reel Life
Enid Bennett
Thomas
Law of Man
John Lynch
Miss Bennett
Dorothy Dalton
Thos. Ii Ince
New York
Montagu Love
Net
World Picture
Mabel Normand
Gem Theater
Sun of
Berry Chapin
William 5
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Pauline Frederick
Tayley Holmes
Emily
E Viblance
Sessue Hayakawa
William S. Wiart
Vivien Martin
Tavior Holmes
Bessie
Princess
Vivian Facia
Panett
Danceland—Highland
Ouincy
Antonio Moreno, Carol Holloway IN
International News Magazine
Rosemary Theby
Egypt
Pathe Weekly
Lions and Ladies
News Screen Magazine
Harold Lloyd
Moran
Highland Rialto
Gents
Ladies
Highland Rialto Jazzy-Jazz Orchestra
Colonial Theater
Charlie
Chaplin
Missouri
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