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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1916

Page

21

Orpheum offers Rosary matinee and Convict 666 showings

The Orpheum theater presents today two shows The Rosary matinee and a night performance praised for the Orpheum Players scenic detail and clever acting A Tuesday and Wednesday matinee offer Convict 666 followed by a Wednesday stage reception for the cast A Thursday night features The Blindness of Virtue drama told with mock romance and social intrigue.

Orpheum Theater Orpheum Williams New York

Glimpses of Reel Life in a World Studio Opera

Lice Brady stars as Mimi in Murger's La Boheme shot for Word Film, a global release planned after June. The project follows Fox’s million dollar land and sea epic using twelve top cameramen to capture scenes from multiple angles, ensuring dramatic, world wide reach.

Lice Brady Word Film Corporation Murger Caruso Cavaleri Karl Jorn Gatti Tain Fox Herbert Brenon

Orpheum Feature Schedule with Convict 666 and The Blindness of Virtue

This week at the Orpheum presents Oliver Players with Convict 666 Monday through Wednesday and The Blindness of Virtue Thursday to Sunday. Moving Pictures include Dragged Waters with Gloria Fonda in five parts Tuesday, The Unwelcome Wife on Wednesday, and Wonderland travel talks Thursday and Friday. Additional features include The Witch of the Mountains and The House of Darkness, with a varying slate of dramas comedies and serials through Sunday.

Orpheum Oliver Players Moving Pictures Princess Dragged Waters Gloria Fonda Madame Malvine Lobel Elmendorf Wonderland Yellowstone National Park Park Quincy Mary Page the Gulf Between Marguerite Nichols Selig D. W. Griffith Neal The Navy Lillian Loraine Willian Courtleigh Bloom Center “Perkins Triangle Frank Keenan Charles Ray the Coward Eddie Foy Money Gulf Rooney

Weeklong Revival at the Star Theater Opens Tonight

The remodeled Star theater debuts a dense week long program headlined by Robert Warwick in Human Driftwood and The Hunted Woman on Tue and Wed. The lineup features Madame X on Thu, New York on Fri, plus Joe Jackson and Keystone shorts, Darin Fairbanks twins, Blindness of Love, and a rotating mix of 3 reel features, serials, and comedies through Sunday.

James Oliver Curwood Dorothy Donnelly New York Richard Mansfield Mlle Regina Badet Julius Caesar Jackie Saunders House Peters Camille Clara Kimbal Young Kitty Gordon Big Jim Garrity Robert Edeson Star Theater Robert Warwick Vitagraph Chicago

Hopper to film Casey at the Bat with Hopper as Casey

Ernest L. Thayer's beloved Casey at the Bat will be filmed with De Wolf Hopper in the Casey role. William E. Wing will co craft the scenario for a five reel production based on Hopper's reading. Chaplin sues Essanay and Vitagraph Lubin Selig Essanay for injunction over Charlie Chaplin Burlesque on Carmen in New York Supreme Court.

Ernest L. Thayer Casey de Wolf Hopper Hopper William E. Wing Charles Chaplin Chaplin Essanay Film Manufacturing Company Vitagraph-Lubin-Selig-Essanay, Inc Charlie Chaplin Carmen Supreme Court of New York

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