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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1917

Page

14

Third Degree and Jane Eyre Amusements Tonight

Final performances of Chas Klein's Third Degree conclude this afternoon and tonight. Beginning tomorrow, Jane Eyre opens with Tiny Leone as Jane and Hack as Thornfield’s master. The production promises mystery, climaxes, humor, and special scenery, with a souvenir photograph giveaway at Tuesday matinee for all ladies.

Chas Klein Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte Jane Tiny Leone Thornfield Mr. Hack Marion

The Modiste Shop at Bijou Theater

The Twentieth Century Girls Musical Comedy company presents The Modiste Shop at the Bijou theater with catchy songs dances and refined scenery. Due to a successful week the company will extend for another week.

Twentieth Century Girls Musical Comedy Company Bijou

Marcia Harris Joins Fox Forces for New Picture

Marcia Harris, noted for her Broadway role in George Broadhurst's Rich Man, Poor Man last season, has joined the William Fox film company for a forthcoming picture. This casting marks a notable move from stage to screen in Fox's lineup.

Marcia Harris George Broadhurst William Fox

Miss Harris Stars In Broadhurst Revival at Eastern Studios

Miss Harris to appear in Mr. Broadhurst’s What Happened to Jones this fall. She stands as a screen and stage figure, having led supporting roles for major stars. Maribund Gebby, famed movie matinee idol, drew ten thousand fans yet disappointed the crowd with a red face and heavy sweating. Pansy M. McGush, noted film soubrette, is said to owe many in the studio and splurges on glossy self-portraits.

Miss Harris Mr. Broadhurst Jones Maribund Gebby Pansy M. McGush

Glimpse of Reel Life and Theatre Parodies

A playful trade journal notes Lew Fields to appear in The Bar ber and mocks film trends. It cites comedic scenes from The Human Eggplant and jokes about film lengths and star power, while lampooning Henry O Mush and Osman Liles misadventures on tours and in five reel features.

Lew Fields Osman Liles

Bessie Barriscale Stars in Hater of Men at the Princess

An amusing comedy drama features Bessie Barriscale in Hater of Men at the Princess. C Gardner Sullivan wrote the scenario, and the film appeals to fans though the finale drags a bit. Janice Salisbury challenges marriage by preferring mingling with men, then discovers the truth.

Bessie Barriscale C. Gardner Sullivan Janice Salsbury

Ice cream social and farm notes from Marblehead Illinois

Marblehead events include an M W A ice cream social with good attendance and refreshments. William Smith harvested sixty five bushels to the acre in the bottoms. Red Cross branch grows to thirty eight members as sewing sessions continue at M B H church. Local travelers Tom Quinlan and family visit F H Royle in town before returning to Quincy. Olive Brown of Payson visits Mrs David Loos for the week.

William Smith Elva Brackley Fall Creek The Red Cross Tom Quinlan Wabash Springfield

Photoplays and current events at Savoy and other theatres

A dense listing of daily film programs and acts across Savoy Metro and Colonial houses. Highlights include Bessie Barris in Hater of Men, Olive Thornes in Madcap Madge, Ford Sterling comedies, and star turns by Mignon Anderson, Louise Glaum, Norma Talmadge, and Viola Dana. Also shows current events reels, dramas, and two reel comedies through the week with multiple venues.

Bessie Barriscale Teeownfall Olive Thornes Canaan William S. Hart Wilfred Lucas Edna Miller Toy of Fate Triangle Comey Linda Griffith Creighton Hale Mignon Anderson Hearts and Flour Ben Wilson Neva Gerber the Voice On the Wire Olive Thomas Mienon Anderton Universal Screen Magazine Fritzy Ridgway Harry Carey

Bushman and Bayne Today at Quincy Theatre

Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne star in a secret play Caught in the Web at the Quincy Theatre on Monday alongside Molly King in The Dead Come Back and Hearst's Paths Weekly War scenes from France. The program also includes Stingaree with True Boardman in An Eye for an Eye, a Lonesome Luke two reel, and a Tom Mix Western. Today the theatre shows Uncle Sam Afloat and Ashore a Vitagraph two reel Country Life and a big comedy.

Quincy Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne Molly King Metro Stingaree Tom Mix Lonesome Luke Robert Warwick Gladys Coburn Ben Turpin Uncle Sam Hearst Rance True Boardman the Quincey Francis X. Gr Baar Pnthe Weekly France Metro Comedy

Charity at Savoy Distinctively Linda A Griffith Production

At Savoy theater on Monday the film Charity presents a critique of charity abuses. John R Frueler of Mutual Film calls it a national sensation in the making. Linda A Griffith leads the cast with Creighton Hale Sheldon Lewis Elizabeth Burbridge John Dunn and Vera Sears. Private showings in New York Chicago Boston Dallas San Francisco and Minneapolis drew strong praise.

Savoy Theater Linda A. Griffith John R. Frueler Mutual Film Corporation Griffith Creighton Hale Sheldon Lewis Elizabeth Burbridge John Dunn Vera Sears New York Chicago Boston Dallas San Francisco Minneapolis

Sunday and Saturday Screenings in Theaters

A list of film showings and comedy features appears across two days. The program titles include Payment of the Pasti, His Little Spirit Girl, Gun Runners, The Tiger's Claw, Financial Frenzy, Gold That Glittered, Ham and Bud comedy, Bandit Beware, and a Sunday schedule of additional attractions.

Tiger's Claw

Viola Dana Stars in Aladdin’s Other Lamp at Belasco

Viola Dana appears as Patsy Smith in a Belasco screening of Aladdin’s Other Lamp. The film showcases epoch making trick photography by director John H. Collins and cameraman John Arnold, with Gen ie effects created by black cloth, double exposures, and staged wall coverings. Augustus Phillips plays the Genie, while old Captain Barnaby gains a new leg and the landlady disguises as a rag doll. Millarde, Caprice’s new director, is hailed for potential awards and diplomatic leadership among a mob of supers.

Metro Aladdin Willard Mack Viola Dana Belasco John H. Collins John Arnold Patsy” Smith Barnaby Augustus Phillips

Potatoes Used as Stoppers Sold in Old Home Farm Reel

In a peculiar note from a rural entertainment, all the potatoes used as coal oil stoppers in the three reel special Down on the Old Home Farm were Prence up and sold because of the . c of.

Old Home

Princess Theater to Screen This Picture Tuesday and Wednesday

A film will be shown at the Princess Theater Tuesday and Wednesday and at the Family Theater Tuesday, offering local audiences a chance to view the picture at two venues in the same week.

The Princess Family Theater

Mexican Revolutions Shaped by Military Power

A historical overview explains conditions in Mexico that sparked repeated revolutions. It traces the rise of leaders Madero Huerta Cabrera Gomez and the shift to presidential rule through military force following the fall of the regime.

Mexico Madero Huerta Carbajal Gomez

Speaker recalls Diaz era to Camp Parker troops

Paulsen, a former canner in San Luis Potosi and longtime resident of Hinsdale Illinois, lectured Camp Parker soldiers on the Diaz regime and Carranza dictatorship. He described labor and agricultural oppression of peons and their revolt, urging the stubborn truth of facts.

Diaz Victoriano Carranza Camp Parker Patties Paulsen Mr. Paulsen Hinsdale Ill San Luis Potosi Mexico

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