Rollicking Rose Buds at Bijou Theater
Local playgoers will see The Rollicking Rose buds at the Bijou Monday with ten in the cast. Manager Holmes praises Quincy talent, notes polished staging and costumes, and promises Indian novelty acts, Beatty’s sleight of hand, and four reels of pictures. The show opens a road tour through Iowa Kansas and Oklahoma and will be followed by a new musical comedy with Chicago and Kansas City players. William A Brady notes film industry investments.
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Quincy
Vice
Savoy
Gem
Illinois Vice Commission
Hotel la Salle
Holmes
Beatty
Family Theater
Edward E. Rose
Selig Company
Weekly Film Features Listing by Theater Sections
This week's film lineup lists multiple theaters and programs. Stars include Gail Kane Louise Lovely Anita Stewart and Earle Williams with various titles such as Paying the Price Bobbie of the Ballet My Lady's Supper and The Spider Web. Also shown are silent reels featuring Bryant Washburn Elizabeth Burbridge Ham and Bud in Ham's Waterloo and more across Princess Bayoy and Gem listings.
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Gail Kane
Louise Lovely
Bobbie
Ballet
Anita Stewart
Earle Williams
Bryant Washburn
Elizabeth Burbridge
Dragoman
Ham
Bud
Waterloo
Ethel Teare
Jimmie Barton
Harry Benham
Billy Rhodes
Beverly of Graystark
Helen Gibson
Vernon Howe Bailey
Sketch Book
San Francisco
Jeannette Horton
D. L. Don
Selig Tribune
Pasquale
Mae Murray
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Marguerite Clark
the Star
Washington
U. S
Broadway
Elizabeth Sturbridge
Edward Sloman
Amy of the Circus to close tonight at the Orpheum
The specta ular New York success Amy of the Circus ends its run with two final performances at the Orpheum theater tonight. Beginning tomorrow night the drama Tempest and Sunshine, adapted from Mary J Holmes, follows the sisters Tempest and Sunshine and their contrasting temperaments as fate and virtue shape their lives. A matinee is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday with a final performance Wednesday night.
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Amy
Circus
New York
Orpheum Theater
Mary
J. Holmes
Intolerance at Liberty theater to open season
W Griffith closes deal with Klaw Erlinger in New York to stage Intolerance at Liberty theater for 1916 17 starting August 21. The sunplay of the ages weaves four eras with parallel narratives and a modern tale of social reform and fate. Griffith promises unprecedented scale with vast backgrounds and large casts in this ambitious production.
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W. Griffith
Klaw & Erlanger
New York
Liberty Theater
Griffith
New Cold Light and Paper Film Headlines at Expo
A Chicago Movie Expo draws 156000 admissions as Clara Kimball Young and Mary Pickford lead days named for teams and venues. Vitagraph Essanay and Universal run showcases while Pathe signs, Mutual cuts back, and censor talk surfaces. A new film rewinder promises speed gains amid shifting studio deals.
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Chicago
Clara K. Young
Mary Pickford
Vitagraph
Essanay
Alice Brady
Universal
Bill
Purity
Margaret Edwards
Winter Garden Company
Trained Wild Animals Highlight Johnny J. Jones Show
Captain Curley Wilson, famed animal trainer, leads the Johnny J. Jones exposition’s trained wild animals from August 14 to 19 under Moose auspices. The act features nine lions and lionesses, plus leopards jaguars pumas and a panther, with Wilson claiming unmatched skill from decades with Hagenbeck Rostock and other top showmen. A separate note mentions a special tax bill on movie houses.
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Johnny J. Jones
Curley Wilson
America
Captain Wilson
Hagenbeck
Hamburg
Germany
Frank C. Rostock
Liverpool
England
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Keystone
Betty of
Greystone
Fritzi Brunette
Sis Hopkins
Charlie Chaplin
Bayoy
Henry Kolker
Gloria
Belasco
Love
Theda Rara
East Lynn
Harold Lockwood
Mae Allison
Maurice Tourneur
Tuibe
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Orpheum
Tempest
Sunshine
Gene Harper
Charles Chaplin
Almed
Mutual Film Corporation
Clarence Kalb
Soft and Dill
Rupert Hughes
Billis
Camiara
Crane Wilbur
Horsley Mutual
Robert B. Broadwell
Robert Turnbull
Territoy
Mexico
Horsley-Mutual
Mr. Wilbur
George Beban
Beban
the Alien
Baldwin Park
Gem City Lodge No. 986
Wild West
Fiea Circus
Edna Betty
Ferris Wheel
Congress of Living Wonders
Beautiful
Witching Waves
Revelation Monkey Speedway
Preparedness
Thelma
Living
Lady the Crystal Tangle
Model City
Dixieland Minstrels
Hippodrome
Michigan
Clara Kimball Young
United States
Moose
U. S. Senate
Mary J. Holmes
Len B. Parker
Illinois State Vice Commission
Gil
Savoy & Gem
Gem and
Savoy Theaters
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