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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1919
Page
19
Bessie Barriscale promotes Tangled Threads at the Star theater this today and Monday. She discusses a League of Grass Widows and calls for mutual protection and autonomy amid social pressures and predatory behavior.
Dorothy Dalton stars in Quicksand at the Princess theater on Thursday Friday and Saturday. The story centers on Mary Bowen who learns Alan Perry forged a check causing Jim Bowen to be jailed. The film is a Paramount production directed by Thomas H. Ince with strong photography and plot. Charles Spere will play the juvenile lead opposite Bessie Love in her next picture.
A review of Ralph Ince drama The Eleventh Commandment shows Dora Chester learning the unwritten rule to marry only the beloved, with Lucille Lee Stewart delivering tense emotional acting. The film, released by Exhibitors Mutual, plays at Star Theater Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Cheyenne hero vows vengeance after a church wedding is torn apart by a volley of rifles. Harry Carey stars in Riders of Vengeance directed by Jack Ford. The Universal release features gun play and authentic West scenes with real plainsmen among the cast.
Californias Vita graph star Earle Williams and director James Young pick authentic locations for Rogue's Romance. The film shows Thursday Friday and Saturday at Star theater with Williams as a ranchman and later a castle lord. Antonio Moreno returns to join the new Vitagraph serial by Smith and Brady.
Fred Stone performs daring rope stunts as Jimme Jones in Under the Top. The new Artcraft picture plays at Savoy Tuesday and Wednesday, and Family Thursday and Friday. Stone, with Ella Hall, leads a cast including Sylvia Ashton and Noah Beery as the adventure unfolds with villains foiled and Pansy McNeill as the hypnotized ward.
John Barrymore headlines The Test of Honor at the Princess Theater for today through Wednesday. Based on E Phillips Openheim’s The Malefactor, the drama follows a convict ruined by a treacherous love. Openset scenes include a country club and Piping Rock clubhouses with grand interiors built for the film at Famous Players Lasky in New York. Constance Binney supports with Marcia Manon delivering strong performances alongside a strong ensemble.
Enid Bennett stars in the Thomas H Ince Paramount film When Do We Eat? shown at the Family theater Tuesday. Her portrayal of a character from Little Eva to a bank cashier savior is praised as aristocratic sincere and highly verisimilitudinous.
A dense listing of film programs across multiple venues with daily showings. Notables include Antonio Moreno in Perils of Thunder Mountains and Pathe News at the Quincy Theater. Tom Mix at The Moving Picture Cowboy. Ford Sterling and Mack Sennett Bathing Beauties in Hearts and Flowers. John Barrymore in The Test of Honor. Mae Marsh in Hidden Fires. and multiple Reeves of Westerns, comedies, and serials at Gem, Savoy, Colonial, Helasco, and Star theaters.
The Orpheum theater offers William Farnum in The Lone Star Ranger and Fatty Arbuckle in Fattys Naughty Nephews plus a comedy and monologue. Starting Monday a strong bill includes Carter De Havens comedy and Theda Bara in A Woman There Was a thrilling photoplay set among South Sea legends with a typhoon and rescue scenes.
Nazimova displays rare dancing talent in The Brat adapted by Nazimova and Charles Bryant from Maude Fulton. Richard A. Rowland and Maxwell Karger produce. Metro Pictures releases Sept 1. The rabbit dance features a gray plush rabbit costume and an orchestra plays Anitra's Dance.
Mae Marsh headlines Hidden Fires at the Belasco theater in a bold dual role. Peggy Murray a hotel news stand girl impersonates a missing heiress to aid a grieving mother. She faces betrayal, rescues the real girl, confronts the betrayer, and negotiates marriage over truth in a melodramatic arc.
Grace Darling accompanied B A Rolfe and company to the Adirondacks for The Shining Band location shoots. She endured a 40 foot rope descent, an on set explosion, and fast riding on a temperamental horse. She says she has no desire for serial heroine parts despite admiration for actresses in such roles.
Arthur S. Kane heads Realart Pictures as Richard Harding Davis novel Soldiers of Fortune begins filming in California for Mayflower Photoplay. Alan Dwan directs and is contracted to seven more Realart releases. The project promises lavish photography with a star cast and a Pacific coast production pace.
May Allison, film star, worries over the prohibition outlook as she plans a scene in Fair and Warmer. She urges friends to join a thirst aid class, recalling temperance jokes and suggesting mocktails and playful mix ideas for the famous cocktail scene.
J Parker Read Jr stages Louise Glaum's Vehicle with final touches amid hype. Miss Glaum's Sahara has shattered theater records, and the new Louise Glaum picture, based on Louis Joseph Vance's story, is expected to surpass Sahara.
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