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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1920
Page
2
Amusement column notes Vitagraph film Slaves of Pride starring Alice Jovee as Patricia Leeds. The plot centers on wealth driven society auctions a young woman, her father’s bankruptcy, suicide, and a marriage to a rich older man to expose the evils of marrying for money.
Antonin Moreno stars as a great detective in The Invisible Hand serial at Quincy theater today. In Episode four he battles a criminal gang and faces peril including a scene where he is locked inside a steel closet by the outside captors.
Sylvia Breamer attests to the stunning gowns in J Stuart Blackton’s Respectable By Proxy at the Belasco theater. The Pathe feature shows a poor actress as a widow and features a silver gown with a long train and heavy tassels, reportedly costing ten thousand dollars.
Eric Stroheim stars in Blind Husbands praised as top tier for Quin cy, with the tale of a self absorbed husband and a devoting wife. Bijou manager Kay expects capacity crowds and has prepared for a full turnout. Ed Baxters Sea Beach Girls present The Rehearsal with musical numbers and dances.
Anita Stewart stars in Kingdom Of Dreams at the Star theater beginning Wednesday. A country girl helps save a large industry and her employer’s family by loyalty and love, as a design ing woman plots to vilify him in his marriage. Judith Rutledge signs over a three million dollar estate from her husband’s father.
Blanche Sweet stars in The Hushed Hour at the Orpheum theater this afternoon, as the feature film for the first half of the week. The production, adapted from Gertrude Brook Hamilton’s The Hushed Hour, follows her acclaimed performance in The Unpardonable Sin. Critics praised Miss Sweet’s emotional range and power, noting her return to the screen after a two year absence.
The praise for her is high and the screen career compares with top actresses of the day. Her chances in the emotional line in The Hushed Hour are far greater than in The Unpard onable Sin.
The Wicked Darling screens at the Savoy Friday and Saturday. A young woman tries to reform after loving a man who stays on the straight and narrow, but she secretly keeps a stolen pearl necklace. An old crime associate reveals her past to the man.
The eternal triangle drama stars Cyril Maude and Violet Heming and plays at the Quincy theater Tuesday. A neglectful husband discovers his wife seeks companionship with his best friend and grants a month for a choice while the friend joins the household as housekeeper.
For Grip influenza catarrh pains and soreness in head and chest cough sore throat prostration and fever. To get best results take Seventy seven at the first sign of a cold or sneeze. If you wait till bones ache it may take longer. Doctor's Book offered in English French Spanish Portuguese or German mailed free. 77 at all drugs and country stores Humphrey's Homeo Medicine Co 156 William Street New York.
This week features a packed slate across Colonial Orpheum Bijou and other houses. star actors include Anita Stewart Blanche Sweet Vivian Martin Priscilla Dean and Dorothy Dalton with vaudeville acts and serials such as The Wicked Darling and The High Diver's Last Kiss across Sun through Sat plus comedy, drama, and westerns at multiple venues.
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