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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1920

Page

3

Damsel in Distress at Belasco Theatre Tonight

Belasco presents A Damsel in Distress a Capellani Pathe comedy starring June Caprice and Creighton Hale. The film adapted by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse follows George Peven misplacing a note to a damsel, leading to mistaken identity, disguises, a neighborly ruse, and comic distress as love and freedom clash in a staged prison-like home setting.

Belasco Capellani-Pathe June Caprice Creighton Hale Belasco Theater Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Saturday Evening Post George Pevan Gardner Geoffrey Caprice Creighton Hale

His Parisian Wife at Princess Theater Today

Elsie Ferguson stars as Fauvette a Paris reporter who marries Martin Wesley an American lawyer in Paris and moves to Boston. Wesley’s cold New England family shuns Fauvette branding her as unfit. His mistrust grows prompting cruel treatment as fear of her past surfaces.

Princess Theater Elsie Ferguson Fauvette Paris Martin Wesley Boston Wesley New England

The Blinding Trail at Savoy theater opens

Monroe Salisbury stars as Jim McKenzie a lumber camp boss in The Blinding Trail a drama of outdoor life with passion and conflict. Helen Jerome Eddy Claire Anderson and other stars are featured as the film tells how a blinded man rescuing a millionaire's daughter leads to marriage to a superficial city woman in a high stakes romance.

North Woods Monroe Salisbury Savoy Theater Stuart Paton John B. Clymer Universal Scenario Department Salisbury Jim McKenzie Helen Jerome Eddy Claire Anderson

Goldwyn Plans Film of Hall Caine Novel The Christian

Goldwyn Pictures has acquired the film rights to Hall Caine’s The Christian and will produce a major screen version described as one of the greatest photo plays. The project aims to match the novel’s standing with a top production, utilizing Goldwyn’s extensive resources for director and cast. The work has long been a best seller in English and translated widely, with enduring demand in libraries and public circulation.

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation Hall Caine Goldwyn England London New York Lieblers Knickerbocker Theater Broadway

80 Year Old Star In Swedish Films

Hildur Carlberg, a Swedish film veteran now in her eighties, makes a celebrated return to cinema after decades on stage. The Swedish Theatrical Association hosts her in a home for actors, with Victor Sjöström promoting her enduring value to the Biograph company as a key screen performer.

Hildur Carlberg Sweden Swedish Theatrical Association Actors’ Fund of America Staten Island Greater New York Victor Seastrom Swedish Biograph Company Carlberg Seastrom

Hard Boiled at Princess Theater

Dorothy Dalton stars in a Paramount musical comedy melodrama as Corrine Melrose stranded in Nilesburg. She helps a troupe member with her last money, rejects Billy Penrose, and faces Deacon Simpson before seeking aid from Aunt Tiny Colvin as the troupe disperses.

Paramount Dorothy Dalton Princess Theater Corrine Melrose Nilesburg Billy Penrose Corrine Deacon Simpson Tiny Colvin

Who Is My Neighbor at the Savoy Theater

The Savoy Theater screens Who Is My Neighbor Tuesday and Wednesday. A three reel film directed by the Modern Woodmen of America highlights protection of home and dependents. Also shows The Value of a Life and related pictures. Constance Binney is noted for enjoying chocolates and has received many boxes from fans.

SAVOY Savoy Theater Modern Woodmen of America Saves Constance Binney Miss Binney

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