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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1917

Page

14

Lena Rivers Opens at the Orpheum This Week

Lena Rivers debuts Monday at the Orpheum with a matinee this afternoon and a final performance tonight of Bought and Paid For George Broadhurst comedy drama. Beginning tomorrow night the new Lena Rivers adaptation stars Miss Leone in the title role with Hack opposite and Williams in a comedy part.

The Orpheum George Broadhurst Lena Rivera Miss Leone Pickford Lena Rivers Mr. Hack Mr. Williams

Highland pool to open with new features drawing crowds

The opening tonight of the Highland swimming pool, along with multiple additional features, is expected to attract banner crowds to the area, adding to the already strong turnout anticipated for the event.

Highland

Princess Will Show Charles Ray at Princess Theater

The Millionaire Vagrant follows a young millionaire who bets to live on a dollar a day. Produced by J. G. Hawks under Thomas H. Ince supervision, the Tri angle drama moves from Fifth Avenue to East Side slums and unfolds dramatic adventures today and Monday.

Fifth Avenue East Side Charles Ray J. G. Hawks Thomas H. Ince Princess Theater Today Monay

Princess Today listings with film showings Friday to Saturday

At Princess Today the program features Wilfred Tucas and Bessie Love in Hell-to-Pay Austin on Friday and William Desmond with a supporting act in Lieutenant Danny of the U. A. Lieut. Danny appears along with Skirts. Busidap Lascier Mutual Star presents a five reel program with Billie Ritchie in Scrambled Hearts a comedy

Wilfred Tucas Bessie Love Austin William Desmond Aieates Danny U. A Savoy Ruth Stonehouse May Ward Ben Wilson Neva Gerber Voice On the Wire Dougglas Gerard Ruth Clifford Universal Screen Magazine Ruth Stenhouse Jack Mulhall Jack Ford Grace Cunard Francis Ford Enid Markey Wilfred Lucas Claire McDowel Dan Russell Gladys Warden Ty Cheild

The Divorce Game Star Attraction at Star Theater

The Divorce Game features Alice Brady in a witty drama about an American girl who marries a French nobleman and embroils themselves in debt. Repeated motherly rescues fail, a moneylender enters, and a scheme driving toward divorce tests trust. Brady’s performance and the production earn praise as thoroughly successful.

Alice Brady Star Theater Brady

Week of Photoplays and Reels by Stars at Major Theaters

A dense listing of current and upcoming films across theaters Princess Hearst Savoy Globe and Family. It includes star pairings such as Alice Brady Pauline Frederick Clara Kimball Young and Norma Heron plus titles like Divorce Game Her Better Self Common Law The Moment Before The Duchess of Doubt The Magnificent Meddler The Undying Flame The Final Payment A Clue From the Klondike and many more. Also noted are Newsreels Universal Screen Magazine and Comedy reels featuring Stingaree Laddie Girth and The Eternal Love among others. Each theater offers a rotating slate with daily changes and crossovers into Westerns melodramas and light comedies.

Alice Brady Pauline Frederick Clara Kimball Young

William Hart stars in Wolf Lowry at Princess Tuesday

Western star William Hart shifts from his famed bad man persona to play a grim trigger-happy rancher in Wolf Lowry a Triangle Ince production supervised by Thomas H Ince at the Princess theater Tuesday Jane Cowl in her first Goldwyn photodrama faces setback with multiple re shoots after a company tragedy and interior set rebuilds at Fort Lee London critics expect Maxine Elliott Goldwyn pictures to be highly popular Charles Ray makes screen debut as Sudden Jim in a Kelland tale titled Hell on wheels based on a Saturday Evening Post story

William 8. Hart Wolf Lowry Thomas H. Ince Princess Theater Charles Turner Darey Jane Cowl Goldwyn Pictures Corporation Goldwyn Elsie Clemens Miss Cowl Fort Lee London Maxine Elliott England Goldwyn Pictures Charles Ray Jim Saturday Evening Post Clarence Buddington Kelland

Duchess of Doubt features society crowd support

Society figures from major American cities back Emmy Wehlen in the Metro five part wonderplay The Duchess of Doubt to be shown at Belasco today and Monday. Filming took place in Florida resorts Palm Beach St Augustine and Jacksonville with hotel guests acting as extras in ballroom and ensemble scenes. Wehlen plays Clover Ames who is mistaken for a duchess and pursues the attention such status would bring while a would be ribbon clerk, secretly not, becomes central to the story.

Emmy Wehlen Metro Belasco Florida Palm Beach St. Augustine Jacksonville Clover Ames

Highland Park concert and gatherings draw crowds

Highland Park features an 8 15 p m concert by the popular Highland Symphony under conductor Breinig with a lively program of popular numbers. The Little Elk Trio headlines vaudeville in the garden and the Chamber of Commerce Glee Club plans an early Highland appearance amid large crowds.

Highland Symphony Orchestra Breinig Little Elk Garden Highland Chamber of Commerce Glee Club

Uncertain Fragments Hint at Rare Climate Plot

Fragmentary text hints at an unexpected and rare climate event or story. Reads like a brief note on unusual weather or meteorological topic with limited readable details.

The Beloved Adventuress shines with Kitty Gordon

The most effective acting of her entire career is done by Miss Kitty Gordon in her new feature The Beloved Adventuress. The film showcases Gordon in a leading role that highlights her dramatic range and screen presence.

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Star Tuesday Canal OF Venice Merry Symphony Orchestra Famous Players-Paramount Emmey Wehlen Duchess of Doubt Princess Princess Today Chas. Ray Emery Wehlen Antonio Moreno Mme Olga Petrova Nance O'Neil Quincy Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne William S. Hart Dorothy Bernard William 8 Hart Bessie Barriscale Blue Ridge Ford Sterling Mary Thurman Tweediedum Ford Weekly Universal Weekly Fay Tincher Lee Hill Mignon Anderson Douglas Gerard Musty Par- Mask Garden of Surrise Francis Ord Bill Hart Charles Ray Stevie du Peyster Broadway A&a Eddie Lyons Lee Moran Phil Dunham Reel Triangle Mack Sennett Keystone Peter &. Pinkelman Prep William S. Bart Highland Park Mary J. Holmes Keokuk Helen Holmes Chicago Henry Stories A& Broadway Star Mildred Manne Walter McGrail
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