Miss Lorena Tolson to star at Orpheum in The Banker the Thief and the Girl
The Orpheum announces Miss Lorena Tolson arrival as leading lady. She brings stock experience and wardrobe, opening bill The Banker the Thief and the Girl with a matinee Tuesday and Wednesday. A post matinee reception on Wednesday enables patrons to meet Tolson and the company.
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Orpheum
Williams
Lorena Tolson
Walliams
Miss Tolson
Misa Tolson
Mr. Finch
Glimpses of Reel Life in Early Film Era
Itty Gordon leaves the British and American stage for three years to appear exclusively in motion pictures under World Film Corporation. The deal, arranged by Gordon and Brady, follows her hit in Alma Where Do You Live. Also mentions Eva Tanguay testing film waters and Lubin’s plan to adapt Rex Beach novels into feature films. Industry notes highlight Vitagraph, Fox, and Columbia projects and a photodramatics contest at Columbia University with Witchcraft winning.
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Itty Gordon
World Film Corporation
Miss Gordon
William A. Brady
H. H. Beresford
Alma
Joseph Weber
Weber
Lubin Company
W. O. Freeburg
Columbia University
Jesse L. Lasky
Ralston R. Reed
Morristown
N. J
Stock Company 10 to Open at the Bijou
Beginning next week the Bijou theater will feature a permanent stock company with Van Court & Allen presenting the Mildred Morrison players in the Man of Mystery. The company will remain for good, while motion pictures will be shown until their arrival.
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Mildred Morrison Company
Bijou
van Court & Allen
Mildred Morrison
Prize offered for sequel to Diamond from the Sky
Belasco presents a $10 000 prize for a sequel to the Mutual's famed photo novel The Diamond from the Sky with 109033 submissions received by February 20, 1915. The Globe Theater in New York becomes World Pictures' permanent home, hosting notable stage successes as part of a summer program with Kitten Gordon, Holbrook Blinn, Gail Kane, and Alice Brady in linked serials and features.
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Mutual
Globe Theater
New York
World Pictures
T Trough
George Kleine
Kitty Gordon
Holbrook Blinn
Gail Kane
Alice Brady
Billie Burke
The Secret of the Submarine author in wartime peril tales
At Princess Today, the author of The Secret of the Submarine, a chaptered photo novel from American Mutual, is criticized for endangering cast welfare by placing leads in bomb explosions fires auto mobile leaps boat wrecks derailments and many perilous scenes.
Weekend Theater Listings Highlight Belasco and Star Shows
A regional cinema round up lists Belasco productions at Today and Monday with “Battling Hearts” and “The Bondsman” starring William Farnum and Dor othy Bernard. Star features include “What Happened at 22” and “The Woman in Black,” plus other sequential attractions across Colonial, Gem, Savoy, Princess, and Quincy venues with multiple reels and actors such as Marguerite Clark, John Barrymore, Marie Doro, Billie Burke, and J. Warren Kerrigan.
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Belasco
William Farnum
Princess
Marguerite Clark
World Film contest draws thousands of synopses for prizes
William A Brady reports a flood of entries for World Film corporation’s contest offering five thousand dollars in prizes. First prize is one thousand dollars for the best story, with awards down to one hundred dollars. Notables include Wallace Reid and Cleo Ridgley in The Selfish Woman and Margaret Gibson in The Ostrich Tip. A Movie Star with Mack Swain and Polly Moran opens at Quincy theater.
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William A. Brady
World Film Corporation
Wallace Reid
Geraldine Farrar
Carmen
Maria Rosa
Cleo Ridgley
Woman
Margaret Gibson
Quincy
Mack Swain
Polly Moran
Tom MIX
Tom
Dr Kings New Life Pills Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertising notice promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as a cure for constipation. It urges readers to buy a box and take one or two pills tonight to remove the dull feeling by morning, claiming immediate improvement and listing 28 cents at druggists.
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Dr. King
Adv
Notable film gossip and career updates in 1920s cinema
Do You Know That lists quick notes on film figures and productions. Kitty Gordon to star in a Thais film adaptation. Alice Brady filming aboard the whale Charles W. Morgan for Miss Petticoats. E K Lincoln found snow in a Crevasse near Saranac Lake while shooting The Almighty Dollar. Five cameramen accompany U S Army in Mexico. French planes now carry miniature motion picture cameras. Theda Bara, Anna Held, Hedwig Reicher discuss language mastery. Alec Francis of World Film cites Boer War service. William A Brady at World studios up to fourteen hours daily. Boston streets utilized by Robert Warwick for Nathan Hale. Maurice Tourneur returns from long vacation. noted for Trilby Alias Jimmy Valentine The Closed Road.
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Alice Brady
Charles W. Morgan
E. K. Lincoln
Saranac Lake
N. Y
U. S. Army
Mexico
Theda Bara
Anna Held
Hedwig Reicher
Alec Francis
World Film
Queen's Fusiliers
William A. Brady
World Studios
Boston
Robert Warwick
Nathan Hale
Maurice Tourneur
Jimmy Valentine
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