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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1917
Page
2
Oh You Daddy a Fox Reilly musical comedy opens at the Orpheum Monday matinee and runs three days. The act features 16 players with eight principals and a chorus of eight. It is billed as a leading vaudeville novelty with two extra attractions Pollard the eccentric cucumber comedian Gian and Permane.
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Warren Kerrigan, after leaving Universal, roams major cities in a personal theater tour. He plans to form his own company while in Washington, D C, where he is shooting scenes for a film. Ethel Clayton has four photographers seeking her pose but cannot due to a 1918 calendar contract. Freight and passenger rail rates on Austrian lines rise 30 percent, with 15 percent destined for the state treasury, despite rail earnings exceeding 2013 by 860 million.
A long list of film showings across multiple theaters with named stars and titles. Highlights include Aladdin, The Sunbeam, The Girl of the Timber Claim, Night Eve, The Good Bad Man, and The Daring Dance. Notable actors include Chaplin, Theda Bara, Dorothy Dalton, William Desmond, and Douglas Fairbanks. Theater lineups cover Mondays through Saturdays with varied genres from drama and romance to comedy and action.
The first George M. Cohan film Purv... "Piruadway Jones" will debut March 26 directed by Joseph Krautaian with Marguerite Snow opposite Cohan. Dot Kelly stars next in "The Money Mill" and "The Fall of a Nation" boosts business. A note to "The Loveliest Lady on the Screen" was handed to Ethel Clayton. King Baggot is not at Universal City but in New York awaiting a new engagement.
The Gun Fighter stars William S Hart as the head of a gang of outlaws who taunt a private graveyard until a woman’s challenge awakens his conscience. A fierce inner conflict ends with the outlaw’s sacrifice for the girl who reveals his true nature. Margery Wilson co stars in this Triangle production. Also showing Aladdin From Brosaway a Vita graph Blue Ribbon film with Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno today and Monday at the Belasco. Bluff at the Savoy today and Family Monday pairs Kolb and Dill in comic adventures with daring escapes and car chases.
The Colonial offers a busy schedule with Salomy Jane on tomorrow, King of Beggars on Tuesday, Beating Back with Al Jennings on Friday, and next Saturday introducing the much talked about Perils of Our Girl Reporters.
Two photo plays headline the Star theater lineup this week. Alice Brady appears in The Dancer's Peril today and Monday, while Marguerite Clark stars in Miss George Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both stars are Quincy favorites. Brady calls her production her best. The Miss George Washington ballet is praised as one of Clark's best. A light comedy centers on George Washington as a charmingly mischievous fibber.
Philadelphia businessman and former alderman George W Bradento faces federal charges for copyright violations tied to a duplicated Mutual Chaplin comedy The Floorwalker offered for sale in England The case comes as Mutual plans weeklong releases featuring Marjorie Rambeau Jackie Saunders Nance O Neil and Margarita Fischer amid ongoing discussions on film wardrobe and a living library concept by General Film Company for displaying notable author works
George Ovey signs new term contract with David Horsley to continue in Mutual weekly comedies. Castles for Two features Marta Doro as American girl of Trish descent and Patricia, delivering a strong film performance. Robert Thornby to direct Sessue Hayakawa project with Vivian Martin, Margaret Illington active as first film producer in The Inner Shrine at Lasky studio. Betty Compson speeds in an auto race while California producers suffer weather delays. Jack Pickford to star in his own right pursuing solo fame. The Single Code, Crane Winbur feature, will be a mutual release written by the star. Violet Mersereau slated for a Bluebird release The Boy Girl. Balboa to film Mabel Herbert Urner stories of domestic life. Rex Beach producing The Barrier now playing at Broadway theater in New York to strong reception.
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