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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1917

Page

5

The White Sister Closes Tonight at Orpheum

Two final shows today at the Orpheum feature Viola Allen in The White Sister. Beginning tomorrow night Ade laide Thurston premieres The Girl from Out Yonder with scenic enhancements. Also playing: War Brides at Savoy and Family, Darkest Russia at Star, and The Voice on the Wire at Family and Savoy with Ben Wilson Neva Gerber and others.

Orpheum Viola Allen Adelaide Thurston Williams Out Yonder Savoy Monday Ben Wilson Neva Gerber Stuart Paton Eustace Hale Ball

Photoplays This Week Feature Chaplin and Stars

A vivid weekly rundown lists daily photo plays and acts. Chaplin stars in Easy Street with other bills including The Torna do and Passing the Grip. Highlights cover Ruth Stonehouse Dorothy Dare and Nazimova in War Brides, along with Harold Lockwood May Allison in The Hidden Children.

May Allison and Harold Lockwood

Quincy Theater Schedule of Western Comedies and Dramas

The program lists weekly showings at Quincy with Frank Daniels and Hughie Mack in Western comedy. Marin Sais appears Monday in The American Girl, The Man From Tijuana with Helene Gibson in The Prima Donna Special, and Selig Tribuneg Weekly. Vim comedy Poor Lad on Monday follows. Tuesday features Hank Mann in Bon Ton Riot and Rustler's Reubution. Wednesday presents Alice Brady in Fires of Conscience followed by The Girl From Frisco Thursday with Barbara Tennant in The Fortune Hunter and Where Can I Get a Wife Vim comedy. Saturday shows Bryant Washburn in Aladdin Up-to-Date, Date Devil Grant police reporter, Ham and Bud comedy.

Quincy Frank Daniels Hughie Mack Marin Sais Tijuana Helene Gibson Selig Tribuneg Weekly Lad Hank Mann Rustler Alice Brady Frisco Barbara Tennant Bryant Washburn Wester Devil Grant

Glimpses of Reel Life in Early Film World

A collage of Hollywood notes covers Pearl White in a military stunt atop a New York skyscraper, Mary Miles Minter renewing a two year contract, Julia Sanderson joining Mutual for Empire All Star films, and serials from Mabel Herbert Urner. Casting shifts include Bille Burke with Famous Players-Lasky, and Doris Kenyon exiting a project. Industry tensions flare in Utah Idaho anti film sentiment, with Willard Mack’s The Dream Girl slated for Viola Dana and June Mathis, while Fairbanks travels west and loses a watch in Chicago.

Dr Kings New Discovery for Coughs Ad

An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a throat soothing balsam that loosens phlegm kills germs and quickly breaks the cold. It claims effectiveness for children and adults and recommends keeping a bottle for gripps croup and bronchial affections at druggists for 50 cents.

Dr. King Gupps Crou

Sells Floto Circus to Parade Through Quincy Tuesday

The Sells Floto circus ground will be at Baldwin Park in Quincy with the big top seating over 10 000. The show promises many acts and a parade pageant led by five bands and five calliopes with performances at 2 pm and 8 pm. Illinois Guardsmen Discharged. General Dickson authorized discharge from the national guard of enlisted men not in federal service who seek officer training camps, up to twenty five per regiment.

Baldwin Park Sells Vloto Circus Seiks Floto Circus Illinois Guardsmen Springfield, Jr Dickson War Department National Guard

Charlotte Walker Playwright's Wife Stars in Sloth at Princess

Charlotte Walker, wife of Eugene Walter and star of Sloth, appears in McClure's Seven Deadly Sins at the Princess and Family theaters. Born in Galveston, she rose from stage to screen with credits in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine and Out of the Darkness. Her three parts in Sloth showcase her acting range amid a slate of early 20th century films.

Charlotte Walker McClure Princess and Famiy Eugene Waller Miss Walker Galveston Texas Richard Mansfield Marie Dressler James A. Herne James K. Hackett E. IL. Sothern Kyrle Bellew Migs Walker McClure’s Pictures Lasky Thanhouver Trail of the Lonesome Pines

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