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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1916
Page
4
Scene from the Star Theater feature Julius Caesar prompts a note about fourteen hundred motion picture shows in Greater New York, underscoring the theater scene and distribution scale in the city.
Starting today through Friday the Star presents Social Highwayman with Edwin August in the reading role, followed by No Greater Love with Regia Badet in an erotic dancer part. Thursday showcases Julius Caesar for schoolchildren and adults, 4 p.m. show. Friday repeats Shrine of Happiness with Jackie Saunders in the reading role. manager calls it a strong program.
At the Princess theater today will be shown the five reel drama Should a Woman Divorce a social problem play Tuesday comes Violet Mersereau in Autumn a forest story On Wednesday Tobart Bosworth appears in a screen adaptation of Bret Harte's Two Men of Sandy Bar The two grand opera singers Miss Von Bracht and Mr Palmetto continue to please audiences with their voices
A collage of film lore notes questions about makeup bans by French directors and stars like Kitty Gordon Alice Joyce Clara Kimball Young and Gail Kane. It cites Edison Fox Walthal Poe Griffith and Kenyon with figures on child actors the weekly film magazine turnover and 16 million weekly moviegoers.
A roundup of early motion picture news notes. It highlights Thomas W. Lawson joining World Film on a "Friday the 13th" project with Warwick. Billie Burke owning a dog collection. Margery Dale's debut in The Scarlet Woman with Mme Petrova. De Wolf Hopper’s Mr Goode the Samaritan. Pauline Frederick in The Moment Before. Romeo and Juliet at World Paragon with an all star cast. The Social Weighmaster filmed by World Film. Theda Bara in a new lead role with an all star cast. Gloria's Romance a George Kleine serial in twenty chapters with lavish stage settings and high costs.
Sunday offers A Gister of Cain Lubin Special in eight acts plus Strange Case of Mary Page and comedies in a six reel program. Monday features The Home Breakers with Margaret Landis, The Lady and the Mouse, Millionaires By Mistake, and Selig Tribune Weekly. Tuesday presents The Gambiers in five acts with Ethel Clayton, plus The Iron Claw with Pearl White in seven reels.
The Orpheum presents The Blindness of Virtue then Human Hearts, a world renowned drama about tangled hearts. The enlarged company features Baby Grace played by Emylyn Lewis and Tom Logan by Jack DeForest, with a three day run and a Tuesday Wednesday matinee.
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