The Country Boy to Open Monday at Orpheum
The Orpheum presents The Lure today a white slave play and Sylvia is played by Miss Sarrett. Two more performances follow with a matinee this afternoon and tonight. Beginning Monday night The Country Boy a comedy drama with new stage settings plays to universal approval. There is a Tuesday and Wednesday matinee. Prepared roofing expands in Quincy with new roofs noted on St. John’s Lutheran church First Baptist church and many homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theater
Miss Sarrett
Orpheum
Olivers
Sylvia
Quincy
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Tth
Kentucky
First Baptist Church
4Th and Jersey
Theo
Urban
Vermont
John Gelling
Henry German
Vine
E. N. Monroe
North Wth
E. O'Mare
Dr. Nauman
EN. Reichard
Grove Avenue
Phil. Steinbach
Maine
C.C. Jansen
Prairie Avenue
Jennett Winters
John Rush
E. D. Rickart
van Buren
E. R Shriver
North 6Th
Glimpses of Reel Life Behind the Scenes
Selig and Colin Campbell tour St Louis and Vicksburg to select locations for The Crisis filming. An all star cast including George Fawcett and Bessie Eyton will travel to Charleston and other sites for battle scenes at Ft Sumpter and Ft Moultrie. Housing millions of extras, fireworks, and a lighthouse stunt illustrate era film making. Edna Goodrich declines European trench service to act in Paramount projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lliam N
Selig
Colin Campbell
St. Louis
Vicksburg
Miss
Winston Churchill
George Fawcett
Thomas Santschi
Bessie Eyton
Eugenie Besserer
Cecil Holland
Pt. Sumpter
Ft.Moultrie
H. C. Hoagland
Selig Co
Charleston
D. C
Weeklong Silent Film Schedule and Titles
This issue lists a dense lineup of films across theaters Gem Belasco Savoy Bijou Star and others. Titles include The Ghee of Youth Artful Artists The Disciple Saved by Wireless Her Great Price and The Serpent with stars such as Edna Wallace Hoop er Mabel Taliaferra Douglas Fairbanks and Fatty Arbuckle plus a Bret Harte adaptation Two Men of Sandy Bar and The Turn of the Road Streamed across Today through Monday redecorating closures and short runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghee O
Duncan
Disciple
William S. Sfart
Wireless
Belasco
Whose
Princess
Cobart Bosworth
Film merger confirmed by Triangle and partners
At Colonial Tuesday official confirmation arrived that Triangle Film corporation merges with its subsidiaries to form a union with Jesse Lasky Feature Play and Famous Players Film. The deal was announced in Los Angeles at a conference including H. E. Aitken Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky Samuel Goldfish Hi Smithers Oscar Gubelmann and banking firm representatives from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle Film Corporation
Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company
Fammous Players Film Company
Daily Press
Los Angeles
H. E. Aitken
Triangle
Adolph Zukor
Famous Players
Jesse Lasky
Samuel Goldfish
Hi. 8
Smithers
F.S. Smithers & Co
Oscar Gubelmann
Knauth
Nachod Kuhne
New York
William Fox completes a million dollar film spectacle
Annette Kellermann stars in the only million dollar film ever made in the industry. Herbert Brenon directed the multi reel feature. Florence Deshon Violet Horner William E. Shay and 200 others sailed home aboard the Saramaca from Kingston Jamaica where they had worked since mid August. Nine months of labor produced the film with twenty thousand people employed as actors and thousands of horses used in Jamaica for battle and caravan scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fox
Annette Kellermann
Herbert Brenon
Florence Deshon
Violet Horner
Wiliam E. Shay
United Fruit Company
Kingston
Jamaica
Whistling Smith film unit uses 12 box cars in Los Angeles
A Baker string of twelve box cars recently bought for Whispering Smith scenes sits on a Southern Pacific siding in Los Angeles. All 12 will appear in a wreck sequence and debris will be collected by junkmen afterward. Edna Purviance, Chaplin’s Mutual star, a Vassar graduate, hopes to star in Broadway comedies and is noted for a sweet voice. She is among the era’s top paid young screen actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whispering Smith
Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles
Edna Purviance
Charles Chaplin
Vassar College
Miss Purviance
Somerville Visits Sister in Quincy
J A Somerville of St Louis, Missouri Pacific transportation chief, spent Friday in Quincy visiting his sister Miss Carrie Somerville of 400 South Twelfth Street. He is the son of the late Captain Somerville, former Soldiers Home superintendent. Caldwell Baker leaves for Belleville to work this summer, having served as drum major and band booster. Safety First club entertains by William Schild with refreshments and social time after the meeting. Whist and Dance noted by the Ladies' Aid society of the South Side Beat club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Somerville
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
City
Carrie Somerville
South Twelfth Street
Mr. Somerville
Captain Somerville
The
Soldiers Home
Missourim
Cldwell Baker
Belleville
Baker
Fifth Infantry
Tie
Safety First
Clib
William Schild
the Ladies’ Aid Society of the
South Side
Club House Whist and Dance Planned for Next Tuesday
A whist and dance event is announced at the club house for next Tuesday afternoon and evening. Women play whist in the afternoon, both men and women play in the evening, followed by a dance with prizes awarded.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Deforest
States
Pacific
T. N. Heffron
Jack Pickford
Edna Goodrich
Europe
America
Moroscn
Paramount
Wand
Edna Wallace Hooper
Charles Ross
Muriel Ostriche
Theda Bara
the Serpent
Mabel Taliaferra
Pennington’s Choice
Francis XX. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Savoy
the Waif
Jane Grey
William Desmond
Habit of
Douglas Fairbanks
Bijou
Flora
Adolph
Susie
Joyce
Star
Tluse Peters
Tero
Clara Kimbal Young
Mary Page
Myrtle Reeves
Edna Mayo
W. N. Reynolds & Sons
Hampshire ST
Hirsh-Wickwire
L System
Cloth- Craft
Ing
w-Co
Boys
Children's
Men’s Outfitters
Boy’s Outfitters
Pearl White
PATHE
Iron Claw
Ivery Bride
Thos. A. Brown
Gem Today
William Sheer
World Pictures
Wilson
Charley Chaplin
New York Strand Theater
Broadway
Bud Duncan
Flora and
TAXI
Snyder’s Taxi Service
Chuck
Princess Theater
Hobart Bosworth
Bret Harte
Sandy Bar
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