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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1917

Page

6

Highland Concerts Open Sunday Summer Series

Beginning tonight the Highland Symphony Orchestra under P. J. Breinig will present Sunday night concerts at Highland each week through the summer. The program promises quality music by seasoned musicians and is expected to draw large crowds like last year. Free vaudeville features Adele Week and Met Mer valfe, a new Venice Canali concession drawing visitors, plus the giant coaster and dancing pavilion attracting evening crowds. Feature comedy pictures play in the open air theater each night.

Highland Symphony Orchestra P. J. Breinig Highland Adele Mervalfe Canali of Venice

Open Baldwin Park Hosts Decoration Day Events

Baldwin Park opens to the public under O W Shannon with a day of automobile speed events balloon ascension and dancing. Deveration day features O V Hehmeyer famed auto hurdler and racing cars. Sam Baldwin plans balloon flight. dancing by a first class orchestra. park amenities praised by Quincy residents.

Baldwin Park O. W. Shannon O. V. Hehmeyer Quincy Sam Y. Baldwin

Photoplays and lineups at Savoy and Quincy cinemas

This week at Savoy and Quincy theatres presents a dense slate of films and stars. Featured titles include Paddy O’Fara The Finishing Touch Seven Deadly Sins and My Country First among others with stars such as Shirley Mason Nance ONeill HW B Warner Ann Murdock Grace Cunard Francs Ford Marie Walcamp Clare McDonnell Eddie Polo Mable Tualie ferro Marion Sias Muril Osmohe Kath ry Williams Sarah Bernhardt June Caprice Marguerite Clark and Robert Warwick. Multiple showings across today through Saturday with Universal Screen Magazine plus explosive reels like The Purple Mask The Kidnapped Bride and The Bronze Bride.

Mondrey William Desmond Paddy Oufara Shirley Mason Nance O'Neil HW. B. Warner Ann Murdock George le Guere Holbrook Hlinn Charlotte Walker Robert Herron Knight Savoy My Country Clare McDonnell the Polo Versal Screen Magazine Marie Walcamp Lee Hill Inbad Secret Service Grace Cunard Frans Ford L. B. Warner Nance Oneill Heolbrook Blinn Eddie Polo Universal Screen Magazine Francis Ford A Blaze Lee Hilh

My Country First On Air This Week

Today Tom Terris presents My Country First in a Monday program The Voice on the Wire follows Tuesday features Seven Deadly Sins with Shirley Mason and George Le Guere in the cast

Tom Terris My Country The Voice On the Wire Shirley Mason George le Guere

Under Fire closes today at Edo Williams Orpheum

The Orpheum Players present Under Fire this afternoon and tonight with a premium seating rush in what is described as a current war era comedy drama. Tomorrow The Man of the Hour follows, with Tuesday and Wednesday matinees ahead.

Edo Willams’ Orpheum Both Nees George Broadhurst Williame Orpheum Quincy United States

Glimpses of Reel Life from New York to London

Glimpses of reel life highlight charity and cinema stars across the era. Fane Cowl raises $14000 in fifteen minutes for Allied Relief Ambulance Fund in New York while Valeska Suratt promotes The Slave for William Fox. Selig stars film in snowbound The Danger Trail written by James Oliver Curwood in the north. Willam McAdoo and Theda Bara contribute to Liberty loan bonds. Alice Brady appears in World Pictures Brady-Made Maternity, with a fire scene mishap recalled as a roast. Kitty Gordon оказывается in peril during a bomb explosion scene in The Beloved Adventuress but resumes work next day. London premier of A Daughter of the Gods at the Royal Opera House features Annette Kellerman.

Fane Cowl Goldwyn Pictures New York Allied Relief Agencies Northland James Oliver Curwood North Country Willam McAdoo Theda Bara William Fox Germany Kitty Gordon England Annette Kellerman London Opera House Metropolis

My Country Fest at Savoy and Princess today and Monday

A six reel drama stars Tom Terriss as a young chemist who discovers a powerful explosive. Foreign spies jail him to take his secret, help him escape, and try to control him, but he defeats them with a woman present. The tale references Asmodeus and Tobit.

el Paso New Orleans Atlanta Washington New York Los Angeles United States Savoy Tom Terriss

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Belasco Metro Pictures Magdalene OF Mabel Taliaferro Baldwin Savoy and Star Muril Osmohe Kathryn Willams Sarah Bernhardt France Marguerite Clark George Washington Frank Daniels Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne Marion Sias Sydney Fox Film Billie Ritchie Henry Lehrman Robert Warwick William Farnum Girl From Frisco Edward Arnold Ernest Maupain Hazel Daly William Desmond Paddy O'Hara Zip Pep Maryska Europe Robert Harron Princess Theater Orpheum Players the Orpheum Valeska Suratt Empress of Fashion World Pictures Brady-Made Alice Brady Broadway America Country Peter E. Pinkelman Prop Man of the Hour Canal of Venice Hannibal ST. Paul ST. Paul’s Asmodeus Tobit Sara Solomon Mabel Taliaferro Helen Holmes Chicago Yellow Menace Colonial Theater O. V. Rehmeyer Baldwin Bros
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