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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1917

Page

2

Very Good Eddie to Play at the Empire Friday Evening

Amusements report that Very Good Eddie, Marbury Comstock’s Princess Theatre hit, Broadway favorite and Chicago attendance record breaker, comes to the Empire next Friday. The read comes with the same cast, lively score by Jerome Kern, and high class production staged by Frank McCormack with Elsie DeWolfe scenery. Pat White Saturday features the Gaiety Girls company with a burlesque circuit of stars and a magnetic chorus.

Eddie Marbury- Comstock Princess Theater New York Broadway Chicago Empire Philip Bartholomae Guy Bolton Jerome Kern Frank McCormack Elizabeth Marbury Elsie DeWolfe Pat White Gaiety Girls Company Trish Anna Grant Ealter Brown Marty Padg Jack Clifford Thomas and Bean Gene True Sydney Hamilton

Mountain Dew in Kentucky Felt Story at Princess

Triangle's five reel photoplay Mountain Dew stars Margery Wilson in her first lead role. The plot centers on Kentucky moonshiners with fresh twists set in Breathitt County, Kentucky, a region famed for real blood feuds.

Mountain Dew Triangle Margery Wilson Kentucky Breathitt County Dick Rosson Winifred Allen Tlouse Crane Wilber Louise Glaum

Mary Pickford at Savoy in The Poor Little Rich Girl

Mary Pickford appears in The Poor Little Rich Girl at Savoy theater Tue Wed Thu. A critics favorite, the film follows Gwendolyn a wealthy girl craving maternal love amid wealth and neglect as tutors nurses and servants shape her dreary days.

Mary Pickford Savoy Theater Mary The Chicago Herald Chicago Tribune Gwendolyn Wall Street Miss Boyle Jane Mary Picksford

Weekly Photo Plays Listing with Multiple Studios

A dense schedule of week long film showings across Savoy Gem Family Star Quincy Belhsco and Farle Williams houses. It lists titles such as The Serpent's Tooth The Railroad Raiders A House Bust Upon the Sands Redemption The Cumber and The Fatal Ring with actors Gail Kane Lillian Gish Eddie Polo Margery Wilson and William Desmond.

Ben Turpin George Ovey Jerry Margaret Gibson William Armstrong Mutual Weekly Billy West Harry Booker Billy Moran Lillian Gish William Russell Belhsco Ehel Karrymore Alfice Joyce Virginia Pearson Shirley Mason Star the Corner Grocer Elia Hall Charmer Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Quincy Henry King the Cumber Lonesome Luke Luke Stingaree Soapweed Scotty William Duncan Carol Holloway Farle Williams Lillian Tucker Gladys Lesiie Adele Hearst Pathe News Texas Ryan Tom Mix Stingarea

Glimpses of Reel Life in Early Hollywood

A compact survey notes Selznick’s rise with open bookings and consolidation of interests, Clara Kimball Young in The Common Law, De Wolf Hopper’s return to musical comedy, Theda Bara’s Cleopatra Broadway debut, Edna Goodrich’s costly gowns for Mutual films, Annette Kellerman’s Queen of the Sea stunts, dangerous film feats in Bar Harbor, the jade idol talisman, and Olive Thomas directing In discreet Corrinne as a masked cafe dancer story unfolds.

Selznick Combine Clara Kimball Young Selznick Pictures Olive Thomas Triangle

Leaping film notes reveal Hugo era classics and Chaplin delay

The piece surveys Les Miserables filmed by Pathe with M. Henri Kraus as Jean Valjean. It mentions Maxine Elliott’s second Goldwyn Pictures project The Eternal Magdalene by Robert McLaughlin. Chaplin’s The Adventurer faces Oct 22 release after illnesses slowed progress and Edna Purviance recovery.

Victor Hugo Pathe France M. Henri Kraus Sarah Bernhardt Jean Valjean M. Kraus Goldwyn Pictures Corporation Maxine Elliott Robert McLaughlin Cleveland Charlie Chaplin Chaplin Edna Purviance

Sunday to Saturday Theatre Schedule Dramatic Titles

A sequence of weekly play and show listings with titles such as The Bustier's Vindication A Contented Woman and Fat and Foolish plus varied performances including Vanishing Box Car Coughing Higgins Social Climbers Flyer in Flap Jacks and Lions Escape presented across days from Sunday to Saturday.

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Big Novel Bill at Orpheum Monday Promises Varied Vaudeville

A large Orpheum show opens Monday with miniature musical acts and Delmonti Duo juggling novelty. Acts by Azard Brothers with athletic feats, Donegan and Lette in stylish numbers, DeMargett Collette, Al Abbott in Rube routines, and the Prince of S Al with rapid changes share the program alongside current events in motion pictures.

Orpheum Donegan Lette DeMargett Collette Azard Brothers Balan Vaville Delmonti al Abbott Prince of S

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