Secret Kingdom motion picture to be filmed in San Antonio
Vitagraph Company led by Theodore Marston arrives in San Antonio to shoot The Secret Kingdom a 31 reel serial with a $250000 budget over five to six weeks at the Menger hotel. Openings and closings staged near Fort Sam Houston with horse stunts planned at Medina Lake and on the Texas coast. Six society girls sought for riding scenes in a court sequence.
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San Antonio
Vitagraph Company
Theodore Marston
Menger
Army Post
Department
Fort San Houston
Marston
Medina Dam
Red Wing
Texas
Calis Film Method Slipshod Critique From Baron Dewitt
Danish cinema expert Baron Dewitt returned to New York after touring the United States. He contends American studios pay top salaries for directors with little experience outside fashionable life. He argues European filmmaking emphasizes precise detail and care, predicting American production quality will improve after the war.
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Calis
Baron Dewitt
America
New York
Europe
Gallery Gods Gone But Seats Are Sold In New York Theaters
New York theater galleries, once abandoned amid laughing crowds and peanut shells, are filling again with a tidier, better dressed audience. Women predominate especially at matinees as managers note improved attendance across twenty successful shows fueling a period of theatrical prosperity.
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New York
Queen Theater Contest Promises Valuable Prizes March 4
The Queen theater hosts a popular voting contest in San Antonio with city society girls nominated by friends. Three local businessmen will count votes and award prizes on the final night. Coupon books released yesterday spark excitement among participants balancing work and competition.
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Queen Theater
San Antonio
Hackett in Macbeth Draws Big Audience at Criterion
New York theater review notes lavish setting and costumes at the Criterion for James K. Hackett and Viola Allen in Macbeth. Allen’s Lady Macbeth shown in a softer, less domineering light while Hackett steers the famed tragedy through powerful emotional depths.
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Hackett
Macbeth
New York
Criterion Theater
James K. Hackett
Viola Allen
Shakespeare
Avon
Lady McBet
Mr. Hackett
Thane
Miss Allen
Lady Macbeth
Paul Everton
Banquo
William K. Harcourt
Macduff
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Sam Bernard
Iam Collier
Bruckle
Joe Jacksoan
D. W. Griffith
Frodu Muna
Jordan
Dorothy Gish
Owen Moore
Katherine Kaelred
House Peters
Fred Made
Eleanor Pierce
Keystone
Weber and Fields
Arune Fretty
Majestic Theater
Metropolitan Opera Co
St. Louis
Marcella Craft
the Messiah
Salome
Elijah
Ave. C
Travis
Beethoven Hall
Thos, Goggan
South Texas Music Co
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