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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1917

Page

18

Minstrels at Grand Opera House Today and Tonight

Neil O Brien presents his Minstrels at the Grand Opera House with Eddie Ross and a full cast. New one act sketches and a large production mark the show. Also previews of The Birth of a Nation at the Grand with a school matinee announced. Julian Eltinge stars in Cousin Lucy at Grand February 26 27. Civilization at Grand Feb 28 Mar 5 promises a grand spectacle and education.

Neil O’brien Grand Opera House Oscar F. Hodge Neil O'Brien Eddie Ross Lasses" White Happy” Benway Steve Wehrer James Barrardi Leslie Berry Earl Holmes Major Nowak al Marto O'Brien Ebony Yacht Club James Gorman George M. Cohan D. W. Griffith San Antonio Grand Thomas Dixon Confederecy Lincoln Sherman Petersburg Lee Grant Griffith Ber Cameron Elsie Stoneman Phil Stoneman Margaret Cameron South Carolina Mr. Griffith Julian Eltinge Lucy Charles Klein Eltinge Criterion Theater New York Thomas H. Ince Victor L. Schertzinger

Lovers Lane Comes to Majestic by Bunting Players

Emma Bunting and her company present Clyde Fitch's rural comedy Lover's Lane at the Majestic Theater Monday and Tuesday with matinee and night shows. The teen-friendly Monday matinee begins at 3, aiming to allow schoolchildren to attend.

Clyde Fitch Emma Bunting Majestic Theater Maryland Mr. Fitch Poo Bah Malissy Billy Miss Bunting

May Irwin Advises Thrift For Women Workers

May Irwin promotes year round thrift in a Cincinnati Times-Star piece. She advises careful grooming and upkeep for working women, detailing habits for clothing hats shoes and fastenings to preserve appearance, health, and employability, arguing that care saves money and secures work.

May Irwin Cincinnati Times- Star

Lillian Walter Leaves Vitagraph Pictures

Lillian Walter, long a favorite in Vitagraph pictures, has severed her ties with the studio. Details of her departure were not disclosed, and the former star is expected to pursue other film opportunities.

Lillian Walter Vitagraph Pictures

Old Heidelberg opens today at Strand Theater in San Antonio

The Strand Theater presents Old Heidelberg with Elmer McDonald and Heidelberg Girls for three days starting today. Eight dancers perform to ragtime tunes with new stage settings and colorful costumes as the program changes Sundays and Thursdays. The venue also features Pearl White serials on weekends and Bushman and Bayne serials on Thursdays with daily film showings beginning at 10 am and musical numbers at 2:30 4:30 7:30 and 9:45.

Strand Theater Pearl White Francis X. Bushman Beverly Bayne Mr. Bushman

Plays and Players on the New Stage and Screen

David Belasco experiments with Alias Santa Claus in Washington with writer Willard Mack. D W Griffith plans another European war fare film on battlefields. Talking machines enter theater as phonographs reveal affairs. Washington Square Players celebrate a hundred consecutive performances. Bushido drives sales for The Man Who Came Back at the Playhouse. Kittie Gordon returns from Cuba for World Film Corporation scenes. Jane Cowl and Maude Fulton pursue new plays. Marguerite Clark continues with The Forontes of Fifi. Dustin Farnum stars in North of 53 directed by William Fox. Fatty Arbuckle signs with Paramount to begin two reel comedies March 1.

David Belasco Washington Santa Claus Willard Mack Washington Square Players Comedy Theater New York North Country Bertrand W. Sinclair Dustin Farnum William Fox Studios Mr. Farnum Winifred Kingston Morosco William D. Taylor Fox Fatty” Arbuckle Roscoe Paramount Pictures Corporation

New Musical Play in Manchester and London Praised

A new musical play The Maid of the Mountains draws praise for its dramatic focus and romantic melodrama. Miss Jose Collins stars with Harold Fraser-Simson composing the music. The Manchester Guardian calls it a rare musical comedy where drama leads.

Manchester London Harold Fraser-Simson Jose Collins The Manchester Guardian Teresa Carmen Bizet Baldassarre Angela Vittoria

Movies in Color Shown at Museum of Natural History

The Museum of Natural History in New York presented prizma motion pictures by Yale’s Prof. Ernst Fox Nichols. The color process uses panchromatic film with color attachments for standard projectors, showing portrait studies, country scenes, river views, boats, and a sunset with vivid cloud, tree, and grass tones.

New York Museum of Natural History Ernst Fox Nichols Yale

Ray stays with Ince for two more years

Actor Charles Ray will continue with director Thomas H. Ince, signing a contract to remain for two additional years. The move secures Ray's acting plans and links him to Ince's next projects.

Charles Ray Thomas H. Ince

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Minstrels Arthur Claassen Julia Culp Beethoven Hall Thos Gogean Bros Menger Hotel Goggan’s Thrift Lillian Amation O Brien Taney Emargt George Clark George Edward Small Dorothy Kelly Strand Elmer M’donald and Company Europe Cohan Shaw Barbara Playhouse Kittie Gordon Cuba World Film Corporation Jane Cowl Maude Fulton Ethel Clayton None Fellowes Marguerite Clark Molly Elliott Sewell the Forontes of Prizma Motion Pictures Queen Theater Family Picture House Arch Criminals OF Paris Charlie Chaplin Francis Ford and Grace Cunard Oline Kirby Waldo Ruth Stonehouse Jack Mulhall BIG Double Country Store ALL New Francis X.bushman Heidelberg Girls Old HeideLberg Marion Sais Frisco Laudus
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