Week's Comedy Bill at the Princess Theatre
The Princess Theatre presents a week of acts led by The Wrivcess with The Lesson starring Constance Talmadge. Moore and White perform The Youthful Couple and The Three Aitkens offer roller skating contortions along with other novelty routines. Adams and Thomas present After the Ball, Vera Adams and Rex Thomas deliver After the Bail, and Donald J. Dunn appears in Filling a Disappointment. The program showcases musical comedy, sketches, and a Constance Talmadge picture mix of city and small town life.
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Wrivcess Theater
Constance Talmadge
Moore
White
Miss White
Three Aitkens
Donald J. Dunn
Princess
The
Adams
Thomas
Vera Adams
Rex
Som Moore
Walter Miers
Herbert Heyes
Miss Talmadge
Norma
Chaplin Receives Green Room Cake for A Dogs Life
The Green Room Magazine of Australia awards Charlie Chaplin the Green Room Cake for his comedy A Dog's Life. Traditionally given to actresses, the cake honors Chaplin as the first male recipient, with the cake en route from the Antipodes to Chaplin Studios amid anticipation.
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Green Room Magazine of
Australia
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
8O Brent
Crencetors
Charlie
Antipodes
Chaplin Studios
Chartie
The Screenplay Process and Audience Demands
The Detroit News notes film spectators demand accurate detail from scripts and production. It stresses that costumes, weapons, and war gear must reflect the correct period and that any inconsistency breaches audience confidence, regardless of location. Roosevelt in Maine and an all American man are cited as examples.
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Emlless
Detroit News
Sotion Pictures
Roosevelt
Maine
Texas
Minnesota
Brooklyn
Bagley
San Antonio Sees Bright Future For Powell Films
Frank Powell, veteran director and producer, touts San Antonio as ideal for motion pictures. He cites year round sunshine for outdoor shoots, diverse scenery, and plans to build a top studio here. His first San Antonio production will be The Forfeit starring House Peters and Jane Miller with Grace Miller White writing.
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Frank Powell
San Antonio
Vowell
Cleveland
James O'Neill
Monte Cristo
Digby Bell
Bank
Cleveland Bank Clorks
Powell
Oscar Apfel
Harry Kline
Globe Theater
New York
Charles Dillinghwin
Mr. Apfel
Virginia
Kline
Mr. Vowel
Lowell
Belasco Clay
David Helasco
Maryland
Fannie Ward
Millen ‘Erry
England
David Ward Griffith
Direc
Hemisphere
America
Ridgwell Cullum
House Peters
Jane Miller
Nance O'Neil
O'Neill
Vox Photoplays
Miss Miller
Vox
Grace Miller White
Weeklong Pearl program showcases big star features
The Pearl announces a seven day lineup starting today with William Desmond in Hell's End and Neal Heart in a Bison protoplay. Other highlights include William Russell in Up Romance Road, Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand in Katty and Mabel Adrift, and Douglas Fairbanks in American Aristocracy.
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the Pearl
William Desmond
Desmond
Neal Heart
Mutual War Weekly
Billie Rhodes
William Russell
Russell
Fatty Arbuckle
Mabel Normand
Katty
Mabel
Arbuckle
California
Fairbanks
the Peart
Douglas Fairbanks
Elizabeth Risbon
Wein
Peggy Hyland
Fox
Roy Stewart
Harry Morey
Willim Duncan
A Wight
Stage Manager Named In Broadway Chorus Scandal Tale
Miss May Eliott, longtime Broadway chorus figure, is appointed stage manager at Century midnight entertainment replacing a former manager caught in the draft net. Miss Leslie defends the choice and delivers a sharp speech stressing new material and backstage rules.
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May Eliott
Broadway
Mananger
Detroit Journal
Leslie
Johnos
London Stage Notes on Soldier Boy and Other Shows
The London Theatrical Newsletter lauds Soldier Boy at the Apollo as sympathetic and well staged with engaging music. It also covers Cupid in a Caravan at the Kingsway, The Better Ole reimagined with She Kiddies in the Ruins, and D W Griffiths Hearts of the World at the Palace.
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Albert de Courville
the Apollo
London
New York Herald
Cupid
Ernest Goodwin
Bromley Challoner
Kingsway
Ole
Oxford
Terigadier
I. B. Cannot
Bill
D. W. Griffith
Palace Theater
Cinamas
Ma. Griffith
Lillian Gish
Dorothy Gish
Violette
Phece
Matheson’ Laws
Paris
Napoleon
Henry -1Ero
Albert Baue
Directors Urge Self Knowledge Against Southern Stereotypes
In Photoplay August a Waco Times Herald critique argues Northern directors misrepresent the South in film and calls for better understanding. It rejects obliteration of state lines and praises regional pride while urging filmmakers to inform themselves to avoid harmful caricatures of the Old South.
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Waco ‘Times-Herald
Lexington
Kentucky
Times’ Herald
Lin
South
Old South
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Adams & Thomas
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Moore & White
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Biograph
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Mr. Griffith
Mary Dickford
Mack Sennett
Winnehe Sweet
Arthur Johnson
Mowell
Pathe Everes
Nance Neill
Hedda Gablee
Mes Belfame
Marjorie Rambeau
Miss Davidson
Rex Beach
Ireland
Kilmary
Kilpatrick
Kilkenny
Kilmore
France
Pearl Today
Danny
Cassell
Saturday Journal
Halery Morey
Florence Deshon HY
Sachelop
Chloreti
Hyland
Arae Ypei
Douglas Fairbaiy AS
London Stage
Pearltoday
Neal Hart
Wim. Desmond
Hell’s End
Mutual War News
Marie Waicamp
Lions Claw
King Baggott
U. S
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Tomorrow
Geo. Walsh
the Kid IS
Marie Walcamp
Lion's
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