Freckles and Chicken Casey Headline Empire Program
Empire program at San Antonio houses features Freckles with Louise Huff and Jack Pickford, plus Chicken Casey. Pathe News numbers and a His Marriage Failure comedy start the week. Friday-Saturday double bill includes Paws of the Bear and A Maiden’s Trust with stars like Ford Sterling and Alice Davenport.
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San Antonio
Louise Huff
Jack Pickford
Lasky
Pathe News No
American Coast Guard
France
Harvard Regiment
Dorothy Dalton
Chicken Casey
Pathe News No. 47
Limberlost
California
Heart of the Woods
Lasky Company
Marshall Neilan
Miss Huff
Mr. Pickford
Promio
Hobart Bosworth
Lillian Leighton
Billy Elmer
Guy Oliver
Chickenasey
Mavis Marberry
Hale
Mavis
William Desmond
Thomas H. Ince
Desmond
Ray Rourke
Belgium
Paris
Clara Williams
Olga Raminoff
Rourke
Ray
Olea
New York City
Ford Sterling
Hugh
Alice Davenport
Myrtle
Stageland notes and film gossip mix of theatre news
E rt Levy Jr. sails for France joining the Montreal ambulance corps. Robert Mantell may join a brief vaudeville tour. Anna Crawford Flexner changes her new play title to Wanted An Alibi and plans a Monday Albany production. Shuberts present A Man's Home in New Haven. Plays by Anna Steese Richardson and Edmuna Breese noted. Cohan Harris offer Captain Kidd Jr. after success in New York.
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Anna Crawford Flexners
Albany
Shuberts
Hayes
Anna Steese Richardson
Dmuna Breese
Cohan & Harris
Captain Kidd Jr
Aida Johnson Young
Johan & Harris Theater
New York
Maciste
Harry Raver
Gant
Ear Goddard Actor Hayward Ginn’s Career Path
Hayward Ginn, who plays Ear Goddard in Seven Chances at the Cort theater, spent about ten years in Japan as a silk buyer. He returned to the United States, joined the Frawley attick company in Los Angeles, and pursued acting, becoming a successful stage performer.
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Hayward Ginn
Ear Goddard
Cort Theater
Japan
Frawley Attick Company
Los Angeles
Frawley
Ginn
Joan Sawyer Returns to Vaudeville with New Partner
Joan Sawyer resumes vaudeville dance duties with partner Nigel, marking a new pairing after earlier collaborations. The act features Sawyer's signature style combined with Nigel's stage presence as they tour regional theaters.
In Stars and Down celebrates 300th NY run at Cort
The comedy In Stars and Down by Kai Rick and Fanny Locke Hattey marks three hundred performances in its New York run at the Cort Theatre. Morovce’s work is highlighted by the production’s festive milestone and enduring audience appeal.
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Oliver Morovce
Kai*rick
Fanny Locke Hattey
New York
Cort Theater
First Morosco attraction to open at Cort Theatre Chicago
Last Thursday night Up Stairs and Down will debut Morosco season at Cort Theatre in Chicago on August 5. The Littlest Scout a new production features Charles Blackton and Violet in Paula Blackton's Country Life series. Mary Anderson and Alfred Vosburgh take leading roles in forthcoming films. Charles Patterson heads Maud Hill and Basil King's The Lifted Veil with Ethel Barrymore in the cast.
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Chicago
Cort Theater
Little Charles
Commodore Blackton
Violet
Paula Blackton
Maud Hill
Margaret Palliser
Basil King
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Hill
Lionel Barrymore
Camille
Mr. Barrymore
Armand
Patriotic Displays by Film Stars on Pacific Coast
Mary Pickford donated an ambulance to the Los Angeles Red Cross while Douglas Fairbanks bought $100,000 in Liberty loan bonds, signaling strong support from prominent screen figures.
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Pacific Coast
Mary Pickford
Los Angeles
Red Cross
Douglas Fairbanks
Liberty Loan
Her Strange Wedding Comes to Screen Ahead of Release
Miss Fannie Ward stars in a screen adaptation prepared by Charles Maigne from George Middleton's story with Jack Dean Tom Forman and Billy Elmer in supporting roles. The production is set for imminent exhibition.
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Charles Maigne
George Middleton
Fannie Ward
Jack Dean
Tom Forman
Billy Elmer
Bernstein Writes New War Drama L Elevation
A New York Times cable reports Comedie Francaise stages Henri Bernstein war play L Elevation praised as the era’s greatest theatrical event. The drama follows a doctor and wife amid mobilization and deathbed revelations, illustrating war’s spiritual impact.
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New York Times
Comedie Francaise
Henri Bernstein
France
Bernstein
Saloniki
Newsreels Aid War Effort Through Government Ties
Hearst-Pathe News has lent its facilities to the government for World War aims. Films spurred recruitment with enlistment scenes at Newport and Norfolk and naval ships at sea. Wood vessel production films urged 100 000 wood workers, boosting shipping needs and antiwar sentiment mitigation through dignitary visits.
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Hearst-Pathe News
Army
Navy
Newport
Norfolk
Marine Corps
Shipping Board
Hearst -Pathe News
Washington
Marshal Joffre
Arthur Balfour
France
England
Hearst-Pathe
Liberty
New York Branch proposes pre-release film censorship plan
The New York branch of the Theatrical Federation plans to have all films reviewed by members before release to block offensive content. The national body would ratify the plan, aiming to shield religious beliefs and deter exploitation in films. Harold Williams notes it seeks public-backed protection without replacing existing censorship.
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Theatrical Federation
New York
Federation
Harold Williams
Theatrical Federation of
Greater New York
Mary Pickford Records Tempered Pacific Quata on Raft
Mary Pickford in Cecil B. DeMille production endured from 4 PM to 10 PM on a frail raft off San Pedro. Dressed in a thin evening gown, she repeatedly entered the cold Pacific to film, and warned against anyone claiming warm water.
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Mary
Pacific
Mary Pickford
Cecil B. de Mille
Miss Pickford
San Pedro
The
Lasky Company Offers Frontline Dependent Aid
Cecil B. De Mille announces that dependents of married employees drafted for military service will receive salary. The Lasky home guard, all over conscription age, trains under military authority to qualify as noncommissioned officers if needed for front service.
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Cecil B. de Mille
The
Lasky Company
Lasky Home Guard
Los Angeles
Burned by a Waffle Iron melodrama hits five reels
Film notes describe Hester O. Mush as an eminent star earning $10,000 a week. The clumsy plot centers on a chef and a household fiasco featuring dramatic scenes and a prologue.
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Hester O. Mush
Williamson brothers offer 30000 for underwater proof
Ernest and George Williamson of The Sub-marine ve at the Liberty Theater offer 30000 in cash or Liberty bonds to anyone proving the gnahmarine crewes in the white drain were not photographed at the bottom of the sea. They claim underwater filming in a tank would cost more and be less effective than sea scenes.
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Ernest and
George Williamson
Nearbheara
Sub-marine Ve
Liberty Theater
Liberty
Gnahmarine
Lee Messrs. Williamson
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