London managers plan Broadway successes
New York reports rising London demand for American plays with six or more former New York hits slated for next season. The piece notes past London misfires like The Darling of the Gods and urges study of New York works to avoid replication failures. It also covers the Ziegfeld Follies at the New Amsterdam, highlighting new chorus girls led by Jose Collins and a lively NY setting across fourteen scenes with strong visual spectacle.
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New York
London
Broadway
Sir Beerbohyn Tree
Belasco
Tree
Barrie
Maughm
Pinero
Golsworthy
Chambers
Harbor
New York Theater
New Amsterdam
Bert Williams
Frank Tinney
Williams
Leon Errol
Vygis
Nat M. Wills
Jose Collins
Elizabeth Brice
Rose Dolly
Martin Brown
Ethel Kelly
Florence Jerome
Evelyn Carlton
Stella Chate
Rlaine
Ann Pennington
George W. Hobart
Raymond Hubbell
Amateur Night Delights at the Grand Opera House
A bustling amateur show unfolds with nervous, eager young performers on stage and a lively audience. Mr. Burke introduces acts from soft-shoe dances to a quirky professor with a bottle-powered musical frame, while the crowd cheers, boos, and enjoys the friendly chaos of youth and showmanship.
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Grand Opera House
Jack Burke
Mr. Burke
Rudolph Dominguez
Mike
Scenic journey ends as Carl Gregory captures western states
Carl Gregory completes a 9500 mile Majestic Company trip across Montana Wyoming Oregon California Arizona New Mexico Colorado filming Indian dances village life and cliff dwellings. Belasco visits Famous Players studio where motion pictures record David Belasco Conducting a Rehearsal of One of His Companies. Italian vineyards cling to cliff faces.
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Carl Gregory
Majestic Company
Mutual
Gregory
Montana
Wyoming
Oregon
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
David Belasco
Famous Players Film Company
William Norris
Mary Pickford
Ernest Truex
Belasco
Ed Porter
Grand theater promises summer wave of acts and stars
Crowds at the Grand last week showed growing popularity with manager Wittels planning big summer imports from New York. Friday's program led by eighteen acts drew top San Antonio talent including Florence Talbot who will extend her engagement. Monday’s country store offers gifts and a Victor phonograph plus Pancoast Morgan dishes. The Grand orchestra led by Professor Sanchez will perform, and today features four new reels including a two reel Broncho.
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Grand
Wittels
New York City
San Antonio
Florence Talbot
Majestic Theater
Memphis
Tenn
Miss Talbot
Victor
Pancoast Morgan Company
Grand’s
Professor Sanchez
Texas Tattler to premiere first film on Texas history
The Texas Tattler, a weekly animated on Texas history, will release its first film July 1. San Antonio’s Alamo Film Company reports strong contracts across Texas and into Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and the New England states. The film will cover events from the San Antonio National Guard encampment to Galveston’s intercoastal canal opening, Bishop Shaw’s jubilee, golf and polo matches, the University Circus, and a portrait of aviator Andrew Drew, with future plans to showcase Texas scenery and industries including Devil's River and the Pecos river high bridge.
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Texas Tattler
Texas
Alamo Film Company
San Antonio
Moving Picture
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Yale Feature Film Company
New York
New England
National Guard
Austin
Galveston
Bishop Shaw
Country Club
the Post
Andrew Drew
Tattler
Devil's River
New Braunfels
Pecos River
San Antonio Cata
Army Post
Alamo
Jumbo film charting Panama Exposition construction
A new feature film documents the building of machinery hall at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The production will take three months to shoot ninety six frames daily using a motion picture machine. The reel will run at eight hundred sixty four pictures per minute, fast forwarding a week’s work into a sixty second sequence. The machinery hall is described as the largest wooden building in the world.
Beetles in Dramas Show World Famous Trainer’s Insect Armies
The Russian Lovshki, famed as a trainer of beetles, moved from live displays to cinema where magnified insects appear in soldierlike formations. In screen dramas, they fence, fight, and court with startling realism, creating a thrilling, uncanny effect. A South African invention makes paraffin a new fuel for internal combustion engines.
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Lovshki
South Africa
Irving Cummings Debuts as Author and Stage Lead
Irving Cummings writes and stars in Italian Love from Reliance Mutual Program. A blonde leading lady and a brunette clashed on stage causing a rift in the company described as a temporary tempest. The piece notes Rosanna Logan and Anna Hodges as the two young actresses, each four years old, with manager Ritchey calling it a lesson learned.
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Irving Cummings
Reliance
Mutual Program
Anna Hodges
Rosanna Logan
Ritchey
Miss Maude Fealy in Thanhouser production Iolanthe
Miss Maude Fealy signs for a regular engagement with Thanhouser and joins the Mutual Program. She has previously supported stars like Sir Henry Irving and Nat C. Goodwin. Miss Billy West and Robert Gray are now with American forces and play opposite each other at Santa Barbara, California.
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Billy” West
Robert Gray
Santa Barbara
Cal
Universal hires J. S. Williams as film department head
JL S Williams leaves the Agriculture Department after 28 years as illustrator and photographer to become general manager of Universal Film Manufacturing Company educational department in Washington. Director Sidney Golden plans a two reel film Nihilist Vengeance with a dramatic bridge scene built to heighten realism after detonating a forged stone bridge in Coytesville New Jersey to synchronize explosions.
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The
Universal
JL. S. Williams
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Williams
Agricultural Department
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
National Capital
Sidney Golden
Golden
Coytesville
N. J
Rex Company Player Bob Leonard Makes Field Debut
Bob Leonard of the Rex Company, described as a handsome mati nee idol, is a baseball enthusiast who acts as an actual player in the field. His debut signals a shift from fan to on field participation, marking a notable change in his public sports role.
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Bob Leonard
Rex Company
Kinema Color Fashion Service Plans Ladies Matinees
A Kinema color Fashion Service project prepares a series of films for exhibition before ladies only at special matinees. The pictures feature boudoir scenes with mannequins displaying Parisian lingerie designs.
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Kinemacolor
Frank X Bushman Rejoins Essanay as Leading Man
After touring as a lecturer on motion pictures Frank X Bushman rejoined Essanay as a leading man for their eastern forces resuming film work and embarking on new assignments with the studio.
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Essanay Company
Essanay Eastern Forces
Selig Plans Giant Zoo On Los Angeles Studio Grounds
William N. Selig of Selig Polyscope moves to expand his Los Angeles studio adjoining Eastlake Park with a giant zoo. He has gathered diverse wild animals and Dr Donald, a naturalist, tours globally to recruit more. Landscape gardeners plant tropical jungle flora to heighten realism for animal pictures. Alice Joyce of the Kareem Company appears in The Attorney for the Defense as a young lawyer defending a case in court.
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William N. Selig
Selig Polyscope Company
Eastlake Park
Los Angeles
Onald
Signafare
Alice Joyce
Karem Company
Pearl White Tours Eastern Theaters Amid Crowded Applause
Miss Pearl White, renowned star of Crystal films, recently finished a tour through the eastern states. She appeared in theaters where films centered on her, receiving cordial welcomes and drawing crowded houses at every stop.
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Pearl White
Crystal Films
Royal Theatre Pet Feature Lineup Draws Big Crowds
The Royal shows first run high quality pictures and plans a novel next week launch. Today’s Sunday double feature includes The Reward of Courage The Pen Knife Head of the Ribbon Counter and likely The Gunmen of New York a four reel drama. The Ribbon Counter charms viewers while Reward of Courage intensifies with suspense. The Gunmen of New York appeals for repeat showings after audience demand.
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The
Royal
New York
Globe Trotters Return From Vita Graph Tour
The Globe Trotters praise New York skyline as the finest sight of the tour homeward. They describe varied reactions abroad with natives in China Japan India Egypt Italy and France to Vitagraph methods noting hospitality and curiosity. Johannesburg reports 810 automobile owners.
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Maurice Costello
New York
India
Italy
Moving Picture Companies
America
Globe Trotters
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