Gotham theatre season may open earlier this year
New York reports a rare quiet week with no new summer productions. managers hint at August openings as Gotham prepares for an earlier Broadway season. Sightseers flock to Coney Island Luna Park as thrill rides evolve with new safety-minded designs.
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New York
Gotham
Coney Island
Luna Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Lois Ewell
New Century Grand Opera Company
Ewell
Brooklyn
Century Company
The Battle of Gettysburg at the Royal Theater
The Royal Theater shows The Battle of Gettysburg a five reel feature to large crowds in New York at 1.50 admission. July 5 and 6 are set for a commemorative presentation with special features and veterans’ complimentary tickets upon request. Amenities include an ice water plant and 24 rotary fans for comfort.
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New York
Royal Theater
Gettysburg
Royal
The
Pasor brothers delayed. new acts at Grand Opera House
The Pasor brothers, famed gymnasts, arrive late from Mexico City and miss Saturday shows. They perform horizontal bars and flying trapeze, having just closed a Mexico City engagement. Florence Talbot offers an all new song set for Sunday and requests week continues. The country store event Monday offers many prizes and starts at 8 45 as San Antonio anticipates a large crowd.
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Pasor Brothers
Grand Opera House
Mexico City
Mexico
San Antonio
Arbeu
Justin Siegel
ABEL
Florence Talbot
Pasor Bros
City of
Ragtime Wonder Faces New Reel Premiere
The program boasts three new songs and an extra feature titled Rag them all. The film program presents reels supplied by a film corporation with assured quality. Grand’s mutual release may adjust dates for the three new attractions.
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Atemo
E Film Corporation
Patre
Irrigation Work Shown in New Film reel
A current film titled Dred and Acres displays irrigation progress transforming arid tracts into farm land. It follows canals dug by dredges and engines with a dredge removing silt and extracting gold from dirt. The reel also features a Kabylia market and a narrated escorted tour of Northern Africa.
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Kabylia
Algeria
Africa
Far North Mackenzie Expedition Eyeing Arctic Cinemas
George K Spoor of Essanay announces a northern expedition by James K Cornwall B K Miller Emerson Hough and G B Fraser to shoot motion pictures along an eight thousand mile route through unknown Arctic regions C A Lupperti will accompany as camera man marking the first film crew to venture down the Mackenzie river and beyond into untapped tracts The party seeks favorable opportunity for this pioneering filmed journey
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George K. Spoor
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Mackenzie River
James K. Cornwall
B. K. Miller
Emerson Hough
G. B. Fraser
Ottawa
Alberta
Milwaukee
North
Essanay
C. A. ‘Luperti
Harold Lockwood Earns Claude Eclair Nickname In Motion Pictures
Harold Lockwood, star of The Capture of Aguinaldo and 101 Bison war pictures, is dubbed the Claude Eclair of moving pictures. He leads American scouts in rocky canyon scenes and resembles rival hero Desperate Desmond. Also noted are Joseph Singleton in Rex brand films and Lincoln J. Carter, flying east for a vacation before resuming California work with the Bison Company.
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Harold Lockwood
Aguinaldo
Claude Eclair
Moving Pictures
Rocky Canyon
Desmond
Mr. Lockwood
Joseph Singleton
Rex Brand
Jeanie Macpherson
Moving Picture Stars
Mr. Singleton
England
Australia
America
Lincoln J. Carter
California
The
Bison Company
New York
Mr. Carter
Clara Williams Stars in Universal Company Pictures
Clara Williams a California native and former Lubin Company reader appears in Universal Company photos depicting western life. She is a skilled rider, motorist, swimmer and tennis player with a promising future if her past work serves as a standard.
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Clara Williams
Golden California
Reading
Lubin Company
Universal Company
Miss Williams
Notable Selig Stars of Chicago Studio Stock Company
Adienne Kroell a noted beauty and multi contest winner profiles a career with Selig Chicago Stock Company as actress swimmer and stage performer. Lyllian Leighton recalls thirteen years in stock and road companies and past as America's youngest publisher. Thomas Santschi born in Lucerne keeps his stage name from a role. Baby Lillian Wade a four year old with piano riding swimming talent joins Pacific coast studios. William Stowell a popular Chicago Selig member tall dark and under 30 is a rider swimmer and ex musical comedian. Jack Nelson, newest Selig recruit from Henry Miller’s and Belasco stock groups, favors juvenile leads in silent drama.
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Adienne Kroell
Selig Chicago Stock Company
Wilton Lackaye
Virginia Harnea
Marguerite Clark
Lyllian Leighton
Chicago
Selig Polyscope Company
America
Thomas Santschi
Lucerne
Switzerland
Paul W
Thomas
Tom
Lillian Wade
Pacific Coast
Denver
Colo
Selig Company
Lillian
Wades
William Stowell
Billy
Jack Nelson
Trunnelle Portrays Memory Lifting Song in Edison Piece
Mabel Trunnelle performs a touching impersonation in Love's Old Sweet Song where a girl haunted by her lover's death misrecognizes him on his return. The familiar melodies trigger memories and restore her wits.
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Mabel Trunnelle
Edison
Daredevil plunge over Stillwater Falls in Penobscot River
Rodman Law performs a perilous open boat descent at Stillwater Falls during a Reliance Mutual production. He survives a near total capsize and whirlpool, then swims to his boat as rescuers close in. The report also notes Louise Glaum leading Kay Bee Broncho films under Thomas H. Ince with Anna Little and Snowball the white horse.
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Stillwater Falls
Penobscot River
Maine
Rodman Law
Law
Lewis
Louise Glaum
Nestor
Mutual
Thomas H. Ince
Anna Little
Snowball
Motion Picture Gossip From Kay-Bee To Paris Gaumont Palace
Industry notes reveal actor casting shifts from the Than houser Mutual Program finding John Wallace a 350 pound lead for Why Babe Left Home. Universal previews The Curse of Buddha with William Clifford and Edna Maison while Glen White returns to head Eastern Powers Stock at Coytesville. Clara Williams continues western-themed Universal films and Sdrwin Careur recalls a thirty year stage career with Otis Skinner and Kitty Gordon.
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Thanhouser, Mutual
New Rochelle
Thanhouser
Find
John Wallace
Babe
Donnelly’s
Glen White
America
Europe
Universal
New
Eastern Powers Stock Company
Coytesville Studios
Universal Film Company
James Dayton
William Clifford
Edna Maison
Mr. Fahrney
London film agents report strong business for Biograph era firms
London sales agents of American film managers report excellent business. Biograph Lubin Kalem are represented by B Nichols, Essanay by H A Spoor, Vitagraph by G H Smith, Selig by Montagu, Edison by Harrison, with Clerkenwell Road HQ. Lionel Adams joins Lubin players. he has appeared with Julia Marlowe Annie Russell Wm Gillette and Mrs. Leslie Carter. John Storm in Half Caines The Christian Joe Brooks in Paid in Full and Rich ard Ward in The Spendthrift are among his remembered theater roles.
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London
American Film Managers
B. Nichols
Biograph
Lubin and
Kalem
H. A. Spoor
Essanay Company
G. H. Smith
Vitagraph
Montagu
Selig
Mr. Harrison
Clerkenwell Road
Edison Company
Lionel Adams
Lubin
Julia Marlowe
Annie Russell
Wm. Gillette
Mrs. Leslie Carter
John Storm
Mrs Clara Reynolds Smith Joins Hassanay Eastern Stock Co
Clara Reynolds Smith joins the Hassanay Eastern Stock Company in Chicago. She has acted in theatrical stock companies in major U S cities and is noted for her grande dame and character performances.
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Clara Reynolds Smith
Hassanay Eastern Stock Company
Chicago
United States
Granitord and Granacrete Pavements Offer Modern Solutions
Granitord and Granacrete advertise economical pavements under the theme The Economical Pavements and The Modern Pavements offering durable surfacing for roads and sidewalks.
Prison Film Shows Aid Discipline At Deer Lodge
Convicts at the Deer Lodge Montana penitentiary attend Sunday motion picture shows as a reward for good behavior. A donation program offers two reel pictures from major studios plus the Animated Weekly and several one reel subjects. Films emphasize virtue and punishment for crime while promoting orderly conduct among inmates.
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Deer Lodge
Montana
Eclair
Bison
Imp
Rex
Economical Pavements by Granitord and Granocrete
Advertisement promoting Granitord and Granocrete for cheap durable pavements. Claims one system titled The Modern Pavements and marketed as a modern solution for roadway surfaces offered by The Economical Pavements company.
Future of the Films Advances as Motion Pictures Prove Moral and Educational
The article argues motion pictures will rise further in the next decade, highlighting their role as teachers in schools and abroad. It cites improved techniques and moral standards led by leaders like J Stuart Blackton, who insists films must be suitable for children and true to nature.
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Veterar
Luna Park
Boston
New England
Vitagraph Company
J. Stuart Blackton
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the Royal
Famous Players Film Co
Adolph Zukor
Daniel Frohman
Philaphia
Far
IMP Company
Leah Baird
IMP_ FILMS
King Baggot
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
British Empire
Miss Baird
William A. Brady
Gentleman
Mississippi
Arthur Byron
Mortimer Snow
Oscar Apfel
Forrest Halsey
Gaumont Palace
Paris
Sdrwin Careur
Texas
Otis Skinner
Chauncey Olcott
Kitty Gordon
Warner
Corner House
the Rosary
Reliance
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