Everywoman and Sari at Grand Opera House Week
The Grand Opera House presents Everywoman this week with a Wednesday Thursday run and a Thursday matinee. Edna Porter stars in Everywoman, followed by Sari Henry W. Savage’s production, then Sam with Kalman music. A returning Birth of a Nation film is announced for March 13 with grand spectacle and historical scenes.
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Edna Porter
Henry W. Savage
New York
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Emmerich Kalman
D. W. Griffith
Moving Pictures
United States
Thomas Dixon
Mettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
Three Acts on Majestic Theater New Bill
Three feature acts headline the Majestic Theater lineup with Madge Caldwell in A Telephone Tangle and Joe Whitehead in A Bunch of Squirrel Food. The Three Chums appear in A Few Minutes at the Club with special electrical effects and a symphony score. Lyman Howe's Pictures Again returns to the Grand March 20 21 and 22 with new programs including animals, metals, auto movements, and more. Everywoman and Sam offer further entertainment options for theatergoers.
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Madge Caldwell
Joe Whitehead
Lyman Howe
Howe
Sam
London Plays Draw Big Runs Despite Publicity Hurdles
London theater figures show Potash and Perlmutter leading with over 600 performances in 1914 followed by Peg o My Heart with 520. The Man Who Stayed at Home nears 450 at Royalty, while Romance marks Doris Keane’s 100th La Cavallini appearance and Stop Thief reaches a century at the New Theater. An American press agent anecdote highlights publicity impact.
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London
New York Telegraph
Hartley Manners
Royalty Theater
Doris Keane
la Cavallini
America
Older Than Bernhardt in British Stage Scenes
English and French papers tout Sarah Bernhardt as a durable force while Genevieve Ward seven years older stars in London's The Basket. Ward recalled in Forget Me Not era, began as an opera singer at La Scala 1856, later joining Henry Irving's company as her voice waned and switched to drama.
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Henry Irving
Well Known Stars at Queen This Week
Well known stars Anna Little Charles Chaplin Helen Holmes appear on today's Queen bill. Monday features Herbert Kelcey Effie Shannon in The Sphinx. Crane Wilbur stars in A Law Unto Himself Tuesday. Madame Cubist a society drama features Mary Fuller in latter week. Souvenir spoons with star pictures offered to ladies Tuesday and Friday nights. Shannon plays The Sphinx and Kelcey portrays Arthur Macklin in the romance. A Law Unto Himself follows outlaw life of Jean Belleau with a sheriff double. Madame Cubist centers on NYC artists and Tom Decker who marries for money and love.
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Anna Little
Charles Chaplin
Helen Holmes
Queen Theater
Herbert Kelcey
Effie Shannon
Crane Wilbur
Law Unto
Himself
Madame Cubist
Mary Fuller
Miss Shannon
Arthur Macklin
David Horsley
Jean Belleau
Sheriff Dwight
Carl von Schiller
Louis Durham
E. W. Harris
Francis Raymond
New York
Tom Decker
Carl Dana
Madam Cubist
Tom
Plans for Cheaper Movies by a Famous Star
A celebrated film star plans 2 cent moving pictures to aid workers and families earning low wages. He aims to provide affordable amusement as nickelodeons wane due to higher costs. The idea preserves the poor man’s pastime while admitting profits remain high despite rising expenses.
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Nickelodeons
Motion Picture Industry Sets May 15 Day for Actors Fund
The film industry nationwide will have Exhibitors donate a portion of receipts on Monday May 15 to support the Actors Fund. The goal is to raise about $500000 from participants.
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United States
Actors’ Fund
Wanderers by Maurice Samuels in early run
David Belasco has accepted an early production of The Wanderers a three act poetical biblical drama by Maurice V Samuels a San Francisco native and UC Berkeley graduate now practicing as a dramatist. Alice Brady offers Holbrook Blinn Robert Warwick and Douglas Fairbanks for April casting and aims for equal billing with her.
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Maurice V. Samuels
Mr. Samuels
San Francisco
University of California
Alice Brady
Holbrook Blinn
Robert Warwick
Douglas Fairbanks
Miss Brady
Pie tro’s Song by Arba Blodgett at the Metropolitan fringe
Arba Blodgett offers Pie tro’s Song a comedy of character near the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. The Italian American hero dreams of Caruso and the barber’s daughter stars with Paul Ker in the leading role, brought from Berlin by Henry W. Savage to headline.
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Pietro
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Caruso
Paul Ker
Berlin
Henry W. Savage
Miss Diogenes New Play By Talbot And Watson
Hayden Talbot author of The Truth Wagon collaborates with Lucille Watson on a new play titled Miss Diogenes The title role was crafted for Miss Watson who will perform it when the play is produced at a future date
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Joseph Brooks
George MacFarlane
Boston
Hayden Talbot
Oliver Morosco
Lucille Watson
Sothern to star in Vitagraph moving pictures debut
E H Sothern, who announced plans to retire to England, has signed with the Vitagraph Company of America to act in filmed versions of plays he previously performed on stage. This marks his first motion picture venture and aligns with his current season plans.
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E. H. Sothern
England
Vitagraph Company of America
Tommaso Salvini Leaves Charity After Strict Will Provisions
Italian actor Tommaso Salvini expressed austere wishes in his will including burial in a linen sheet and rejection of flowers or adornments. He prayed for his country and left large sums to charity with a special bequest for dramatists.
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Tommaso Salvini
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