King Baggott A Legendary Matinee Idol Of Early Films
King Baggott, famed Imp Company star and former St. Louis football standout, rose from amateur theater to motion pictures. He helped found the Players Club of St. Louis and later joined Imp after meeting Harry Saulter in New York. He has written sixty to seventy screenplays and appears in The Fund of the Trail as part of Lincoln Carter’s series.
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King Baggott
Imp Company
Pictures
St. Louis
Baggott
United States
Europe
Players Club of
Koerner
New York
Harry Saulter
Imp
Saulter
Imp Studio
Sauber
Chicago
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Tilorence Lawrence
Bess
Baggett
Lincoln J. Carter
Princess Theatre Show Features University Four Vaudeville and Newsreels
The Princess Theatre in San Antonio advertises 1500 seats and refined ambiance with The University Four vaudeville act and a program including newsreels such as funeral footage of J. F. Morgan and other clips. It also promotes films The Rise of Officer 174 The Return of Crime The Indian's Secret and Sons of a Soldier among others.
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San Antonio
Robertson
University Four
J. F. Morgan
Universal Weekly
Frank A. Ruth
Washington
King George
Queen Mary
England
Chinford
Mid
Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Leonard A’ Wood
Baltimore
Chandler
Ohlo
Poincare
France
Beaumont
Texas
Ireland
Boy Scouts
Omaha
Notable figures join Essanay studio lineup in Chicago projects
J F Ourteault studios in Chicago drew Buster Brown and Tige with Essanay producer Theodore Wharton proposing custom drawings for a Buster Brown and Tiger release. Lois Weber, Mrs Phillips Smalley, headlines a dramatic tale of twin sisters approaching disaster amid misunderstandings. Minor 8S. Watson joins Essanay Eastern Stock Company after theatre tours and early photo plays. Ma Watson described as possessing charm and a captivating smile.
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J. F. Ourteault
Essanav
Chicago
Buster Brown
Tige
Theodore W. Wharton
Essanay
Outcault
Tiger
R. F. Outieault
Blanche Bates
Chauncey Olcott
Douglas Fairbanks
Watson
Essanay Eastern Stock Company
Mr. Watson
Morristown
N. J
Palace Theater
New Theater
New York
Ma Watson
Moving pictures and stars crowd Rex Company notices
Pears and husband Phillips Smalley dominate Rex Company productions with leading roles and writing credits. William West denies reports of his death amid inquiries about his wife. "Smiling Billy" Mason nearly drowns during a wager at Lake Michigan. Universal to release The Black Chancellor on April 26, with strong photography and acting.
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Pears
Phillips Smalley
Rex Company
Aries
Smalley
William West
Edison
Mark Twain
Smiling Billy” Mason
Esganay Film Manufacturing Company
Government Pier
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Great Northern
Moving Pictures
Rex
Lois Weber
Miss Dot Farley Returns to Frontier St Louis Company
Miss Dot Farley the photoplay actress returns to the frontier brand of the St Louis Motion Picture Company after appearing on the Pacific coast in comedies. She refused a flattering offer from the Kinemacolor Company to join their forces due to her auburn hair and brown eyes.
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Dot Farley
Frontier
St. Louis Motion Picture Company
Pacific Coast
Frontier Forces
Kinemacolor Company
The Fighting Chaplain Delivers on Nerve in Stage Duel
Charles Bartlett performs a daring stunt in The Fighting Chaplain by 101 Bison Company. He leaps from a horse onto a moving prairie wagon, slashes the canvas, then lights dynamite beneath the wagon. A blast erupts as debris rains down and Bartlett is knocked down.
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Charles Bartlett
101 Bison’ Company
Charlie
Los Angeles Emerges as U S Motion Picture Capital
The article notes a shift from New York and New Jersey to Los Angeles as the nation’s film capital. Within ten miles several studios such as Powers Nestor Broncho 101 Bison Essanay Rex Frontier Imp Champion Universal operate, employing fifteen to twenty five regulars plus extras. It claims over 3000 people in Los Angeles depend on the studios for a livelihood.
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New York
Jersey
Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Powers
Nestor
Broncho
Atlantic Fleet Maneuvers Captured On Film
The Animated Weekly records a historic motion picture feat showing United States Atlantic fleet maneuvers captured by a camera operator. It notes the diplomatic pull and government permissions required, and promises an eagerly awaited early exhibition.
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Atlantic Fleet
United States
Atlantic
Animated Weekly
Grand continues Alaska Siberia pictures with 10 cent price
AT THE GRAND continues today with the Alaskan-Siberian films and a clear lecture by Prof. George Leonard. The price is reduced to 10 cents. Monday features the Country Store, Tuesday brings Baby Dolores dances, and Bigelow Campbell and Rayden return with new songs.
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Arctics
George Leonard
Baby Dolores
Bigelow
Campbell
Rayden
Robespiere film to dramatize famed French tale
Universal Film Manufacturing Company prepares a three reel feature based on Robespierre the schoolmaster whose gentle family life hides a fiendish nature. Herbert Brenon produces with Willam Shay in the principal role and hundreds of extras. Also Crystal comedy Girls Will Be Boys features Pearl Who in a strong street gangster turn.
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Robepierre
Henry Irving
Sardou
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Herbert Brenon
Imp Pictures
Magdalen
Willam Shay
Pearl
Motion Picture Self Revelation Through Dance and Grace
A New York instructor, famed in Paris and London, uses film to reveal how women move and sit. The camera shows them awkward and ugly, then frames graceful poses to teach true beauty through recorded motion.
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Burns
Europe
Paris
London
New York
Madame
Motion Picture Physical Culture School
Grace
Wigwam Theaters Plan Weekly Special Features and Films
Manager Lytle announces four weekly special features at Wigwam No 1 and No 2 with no extra charges. Highlights include Vitagraph Hearts of the First Empire and Pathe two part The Diamond Miniature, with The Broken Vow and Through Many Trials also shown this week. Sunday programs feature Broncho Billy and other attractions at both houses.
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Lytle
Anderson
Pathe
Matt
Jeff
Wigwam
William Humphrey
Napoleon
Edith Storey
Marie Louise
Leah Baird
Beatrice
Cines- Kleine
Cines-Kleine
Juliet
Tony
Trysting
No. 1
Bohemia
Edison
Billy
Rome
Te Bingo
Waitemo
Vitagraph
Cines
Lubin
Flood benefit by NY Motion Picture Exhibitors' league draws crowd
More than 5000 people attended a flood relief benefit at the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory in New York City on April 12. The event ran from 8 p m to 1 a m with audiences eager for more, but reels were exhausted. War a three reel Bison picture proved the knockout of the evening with its epic battle scenes.
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New York Motion Picture Exhibitors’ League
Sixty-ninth Regiment
New York City
Miss Helen Case A Star Among Bison Company Players
Indiana born Miss Helen Case rose through New York and Chicago stages and grand opera to become a leading actress with comic opera and musical comedies. She later danced ingenue roles, worked with Vitagraph in New York, and joined the 101 Bison troupe, gaining fame for her sweetness grace and popularity with theater audiences.
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Helen. Case
Bison Company
Indiana
New York
Chicago
Raymond Hitchcock
Flora Zabelle
Charles Meyers
Harry Bulger
Jack Barrimore
Sallie Fischer
Miss Case
Vitagraph Company
Boer and Briton Battle Film Presents Realistic War Scene
Kalem Company producer George H. Melford recreates a Boer War engagement with Canadian volunteers and British officers in The Battle for Freedom. Colonel C Rhys Pryce helped design the two part photoplay with authentic militia costumes and hundreds of Boer extras. Also shows The Poverty of Riches and The Toll of War featuring an interior Ford’s Theatre scene with President Lincoln.
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George H. Melford
Kalem Company
Mr. Melford
South Africa
C. Rhys Pryce
Kalem
Lincoln
Ford
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West Point
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Lookout Mountain
Gettysburg
Denison
Polly Blake
Canirol
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Pelease
Uncle Sam
Borothy Phillips
Zeesanay
University
J. P. Morgan
Essanay Film Manufacturing CO
Fpssanay Film Manufacturing CO
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Argyle St
Flas
Mary Foller Edison
Robespierre
Helen Case
Hasthem
S. and A
Waitima Caves
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