Princess Theater Week Offers Vaudeville and Fox Feature
Amusement seekers will enjoy two billed weeks at the Princess with a Monday through Wednesday vaudeville slate led by Spissell Bros. & Mack and Tim and Marie Dee, plus William Farnum in Fox’s The Battle of Hearts featuring a real shipwreck scene off Catalina Island. Otis Harlan stars in Hoyt's Black Sheep with a classic dramatic touch.
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Princess Theater
Spissell Bros. & Mack
Hillard & Co
Three
Gladiators
Rome
George Stanley & Co
Rose de Young
Comedienne
Roman Four
Otis Harlan
Hoyt
Tim
Marle Dee
William Farnum
Moving Picture
San Antonio
Fox
Farnum
William Fox
Catalina Island
California
Martin Case
Elda Flurry
Maida
Sprague
Cane
Europe
Was She Wise Pauline Frederick and Marguerite Clarke Return to Stage
Pauline Frederick and Marguerite Clarke allegedly declined flattering offers to return to the stage and signed new contracts with Famous Players. The theater talk mentions a man they routinely visit between acts and the extra ticket.
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Albert
Pauline Frederick
Marguerite Clarke
McGowan Granted Access to Lumber Camps and Incline
Director J. P. McGowan received permission to use a lumber company's camps for the production of A Lass of the Lumberland and to employ its incline railroad for any required purpose. The approvals authorize filming and related activities at the site location and rail line.
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J. P. McGowan
Railroad Length and Mountain Rise Described
The text notes a railroad extending about 8700 feet with its route climbing 3400 feet up to reach the mountain range. It presents a stark measurement of distance and elevation in a single geographic span.
Grand December Lineup at the Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House announces a busy December through March with multiple new productions and road shows. Notable bookings include The Princess Pat and The Blue Paradise, Maud Allen in February, plus The Birth of a Nation and David Warfield in March, reflecting strong Southern demand.
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Grand Opera House
Playhouse
Sid Weis
New York
Emma Bunting
the Grand
Weis
Texas
South
San Antonio
Harry Blossom
Victor Herbert
Maud Allen
Max Figman
Rose Stahl
Katinka
David Warfield
House of Glass
Old Kentuc
Neil O'Brien
Minstrels
Peck
Melodrama Turned Thief Den in Hackensack Theater Scene
A Pittsburg Post reader recalls a theatrical vignette where a millionaire worries about a $200000 mortgage and believes his daughter Muriel may be pressured into marriage. The scene shifts suddenly to reveal a New York den of thieves as the curtain drops.
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Lewis Allen
Pittsburg
Hackensack
Millionaire
John Montmorency
Muriel
New York
America
Charlie Chaplin
Mutual Film Co
Chas. Chaplin
Chaplin
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Spissellero’s and Mack
Stanley Ano
Tim and
Marian Dee
Beethoven Hall
Cohan
Cohan and Harris
San Francisco
Cohan and
Harris
Geo. M. Cohan
Holliday
Frank Otto As
Billy Holliday
Lola Merrill As
Edith Holden
Conan
Arthur Claassen
Reinald Werrenrath
Goggan Bros
Steinway & Sons
Old Kentucky
Matt
Jeff
Weig
Ine
Rose Stahl Arene
the Bohemians
Sessue Hayakawa
Lasky-Paramount
Kura-San
Jesse Laskey
Ralph W. Ince
Lucile Lee Stewart
Earl Williams
Louise Huff
Jack Pickford
BRAY
Paramount Scenic
Edna Payne
Bertha Kalich
Wm. Fox
Gale Kane
Family Combination
WM Fox
Spisseil Bros. & Mack
Hillair
Marion Dee
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