Winners in Foolish Wives Contest Picked by Elimination
Among thousands of submissions more than three hundred sent correct replies but only 15 were chosen. Manager Cutts of the Columbia Theatre and Daisy Henry Star Movie Editor awarded prizes Thursday to those whose names appeared on the neatest answers. Prizes included a cleverly arranged calendar and descriptions of each character in the film.
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Columbia Theater
Daisy Henry
Star Movie
Naffier
French scientist claims 20 pictures in one hundredth second
A French scientist claims to have invented a camera that can take 20 pictures in one hundredth of a second. If true, movies could soon show a bullet in flight.
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Caims
Silent film stars and casting notes from early cinema
Picture Potter Eric Von Stroheim to play a feature part as in Foolish Wives with Mary Philbin and Maud George in leading roles. Censorship fights New York censors over Stand Put. Molly Malone stars with Reginald Denny in Jaws of Steel. Dustin Farnum once Buckport’s horn ace now actor. Richard Travers returns to screen in The Love Nest. Universal films Oats for the Woman. Dr Rameau cast includes Richman Castle ton Tooker and Shaw. The Ghost Breaker to film in May with Meld and Lila Lee. Kosloff Roterta Lytell Compson Fawcett in To Have and to Hold. Pat O Malley not born in Erin. Forest City Pa. claims him.
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Eric von Stroheim
Mary Philbin
Maud George
Pauline Frederick in The Sting of the Lash at Oak Theatre
Pauline Frederick appears in The Sting of the Lash a dramatic photoplay shown at the Oak. The action unfolds mainly in California mining camps with scenes around the camps and related frontier settings.
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Will Rogers
the Oak
Pauine Frederick
Pauline Frederick
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In Matrimony a Failure Opens at Strand with Orphans of the Storm
The new film In Matrimony a Failure offers a human farce about marital bickering and the dream of hotel life after fake separations. Benny neighbors learn their marriages were legal, three months later couples return to nagging and duties, deeming domestic life preferable to freedom, as the Strand screens it after Orphans of the Storm.
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Ollece Moore
Winter Garden
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Deo
Turu
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Biograph Studio Replaced by Trolley Shed in Movieland
The Biograph studio, the cradle of the movies, is being replaced by a trolley shed as progress advances. D. W. Griffith and Mary Pickford once housed there, with stars among its early tenants. Oak theater opens Eddie Polo serial The Secret Four with free admission for youth.
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Miss Betty Blythe to Appears on Keith Circuit
Silent film star Miss Betty Blythe will show her latest vehicle Fair Lady in Keith theaters. The booking signals a cross over to the stage oriented Keith circuit without abandoning the screen.
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Motoring Courtesy Topic Spurs Urban Movie Chat
The upcoming urban chat will explore courtesy in driving and behavior on the road. Spring evenings draw many car owners from the cinema to discuss public manners behind the wheel.
Birthdays Marked for Pickford Chaplin and Liegd
Within two weeks Mary Pickford Charlie Chaplin and Harold Liegd had birthdays. Liegd received a clock from his studio colleagues and spent the day working from dawn to dusk.
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Charlie Chaplin
Harold Liegd
California studios offer autographs for Sydney cinema expo
The Goldwyn company plans to send autographed photographs of stars and exhibits showing all phases of movie production to the Australian cinema exposition in Sydney on June 7 8 and 9 several studios in California are contributing to the display to illustrate film making methods and processes.
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Sydney
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Jack Pickford Heads East for Garrison's Finish Shoot
Jack Pickford plans to return to filming in Garrison's Finish. He will take his company east to Long Island race tracks for several scenes.
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Jack Pickford
Garrison
Long Island
Eyes of Truth film by Sol Leaver to shoot
Elinor Glyn writes The Eyes of Truth a screen story to be filmed by Sol Leaver. The project presents a secondary theme exposing Hollywood life as Madame Glyn views it.
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Sol Leaver
Hollywood
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Four features to be produced in San Juan Porto Rico
Mery Allison and Robert Ellis will star in four features produced in San Juan Porto Rico with Ellis directing. Charles A Logue accompanies to write the stories, indicating a strong overseas production plan and collaboration.
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Mary Miles Minter to Star The Cow Boy and the Lady
Upon her return from Hawaii Mary Miles Minter will head the cast of The Cow boy and the Lady directed by John H. Robertson. Snub Pollard’s Kill the Nerve is expected to be a hit with dentists' visitors.
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Movie gossip and upcoming film titles in early press
A collection of film rumors and upcoming releases notes: The Soul Seeker renamed Hurricane’s Gal. Katherine McDonald to star in Heroes and Husbands. Peter Richard Headrick ages four as The Child Thou Gavest Me. Cullen Landis has two children with a non stage wife. Sarah Bernhardt possibly in a Mercanton production. Katharine McDonald praised by Joseph Tumulty. Vera Gordon outshines Mary Alden in Humoresque debate. Robinson Crusoe adaptation The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ahead with Harry Myers. Rose Wheeler Oakman busy on The Son of the Wolf. Warner Baxter leads Her Own Money with Jean Acker. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse shown in Paris eight weeks amid German protests. admission top price on continent around 20 francs.
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Katherine MacDonald
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Sarah Bernhardt
Louis Mercanton
Imogene—Yea
Katherine McDonald
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Tumulty
Florie
Mary Alden
Vera Gordon
Jean Acker
Rodolph Valentino
Theodore Roberta to star in The Old Homestead film
Screen fans push for a star part and Theodore Roberta will headline The Old Homestead directed by James Cruze. The casting follows strong fan demand and positions Roberta as a leading character actor in this production.
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Theodore Roberta
James Cruze
Notable River Accident at Truckee Injures Man
William Desmond suffered a broken shoulder and possible internal injuries after falling from a high bank into the icy Truckee River while making exteriors along the river. He was transported for medical attention.
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William Desmond
Truckee
Liberty News previews local features at Liberty
The Liberty edition opens Saturday morning and highlights Mayor Caldwell guiding two hikers on a U S rim trip and Lieut Gov Coyle clearing the Sunset highway with a new tractor. It also shows Seattle athletes preparing for National Physical Culture week, juvenile swimmers at an Orthopedic hospital benefit, and Aletta Day, Tulip Festival queen of Bellingham, registering for the camera. The national and world news receive prominent placement.
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The Devils Pawn Pola Negri Film Revealed
Pola Negri stars in The Devil's Pawn Paramount offering booked for an early showing here. The title's mystery fuels speculation about its meaning and the pawn theme figures prominently in the plot as a key motif.
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Pola Negri
Paramount
Irue
Norman Kerry Heads to Vienna for New Film Series
Norman Kerry will go to Vienna next month to star in a series of pictures backed by American capital. The actor has recently returned from an engagement in Italy.
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Norman Kerry
Vienna
Italy
Harold Lloyd Comedies Reissued in 6000 Theaters
Harold Lloyd comedies are being re issued to 6000 theaters in a major release. The distributor stresses quality counts as a key factor in the revival.
Jack Coogan Delivers Coal to Nursery Friends
Child star Jackie Coogan with a coal wagon visits St Elizabeth day nursery in Los Angeles. He funded the coal purchase from sales for his Oliver Twist scene and helps shovel it into the nursery cellar, accompanied by a horse team in a Easter suit.
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St. Elizabeth Day Nursery
Los Angeles
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Frank Lloyd
The Good Provider Comes to Local Screen
The Good Provider, a new picture written by Fannie Hurst, will show here soon. Vera Gordon and Dove Davidson star in the film about parental love, following their roles in Humoresque. Lloyd Hamilton teases a trained goldfish gag in his next comedy.
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Vera Gordon
Dove Davidson
Lloyd Hamilton
Orang-outang Attacks Actor on Rex Ingram Set
During filming for Black Orchids at Metro studio, actor Edward Connolly was severely lacerated by Joe Martin the orang-outang borrowed from Universal Film. The animal had been considered dangerous and in a morbid state recently.
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Joe Martin
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Playwright Assists Film Direction in The Seventh Day
Porter Emerson Browne, renowned playwright, aided Henry King in directing The Seventh Day his first screenplay story written for Richard Barthelmess. Browne helped secure Maine seacoast atmosphere as the company filmed on location at New Harbor Maine a site claimed as New England’s first white settlement with John Smith visiting in 1609 before the Pilgrims.
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Henry King
Richard Barthelmess
Mr. Browne
Maine
Seacoast
New Harbor
New England
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Provincetown
The Crimson Lenge at Liberty 800M in West Action
Dorothy Dalton stars in a red blooded photoplay set in the boundless West. A vengeance tale centers on a two-gun woman seeking revenge for her slain father, leading to a smash climax designed to thrill audiences at the Liberty 800M.
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Dorothy Dalton
Liberty
Carpentier to Star in English Film by Blackton
Georges Carpentier, France's fighting idol, will be featured in a film produced in England by 4, Stuart Blackton. When that is completed Blackton will start the second picture starring Lady Diana Manners.
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