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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1919
Page
11
Fragmentary text references Constance Binney and A-Certone Griffith in unnamed productions. No coherent event or clear context emerges from the readable lines.
Picture Potter Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks plan a fall tour to South America with likely filming in Santiago. Geraldine Farrar adopts a Serbian refugee child. Betty Schade keeps a kennel of dogs and parrots, while Alma Rubens discusses production business.
Dorothy Phillipe or Willem Stowell lead in a Universal drama set in the Yukon Northwest. Mr Curwood, sole American in a Canadian govern explore sequence, anchors the storyline. Phillips plays Gray, daughter of a Canadian trapper, lured by wealth promises.
Norma stars in The Way of a Woman at Liberty. Eugene fitted the production with a splendid vehicle. The film draws on the success of Nancy Lee about a Southern girl coerced into marriage. Leonard, who traveled from the Coast to New York, directs Talmadge in the feature.
The Goat opens today at the Mis featuring Chuck McCar the would be movie hero as Stone the comedian performs. Fred Mone Wisnifred Greenwood Raymond Hatten Charlee Ogte and a group of shapely bathing girls appear in a story set around a stage tale.
The Hornet's Nest opens as a crook drama adapted from Wilson Woodrow. Earle Williams plays a character ruined by deceit who regains faith through small acts of kindness, drawing others to him in this Vitagraph production. The cast includes Brinley Shaw Kathleen Kirkham Edward McWade Vola Vale and Crane.
Mary Pickford and the film crew travel to Big Bear Lake near San Bernardino to shoot Cumberland rains scenes for The Heart the Hills based on Fox Jr. work. Director Franklin expects a two week shoot with cast including McDowell Jack Gilbert and Betty Herbert as filming follows in a rugged Mojave terrain and mountain passes.
Madge Kennedy stars in Daughter of Mine as two contrasting roles within a two part arc. The debut episode sets a human, appealing tone in a tenement district and promises a later shift to a lush romance setting. The Clemmer presents the film today with a varied cast including Mendelsohn and Kennedy.
Ethel Clayton stars in A Sporting Chance at the Strand as she faces a punctured tire and an escaped convict on a country road. Carey Prent and Paul Sayre co star with Herbert Standing and Ralph Seward in this Paramount feature with a dramatic moral choice.
The Rex presents Open Your Eyes a social hygiene film produced with the U S health department cooperation as part of a large health campaign. The cast features Faire Finney with the Binney sisters and signals a strong moral lesson through notable acting. The showing starts today at the Rex.
Kay Laurell stars in The Brand based on Rex Beach story. Ming Laurell plays Alice Andrews, a vaudeville actress who hooks an older man for money and then leaves him for a younger rival, leading to a sequence of adventures and a wife’s return to her husband.
Constance Binney begins work in New York on Erst while Susan for Realart. World Picture will release When Bear Cat Went Dry based on Charles Neville Buck next weeks. Lottie Kruse stars in The Girl Alaska. Edgar Rice Burroughs writes The Oakdale Affair starring Evelyn Greeley. Earle Metcalfe returns with The Battler co starring Virginia Hammond. Robert Edeson to appear with Eugene O Brien in Sealed Hearts. William P. Carlton with Elsie Ferguson in A Society Exile. The Lost Bridegroom is a new John Barrymore comedy drama. Stepping Out and The Virtuous Thief are Enid Bennett features. Chasing Fain Beaux is Smiling Bill Parsons next comedy. Mary Melvor appears opposite Parsons.
In a remarkable tale from Hearts of Three, Francia Morgan locates the queen of the Last Soul and marries her during a sun worship ceremony. The event unfolds Monday in a fringe ritual noted for its mystic rites and unconventional vows.
A Q and A feature lists trivia about early film stars. It covers Pearl White birthplace in Missouri, Will Rogers Farnum currently in California, George Walsh and R A Walsh relation, Dorothy Phillips age and marriage, actors’ addresses and photo fees, Irene Castle height and eye color, John Barrymore marriage status, height, and birth year 1882.
Mary Miles Minter begins actual production on Realart debut Anne of Green Gables in New York after two weeks of studio work. Director William Desmond Taylor abandons standard rehearsals for three days to build a fuller grasp of roles before filming any scene.
Wanda Hawley, soon to star in Peg o My Heart, lists former lovers Hill Mart Wally Reid Elliott Dexter Tom Forman Charles Ray and Bryant Washburn. She reflects on how actors flatter for the camera and the thrill of new screen romances.
Miss Minter and her company arrived in Dedham Massachusetts on Thursday July 31 to shoot exteriors for the film Anne of Green Gables.
Jack Norworth of vaudeville fame joins a new movie project as the latest recruit. The entertainer brings stage prominence to the production, expanding its cast and drawing audience interest.
Theda Bara declares that the film vampire cannot win lasting love. She argues men prefer the innocent girl over the vamp and that even a married vampire rarely settles down. If she ever reforms, she might become a model wife, but otherwise Reno becomes the escape.
Mary Thurman, famous for Sennett beauty, signs with the American Film Company. She will star with William Russell in This Hero Stuff as Teddy Craig and also support him in The Other Side of Eden, portraying an adventurous though not conventional vamp.
Dustin Farnum explains his appreciation for films noting there are no one-night stands in this art. He says he has played many roles across the country and that a train leaving at 4 am is a common memory. He adds a film career feels like living in a home rather than in a trunk.
Sylvia Breamer was born in Sydney and began five years of stock work there before moving to New York. She starred opposite Grace George in The Argyle Case and Bought and Paid For, then became Charlie Ray’s leading woman in The Pinch Hitter. Her later film work includes A 283 Divided. She stands five feet seven inches tall and weighs 136 pounds with dark brown hair and eyes. Her hobbies include riding and swimming.
Margarita Fisher was surprised when the U S recruiting band of 42 pieces serenaded her in recognition of her work as godmother of a naval unit. All studio work at Santa Barbara paused for an hour as the band performed. The navy band tours 14 Western states to boost recruitment.
A film colony rounds up recent separations. Alma Fern Carey battles Harry Carey while Catherine McDowell sues Melbourne McDowell and Gladys Brockwell faces Harry J. Edwards in divorce actions amid reel life celebrity.
Kenneth C Beaton witnessed all exterior shots filmed at Mohegan New York for Louis J Vance story The Bandbox star Doris Kenyon. Theodore C Deltrich of the company, old friend of Beaton, renewed acquaintance during the stay at Lake Beaton.
The text notes the former husband of Louise Glaum who lived closely with Miss Brooke for a brief period of two days, indicating a close association but a very short cohabitation.
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