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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1922
Page
8
Fragmented program notes list performances and speakers including Langston McCormick in a commsetM and several titles such as The Prisoner of Zenda. The text also references acts by Conway Tearte and Fran Baird and hints at monologues or plays titled Little Ere Ascom a Prevost tm The- Little Demon.
Ramon Navarro stars in The Prisoner of Zenda at the Strand. The Metre Raswendy Essed and Lewis Stone appear alongside Aleene Terry of Heotese in Anthony Hope's famed tale.
The Coliseum will show a foreign production titled Loves of Pharaoh featuring Degney Servars, billed as one of the era’s most beautiful actresses. The film presents Degney Servars as a Greek slave in a Paris studio style setting.
Rodolph Valentino attracted 8,582 fans to the Rivoli theater in New York on the first Monday for Blood and Sand. This topped his first Monday turnout for The Sheik by 600, setting a new attendance record at the cinema. Today and Valentino's day in the movies.
A review notes Bill O'Hara crafts a convincing fake murder in The Lying Truth. Marion Fairfax wrote the scenario and directed the picture, highlighting her prominence as a top screenwriter and director.
Leah Baird stars in the screen drama When the Devil Drives at the Oak for Sunday and Monday showings. The plot centers on a love triangle with two women and one man plus several twists.
Priscilla Gareth Mayline May Collins stars as the heroine in Little Eva Ascends at the Colonial for Sunday and Monday showings. The pretty actress, formerly on stage in Los Angeles, reportedly became engaged to Charlie Chaplin per Dame Rumor.
Paramount studios cites daily expense records from the film Marginally showing salaries for stars such as Thomas Meighan Leatrice Joy Lois Wilson John Milten Casson Ferguson totaled under one fourth of the day’s expenses during Cecil B De Mille Roman beach scenes.
William Fox builds Monte Cristo with unprecedented scale using three million feet of lumber for Parts and Marseilles covering over 20 acres. Wigs for principal actors exceeded earlier production costs. A plan to take a full company to Europe for a Barthelme starred film after Pury is discussed.
May Wallace faced a comic cycle in the stage show Gimme as she wore padding to appear plump. The more padding she added to keep the illusion, the more padding she required, and she is relieved that the process is finally finished.
Lee Moran leaves Camoraia in his car bound for New York to sail for Europe with Julius Stern of Century. They will make a series of foreign setting comedies and arrange personal appearances at first firetram houses along the route. Denver will be the initial stop where Universal Exchange officials meet them.
Ernst Lubitsch personally brought The Loves of Pharaoh to America after nearly a year of making the film. Directors report exactly 112,065 extras appear in the various scenes.
The piece notes Constance Talmadge showcases comic talent in the photoplay East Is West where Ming Toyta is offered to bidders aboard a love boat. Wealthy mandarins compete for her, Ming Toy seeks rejection and escapes by crossing her eyes, a crosseyed Oriental depiction noted as unflattering.
Universal announces Norman Kerry signed and likely to be cast by Von Stroheim as male lead in Merry Go Round. Von Stroheim says most acts are ready and sheeting starts within a fortnight. Enid Bennett and Kenneth Harlan to lead Thorns and Orange Blossom.
The Storm contest ends with hundreds of letters on whether a girl should pick the city man or the woodsman. Virginia Valli, star of the film, discusses Manette’s dilemma and her own interpretation, arguing the choice should be wise and true, not what others expect.
Harrison Ford, not married, born in Kansas City Missouri, 25 years old, 6 feet 10 inches? 155 pounds, brown hair and eyes, stage start in Baltimore Maryland. Ad dress Lambs Club 130 West 44th Street New York City New York. Constance Talmadge 5 6 Norma 5 2 Verona Betty Francisco 5 4 118 Ruth Margaret Nagel about 6 years old 1846 Cherokee Ave Los Angeles California.
A carload of costumes and props from Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood will be shown in leading Fifth Avenue and Broadway shops after the film’s New York premiere. The Pickford Fairbanks studios issued the statement announcing the exhibit.
Wanda Hawley owns a bull terrier named Radio. Claire Windsor also has a wire-haired pup named Radio. The shared name highlights local canine nicknaming.
Ford-Fairbanks studios issued word that Marilyn Miller will co star with Jack Pickford in his upcoming production. Miller’s contract with Fliegfeld ends soon and she plans to take the project she desires. The Allied Producers' Distributors firm forms to release pictures by George Arliss Rex Beach and others, with Pickford’s Garrison's Finish as its first release.
The comedian Walter Heirs proposed and was accepted by telegraph. He rode trains to Syracuse to propose to Miss Adah Mcs daughter of a shoe maker, then to New York to buy a wedding ring, and back to Hollywood. He proved unexpectedly quick in his pace and plans.
A movie crew allegedly constructs a cathedral from cornerstone to spire in three days to depict The Voice From the Minaret. The completed film will show a structure that appears as solid as a church built over years.
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