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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1919
Page
14
Programs note various titles with stars such as Tirrant Washburn Geese Pitts Dorothy Gish O Brien Pickford Redack Salisbury and Lewis in Jacques shown Sunday through week with titles including Daddy and Hie Hunker teen in multiple showings and theaters.
Bryant Washburn stars in Love Insurance a comedy drama at Liberty in which an English lord seeks marriage to a wealthy heiress while an insurance firm tries to ensure the match. The plot follows how he navigates the scheme and falls for the girl amid comic complications.
A glimpse of a Keystone style comedy set at a Springs health resort starring Zara and a hotel scene with the 1902 Ford and a rival innkeeper. The piece notes Beo t and a King Vidor style tie to a story about real folks.
The Salvation Army drama Fires of Faith from Paramount, a big production costing thousands, will screen at the Strand in Seattle starting Saturday. The story follows a slum girl reclaimed by the Salvation Army, with Booth as a key character and several noted actors in the cast.
Dorothy Gish stars in No Home a light comedy at the Coliseum today. Her character, a superstitious young lady, frets over luck with stars and cards and even avoids ladders. A couple of crooks and a clever co star round out the light program.
The Shepherd of the Hills based on Harold Bell Wright’s novel opens today at the Metropolitan. Filmed in the Ozarks and California, the production involved Wright and associates for months. A human story blending tragedy romance and comedy features mountaineer type characters across 10 reels with special incidental music.
Marshall Neilan directs Mary Pickford in Daddy Long Legs at the Rex for another week. Pickford bought the screen rights from Klaw and Erlanger for 40000 dollars. The plot centers on an orphan asylum where humorous moments involve Mary and Wesley Barry.
Enid Bennett portrays Shirley Armitage in The Virtuous Thief as a stenographer who must burn evidence to shield her brother who stole a large sum. Niles Welch supports as a jealous lover. Fred Nible directed the picture.
A photoplay feature titled The Silver North presents a human picture of the Northwest. It follows the devotion of a Canuck dog memory and highlights Mitchell Lewis Fritz Brunette and Edward Hearne among the cast with Van Auker Murdock Quarrie and James Gordar in supporting roles.
Colonial patrons who enjoyed The Blinding Trail will see Monroe Salisbury again at Fourth Ave House in His latest and best. Manager lauds it as in line with the best for patrons. Also features Pictures of Second Ave circus day and Margarita the girl with the jazz banjo.
A reader asks ages and marital status of Theda Barat, identifies Constance Talmadge’s leading man as Harrison Ford, and inquires about Anita Stewart’s distribution through First National Film corporation. Addresses for Constance Talmadge, Olive Thomas, Tom Mix, Rex Beach, Billie Burke, and Rex Beach’s studio are provided in New York City and Hollywood locations.
United Artists plans His Majesty the American with Douglas Fairbanks in the lead. Filming since April, the release schedules for Clemmer show a September showing. Marjory Daw stars as the feminine lead with a supporting cast including Frank Campeau Albert McQuarrie Sam Sothern Lillian Langdon Jay Dwiggings and others.
The Star Bulletin reports Pathe feature The Sawdust Doll starring Baty Marie Osborne was exhibited before Sing Sing inmates. Many in attendance were visibly moved by the tenderness of the performance.
Mae Marsh born in Madrid New Mexico in 1897 trained in a San Francisco convent began on Biograph circuits. Her rise came with D W Griffiths The Birth of a Nation and she now appears with the Goldwyn company in light comedy dramas. She was recently seen at the Clemmer in The Bondage of Barbara. She stands five feet three inches with gray eyes and auburn hair.
Secretary of the Navy and Pacific fleet officers were treated to a Wild West show in Los Angeles staged by Douglas Fairbanks. He offered 100 dollars to ride Poncho Villa. Skeeter Bill won the bet, leaving Fairbanks short. Features included Will Rogers and screen stars Geraldine Farrar Mary Pickford Nazimova and Pauline Frederick among others.
Harry Carey, a Western film star for over four years, has signed another long term contract with Universal. The announcement from Universal offices notes his varied career from stage to screen, including plays Montana and Heart of Alaska, boxing in New York, and recent productions The Ace of the Saddle and The Outcasts of Poker War. He is developing The Rider of the Law.
The silent film feature His Majesty Bunker Bean stars Jack Pickford as the modest stenographer who rises to riches through belief. In addition the theater showcases The Shining Band adaptation by Robert W Chambers to be filmed.
Charles Ray declines interview for three weeks while filming a picture he plays a youth who stutters. He says the role requires two weeks of practice to regain normal speech after the on screen stuttering sequence.
Nazimova injured after a fierce scene in The Brat while filming. Willam Farnum stars in Wolves of the Night the first of eight Fox pictures in 15 months, about a mining engineer believed dead after a mine blast. Marion Davies to star in April Follies. Garson studios build 10000 square feet of sets for Eyes of Youth. Louise Glaum appears as an extra in Sahara.
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