Two Legitimate Stars To Be Seen In Screen Dramas
William Farnum stars in a five part production The Sign of the Cross at Liberty starting Sunday portraying Marcus Superbus a powerful Roman figure during Nero’s persecutions as Blanche Sweet appears in The Old Maid at Majestic a Class A feature.
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William Farnum
Liberty
Max Figman
Hoosier
Alaska
Blanche Sweet
Windigo
Clemmer
Marcus Superbus
Mercia
Rome
Nero
Marcus
Chris Pears Tress
Benjy
Marcia
Max Figman Stars In The Hoosier Schoolmaster At Alaska Theatre
Max Figman appears in a Reliance film showing at the Alaska theatre starting Sunday. The comedy follows a stern country schoolmaster in a nostalgic old west setting, as Bud Means encounters the master and Figman overcomes his trials to win Hannah Thompson.
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Max Figman
Alaska
Reliance
George Washington
Valley Forge
California
Flat Creek
Bud Means
Hannah Thompson
The Lure of the Windigo at Clemmer Sunday
A three day Clemmer run presents The Lure of the Windigo based on a Northwoods superstition. The plot follows Annette Le Clerg who faces ruin after love with Sergeant McChesnay, a forced marriage, a fight with Louis, McChesnay’s death, and Annette’s later marriage to Jacques.
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Windigo
Clemmer
le Clerg
McChesnay
The
Mounted Police
Annette
Louis
Jacques
Beach Players to Film at Panama Canal for Ne'er Do Well
A company of the Selig players will depart shortly for the Panama Canal to film scenes from Rex Beach's The Ne'er Do Well. The crew plans to shoot many water pictures during the voyage and on location.
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Beach Play
Selig Players
Panama Canal
Ne’er
Rex Beach
May Robson Leaves Stage for Famous Players Next Summer
May Robson, now appearing at the Mason opera house in New York, announces she will quit the stage and join the Famous Players company next summer. She will be seen on the screen in a number of productions.
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May Robson
Mason Opera House
New York
Famous Players Company
Society girls pack warm kits for France front
New York society women led by Eleanor Lemmon and Beatrice Claflin fill Lafayette fund kits with warm socks gloves and mufflers for soldiers in France. They assemble the items in a damp trench charity drive reflecting festive season effort.
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New York
Eleanor Lemnon
Beatrice Claflin
Lafayette Fund Committee
France
Film notes and stage acts unfold at local venues
The page lists various productions and stars including Ford Sterling recovering from typhoid pneumonia, The Heart of Maryland with Mrs. Leslie Carter, and a battle scene shot with over 1,000 extras. It mentions The Old Maid with Blanche Sweet, The Lure of the Windigo, Cupid Backs the Winner, and other dramas and two reel features showing at the Clemmer, Colonial, Alaska venues.
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Heart of
Maryland
Herbert Brenon
Leslie Carter
Windigo
Movie Critics and Theaters Spark Local Banter
In a lively note from a local paper, Freddie Film laments rising admission prices at nickel houses on First Avenue while praising recent reels like Dante's Inferno and Julius Caesar. The piece hints at industry gossip, jokes about manager Brin, and notes W. S. Rand and his wife visiting town with Mutual Film Company.
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Brin
The
Mutual Film Co
W. 8. Rand
Mutual Film Company
West
Mrs. Rand
Water Front
The Sign of the Cross at Pray’s Liberty
At Pray’s Liberty theater a five reel drama The Sign of the Cross starring William Farnum plays until Tuesday night. Also showing Until Sunday Night The Christmas Spirit a two reel drama with Murdock McQuarrie The Champion Bear Slayer and The Man From the Sea a Selig comedy and drama feature.
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Winsor McCay
Alaska
Max Fig
Alhambra
Murdock McQuarrie
Selig
Noise in city breeds crime says Dr Quackenbos
Dr John D Quackenbos, a national authority on brain and nervous diseases, links urban noise to crime. He argues rash behavior stems from degraded brain cells caused by constant racket, claiming noise lowers resistance to temptation and harms moral health.
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New York
John D. Quackenbos
Nolse
Man Buries Wish to Be Laid Beside His Horse Prince
A note from Martin Hayfield of Grover township requests burial fifteen rods due east of his home, the spot chosen for his remains to lie beside his horse Prince who died of old age. Authorities confirmed the site is the horse grave.
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Lansford
N. D
Prince
Martin Hayfield
Grover Township
Bayfield
Brenda of the Woods A West Virginia Maiden Play
Los Angeles Dec 26 Richard Barry spent six years on Brenda of the Woods which Florence Martin stars in and Oliver Morosco will produce. The Burbank Theatre Co. is dry running a stock version to smooth the rough edges before Broadway. Barry rewrote the play 21 times and expects a major season hit. The plot follows a country girl faced with modern life challenges.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Richard Barry
Brenda of the Woods
Florence Martin
Oliver Morosco
Burbank Theatre Co
New York
Barry
West Virginia
Czar Goes to Front in Poland from Petrograd
The czar departed Petrograd last night for the front in Poland. Official dispatches announced the move today indicating a mission to the theater of operations during ongoing hostilities.
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Petrograd
Poland
Star Beams Star Beams Believe in Santa
A worried parent recalls a child defending Santa and showing belief despite others doubting him. The boy's temper flares then settles as he is reassured about Santa and his gifts, ending with the child’s enduring faith.
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Santa
Stylishly Clad Girl Found Beaten to Death Near Wilshire
Police investigated the LaBrea ranch find, a young woman dead for about a month with a crushed skull and a club injury. Two rings on her hand and no immediate identification were noted. she wore dark gruit and Mele stockings with jothtop shoes, a small bat nearby. A rabbit hunter alerted authorities.
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Los Angeles
LaBrea Ranch
Wilshire
City Churches Prepare Special Christmas Music Programs
Numerous city churches plan festive musical events this weekend in celebration of the Yule title. Pilgrim Congregational will repeat a Christmas cantata Saturday at 7 30 PM by request. Sunday services feature sacred song at First Baptist and other congregations.
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Pilgrim Congregational Church
First Baptist Church
Woodland Park Presbyterian First Christian
Bethany Presbyterian
St. Clement's
Trinity
Robbery on Frisco Train: Diamond Ring Stolen
Mrs Dixon of City Oklahoma says a large diamond ring was stolen on arrival in St Louis after a Frisco train journey. She planned a careful method to prevent further loss and noted prior habits of vigilance. Luther Livingstone, a prominent bibliographer, dies at Cambridge.
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ST. Louis
Luther Livingstone
Cambridge
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Star’s Moving Picture Department
Story of
North Woods
Keystone
Mutual Weekly
Pike
Miss Eleanor Lemson
Beatrice Ciaflin
Ford Sterling
Sterling
O. K
Mrs. Carter
the Old Maid
Mutual
BY Freddie Film
Jim Clemmer
Claudius
Mandie Sweet
Oliver Wallace
Charlie Chaplin
Marie Dressler
Tillie
Wallace
Chaplin
White
Man
Pray
Comeies
Czar
Lang
Portland
Claude Rix
Broadway
George Ade bAys
Rix
Harold Raymond
L. C. Smith Typewriter Co
Roderick Bowers
White Building
Raymond
Tyrone
Dee
George Kobac
Northwood
Temple Baptist Church
America
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