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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1922
Page
6
Miss Alma Lloyd appears in the Jackie Coogan film Oliver Twist to be shown at the Liberty theater next week. The brief scene has Alma crossing Oliver’s path as he hurries with a five pound note and books, prompting a playful bow and curtsey before they go their separate ways.
The First National drama Omar the Tentmaker stars Guy Bates Post and Shireen in a Persian court story. Shahs rule with despotic power as Shireen endures dungeon enslavement and perilous journeys before reuniting with her beloved Omar Khayyam. Brown Faire plays Shireen with a forceful performance.
The Universal screen production The Flirt shows at the Columbia all week and likely will be held over another week due to enthusiastic reception. Eileen Percy stars as the title role with George Nichols Helen Jo Eddy and Buddie Messinger in leading roles. The film centers on a typical American family and features a young flirt named Lee Cora.
The second and final week of D. W. Griffiths One Exciting Night opens at the Blue Mouse Theater with record crowds. Carol Dempster and Henry Hull lead a suspenseful film mixing love mystery and burlesque comedy while Porter Strong provides comic relief as the porter in a dramatic tornado sequence.
The Winter Garden theater presents Corinne Griffiths Divorce Coupons on Sunday with Grace Sturtevant in a key role. Holmes RE. Herbert Vincent Coleman Diana Alien and Mona Lisa also star in prominent parts.
William Fox presents a special film version of A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court at the Colonial theater Sunday. The adaptation highlights Mark Twain humor built on incongruity and contrast. it is praised as perhaps his funniest work.
Anthony Pan Kelly writes a new story linked to Way Down East directed by Ray C Smallwood. The Palace Hip previews the South centered drama with mother love and a strong romance plus thrilling racing scenes. It is touted as wholesome and potentially landmark in motion picture history across the country.
B. P. Schulberg announced the completion of the cast for The Girl Who Came Back from the stage play by Charles E. Blaney and Samuel Ruskin Golding. Tom Forman directs for Preferred Pictures. The company features Miriam Cooper Kenneth Larlan Gaston Glass Joseph Dowling and Ethel Shannon.
Photoplay fans recall Jackie Coogan from The Kid as he returns in Trouble a First National feature at the Princess theater. He appears as a budding plumber striving to do good and the showing begins Sunday.
New Year celebration at the Strand theater features a live baby as a free prize and a $25 gold prize amateur contest. Professional acts will be presented with the Strand Orchestra under 8 K Wineland. Shows set at the Strand Coliseum and Liberty with tickets still available for Saturday night.
After the last regular performance at the Winter Garden, doors open for a special midnight matinee scheduled to start at 11:96. A selected program of appropriate screen subjects precedes the regular vaudeville with songs, dances, comedians, novelties, and musical specialties. Tickets available in advance at the box office.
A buzz of gossip on actors Myron K Monty Blue and May McAvoy plus upcoming films Brass Main Street Danton The Two Orphans Java Head and The Bright Show. Leatrice Joy Margie and Eddie Sutherland linked to upcoming screen roles while Lon Chaney features in classic titles. Birth of a Nation returns to Broadway with Lilian Gish and Henry Walthall drawing crowds.
Leatrice Joy and Nita Naidi to be featured in a new Paramount production directed by Waldemar Young. Young writes original story You Cant Fool Your Wife while Melford plans to begin filming at the Long Island studio. The pair discuss story features from White Sulphur Springs West Virginia.
Baby Bruce Guerin, the clever child actor, joins Warner brothers screen version of Charles G. Norris novel Brass in a Harry Rapt production directed by Sidney Franklin. Marie Prevost Harry Meyers and Monte Blue also in the cast.
Karl truss, director Gasnier's prize winning cameraman from The Hero and current film Poor Men's Wives, wins the second prize at a Seattle pictorial exhibition for unusual scenes titled The Faith Healer.
Enid Bennet wife of Fred Nibio has a 10 month old daughter. She would rather have a good acting part than a starring role. Doug Lan Fairbanks cast her for Maid Marian in his Robin Hood.
Warner Brothers buys Wesley Barry as star for two George M. Cohan plays Little Johnny Jones and George Washington Jr. and for Charles Dickens David Copperfield. William Beaudine to direct all three productions.
Pete Morrison, moving picture actor and owner trainer of Queenie the human horse, is recovering from a badly smashed foot after Queenie stomped on his foot thinking it was solid ground.
Under Jacques Beaucaire the Coliseum orchestra performs Liszt Second Hungarian Rhapsody daily during The Pride of Palomar with emphasis on high lights.
Baby Peggy her family and her director Alf Goulding are spending the week end at Tia Juana Mexico as part of a leisure trip and film work.
At Hollywood's Pickford Fairba studios the filming of Gerrison's Finish faced delays as Marilyn mousestar arrived from New York and Florida. The Miller Pickford marriage drew wide interest while workmen entered the set amid curious attendance and high spirits during the final days of production.
A fragment hints at plans for a future Gy story arc and a new vehicle titled the bull ring, with Goulding anticipating ample material for development.
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