Theatres Present Evening Lineup with Silent Era Stars
Today’s programs include Chaplin in The Clemm men Coriene Griffith in The Whisper Market at COLISHEUM Mikired Harris in The Womans in His House at COLISHEUM Strand shows The Truth About Has anits Colonial Ralph Ince in The Highest Law Rexn James Oliver Curweed’s Ne made of the North notable silent era cast and venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ge Chaplin
Clemmen —Coriene Griffith
Colonial
Ramsey Wallace
Mildred Harris
Coliseum
Rex
Charlie Chaplin
Jack Coogin
Liberty
George Howart
Corinne Greiffith
Clemmer
Husbands
Strand
The Kid first National release stirs wide talk
Charlie Chaplin's The Kid a six reel feature draws intense discussion as his most ambitious production. The infant scenes show a tiny baby abandoned by its mother and adopted by Chaplin's character with growing attachment. Jack Coogan and George Reban appear in key roles amid the film's comic and heartwarming elements.
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Kid
Charlie Chaplin
Sas
Charlie
Jack Coogin
George Reban
Clemmers Whisper Market at Vitagraph
Corinne Griffith stars in a Vitagraph feature described as Clemmers Whisper Market. The plot unfolds with rivalries involving George Howe, George McQuarrie, and nemesis James ONeil as key players.
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Vitagraph
Corinne Griffith
Ove Reseys
George Howe Sieces
Axess
George McQuarrie
James O'Neil
The Truth About Husbands stage release features May McAvoy
May McAvoy stars in a stage version of Pinero's The Truth About Husbands. A married couple’s happiness is tested by revelations of the husband’s misdeeds, exposing idealized views and the clash with reality.
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Pinero
May McAvoy
Coliseum feature preview The Woman In His House
The Pirot National page highlights Mildred Morris Ramsey Wallace and others in The Woman In His House. Miss Harris appears as Hilda Exim the wife of a physician. A flirtation with Bob a butterfly strains Hus and wife until a sudden illness binds them and prompts a reconciliation.
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Harris
Coliseum
Miss Harris
Hilda Exim
Hilda
Bob
Hus
The Highest Law at Colonial shines with Ralph Ince lead
Ralph Ince both directed and starred in The Highest Law at the Colonial. The plot follows Bobby Goodwin who loves his mother and aims to keep his vow to care for her, facing circumstances that test his adherence to all human laws before a dramatic, pleasing climax.
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Ralph Ince
Bobby Goodwin
Nomads of the North stars Nanette Roland and Lon Chaney
Betty Blythe portrays Nanette Roland in James Oliver Curwood’s Nomads of the North with Lon Chaney as the lead in a dramatic wilderness saga set 1 500 miles north and west of Montreal. The stormy action features a daring rescue and spectacular fire sequence. Also mentioned are Elle Ferguson in Sacred and Profane Love and Fairbanks’s The Nut in development.
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God's Great
Montreal
James Oliver Curwood
North
Nanette Roland
Betty Blythe
Mian Blythe
Lon Chaney
Mr. Chaney
Curwood
Motion Picture Studio Directory details and star notes
A rundown of contacts for the Motion Picture Studio Directory and notes on actors Paula de Venna Julian Fttinge Wallace Reid Antonio Moreno and Dorothy Davenport. Mentions studios Fox and Lasky Hollywood and general practice of autograph requests aided by fan letters.
Reciprocal Distribution Promises to Ease Film Sale Friction
Eugene Zukor assistant treasurer of Famous Players Lasky travels to Europe to negotiate with foreign producers. He pledges that America does not seek film monopoly and will provide fair distribution for any foreign film meeting U.S. audience standards, aiming to reduce European prejudice against American movies.
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Eugene Zukor
Famous Playrs Lasky Corporation
Europe
America
Zukor
United States
Scott Completes New Screen Story At Goldwyn Studios
Leroy Scott has finished his first original screen story titled The Night Rose to be produced early next year at Goldwyn studios. The New York underworld tale is coauthored with Arthur F. Statter on the continuity. Leatrice Joy is cast as the lead with Wallace Worsley directing.
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Leroy Scott
Goldwyn Studios
New York
Mr. Scott
Arthur F. Statter
Leatrice Joy
Gouverneur Morris
Wallace Worsley
Rival Beauties in Comedy Picture Torchys Night Hood
Broadway beauties share principal female roles in Torchys Night Hood a two reel comedy from Sewell Ford and Educational. Dorothy Leeds the eloping girl is billed as the highest priced show girl on Broadway while Dorothy Mackalls plays the English maiden type in Midnight Follies.
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Sewell Ford
Educational
Incident@ly
Dorothy Leeds
Broadway
Dorothy Mackalls
Popular Actress Starts On Tour With Personal Monolog
Yay Tincher has begun a country tour lasting about two months. She presents a self written monolog on how pictures are made and will illustrate it with A Sea side Siren. Tincher, who started under D W Griffith in vampire roles, says Griffith moved her into such parts and into comedy for over five years. Gebrae Arnesia is supported in The Devil by his wife.
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Corinne Griffith
Whisper Market
the Clemmer
Erminie
Rio de Janeiro
Yay Tincher
Miss Tincher
D. W. Griffith
Fanny
Griffith
Woman Director Dame DIS WEBBER Breaks Barriers in Film
The article profiles DIS WEBBER a pioneering woman director who writes adapts casts directs and oversees lighting and camera work. Born in Pittsburg she rose from concert singer to filmmaker building her own company studio and club house with a tennis court for cast and crew. Her films include The Dumb Girl of Portici Where Are My Children Shoes For Husbands Only When a Girl Loves and Married Strangers. Her works present female perspectives and she explains that women seek to understand what men want.
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Tor
Pittsburg
Philip Smalley
Fiske
Portici
Hus
Seta
Apella
Mins Weber
Trained Goose Starred In Universal Feature Pussyfoot
Eva Novak to share title honors in The Girl and the Goose a serio comic Universal picture by Emma Bell Clifton about a show girl and a trained goose named Pussyfoot as she travels the road of adversity with a trick goose in tow.
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Eva Novak
Pussyfoot
Universal
Emma Bell Clifton
Goldwyn to Film The Old Nest
Rupert Hughes, renowned author and essayist for the Robert Stone Gill Post, American Legion, writes and adapts novels into screenplays. He is at work on the film version of The Old Nest, his next project to go into production.
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Rupert Hughes
Goldwyn
Robert Stone Gill
Alice Joyce in Difficult Role in Her Lord and Master
Alice Joyce portrays dual characters in the Vitagraph film Her Lord and Master. She shifts from a vivacious Middle West girl to a demure English wife, a transformation skillfully enacted by Mite Joyes.
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Alice Joyce
Vitagraph
Middle West
Carey Enlists Army Officers for New Carey Film
Maj. Kenneth Marr of the Lafayette Escadrille assists in producing Harry Carey’s coming feature Everybody for Himself. Jack Ford directs and has enlisted a company of former army officers including Capt. Charles Anderson Capt. J Farrell Mac Donald and Lieut. Harry S Luce nay to aid in the production.
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Carey
ARMY
Kenneth Marr
Lafayette Escadrille
Harry Carey
Jack Ford
Ford
Charles Anderson
J. Farrell MacDonald
Harry 8. Lucenay
Wll U
Tucker Starts On New Production In Los Angeles
Aliee Duer Miller author of Ladies Must Live arrives in Los Angeles to confer with George Loane Tucker about the forthcoming screen presentation. Tucker, famed for Miracle Man, begins his first production since the film's success.
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Aliee Duer Miller
Saturday Evening Post
Percy Marmont Stars Opposite Corinne Griffith in The Co-Respondent
Percy Marmont, acclaimed for Dead Men Tell No Tales, appears opposite Corinne Griffith in The Co-Réspondent. The production shoots a dream scene with vast spaces teflowered pillars and iridescent fountains as the heroine envisions her future love. Marmont impresses as the dream figure.
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Percy Marmont
Corinne Griffith
Marmont
George Arliss to Appear on Screen in The Devil
The film adaptation of Franz Molnar s The Devil secures George Arliss to reenact the title role in America. Presented by Associated Exhibitors Inc through Pathé, the project marks a major cinema release after years of star reluctance from Arliss Warfield and Adams.
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Franz Molnar
George Arliss
America
Associated Exhibitors, Inc
Pathe
Mr. Arliss
The Lost Romance Leads Cast of The Lost Romance
Jack Holt, Conrad Nagel and Tais Wilson head the cast in The Lost Romance written by Edward Knoblock and directed by William DeMille.
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Jack Holt
Conrad Nagel
Tais Wilson
Edward Knoblock
William de Mili
Patter on Movies and Stage Stars of the Era
The item notes California locations for shoots while plays unfold in New York or Nova Scotia. Dorothy Dickson leads Paying the Piper. Maurice Fireman shoots in New York to stay on Broadway. Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran headline a dry comic Boot legging. Anzia Yeslerska joins Goldwyn. Hungry Hearts quotes her magazine stories. Norma Talmadge debuts in A Tale of Two Cities. Irene Rich and others star in forthcoming productions. The kinetoscope is credited to Dr. Sellers in 1861.
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Dorothy Dickson
Firemaurice
New York
Broadway
Anzia Yeslerska
Goldwyn Forces
Connie Talmadge Surname Spelled Four Ways In Press
A tip claims Connie Talmadge’s surname appears in four spellings in reports, with the last variant considered correct by insiders. The note presents no further context or confirmation.
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Phogto
Pigalo
Pialogto
Connie Talmadge
Flying Cowboy Parachute Jump and Holstein Sale Feature
Intimate pictures in Jensen-Von Herberg News show Ivan J. Villers the lying cowboy pursuing a world record parachute jump over Seattle. A Holstein cow and her calf head to Philadelphia for Brentwood sale in March. University of Washington Women’s Athletic Department promotes Keep Fit week February 13 to 19. Truly Shattuck stars in The Money Master in a Paramount photoplay.
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Jensen-Von Herberg
Tiberty
Ivan J. Villers
Seattle
Washington
Philadelphia
Brentwood
University of Washington
Pattulda to Write Arbuckle Feature with Walter Woods
George F Pattulo will collaborate with Walter Woods on a new feature comedy for Roscoe Arbuckle. The work will be based on Pattulo and Woods adapting some of Arbuckle’s recently published stories.
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Pattulda
Arbuckle
George F Pattulo
Saturday Evening Post
Walter Woods
Roscoe Arbuckle
Tinkering with Auto Engine and Highbrow Piano Notes
Eva Novak explores auto engine tinkering while Elinor Fair performs on a highbrow piano staff. The brief item mixes technical hobbyism with cultural performance in a compact cultural column.
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Eva Novak
Elinor Fair
Dreas
Katherine Agnew MacDonald Early Life and Career
Katherine Agnew MacDonald born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, educated in Blairsville. She has brown hair blue eyes stands 5 feet 8 inches and weighs 128 pounds. Began with Artcraft Film Co later joined First National and is on her ninth starring vehicle Stranger Than Fiction. Not married with sister Mary McLaren also in movies.
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Miss MacDonald
Pittsburg
Blairsville, College
Artcraft Film Co
First National
Mary Mclaren
Directors to Build $200000 Clubhouse
Plans for a $200000 movie lodge of modern Spanish architecture emerged in Hollywood as articles of incorporation were filed for the Motion Picture Directors' Building corporation. Trustees include Reginald Barker William J D Taylor Frank Lloyd William Duncan Ben Wilson Joseph De Grasse and Thomas Ricketts. The building will house a cafe and meeting facilities for cinematographers, assistant directors, art directors, screen writers and publicity men.
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Hollywood
Motion Picture Directors’ Building Corporation
Motion Picture Directors’ Association
Reginald Barker
Association
William JD. Taylor
Frank Lloyd
William Duncan
Ben Wilson
Joseph de Grasse
Thomas Ricketts
Star and Players in Big Landslide
Reena Owen, star of The Woman God, and director Robert G. Vignola survived a cliffside accident near Nassau Bahamas. A 200 foot fall sent them and others into the sea. Vignola, an experienced swimmer, rescued Owen as divers recovered cameras. Also listed were E. K. Lincoln Phil Carle assistants and technical staff.
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Reena Owen
Robert G. Vignola
Bahamas
Los Angeles
Nassau
Mr. Vignola
Owen
Mr.v
E. K. Lincoln
Phil Carlesistants
Tecnical
Miss Compson Clever Violinist In Early Career
Betty Compson, a film star, trained as a violinist from childhood and began studying before playing with dolls. She now balances acting and music, saying violin is the best recreation and always brings her rest.
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Miss Compson
Betty Compson
Salt Lake City
Peters Selected for Lead in The Alibi
House Peters has been chosen for the leading role in The Alibi with Charles Kenyon credited. Irene Rich will opposite Mr Peters, and De Witt C. Rings and Sidney Ainsworth have important parts. Frank will direct this Goldwyn production.
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House Peters
Irene Rich
Charles Kenyon
Mr. Peters de Witt C.rings
Sidney Ainsworth
Frank
Goldwyn
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