Local theaters showcase Chaplin and star-packed bills
The Kid draws crowds at Liberty with Charlie Chaplin and five year old Jack Coogan. Corinne Griffith comes to Clemmers in The Market, while Kathryn Wiftame stars in Just a White, and Talmadge appears in Pan. Also listed are Rosanne at Coliseum with Ethel Clayton, Outside the Law at Strand with Dean and Chaney, Prairie Trails at Colonial with Tom Mix, and Panthea featuring Norma Talmadge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaerlice Chaplin
the Kid
Clemmer
Corinne Griffith
Ocolibsee
Maeree Harris
Banda
Colontal
Kathryn Wiftame
Porwe Talmadge
Tarlie
Spencer Champlen
Liberty
Funny Man
Charlie
Jack Coogin
Coliseum
Ethel Clayton
Bina
Rosanne
Miss Clayton
Rosanne Oxanne
Denis Harienden
Jack Holt
Strand
Outside the
Priscila Dean
Lon Chaney
Molly Madden
Underworld
Mies Dean
Mike Silva
Chaney
Tom Mix
Tek Benton
Dustin Farnum Stars in Big Happiness at Clemmer Theater
Screen star Dustin Farnum brings the drama Big Happiness to Clemmer this Saturday. The colorfully thrilling film features Farnum rescued by a leading lady, a perilous horse fall, and shipwreck with Kathryn Adams opposite Farnum alongside George Fawcett Eric von Stroheim Roger Lytton and Murdock McQuarrie in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin Farnum
Cremmer
Mr. Farnum
Kathryn Adams
Farnum
Mies Thimadge
George Fawcett
Eric von Stroheim
Roger Lytton
Murdock McQuarria
Potter Conway Tearle Backdrops Tea Slew on Stage
Star Potter Conway Tearle jokes about drinking more tea than rivals during a stage show session. The era notes screen and stage casting details, including Kathrine Newlin Burt’s Snowblind and Harmunda in The Passion Mower with Norma Talmadge. It mentions various actors, names, and film plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway Tearle
Eulalie Jensen
Lady Heavy
Harmunda
Norma Talmadge
Women Fight Scene in Silk Hosiery Photo Play
Fashionably dressed women clash in a two round fist fight in Silk Hosiery. The heroine and villainess square off, a knife is shown but fingernail strikes prevail, leaving the director buying gowns salve and the janitors busy cleaning up hairpins after the fracas.
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SeAttie
Amica
Marriage Licenses at Reduced Rates in Des Moines
Des Moines marriage license bureau cut fees to 59 cents from $1 to encourage weddings. The move offers affordability for couples applying locally in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
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Seneca
San Francisco
Chinatown
Priscilla Dean As
Silky Moll
Wheeler Oakman
Bill
Strand Orchestra
Reginald Dunn
Elmore Crowhurst
Indon
Eng
Emily Yn
Wife
Prairie Trails
The
Hank Mann Comedy
Orchestra—News
Mutt and
Jeff
Norma Talmare
Rex
Panthea
Fliuesian
Siberia
Talmadge
Vilmdom
Emall Tert
Katherine Newlin Burt
Bath
Barbara Bedford
Jack Pickford
Bebe Daniela
Pearl White
William Parnum
Mildred Harria
Robert Schable
Constance Talmadge
Charles Ray
Pilley
Priscilia Dean
James Crane
Alice Brady
Wallace Reid
Dorothy Davenport
Joseph Schenck
Webster Campbell
Marjorie Daw
T. John
Fatty Arbuckle
Mia
Firke
William Bennett
S’auline Stark
Escurial of
Spain
Madrid
Russia
Etson Jensen - Vouce
Army Airman
Canadian Northwest
Ivan. J. de Villiers
Paramount Picture
Kimberly
South Africa
Malotte
Wurlitzer
Pathe News
London
Fleet
Stevens
Jones
Elliott
Fourth Avenue
Seattles
Larry Lemon
Clemmer Music
Liborius Hauptman
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