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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1921
Page
5
The listing notes Kimball Young in Mid Channel at the Colonial Theatres with Theosy of Love, Meurtee Tour at Winter Garden, and The Great Redeemer production near Blue Mouse with Daniele in You Never Can Tell.
The County Fair, a 60 year old stage piece now on film, opens at Strand theatre today. A well known star plays Sally while Burgess as Aunt Abigail narrows the comic charm of the rural New England tale.
Clemmers Alice Lake stars in the title role as a laundry worker who longs to be a manicurist. After burning a silk shirt she leaves laundry work and heads to Paris to carve out a new life. In the Western town of Paris Wyoming she starts a manicure business and quickly draws attention. The action shifts to New York City with continual excitement and interest through the final sequence.
Hastley Gordon admirably pictured in The Frixky Johnson now at the Coliseum. Mrs risks her personal reputation and the love of her suitor to save her young married sister from sleeping with an English lord. The picture runs until Friday night.
Paramount release features Wm Hart Gray and violinist Eva Novak in a Western caper about the bandit Sierra Bill and his gang. Florence Carpenter appears as Darling Nelly Gray in the orphan violinist tale. The Liberty picture starts a week run today.
Universal release stars Reaves Eason Jr and May Watson in a melodramatic tale set during a California gold feud. A woman and child are drawn into a feud as love and happiness challenge hate and vengeance.
Clara Kimball Young stars in a British society tale set around a mid channel ridge near Stone and Boulevue. The film centers on a disoriented young wife and weaves romance amid upper crust life as the plot unfolds aboard the Mexican setting.
Leena Owen’s life centers on her 83 year old daughter Patricia and her love of horses and flowers. The article notes Patricia’s potential screen future, Leena’s on location demands, fan letters, and a planned move to New York for a Cosmopolitan production Resurrection Cove with Bahamas exteriors. Patricia enjoys playtime, candy, and a royal family dynamic with her cousin The Duchess.
A collection of film industry blurbs lists Jane Doe and Joe Ryan at 1600 Broadway New York with others in Los Angeles and studios like Vitagraph Fox and Universal. It mentions families names Talmadge McCutcheon and details on Tom Mix Ora Carew Anita Stewart and the beauty notes of Emma plus Glendal Scott and Warner Oland in a Pathe production.
Marguerite Clark has completed Scrambled Wives and is spending the holidays in New Orleans with her husband Harry Williams.
Head offers $5,000 in prizes to the three best sornarion with entry closing at midnight tonight. Submit your man- Gaeript now to compete in the popular Seattle event.
The Jensen and Von HMerberg News announces a feature packed Liberty theatre bill starting Saturday. It includes views of the Macaria goat ranch at Woodinville famed for a top milch goat herd, the New Year football clash Everett high school versus Cleveland high school in Everett, and the 90th birthday celebration of pioneer Ezra Meeker.
More than 200 San Francisco society members including California’s wealthiest joined Erich Von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives filming on Monterey California sets. The notable extras wore gowns and jewels as Stroheim Maud George Marguerite Armstrong and others filmed their own roles on the Monte Carlo style promenade and Casino locations.
The Chester comedians cast include Snooky the chimpanzee as a waiter in a near beer saloon in Beat It, demonstrating his skill with the raisin recipe. Little Ida May McKenzie also appears as entertainer in the same venue.
Picture star Monte Blue is enraged by Allan Dwan to take the leading role in The Perfect Crime. Rupert Hughes writes Mr and Mrs Miserable to be filmed as Dangerous Curve Ahead with the same producer. Jacqueline Logan joins the latest Follies group and will appear in an Allan Dwan feature.
John Emerson and Anita Loos reviewed 200 applicants for a vamp role in Wife Insurance and chose Olive Valeria to portray Mme luloff de Mlotw. The selection follows a wide audition process and aims to fit the period drama’s style.
Renowned stage actress Laurette Taylor plans a revival of Pew on My Heart and may reprise her Perry role in a film. Previous screen version Pex faced litigation with J Martley Manners delaying release.
Dagmar Godowsky star and Leopold Godowsky daughter was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles after a sudden appendicitis attack. An operation was performed and she recovers slowly. Her brother Gordon Godowsky is reported to have the same illness. Edith Roberta, Universal star, joined Pacific fleet officers as Christmas guest in San Diego.
Priscilla Dean enjoys excitement off set as Tod Browning films Outside the Law in San Francisco. Police join in as Dean is sworn in as a special officer by Dan O'Brien and acts as honorary mascot for the International Traffic Officers Association convention.
Betty Hilburn aged 17 is named as a leading hopeful in D. W. Griffiths upcoming film. She is said to resemble the late Clarine Seymour and to take a role in the director’s next project alongside David W. Griffith.
Louise J. Selznick and Selznick Pictures received from New York Life Insurance Co. and other firms checks totaling 170000 related to the policy on Olive insured two years ago by Selznick officials.
Pris Ella, a veteran traffic officer, was feted in San Francisco during a stay with the city’s traffic force. Lieutenant Dan Sylvester, head of the San Francisco traffic force, presented her a cold star, while Pris Ella gave him a gold watch from the traffic officers' association.
Douglas Fairbanks plans a screen version of The Virginian with him taking a leading role. The project follows The Nut directed by Ted Reed. Original cast members are hoped to return, including Frank Campeanu as Trampas, continuing Fairbanks' collaboration.
Universal sets up a school for young performers to cover study hours for the feature False Cobra. Priscilla Dean stars and Stuart Patton directs the production, with the staged world of cinema life highlighted.
An advertisement touts a Grove laxative tablet labeled as Te Cure e Colé. It claims one day relief and notes the genuine product bears the signature of E. W. Grove. The ad spans the 360-Advertiss ment line.
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