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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1916
Page
13
Photoplay editor Anita King explains the film business and how girls break into photoplay. She praises Seattle’s Coliseum as the most beautiful theatre, notes perseverance and personality as keys to success, and contrasts photoplay with stage plays while recounting theater experiences.
Seattle theater notes survey current offerings at several houses. Pauline Frederick delivers a pivotal scene in Lydia Gilmore, while reviews discuss Sammy Burns burlesque of Charlie Chaplin and Clara Kimball Young in Camille. Other shows include The Price with Helen Ware, The Other Side of the Door, Tri by with Lib erty Between Men, and Rogues Fall Out with Helen Holmes.
Seattle girls are invited to a Sunday afternoon meeting at the Washington hotel room 814. Amy Kimg offers to answer questions about the photoplay profession, with tea and cake provided for a confidential talk lasting about an hour.
The Coliseum theatre opens Saturday at 2 PM in Seattle as the world’s most beautiful photoplay house. It seats 2500, features a children’s play-room, separate smoking and reception rooms, an elevator, and guided lighting on stairways. The $500000 investment will be managed by Jensen and Von Herberg with an eight member Russian orchestra led by Mischa Gatterson at $50000 yearly.
The Paramount News Weekly debuts at the Coliseum with star photographs of Mayor Gill and Miss Anita King serving as editor of the photoplay page, along with other Seattle features.
In Los Angeles a New Year’s Eve event highlights William Farnum’s magnetic appeal and his marriage. Theda Bara owns a prized Russian wolf hound. Mae Marsh and Robert Herron may wed after years at Griffith studios. A. Quinn runs all night shows in his crowded theater as Anna Held tours theaters nightly.
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