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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1920
Page
3
Fifty seven Washington state men receive the Distinguished Service Cross for war service and one man earns the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest decoration. Seattle leads with twelve honorees among state entries in the wartime honors list.
Fragmentary note lists honors across cities with Tacoma and Spokane among top totals. It mentions PD and C as agents or units credited for bravery while detailing regional rankings.
In Raymond, January 26 a dispute over possession of a son ended in tragedy as A. C. Williamson, an agent of the Raymond Oil Company, shot the boy Saturday and then killed himself, after winning custody for the moment.
The article highlights Elaine Hammerstein in The Country Cousin at the Mission and Marie Doro in Twelve Ten at the Liberty. It describes plot points from Twelve Ten set in France and England with Marie and Lord Chatterton, plus notes on The Beloved Cheater starring Lew Cody at the Clemmer and The Clodhopper starring Charlie Hay at the Rex.
A country youth seeks improvement through hard work in New York and lands as a clodhopper in a Broadway show. Charles Ray shines in the role while Mary Miles Minter wins fans as Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables. Thomas H Ince’s Chess Widow tale stars Dorothy Dalton with Viola Dana in The Willow Tree. The piece notes strong acting and notable photography across these early screen features.
A film project moves to Iceland to shoot Njal's Saga. The story centers on Njal a renowned jurist and counselor from medieval times. Danish actress Valda Valkyrien is cast, with the tale set in Viking days and chronicles written around 1200.
Last week at Besaway studios in Chicago Constance Binney worked on her second Realart picture. Among visitors were General and Mrs. Leonard Wood Brig General Frank R McCoy and Colonel Halstead Dorey in convalescence from war injuries. The group watched filming of key scenes and later attended the show 39 East featuring Mike Binney. L R Wolheim will appear in Find the Woman. Hoe acted as executioner in The Jest.
Tom Moore is to adapt the stage farce Officer 666 into a motion picture. The project aims to bring the Broadway style comedy to cinema audiences with Moore producing and potentially starring.
Edward M Thierry reports from Kimberly South Africa on the Smithsonian Universal African Expedition filming native dances in a compound near Kimberley. George Scott, Universal cameraman, faces crowds, excitements, and a tense push to capture authentic scenes amid baas authority and eager locals.
Judge King Dykeman forms a spirit fund to aid children and mothers under court care with milk and food. Trustees include Mrs. I M Anderson and Mrs. Joseph in EB Stuff. A chaotic scene erupts as Shanagaans and Zulus perform amid a 2000-person crowd seeking to be filmed.
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