Photoplayes and Theatres New York Review Summary
Photoplays listing reviews at Liberty, Colonial and Coliseum theatres describe films including A Heroine of Happy Valley, Don’t Change Your Husband, The Call of the Soul, Mickey and The White Lie. Notable cast notes include Mabel Normand, Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, and Mies Harriscale with plots of romance, deception, and Western bravado across Liberty Rex Colonial and Mission venues.
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Bensie Barrideale
Ince
Dorothy Kingsley
Mies Harriscale
Belgium
Gloria Swanson
Elliott Dexter
Cecil de Mille
Husband
D. W. Griffith
Mabel Newmand
Lenise Hart
Old Homestead
Weellace Heid
Bill Parsons
Cateriny Brockwell
Essie Harriecale
Charles Rey
Mabel Veo Haren
The Cameo film and Wallace Reid in The Dub misfit role
Wallace Reid stars in The Dub at Strand as a dubbed coward who proves bold enough to seize real estate options and contracts from a crooked partnership. The plot centers on his guarded house entry and eventual success against criminals. Nearby films feature Mabel Normand, Cecil De Mille, and other stars in assorted shorts.
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Mabel Normand
Mickey
Romix Chievous
Ilia
Reno
Ferdie Lyons
Leo Moran
Mabel van Buren
The
Little
New York
the Coward
Charles Kay
Strand
Wallace Reid
Mother's Friend Promises Easier Childbirth Experience
An old advertisement touts Mother's Friend as a trusted prebirth remedy used for over fifty years to ease pregnancy discomfort. It claims to prepare muscles and nerves, reduce bearing-down pain, and lessen anxiety, nausea, and labor. The Bradfield Regulator Company markets the product from Atlanta Georgia and urges readers to obtain a bottle via their druggist.
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Igneres
Bradfield Regulator Company
Dept. M. Lamar
Atlanta
Georgia
Self Treatment Claim for Rupture Cure Promoted
An old advertisement warns rupture fatalities and condemns trusses. It promotes the PLAPAO method as a home self treatment claiming superior safety, no straps, and a device that seals the hernial opening, urging readers to send for details from PLAPAO, St Louis, Missouri.
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Plapao
Pine ii
Bt Louie
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Blood Strength After Flu
Purified blood and rebuilt strength are claimed after influenza with Hood's Sarsaparilla. It purports to expel poisons from the blood, alleviate pallor and anemia, and support the bowels with a gentle cathartic used in many households.
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Hood
Hood's
Norwegian Charged with Seditious Posters Faces Deportation
Bernard Hansen, 27, a Norwegian national, was arrested on allegations of placing seditious posters in public areas and renouncing citizenship rights to avoid the draft, prompting possible deportation by federal authorities.
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Bernard Hansen
Soldier Hansen Reassures Parents After Death Report
Reports from the war department state Corporal Burnett J. Hansen of Selah Washington was listed as dead but later wrote his parents that he is alive and well.
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War Department
Burnett J. Hansen
Selah, Wash
So Long Letty at Metropolitan and More
A bustling bill shows So Long Letty opening at the Metropolitan with Charlotte Greenwood headlining a four‑way comedy about two husbands trading wives. The Orpheum showcases Prevarication and Shoos featuring Burne and Frabito, plus Evelyn Levy’s troupe and musical acts. Billeted at Wilkes Theatre delivers wartime farce with Betty and forged telegrams, while Palace Hip opens a Celtic themed entertainment led by Maurice Downey & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan
Charlotte Greenwood
Charlote
Eunice Burnham
Jack Vollard
Hobart Cavanaugh
Bo Long Letty
California
Cyril King
Halve Manning
Hert Haker
New Orpheum
Moore Theatre
Bunday
bin Kit
Frabito
Greenwood
South
Ham Fells
Deyo
Lu Hette
Orpheum
Irtahman
Eugene Levy
Players
George Rehn
Bille Dunbar
Henry Sherr
Edith Wilma
Lee May
Wilkes Theatre
Pine «St. Playhouse
Ioan Miller
Henry Hall
Betty
Grace Huff
Palace HP
Palace Hip
Maurice Downey & Co
California Syrup of Figs Promoted for Child Health
An old advertisement touts a laxative remedy for children claiming it cleanses the liver and bowels, relieves constipation, and restores energy. It urges mothers to seek California Syrup of Figs made by the California Syrup Company and warns against counterfeit products.
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California
California Vig Syrup Company
Burlesque and Musical Acts Highlight Local Stage Show
Van and Yorke deliver a burlesque and comedy song set praising slim and plump bodies. Arline and Weestcott perform The End of the Trail in a singing skit. Beek shines as a singing comedienne as Flying La Marrs present a trapeze act and Sisters Van Palie offer English novelty dance.
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Enoch Arden
van and Yorke
Van
Miss Yorke
Arline
Weestcott
Gertrude Beek
Flying la Marrs
van Palie
Steamship Lines Reject Freight Cost Proposal
The hearing on whether steamship lines should absorb freight costs from rail to ship cargo ended with the steamship leaders outright refusing to consider the plan. The session was conducted by the Railroad Administration Rate Commission.
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Railroad Administration Rate Commission
Danderine Claims Dandruff Vanish After Rubbed In
Advert says Danderine removes dandruff after one or two uses. A small bottle costs a few cents at drugstores and promises no remaining flakes or falling hair with continued use, leaving scalp free of itch.
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Call of the Soul
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