Silent-film billboard with scattered double features
The page lists upcoming cinema showings with titles and star names. Priscilla Dean, Mark Twain, Mabel Normand, Norman Talmadge, and Charles Jones headline several weeklong engagements across venues including Winther Garden Strand Colishum and Rea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Ire Lorraine
Columbia
Rosemary Theby
Blue Mouse
Mabel Normand
Strand
Norma Talmadge
Coliseum
Charles Ray
Liberty
Duck Jones
Colonial
Sms
Lapeer
Couteee Gibson
Winther Garden
Priscilla Dean
Blur Mouse
Mark Twain
Colishum
Norman Talmadge
Dick Hatten
King Hageet
Planing and Lumber Mills Feature in Forest Ranger Tale
At Huntington Lake California scenes reveal the great planing mill and lumber mill operations. The Fire Eater and forest ranger narrative bring Hoot Gibson to the film company today, with industry backdrops framing the action.
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Huntington Lake
Ifornia
Forest Ranger Story Co
Hoot Gibson
Cobla
Winter Garden Notes On Herbert Rawlinson And Ole Norman
In the Winter Garden item, Herbert Rawlinson appears with two teen names and references Ole Norman in a brief, local notice style blurb. The fragment suggests a theater or community event mention with small names and casual social shorthand.
Collar Ad and Jack Holt herald new film trend
The piece notes a shift from lounge-lizard heroes to rugged outdoor leads like Jack Holt. It cites Sinclair Lewis and Main Street as popular influences and mentions Holt’s look, athletic image, and emerging settings. Holt’s first starring film The Silent Call is to be shown at the Coliseum soon.
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Dom
Jack Holt
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
Adonia
Holt
Coliseum
Film Stars and Production news from early cinema notes
Picture Potter Jack Holt and Hebe Daniela clash in A Stampede Ma donna. Norma Talmadge begins Balzac adaptation The Duchess of Langeais. Bertram Grassley careers off 42 beatings seven cliff throws for films. A King George court screening of The Kid. Lee Moran’s next comedy The Touchdown. A German studio shoots Marie Antoinette. Rudolph Cameron to lead Anita Stewart in Rose of the Sea. Agnes Ayres in The Ordeal by Somerset Maugham. Imports and exports of exposed film totals noted. Florence Roberts returns for The Sleep Walker. Cecil DeMille’s Saturday Night edited in 12 days. Tom Mix to star in Free Range Lanning. A Stage Romance based on Edmund Kean releases in March.
Griffith Renames Photoplay The Two Orphans to Orphans of the Storm
W Griffith announces his film will be released as Orphans of the Storm to avoid clashes with three other titles The Two Orphans. He says the change will cost thousands of dollars. Mary Pickford studio reports Marshall Neilan to direct her next picture a remake of Storm Country with Tea.
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DP. W. Griffith
Griffith
Douglan Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
New York
Marshall Neilan
Miss Collins Bans Marriage in Movie Contract
A sensational contract binds film stars to antiwedding terms claiming marriage harms drawing power. Miss May Collins states she cannot marry for three years due to her agreement, while industry rumors link her to Charlie Chaplin. The piece notes producers push these clauses as audiences prefer unmarried heroines. A Mario Prevost scene features a 44 bed orphanage with diverse children.
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May Naten
May Collins
Charlie Chaplin
Miss Collins
Movie notes on actors and marriages in early film circles
The item lists celebrity trivia and facts: Harold Lloyd not married though his brother Gaylord is. Charles Flay and Charlotte Pierce film pairings. Wheeler Oakman moustache pride. Richard Barthelmess as Sonny in Henry King adaptation. L Altian Lorraine returns to stage. James Crane and Alice Brady new pairing with Drifting. Pola Negri in The Last Payment. Lottie Pickford and Alan Forrest marry with Mary Pickford as matron of honor and Jack Pickford giving bride away. plus brief bios for Richard Headrick and William Boyd and notes on Miss Kiolet planning a California return.
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Associated First National Pictures
Teasie
Harold Lloyd
Gaylord
Elsie
Charles Flay
Charlotte Pierce
Elinor
Wheeler
Louilia
Richard Headrick
Los Angeles
Cal
Marie Prevost
William Boyd
Famous Players Lasky Studio
Hollywood
Miss Kiolet
California
DeMille Returning From European Trip
Cecil B. de Mille is expected back in February from a long European vacation. Edith Roberta, under contract to the producer, awaits his return as bidders plot to obtain her services or the producer himself.
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Cecil B. de Mille
Edith Roberta
de Mille
Smudge finished by Ray plans new Walter picture
Rob Wagner’s story Smudge is completed by Charles Ray who already begins a new picture with a large unit. Barbara Bedford and Wallace Beery are named among the cast forming the support. The movie has no title yet.
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Rob Wagner
Charles Ray
Cnet
Barbara Bedford
Wallace Beery
Pogo fad joins Katherine McDonald’s stage production
The new athletic novelty pogo appears in pictures and figures as Katherine McDonald includes it in her current production to portray a society fad.
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Katherine McDonald
Faust planned by Ferdinand P. Earle. Griffith abandons
Ferdinand P. Earle announces his next screen production will be Faust. D. W. Griffith has dropped plans to film that play.
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Ferdinand P. Earle
Faust
D. W. Griffith
Teddy the wonder dog injured in Mack Sennett scene
The dog Teddy, famous from Mack Sennett comedies, sustained a serious injury after a fall during filming.
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Teddy
Wonder Dog
Wag
Auto Race In New Reid Feature
Wallace Reid's latest Paramount picture Across the Continent features a transcontinental auto race. Cameraman Charlea Schoenbaum, veteran of more than 35 pictures, says it is the hardest he has ever photographed due to the hardships of filming the long race.
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Wallace Reid
Paramount
Charlea Schoenbaum
Saturday Night DeMille Picture Sets February Release
Cecil B DeMilles Saturday Night, a Paramount production, will open in February in 250 theatres nationwide. DeMille states it is his best picture and it is based on an original story by Jeanie Mae Pherson. The film explores mismated marriages and stars Heatrice Joy Edith Roberts Jack Mower and Conrad Nagel.
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Cecil
DeMille
Paramount
Liberty News previews Seattle flag event and rail chief visit
The weekly Liberty News at the Liberty, starting Saturday, features the first flight of the White Crows flag in Seattle under the WCTU. It also highlights Walter Reddell, chief of the United States railway mall service, and other local events in an important section.
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White Crows
Seattle
Liberty News
The
Liberty
Walter Reddell
United States Railway Mall Service
Tenth Anniversary of Famous Players-Lasky Corp Observed
The Famous Players-Lasky corporation marks its tenth anniversary in February with plans for nationwide theater observances. In Japan readers translate subtitles aloud for the Magish language, aiding audiences, while Chinese houses adjust programs three times weekly.
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Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Japan
My Boy to Star Jackie Coogan in New Film
Jackie Coogan's next release for Associated First National is My Boy. The story follows Jackie Blair, a clever orphan who slips past immigration barriers and finds friends and a home in the land of the free, echoing the success of Peck's Bad Boy.
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Jackie Coogan
Associated First National
Seattle
Peck
Ellen Terry to Make Screen Debut in Mother Theme Film
Ellen Terry agrees to appear in the principal role in a feature film based on the mother theme. Her move into cinema may prompt other English stage stars to try movie careers.
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David Warfield
England
Ellen Terry
Thana Manners
Valentino stars in Blood and Sand by Blasco Ibanes
Rudolph Valentino’s film for Paramount adapts Blood and Sand by Blasco Ibanez about a young bullfighter as hero. Emil Jannings leads Deception with Paul Wegener co starring in Lubitsch’s The Wife of Pharaoh.
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Rudolph Valentino
Paramount
Blas
Emil Jennings
Paul Wegener
the Golem
Lubitsch
Wife of Pharaoh
Paramount Announces New Films From Production Co
Paramount announces a string of new productions including If Winter Comes filmed in Europe with John Robertson directing James Kirkwood star and Nice People by William DeMille with June Majehie scripting Blood and Sand in preparation starring Otis Skinner with Pal Valentino in the lead and Bebe Daniels May McAvoy supporting.
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Paramount
Hutchinson
Europe
John 8. Robertson
James Kirkwood
William DeMille
Rachel Crother
June Majhie
Ibanes
Otis Skinner
Fpadolph Valentino
Singer Zarh Kerah Appears at the Oak This Week
Zarh Kerah and Rae Harvey headline at the Oak this week in a joint musical program. The pair, both with musical comedy experience, promise a decided hit. Penrhyn Stanlaws next adapts Sir Gilbert Parker She of the Triple Chevron with Fetty Compson and Tom Moore in lead roles.
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Zarh Kerah
Rae Harvey
the Oak
Miss Kerah
Miss Harvey
Penrhyn Stanlaws
Sir Gilbert Parker
She of
The
Triple Chevron
Fetty Compson and
Tom Moore
Harold Lloyd Contract Sparks Debate Over Star Salaries
Harold Lloyd reportedly signs for 300000 per film with six pictures a year totaling 1800000 dollars, surpassing Chaplin’s fixed terms but costing production fees. The piece weighs star salaries against the value of drama versus comedy, noting Chaplin Lloyd and Keaton as top entertainers and Constance Talmadge finishing The Divorcee.
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Harold Lloyd
Pathe
Chaplin
Lloyd
Lloyd's
Keaton
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