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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1920
Page
8
The town of Hardiston stages a political farce as Winthrop Chase Jr. is voted mayor by mistaken campaigners. He proves capable, embracing his father’s ideals and guiding the town with steady leadership.
William Farnum stars in The Orphan at the Coliseum in a tale of Indian fighting and quick twists. Farnum shifts from villain to hero as the outlaw posing as an orphan clashes with the sheriff and cow country citizens.
Bryant Washburn stars as Jack Temple whose jealous wife Clara played by Wanda Hawley runs into danger when a captivating vamp lures him in a department store. The two are locked on a roof garden as misunderstandings lead to riotous complications in this Paramount drama featuring Carmen Phillips Frank Fuller and Walter Hiers.
The Strand features Robert W. Chambers The Fighting Chance with Anna Nilsson and Conrad Nagel in leading roles. Nagel plays Stephen Siward a moneyed aristocrat with a drinking problem as Nilsson’s Sylvia Landis navigates wealth and romance amid aristocratic New York society.
Humorous feature at the Rex with Douglas MacLean and Doris May in a plot about Dr. Arthur P. Hampton who must marry to inherit. He fakes a wedding to fool his uncle who plans a honeymoon visit, but romance grows as the ruse continues.
Kerrigan is at his best in The Joyous Liar opening at the Colonial for four days. He is arrested for stealing a car but it is revealed he saved it from thieves and returns it to Anne Warren. Anne’s father, an amateur criminologist, frees him and aims to reform him as humorous incidents unfold and the hero wins her love.
Harold Harvey, Los Angeles director, arrives in Seattle seeking a site for The Great Northern Producing Company. The studio plans 200 to 500 employees, with labs, stages, and offices, to produce Northwestern snow and other motion pictures year round and employ locals for minor roles.
Adv h i ks Pell Trenton a stage and screen star set to star in The House of Toys under George L. Cox prepares for a long mountain hiking trip. He makes a summer tramp to stay in top physical condition and expects a three to four week absence before resuming filming.
Eugene O'Brien stars in his forthcoming picture The Thug in a triple role. The film’s story also claims triple authorship with original scenario by H. H. Van Loan and continuity by Mary Murillo and Melville Hammett.
Movie notes reveal Conway Tearle, aged 40, married to Adele Rowland of Irene Broadway fame. They tour Europe as fans learn about actors Mary Pickford Doug Fairbanks Edna Purviance and J Warren Kerrigan together with film industry trivia and fan letters.
Helen Jerome Eddy hosted forty two guests at a Santa Barbara luncheon in a fashionable hotel. A ostrich egg omelet was prepared by chef Martin Ginder after a flight from Los Angeles to obtain two fresh ostrich eggs for the display and meal.
Raymond McKee a Fox leading man is seriously ill at his Hollywood home with sleeping sickness. In his absence Casson Ferguson will replace him and scenes shot with McKee will be rephotographed at the Fox West Coast studios for Merely Mary Ann.
Claire Whitney stars in Samuel Merwin's The Passionate Pilgrim, a Cosmopolitan picture directed by Robert G. Vignola. The article notes striking decollete evening gowns and Whitney’s usual love of ocean swimming, which is toned down in the film.
A vignette of spring leisure from Upper Park Avenue to Lakewood featuring violin music, moonlit canoeing, silk and sable imports, pomegranates from Arabia, a witty debutante, and a midsummer dance. A Mozart symphony and a quiet country club tea scene frame whispered social life.
Colleen Moore cites the ideal husband criteria and 32 men respond by telegram, phone, or letter saying they meet the specs for marriage. Miriam Battisti appears with William Faversham in Florodora, juvenile sextet, at the Century Theatre in New York City.
A historical summary notes the motion picture industry becoming the fifth in the United States. It lists 15 000 regular theatres and 12 000 legitimate theatres, with 2 500 changing shows weekly. Daily attendance reaches 13 000 000 and total theatre income in 1919 is 759 million dollars. The piece mentions multiple theater chains nationwide.
Seena Owen is set for a stellar role in The House of Toys while praise for her work rises from critics and fans. The piece notes national attention and mentions her appearance in future projects including Eileen Percy’s next vehicle The Husband.
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