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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1921
Page
8
Readable fragments list programs and plays including The Myers in The Garden Dange Wm Hert and Fox's Over or Kyne's reel. Vague notes suggest a theater lineup with authors and titles, but details are incomplete.
Katherine McDonald stars in a new vehicle at the Coliseum, with sister Mee McDonald also appearing. David Winter and Charles Richman are listed in the cast as the younger McDonald debuts aim to break into films. Miriam is mentioned as part of the McDonald film presence.
Carmel Myers and George Perrot star in a scene shown at the Clemmer theater with J. Lockney from old California. The image centers on the sea as described in the program.
A sparse garden news item notes William Desmond and Frank in a contested result with reference to Marion. Details are unclear but the event appears to be a local competition or exhibition.
An adapted tale titled Deller Raise appears among selections credited to Peter B. Kyne. The piece features an elderly stenographer as a central figure and is presented as part of a themed exhibit or display.
The Strand screens Wet Gold a love tale featuring Ralph Ince Alleere Burr and John Butler Cromwell with adventure tone as Aleere Burr leads the cast in a geléwys tale of romance and danger.
The Colonial presents Polonial featuring Tom Mix and Rhea Mitchell with Eugenicea Ford in a light hearted Western. Mix delivers riding stunts and humor while Pat Chrisman appears in supporting roles for a lively cinema bill.
A fragment describes Maurice eloping with a wealthy woman, only to learn his love meets money constraints. The muddled text names Roberteon-Cole and Blanche Davenport among others, with Virginia Lee and Madeline Claire cited in a young college setting.
In co operation with Associated First National Pictures the column reports on Mildred Harris links, Lucille Carlisle with Larry Lemon in School Days, Warwick not retired, Dick Barthelmess father on stage, Morey with Vitagraph, Mary Garden in pictures, Miriam Cooper in The Oath with Raoul Walsh, Walsh and Cooper married five years, Ginger on Barthelmess early roles and marriage to Mary Hay, Bert Lytell kin to Dick, Wallace Reid filming Peter Ibbetson with Elsie Ferguson, Meighan married to Frances Ring, and Mary Miles Minter said engaged to Orville Erringer with Mary in Europe aged 18.
An amateur scenario writer sends a script note to a studio praising Pauline Frederick and Seasuo Hayakawa as potential leads. He offers to let parts be changed, notes length issues, and jokes about censors allowing villains to die by their own devices. The piece suggests naive ideas about screenwriting and studio practices.
Vaudeville and musical comedy star Trixie Friganza may join films after her current stage contract ends. She believes her former spotlight successes could translate into stronger humor for silent drama than rival medium.
Priscilla Dean and Wheeler Oakmos are on location in the woods of British Columbia with Miss Dean’s new vehicle and Stockley’s story Wild Honey. They will remain away from the studio for two months.
German producers plan a celluloid life of Lord Nelson. Reinhold Schuenzel to portray Admiral Nelson and Malvina Longfellow to play Lady Hamilton in the English subject directed by Ernest Lubitsch past efforts depicting French and English history.
World boxing champion Jack Dempsey stopped at Harold Lloyd studio in Los Angeles and watched a preview of Lloyds new fan film Look Before You Lao. The two longtime friends shared a moment after Dempsey’s arrival.
Five poems chosen as prize winners in a Limerick contest held with the showing of Wet Gold at the Strand. Winners include Mrs. Albrecht Ms Bannon and Dare with prize amounts listed. Prize winner calls at The Star office Monday.
Resident Mr and Mrs Harding praised Betty Blythe for her Queen of Sheba portrayal and requested a second screening at the White House. The president and Mrs Harding reportedly wish to meet Miss Blythe, who plans to travel to Washington to be presented.
Viola Dana is now being filmed in The Fourteenth Lover. Future picture titles include The Cave Lady The Five Dollar Baby That Girl Patsy and Rings and Things.
Picture Patters cover Jack Muthal modeling for collar ads while actors like Viola Dana and Gareth Hughes prepare upcoming films. Florence Vidor signs with Associated Exhibitors as American cinema expands. The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs animates Aesop fables. Mae Marsh stars in Griffiths Sands o Dee after Two Orphans. Commissioners of District of Columbia rule against censorship.
The piece notes Ethel Clayton has a ten year old son. It discusses David Warfield appearing on screen in The Music Master and The Return of Peter Grimm. It mentions Douglas Maclean celebrating his seventh wedding anniversary. It also states Lilian and Dorothy Gish are working on The Two Orphans, a production by D. W. Griffith.
The silent film star Pola Negri is expected to appear on more American screens in the coming months than any other American-born actor. Her lineup includes Passion Gypey Blood Vendetta Intrigue The Governess and Infatuation the Polish Dancer among forthcoming titles.
German director Ernest Lubitsch announces he will screen Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor after finishing his present picture Pharaoh's Wives. Emil Jannings, who played Henry VIII in Deception, will portray Falstaff.
The film project announces Charlie Gilpin will headline a new production with a supporting cast. Production notes list key roles and the director with a planned shoot in the region, signaling a major early milestone for the project.
Marshall Nelsan unveils Rite of Life a four episode photoplay with continuity linking four separate stories by McMorrow Trumbull Wiley and Neilan The four tales The Bad Samaritan The Man Who Heard Everything Hop and Under Ether are woven into one ongoing plot by director Neilan.
A London cable reports Paul Brunet of Pathe flew from Paris to meet Rudyard Kipling about more Kipling stories for filming. Kipling approved the handling of Without Benefit of Clergy and rejected several other offers. Pathe plans The Gate of a Hundred Sorrows and Soldiers Three.
Lew Cody, who has toured and made personal appearances at theatres with his latest picture, will resume work before the camera. Cody resents being labeled a vamp and says he will never again portray a character that invites that epithet.
The Black Tulip by Dumas is being filmed in Europe for the American market this fall. Scenes from his book depicting the Hague are reenacted outside the old prison gate at the Hague with four hundred performers in the production.
After eight years in screen comedies Charlie Murray leaves silent drama for a vaudeville engagement. Once a leading clown in the Murray and Mack team a decade ago he reemerges on one of the major circuits with a solo tour.
The notice calls for two full squads to participate in The Old Nest event, emphasizing equal time on the court for both sides. Officials cite a time element requirement to ensure fair play and audience engagement.
Six year old Marie Kelly, daughter of Mrs J and Kelly of Jake Burien, smiles with a curly head and bright hopes to be a great movie actress. She proudly owns a signed Mary Pickford photograph won in a contest during the show.
The Fox feature Over the Hill adapts two Farm Ballads by Will Carleton to a story about a mother’s love. It blends comedy and sentiment and has received no public criticism to date. The film begins a limited engagement at the Metropolitan on Sunday night.
Carter De Haven runs a private theatre seating 34 with a pipe organ calling it The Thimble. A child imitates Americas Sweetheart and dances, studying at the Douglas Dancing Academy while Mary favors Marie as the actress at the Winter Garden Theatre.
For the first time since entering films Mildred Davis enjoys a week with no duties. The Roach studios where she works with Harold Lloyd closed for summer, allowing Mildred to motor during the day and dance in the evenings.
Gareth Hughes has completed Garments of Truth and prepared to proceed with a slate of films. Selected titles include Little Eva Ascends Barber John's Hay The Gay and Festive Claverhouse and Tommy Carteret.
The Ethical Motion Picture Society will stage a world’s fair scale film exposition in Los Angeles next spring. The venue will cover 20 acres and feature exhibits from every branch of the industry.
Alice Lake completes The Infamous Miss Revell then appears in The Claim. She will also feature in Double Cure The Hole in the Wall June Jeopardy The Making of Eleanor Jay and Moonlight.
Will Carleton will be the leading man for Betty Compson in The Woman in the Case, her second film with director Penrhyn Stanlaws.
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