Censors Fail to Halt Birth of a Nation in Major Cities
Boston and Chicago clash with efforts to ban The Birth of a Nation as riots and arrests erupt in Boston theatres. The city forms a censorship board but approves screenings. The Alhambra features The Eagle and a frontier romance Red Dog, while Mex Figmen and Lois Meredith star in a Seattle mercenary comedy My Best Girl. Mayor Gill to lay cornerstone for first exclusive film exchange building at 415 Olive Street.
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Lois Meredith
Hest
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Vitagraph- Lubin Selig Easanay Booking Agency
Movie listings and industry notes from Seattle papers
The page lists showings at Liberty Alhambra Grand and other houses with titles like The Pretty Sister of Jose and The High Road. It notes serials, comedies, and dramas, plus industry items on Hearst distribution, a Kansas City police crackdown, and stars like Geraldine Farrar and Clara Kimball Young.
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Jack Pickford
Gladys Hulette
Edwin Bartle
Tom Mix
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Fox and the Pig
Lee Moran
Victoria Forde
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the Planderer
William Farnum
Pop Manly
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Jane Gall
Alaska
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Clara Kimball Young
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Hood
Peanut Brittle
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Pullman
Pike St
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Grizer
Hoe
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Trust
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Eaks
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