Star’s Moving Picture Department Highlights at Local Theatres
Colonial features Catherine Countiss in A Modern Magdalen with Lionel Barrymore. Liberty shows Gretna Green with Marguerite Clark, plus Castles dancers. Other programs include Alaska The Lost House, Clemmer’s The Escape, Class A The Truth of Fiction, and Tilikum with Wifey’s Filing and Uncle John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star’s Moving Picture Department
Gretna Green
Liberty Theatre
Marguerite Clark
Scotland
Magdalen
Seattle
Catherine Countiss
Harry von Meter
Vivian Rich
Mary Pickford’s thrift lesson from a devoted mother
In a 1915 interview chapter Mary Pickford credits thrift and her mother as the foundation of her success. She recalls saving money from early salaries, praising her mother as both a guiding business adviser and the sweetest, strongest influence in her life.
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Idah McGlone Gibson
Mary Pickford
William Dean
Helasco
Belasco
Dean
Colonial Ending Tuesday Night at Theatres Castles Dancers
A program listing for multiple venues shows Colonial with A Modern Magdalen five parts and The Castles featuring famous New York dancers. Clemmer ends Saturday night with Odeon ending Sunday night. The Old Fisherman's Story and Deadly Spark are two part dramas. Only a Fireman's Daughter is a comedy. Alaska and Tilikum present roadshow style dramas and comedies with Mary Pickford in Wifey's Fling and Uncle John. Grand offers a slate of comedies including The Funny Side of Jealousy. Queen Anne closes with Uncle Tom's Cabin through Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Countiss
Seattle
The
Colonial
Miss Countiss
C. Haddon Chambers
Lionel Barrymore
Katrinka
Joe Mercer
Wm. Nooker
Lindsay
Broadway
Cupid
Margaret Terry
May
Miss Terry
Charlies Allien
Allen
Jack Drew
Drew
Vivian Rich
Harry von Meter
Clemmer
Paul Armstrong
Slama
Owen Moore
Mary Pickford
Blanche Sweet
Mae Marsh
Robert Harrison
Donald Crisp
F. A. Turner
New York
Odeon
Tilikum
Pathe
Jeff Angelos
Maxim's
Gretna Green Prompts Dolly and Earl in Deceptive Elopement
Marguerite Clark plays Dolly Erskine a bold English belle who vies for Richard Murray whose disguise as a riding-master hides his true identity as the Earl of Basset. A runaway plan to Gretna Green risks Dolly's reputation and leads to a comic finale of love overcoming pretensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Gretna Green
Marguerite Clark
Liberty Theatre
Miss Clark
Old Harrowgate
England
Green
Scotland
Minas Clark
Dolly Erskine
Arthur Hoops
Helen Lutrell
Lester Chambers
W. Merky l
G. A. Stillwell
J. A. Hall
Martin Reagan
Julia Walcott
Famous Players Film Co
The
Seattle
Harrowgate
Richard Murray
Richard
Dolly
Murray
Earl of Basset
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Mr. Tate
Olympus CO
Olympus Film Co
Olympia
Alaska
Bill
Pegsy
Fifth Avenue
Slippery Slim
Mary
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Sissy
Witey
L. Ko
Uncle John
Violet Merserau
Pathe’s Weekly
Tilikum Theatre
PIKE
Mutual Weekly
Keystone Comedy
Gretpa Green
Pexey
Lost House
Catherine
Countiss
Alhambra
Charley Chaplin
Queen Anne
Mary Fuller
Tate
Northwestern Feature Film Co
Maxixe Brasilienne
Crawford
Idaniel Frohman
Murtagh
Wurlitzer
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