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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1920
Page
11
The Symphony Orchestra with Reginald Dunn features 31 players performing Three Dances from Henry VIII and Mendelssohn’s G minor Concerto third movement with Harold Strong as soloist.
A partial sentence discusses how the left hand in France is connected to the heart and reserved for relatives and close friends, noting the unusual regard given to givers.
Three youths roam Central office area on a spring day as juvenile officers probe Willie Pinkerton 13 found asleep in a car at Eastlake garage. Clifford Bolin 11 taken from Oregon Washington depot after being found in a Cedar Falls freight car. Donald Fox 14 stopped by motorcycle officer for allegedly stealing a vehicle spotlight on Queen Anne hill.
Mike Sheehan, charged with the murder of Arthur McElfresh one of the Armistice day massacre victims, was released on a five thousand dollar bond. Elmer Smith, charged with Sheehan, was recently released under a similar bond.
The Coliesum presents The Hot Dancer by D W Griffith as the week’s leading attraction with a romantically inclined plot set in the South Seas. Also on view Maurice Tourneur’s My Lady's Garter at the Liberty and The Fortune Hunter at the Clemm er with Earle Williams in a city boy tale of heiress hunting. Norma Talmadge stars in A Daughter of Two Worlds at the Rex, while Why Change Your Wife? continues its run at the Strand with De Mille’s dramatic study of marriage starring Meighan and Swan. Colonial advertises Brothers Divided as its current offering.
Helen Jerome Eddy, a Los Angeles girl and graduate of Frank Egan's dramatic school, declares she attended the Egan School and is proud of her training, contrary to many actresses who hide such study.
An ad urges use of Poslam ointment for skin disorders and eczema claiming instant soothing cooling relief, rapid healing, and safe use with small amounts. It notes free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York and promotes Poslam Soap as a daily treat for tender skin.
The Idol Dancer, Griffith picture set in the South Seas, features Gertrude Andrews with Keenan as feuding brothers and Gertrude Claire in the leading female role. The film centers on romance and home life amid tropical atmosphere.
An advertisement explains that excess uric acid from poor kidney function causes rheumatism gout neuralgia and related diseases. It promotes Buchu and Marshmallow Compound as the best remedy, claiming rapid kidney and bladder restoration after one or two bottles. Available from Joyner Drug Co Spokane at $1 and $2 per bottle.
It is estimated America will import 9.6 billion pounds of sugar during 1920 and will pay $700 million for all sugar used that year.
Picture Patten reports The Gingham Girl a Mack Sennett comedy starring Louise Fazenda shown at the Liberty with My Lady’s Garter. Correan Kirkham at 18 in Madame XX began on stage at six in Alice of Wonderland. Giant stage set built at Goldwyn for Martha Hound crucifix 17 feet high. Edith Ellis has 36 produced plays and co-authored Mrs Jimmie Thompson. Geraldine Farrar’s first Associated Exhibitors picture The Fiddle Woman. Murph Inc plans The Man of Iron with Ralph Ince. Zena Keefe jokes about Bolshevism in clothes. Mack Bennett tour with Yankee Doodle in Berlin and College Vamps. Eugene O’Brien in The Figurehead fragile in love scenes.
Princeton University students chose Norma Talmadge as their 1920 favorite actress in annual votes naming the top actor, poet and author as John Barrymore Rudyard Kipling and Booth Tarkington. Talmadge recently finished a First National film Yes or No adapted from a Broadway success.
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