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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1919
Page
14
Dorothy Gish and George Fawcett star in a melodrama where Gish channels D Jones. The plot centers on a father and the railway system resisting a tax payment. Susie runs the railroad as orders halt trains at Ri to start a controversial sequence beginning with So.
The Strand reviews the new Universal feature Come Out of the Kitchen at Rex, featuring Marguerite Clark as a leading player with Ruth Chattila and Frances Kaye in a story blending drama and humor. The piece notes heart appeal and strong comic elements.
A fragmentary caption lists Henry B. Walthall and Ethel Fleming in a colonial era production or scene. The text suggests a film or stage era pairing, with actors credited in a likely vintage promotional caption.
Fragmentary notes mention Marguerite Clark on stage and film roles, Anna Little’s marriage, Mary Miles Minter as Juliet Shelby, Maurice Costello and a fatal accident, and mention of brothers Matt Joe and Owen. The text references a book, musical comedy, and a cryptic quote "Read y of Days."
The Second big Charles Klein play features Alice Joyce as Annie Sands a young waitress seeking love amid cold aristocracy and wealth. The attraction opens at the Coliseum today with Mise Joyce in the lead role and a cast including Howard Jeffries Randolf and Edna Hopper Rogers.
Nazimova shines as Eurasian and English sisters in The Red Lantern. A monumental production praised for atmospheric detail and authentic Oriental life, including tea brewing and burial rites.
The hero Robert Winchester McTabb, a young salesman for a coffin maker, arrives in an Arizona mining town and woos Celie. She discovers his bravado stories are fiction, turning romance into trouble as the lies unravel.
Evelyn Nesbitt appears as Ruth in Thou Shalt Not a new show opening at the Little Sunday. The country girl is wronged by the man she loves and faces small town hypocrisy and persecution.
A fragment notes weekly comedy by Charlie Murray with satire on baths and dates. It mentions Ben Turpin traveling to Arrow Head for a haircut and jokes about Panama hats and swagger sticks. The Mack Sennett Weekly is described as strengthening amid chatter of industry moves.
Thomas Ince to present two upcoming stars Doris May and Douglas MacLean. Misa May shown as a lively youthful performer past seventeen, athletic and musical with notable gymnastics training and public recital experience. Douglas MacLean described as a bright personality with screen credits alongside Mary Pickford and other stars.
The Methodist drive for 105 million dollars has netted 94.434 million according to Dr. Charles A. Bowen. Northwest districts including Seattle Tacoma Olympia and Vancouver have surpassed their quotas with 275 churches in the region going over the top.
Eugenic Film Co presents Birth at the Class A Theatre in Seattle with a final Pacific showing starting tomorrow. The film, long crowded elsewhere, is billed as the most remarkable ever made and the schedule was adjusted to allow broader local viewing.
Liberty presents Dorothy Gish in To Get Him Yet. Colisseum features Maery Pickford in Daddy Lengiegs. Strand hosts Marguerite Clark in Came Out of the Kitchen. Rea shows Maerry Carey in Here Fists. Mission screens William Heseell in Some Liar. Colonial displays Henry Walthall in A Modern Hoesland. Additional notices list Red Lantern second week tags and scattered titles.
Lillian Gish stars True Heart Susie with Bob Harron and Clarine Seymour also in the mix. Ann Tittle leads William Hart in Square Deal Sanderson while Freale Ferguson tops The Witness for the Defense. Warner Oland, Alice Brady, Shirley Mason, Robert Warwick, Dorothy Phillips and Seasue Hayakawa headline several features with an ensemble cast including Katherine Macdonald Milton Sills Theodore Roberts Jack Holt and others.
The Mack Sennett studio animal keeper faces a growing colony of white rats that multiply as two young rats become Peppermint the cat’s mates. He builds cages and buys feed, likening his studio to a Pied Piper of Hamelin in a bid to manage the unexpected zoo.
A brief note invites readers to associate The Star with advertising excellence, urging brands to consider The Star for their campaigns and promotional efforts.
The piece notes a fashion clash as Tom Mix and Coates compete over loud hats and outfits. Arthur Reeson wears a green and red checked jacket, Fred Granville sports a bright cap, and Lee Moore shows a red sweater. A photographer and an ad worker discuss wages and political ambitions.
Evelyn Nesbit, in her Fox film role as a Hawaiian princess Laone, has taken up the ukulele and shows notable progress learning the instrument and Hawaiian musical styles.
Movie fans begin voting in Seattle for their favorite stars as part of a Northwest Film Board of Trade program. Ballots printed in Star magazine invite readers to clip and mail votes to the contest committee. The event runs from today through July with a grand march, Hippodrome and Arena shows, and appearances by screen stars and civic leaders.
Producers Jonn Emerson and Anita Loos posted a studio sign seeking a blonde with a delicate frame to star in a Parat Pictures project. The ad urged unexperienced applicants with suitable mentality, aiming to find a star without brains. Broadway rumors claim they tour the country to interview hopefuls as part of a larger casting push.
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