Silent Film Notes and Cast Chatter From The Strand Week
Betty Compson leads The Miracle Man at the Strand with past credits in light comedy. Charles Ray jokes that his favorite drink is Sareaparilla amid Prohibition era humor. Frank Mayo to star in A Peddler of Lies. Callen Landis co stars with Mabel Normand in Jinx at the Colonial and previously appeared in Rex Beach stories. Nell Shipman stars in Back to God’s Country as wild animal scenes unfold. Hila Hall returns to film opposite Francis Ford in The Gete of Doom after two years away from the screen.
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Betty Compson
Callen Landis
Mabel Normand
Rex Beach
Landis
Curly Kid
Hila Hall
Emory Johnson
Emory
Francis Ford
Foreman credits Tanlac with saving his life in recovery
James Mahoney of Los Angeles a ten year foreman at Richards Stadt Construction recounts severe back induced illness with stomach pain gas and weight loss. After trying Tanlac he reports rapid improvement from 65 to 130 pounds and regained strength appetite and sleep, praising Tanlac as the grandest medicine. Ad notes Tanlac sold in Seattle via Bartell Drug Stores under a Tanlac representative.
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Tanlac
James Mahoney
East 16Th St
Los Angeles
Cal
Mahoney
Richards-Naustadt Construction Co
Ita
Mr. Mahoney
Jim
Tanine
Taniac
Seattle
Bartell Drug Stores
Pretty Armenian Girl Acts Real Experiences Before the Camera
Aurora Mardiganian, an Armenian survivor of 1915 massacres, recounts her life in a photoplay narrative. She escaped Turkish and Kurdish captivity, later lectured in America, and stars in a film titled Auction of Souls shown at the Coliseum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora Mardiganian
Miss Mardiganian
Brith
America
Miss Mardigan
Theatre listings mix and match at city venues
Strand features The Miracle Man a crime tale from New York slums to mountain hideout. Lombardi Ltd at the Clemmer stars Alice Lake in a modern Cinderella role with Tito Lombardi. Liberty shows Last of the Duanes with Buck Duane escape. Mission hosts His Official Fiancee with Vivian Martin. Colonial runs Jinx with Mabel Normand and a Goldwyn showcase. Bonds of Love offers a rescue scene with Pauline Fredericks.
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Aurore Merdigenian
Heela
Clemmer
Ert Lyte
Bruce Scente
Curopie
Liberty Williem Pareum
Duanee
Happy Meel
Pathe One
George Tucker
Mimaion
Vivian Martin
ORBEA
Neraeel Jina
Charlie Dickens
Dembey Little Blanche Bates
iMebart Heeworth
Norder Legion
New York
Chinatown
Dena
Vice
Strand
Iteror
Alice Lake
Bert Lytell
Lombardi, Ltd
Mise Lake
Miss Lake
Tito Lombardi
Liberty
Bill Farnum
Buck Duane
Texas Hille
Vivian
Dr Carter's K and B Tea Great Tonic Laxative
An advertisement promises health benefits from Dr. Carter's K and B Tea. It claims the brew improves bowels, liver, stomach, skin, and energy. It emphasizes gentle vegetable action and suitability for all ages, safer than salts and harsh cathartics.
Napoleon tomb replica built for LA film set
A replica of Napoleon's tomb was built in Los Angeles for the film A Splendid Hazard by Allen Dean. A street in Constantinople was re produced at Universal City for The Virgin of Stamboul with Priscilla Dean impersonating an oriental beggar girl. Geraldine Farrar and Lou Tellegen plan The Flame of the Desert as their second picture together.
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Los Angeles
Allen Dean
Constantinople
Universal City
Priscilla Dean
Priscilla
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Tellegen
Desert
Drink Hot Water Before Breakfast Routine Advised
A health note urges waking to a glass of hot water with lime stone phosphate. It claims this wash neutralizes and clears the stomach liver kidneys and intestines of indigestible waste toxins. The guide promotes a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from drug stores as a daily inside bath.
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Oat
Ipaeamaan Seeenautberts van Puetitively
Roternad
Eveliad
Florence Reed
Beth Ivine
J. Warren Kerrigan
Roldt's
2D Ave
William
Kwawres
Tor
Buck Burne
Duanes
Wallace
Wurlitzer
Isle of Golden Dreams
Charles Ray
Ray
Frank Mayo
HI. B. Warner
Back To God's Country
Nell Shipman
Foreman
Rex
Harold Hell Wright
Wright
Missouri
Ozark
the Colonial
Mabel
Circus
Goldwyn
The
Colonial
Pauline Fredericks
Dept
Kesinol
Baltimore
Harold
Ozarks
Shepherd of the
Pike
Osm
Ernest P. Russel
Baume
Bengue
University
Cheyau Ae Oly
Sclemmer
Lombardi
Juanita Hansen
Guterson
Vienna Woods
Horn Eugene Devaux
Hattons
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