This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1921
Page
8
Rex Bransford plays Hoot Gibson in the new western Sure Fire at the Rex. Gibson is opposite Molly Malone the noted heroine of many picture plays in this popular showing.
Jackie Coogan brings My Boy to a New York Broadway premiere this month, aiming to rival Fairbanks and Pickford in world debut fame. The film is praised as Coogan’s strongest camera work yet, with Universal star Herbert Rawlinson also noted for recent public appearances and ukulele skill.
A collage of notes on film quizzes and gossip mentions stars such as Constance Talmadge Mary Miles Minter and Anita Stewart. It lists studios cities and addresses in Los Angeles New York and Hollywood with occasional career details and rumors about marriages engagements and releases.
James Morrison completes filming of A Bride of the Gods despite an injured arch. He played David Hurst, crippled son of an English officer's widow, wearing a four inch sole and enduring a painful though not serious dislocation.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. at age eleven promises to grow into an athlete like his father. The small profile notes his early sports interest and ambitions, highlighting a famous family connection and expectations of athletic prowess.
The actor Tom Santschi has recently profited from oil investments and attracted numerous communications from promoters nationwide. Hach seeks to engage him in his proposition.
Charles Chaplin begins work on a new film after returning from Europe and heads into the California mountains with a group of friends. Larry Semon, the comedian noted in France as Zigote, joins the same outing.
Bebe Daniels performs her own stunts in The Speed Girl at Blue Mouse theatre. The star rides horseback runs a runway races a motorcycle and pilots an airplane then competes in an auto race and train chase ending with a jail landing.
The Liberty News opens Saturday morning with coverage of U W crew members preparing for upcoming events, a G A R veterans entertainment, Seattle Fruit Exposition, and National Laundry Week celebration. The piece notes police traffic protection for a local youngster in Summit.
Valentino prepares to sign a five year contract with Lasky after finishing Moran of the Lady Letty opposite Dorothy Dalton.
Douglas MacLean returns from the East and will begin work on The Hottentot a Thommas H Ince produced comedy drama. Del Andrews adapting and directing with Ray Enright and Ross Lederman as assistants. First National will release the film as one of the season’s most elaborately produced comedies.
Thomas H Ince selects Florence Vidor Marguerite De La Motte John Bowers and Milton Sills for four principal roles in the Associated First National production Jim based on an original story by Bradley King. John Griffith Wray will direct assisted by Scott Beal with Henry Sharp on camera. filming has just begun.
A wave of international cinema arrives in the United States with English French Italian Spanish Irish Norwegian Swedish and German productions now on exhibition or ready for route. Czech lands enter with two titles Love in the Bohemian Mountains and The Girl From the Silver Frontier.
The Sheik 44 drew 19 824 patrons on its opening day in New York with bookings at the Rivoli and the Rialto. Despite sharp satire from critics the film remains popular and will run another week at the Rialto.
The Capitol in New York City presents short reel subjects with a longest program reel of three. The theater remains packed to capacity as movie popularity grows. Pacific Studios manager John J. Hayes reports a burglary and a capture during a night attempt at his home, calling it the most thrilling scene he directed. Lasky studio runs four pictures employing 350 extras daily.
Petre Potter "Spanish Jade" in Madrid produced by John Robertson. George Ade han finished titling of "The Lotus Eater" with John Barrymore. House Peters to star in "Human Hearts" directed by King Baggot for Universal. Lita Lees' Chihuahua Wah Wah. The Sentimental Bloke, Australia, to be released in America by First National. Ann Hastings signed as Larry Lennon’s leading lady. Elinor Glyn returns to co produce "Beyond the Rocks" for Gloria Swanson. Small-town LA areas see many new pictures before NYC or LA premieres. Cinematic trials echo stage tryouts as films test before wider release. Wild ducks struck by studio lights during night photography at Griffith. players temporarily out of work.
Norma Talmadge reaches Los Angeles and will be met at the depot by the mayor city council and a host of world famous film celebrities as she plans new picture productions.
The next Aesop film fable shows conceit begetting disaster in a moral tale. Report mentions a scene with more than 300 Black actors in The Prodigal Judge indicating large scale production.
Rosemary Theby ranks as a versatile screen actress now highlighted in photoplays. Wallace MacDonald, a Vitagraph star, suffers bruises after a taxi stunt mishap during filming, paying a light penalty but glad it was not serious. Ruth Roland leads the first Pathé release of 1922, a serial titled White Eagle.
Emmett Dalton, sole survivor of the Dalton gang, appears in person at the Winter Garden with the film Beyond the Law. The movie chronicles the Dalton brothers life from early days to outlaw deeds and notes Dalton’s Kansas penitentiary stay and pardon by Governor Hoch.
Fox film Queen of Sheba will debut at John Hamrick's Blue Mouse Theatre in Portland marking the opening of his new house. Vic Gauntlett, publicity man for Fox, arrives in Portland for the launch and to promote the big picture and the new venue.
Valentino plays opposite Dorothy Dalton in Moron of the Lady Letty a tale of romance and danger. Agnes Ayres is not the leading woman here as Dalton takes the top feminine role and the plot features a shanghaied voyage and peril at sea.
Rex Ingram and Alice Terry who has played the lead in his productions were quietly married at a historic Spanish house in Pasadena California by the pastor of the Hollywood Methodist church. Their honeymoon will probably be spent abroad.
Actress Pearl White has completed a new pictorial feature titled Any Wife. The announcement notes the film as a completed project by the star and highlights its title without revealing further plot details.
The story notes a second “Battle of the Century” may come at Lasky studio with Paramount stars. Thomas Meighan stars in If You Believe It It’s So as he defeats a vindictive bartender. Jack Holt appears in Pick and Drill with a saloonkeeper. Wallace Reid stars in The Champion as a prize ring champion under director Philip E Rosen. Stars are in good shape from training, golf, and polo, with Wally Reid favored for his home gym and extra workouts.
The Oak theatre at First and Madison reopens with Mary Imlay Taylor’s Wild Fawn adapted film The Good Bad Wife in six reels. Noted actors Green and Sidney Mason star as the production aims to humanize the belief there is more good than bad in people after trials and aviation.
Charlie Chaplin is glad to be home again and rides a prize horse in the Hollywood foothills, saying he missed that more than anything while abroad.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.