Liberty and Strands Highlight Silent Era Theaters
Liberty features Constance Talmadge in Woman's Mince while Blue Mouse presents Hebe Daniele in The Speed iri and Clemm er DPrecilia Dean in Con fiet. Winter yng berlin stars Miles Minter in Hee Winning Wet with Strand pairing Redolph Valentine and Ayres in The Sheik. Ren Jack Hoxie headlines The Man Prem Nowhere.
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Liberty
Constance Talmadge
Blue Mouse
Hebe Daniele
Iri
Clemmer
Dprecilia Dean
Winter Yng Berlin
A Miles Minter
Strand
Redolph Valentine and Ayres
the Sheik
Co Tsrum
Ethel Clayton
Mary Myles Mincor
Winter Garden
Coliseum
Bill Russell
Colonial
Jack Hoxie
Rex
Rudolph Velextino
Bebe Daniels
the Speed Girl
Priscilla Dean
Names and addresses of actors and studios in early film industry
The passage lists addresses for film figures and studios including Ince Studios Culver City California Tiffany Production New York and Lasky Studio Hollywood. It notes actors Katharine Meighan Wallie Reid Mae Murray and Charlie Chaplin using stage names and mentions access to studios being restricted though possible with good reason.
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Associated First National Pictures
Hobart Bosworth
Ince Studios
Culver City
Cal
Alice
MacDonald Film Corporation
Girard St
Los Angeles
Katherine
Thomas Meighan
Wallie Reid
Grace H
Charlie Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Delmarie
Conrad Nagel
Crerokee Ave
Mae Murray
Tiffany Production Company
Broadway
New York City
Charlie Chaplin Film Company
la Brea Ave
Gloria Swanson
Lasky Studio
Hollywood
Pauline Frederick Finishes Lure of Jade and Starts Judith of Blue Lake Ranch
Pauline Frederick completes The Lure of Jade and begins filming Judith of Blue Lake Ranch. The news notes her transition from one project to another as production proceeds.
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Pauline Frederick
Judith of
Blue Lake Ranch
Theatrical crowds photographed around new Los Angeles venue
The Los Angeles theatres fill with atmosphere for John Griffith Wray's Ince production. Photo sessions show crowds in lobbies and a new theatre under construction. Films in progress include Gas Oi and Water and The Barnstormer along with The Deuce of Spades and Jim.
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Los Angeles
John Griffith
Wray
Ince
Playhouse
Jim
Max Linder Pioneered Cinema With Early Comedies
Max Linder began his screen career in 1903 with The Outing of a Schoolboy, reputed the first comedy. He has since made about 460 films, averaging one every 17 days, and is now working on a burlesque of The Three Musketeers while his last film was Be My Wife. Rupert Hughes is set to direct his next story for the Goldwyn company, a move authors expect will be highly interesting to writers.
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Max Linder
Rupert Hughes
Goldwyn Company
Gloria Swanson
Gloria
Movies Set the Styles of Milady's Coiffure
Hair fashion through the ages is linked to beauty leaders from Benvenuto Cellini and Leonardo to Marie Antoinette era and 20th century cinema. The piece notes New York salons and actors shaping trends while everyday patrons imitate film stars such as Nazimova Gloria Swanson and others in pursuit of screen style.
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Milady
Benvenuto Cellini
Leonardo
Michael d’Angelo
Marquise de Pompadour
Louis XV
Actrensen
New York
Fifth Ave
Nazimova
Robert Brunton Plans Europe Trip With Film Return to Scotland
Robert Brunton, after selling his Hollywood studios, will travel to Europe to shoot in Scotland his homeland. Brunton rose as a scenic artist in Scotland, was discovered by Sir Henry Irving, and later brought to London and America by the famed actor as his art director.
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Robert Brunton
Hollywood
Europe
Scotland
Brunton
Henry Irving
London
America
Film gallery plan eyed by Universal president in LA
Carl Laemmie proposes a Los Angeles film gallery to show pictures passing impartial review. The building would be an architectural runfasterpiece and resemble the Louvre. Enid Bennett will perform with the Harlequin players in a one act playlet on the LA stage.
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Carl Laemmie
Universal
Los Angeles
Louvre
Enid Bennett
The
Harlequin Players
Doris May Stars With Harry Myers in Boy Crazy
Doris May will headline opposite Harry Myers in Boy Crazy. Myers, famed for the Connecticut Yankee and recent work with Alice Lake, has become one of the era’s most popular screen comedians.
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Doris May
Harry Myers
James Rennie to Star in The Dust Flower
Dorothy Gish’s husband James Rennie is set to headline in The Dust Flower, a Basil King story adaptation. The casting marks Rennie’s return to the screen in a period drama with on set expectations high.
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James Rennie
Dorothy Gish
Basil King
Tourneur Plans Big Production Announcement This Month
Maurice Tourneur will reveal plans for a new all star ape special for Associated First National within a week or ten days and begin production in two to three weeks. The feature is aimed for release by the end of February. Shirley Mason begins bicycle riding for more strenuous exercise.
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Maurice Tourneur
Associated First National
Shirley Mason
Fox
Shirley
Frenchmen Like Charlie and Larry in Paris
Larry Lemon known in France as Zigoto and Charlie Chaplin as Charlot are extremely popular with poster and magazine artists creating iconic imagery. Richard Barthelmess may head east to California for new pictures while Alice Calhoun has arrived in Los Angeles to work there permanently.
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Larry Lemon
Vitagraph
France
Zigoto
Charlie Chaplin
Charlot
Larry
Richard Barthelmess
California
Alice Calhoun
Los Angeles
Anita Stewart Starts Filming The Woman He Married
Anita Stewart begins work on filming The Woman He Married with support from Shannon Day and Darrel Foss.
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Anita Stewart
Shannon Day
Darrel Foss
Film Industry Notes on Maurice Tourneur and Other Projects
Picture Patter reports Maurice Tourneur filming Lorna Doone while Griffiths may tackle East Is West. Fay painters stage success, The Golden Gallows next for Miss DuPont. Universal star Marguerite Arm strong, Always Warm and Green title role by Gouverneur Morris for Goldwyn. The Gilded Cage bought for Gloria Bwan non. Frank Packard new Pawned produced by J Parker Read. Anna Q Nilsson to oppose James Kirkwood in The Man From Home shot in Italy. Marjorie Seaman to play in Sinah Lewis Free Air film. Topics of the Day on the screen. Big man in front of little man.
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Anna Q Nilsson
James Kirkwood
Man From Home
Italy
George Fitamaurice
Marjorie Seaman
Lila Lee Denies Engagement With John Gilbert
Lila Lee denies she will marry John Gilbert amid rumors from Los Angeles. The actress and her mother refute the claim as unfounded while Lee and Jack Gilbert remain longtime friends. Wallace Reid battles Kid McCoy for the middleweight belt shown in the film The Champion.
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Lila Lee
John Gilbert
William Fox
Jack Gilbert
Los Angeles
Mins Lee
Wallace Reid
Kid McCoy
Apple Show Scenes in Liberty News
Liberty News will screen Queen Pippin and her Peaches and King Winter’s Seattle visit at the Liberty theater opening Saturday. A big Thanksgiving game between VU of W and Washington State College at the stadium will also be shown, plus Eddie Hubbard’s recent narrow escape in Puget Sound.
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Liberty News
Liberty
Pippin
King Winter
Seattle
VU. of
Washington State College
Stadium
Eddie Hubbard
Puget Sound
Ruth Roland Best Known For Serial Queens Role
Ruth Roland remains linked with serials as a leading figure. Her last two installments were The Avenging Arrow and White Eagle, highlighting her prominence in early screen adventure.
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Ruth Roland
Senate tax bill may end war tax on theatre admissions
The war tax on theatre admissions under ten cents stands to be removed as the new senate tax bill moves through conference. The levy has cost the picture industry about 10 million dollars in the past two years.
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Senate
Chaney Film The Night Rose Opens at Blue Mouse
Leroy Scott writes the story behind Lon Chaney in a crime driven drama inspired by real cases. The Night Rose stars Chaney and opens at the Blue Mouse on Saturday December 3. The Lane That Had No Turning screens with Theodore Kosloff Mahlon Hamilton in a fencing duel segment and Agnes Ayres leads a Paramount feature.
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Leroy Scott
Lon Chaney
Mr. Beott
San Francisco
The
Blue Mouse
Theodore Kosloff
Mahlon Hamilton
Agnes Ayres
Paramount
Kosloff
Will Rogers Two Reel Ropin’ Fool Film
Will Rogers releases a two reelery titled The Ropin Fool showcasing his lariat tricks with slow motion photography. The film has little story though a subtitle claims most movies lack a plot. Rogers scores witty title writing alongside Rupert Hughes.
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Will Rogers
Rogers
Rupert Hughes
Griffith Pictures
Ife Moran Haunts Southern California Football Gridirons
Ife Moran appears in multiple filmed football scenes across Southern California venues with additional game footage produced for the project. The production also includes staged action presented as real game play.
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Ife Moran
Southern California
Nazimova Produces Generalized A Dolls House Stage Version
Nazimova launches her own productions with a generalized version of Ibsen's A Doll's House. The cast features Alan Hale Wedgewood Nowell Nigel de Brullier Florence Fisher Elinor Oliver and Cara Lee.
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Nazimova
Ibsen
Alan Hale
Wedgewood Nowell
Nigel de Brullier
Florence Fisher
Elinor Oliver
Cara Lee
Norma Talmadge to star in Duchess of Langeais film
Norma Talmadge will headline an adaptation of Balzac's The Duchess of Langeais. She plans to begin work soon at her new West Coast studio, signaling a major project for the actress and studio.
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Norma Talmadge
Balzac
the Duchess of
Langeais
West Coast
Suit Filed Over Libel by Photoplaywrights League
The Photoplaywrights League of America files a $156,000 damage suit against Palmer Photoplay corporation of Los Angeles alleging slander and libel. Wycliffe A. Hill, president of the league, is named in connection with a defamatory article and ten libelous letters circulated to harm the group amid a planned investigation of Palmer and similar schools.
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The
Photoplaywrights’ League of America
National Association of
Scenario Writers
Los Angeles
Palmer Photoplay Corporation
Palmer Corporation
Wycliffe A. Hill
Writers’ Organization
League
Los A
Gen
Marcus Leon Plans Grain Export Film Inspired by Scott
Marcus Leon, president, is perfecting plans to send grain abroad to finance a film feature likely based on a Sir Walter Scott novel. Thomas Meighan received a gold nugget from the theatre in Sonora for appearing on location in town. A record house greeted Tom.
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Marcus Leon
Sir Walter Scott
Thomas Meighan
of the Theatre
Sonora
Tom
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