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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1919
Page
9
London announces two English films to be shown in the United States aiming to exploit new markets. The titles are A Sinness Sinner and Twelve Ten. director Herbert Brenon attached to Twelve Ten. Marie Doro stars in the film.
A list of silent era film titles and performers appears for prime showings. Includes actors like Dal ton and Hale with titles such as The Market of Soule and Oh Mey. Also notes Mack Sennett comedies and shorts featuring Pickford and others at Strand Colonial and Little Theatres.
Local theaters feature The Lottery Man at the Liberty with Wally Reid and a Sennett comedy. Clemmer shows Oh Boy a four reel musical comedy with June Caprice and others. Rex screens Paid in Advance about Canadian and Yukon miners starring Dorothy Phillipe and James Oliver Curwood. Strand features Jack Pickford in In Wrong. The Winning Stroke with George Walsh centers Yale Harvard boat race drama. Mission runs features Seattle actors in The Plunderer and The Romance of Seattle at the Little Theatre.
A personal testimonial extols JO TO as the greatest stomach regulator. The writer, a 39 year old former deputy constable and federal official, credits JOTO with ending years of stomach troubles after trying many doctors and diets. He claims a teaspoon after each meal suffices and urges broad sale in drugstores.
The Class A feature One Against Many stars Dorothy Dalton as a boarding house girl who attracts a counterfeiter's unwelcome advances. The plot twists to expose the trap set for the victim. Anita Stewart and Harry T. Morey headline The Wreck at the Colonial with a head-on train collision theme.
Catarrh harms throat and lungs, weakens digestion and senses, may lead to consumption. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood to remove the disease cause and deliver relief. Also use Hood's Pills as a gentle laxative and cleanser.
Vancouver Washington resident W W A Meo secretary of the U A Theatre company leads the Historical Film Corporation of America to open studios in Southern California. The plan is two reel screen versions of Bible stories aimed at churches and Sunday schools with captions consisting solely of biblical text. Raymond Wells, formerly of the Baker stock company in Portland, will direct the film production.
Advertises Parmint double strength as a home remedy for catarrhal deafness and head noises. Mix 1 ounce with a pint of hot water and sugar, then take one tablespoon four times daily to relieve nasal congestion and postnasal mucus.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as a household remedy for colds. It promises relief from nasal congestion headache feverishness sneezing and runny nose with doses every two hours and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
As Los Angeles faces a clamor from many towns for a royal visit during the four day stay beginning October 16 Mayor M P Snyder faces pressure. Mildred Harris Chaplin offers a fleet of Chaplin planes for a bird’s eye view of the Southland in an hour. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth are delighted by the invitation. Marguerite Clark’s latest feature A Girl Named Mary is nearing completion.
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