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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1917

Page

5

Mary Pickford in Rebecca of Suomytrock Farm at the Liberty

Mary Pickford stars in a rural coming of age tale with a Little country girl as she battles loneliness and hardship. The Liberty program shows Pickford in the title role along with scenes of a boxing match and local vignettes including sailors and village life with Mayder Gill among others.

Pretterd Rebecca Suomytrock Farm New England Keho Zahl The Star Sailor Boys Maydér Gill

Silent Screen Highlights and Names at Local Theaters

The period notes Mary Pickford with Marjorie Daw and Eugene O'Brien in a Wiggin story adapted for film. The Star-Liberty shows Navy yard footage from Bremerton with recruits arriving and drilling. The Code of the Klondike scenes were shot in Sierra Nevada under Lynn F. Reynolds. William Farnum stars in A Tale of Two Cities at the Clemmer. Chaplin headlines The Champion at the Strand. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea at the Rex. Skinner's Dream Suit at the Colonial. The era’s actors include Sylvia Bremer Alma Reubens Mildred Harris and Tom Mix in Westerns. D. A. Williams offers a free bottle promotion for uric acid treatment.

Pickford Kate Douglas Wiggin Mary Pickford Marjorie Daw Eugene O'Brien Star-Liberty Weekly Mremerton Navy Yard Jackies Watch

Humorists Join Goldwyn Film Crew At Fort Lee Set

Prominent American humorist writers and cartoonists including Kenneth C. Beaton known as K C B attended the Goldwyn Polly of the Circus filming at Fort Lee New Jersey. Nearly 100 writers and their families were filmed for a circus scene as extras during the New York press humorists annual meeting.

America Goldwyn Polly Mae Marsh Strand Theatre Pone Kenneth C. Beaton New York City Goldwyn Studios Fort Lee N. J

Wood prices rise in Seattle households face higher fuel costs

Seattle residents report wood prices climbing with the cost of living. Forest wood in sawed form sells at $9 per cord, up $1 to $1.50 from last year, while cord lengths go for $7. Dealers cite higher cutting costs and labor shortages from a lumber strike, with hauling and team work also costing more.

Seattle RK. Young

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