Would You Be Famous Stars of Yesterday Face Fate
Gene Cohn recalls early screen idols Florence Turner Vita Costello Flora Finch Lillian Walker Mary Fuller and Helen Holmes and their faded fortunes after fame. The piece notes Turner’s return from England, Costello’s aging, and Walker’s still-dimmed public appeal as old stars wonder if a comeback is possible. Readers are invited to write to The Daily Register.
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Monte Star Returns to Screen With Princess Appearance
Film fans recall Monte Blue from The Marriage Circle as he joins Marie Prevost in Daughters of Pleasure at the Princess theater. Blue plays a wealthy bachelor in a lighthearted plot about romance and party life, paired with Prevost in a notable cast.
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Movie Meandering and Casting News in Early 20th Century Plans
A sketchy report notes Brandon Hurst in Victor Seastrom’s He Who Gets Slapped alongside Dorothy Mackaill in The Mine with the Iron Door with Pat O Malley signed for a leading Western pairing under Sol Lesser. The Interpreter's House by Burt Struthers lands at First National, while The Rag Man by Willard Mack directed by Eadie Cline features a minimal four cast. Jackie Coogan also appears in an early note.
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Dorothy Mackaill
Harold Bell Wright
Sam Wood
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Struthers Burt
First National
Karl Hucson
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Eadie Cline
Recon
Jackie Coogan
Mrs Lloyd to Re Enter Films Changes Actress
In a candid interview Jacqueline Davis discusses Mildred Gloria Lord, her newborn daughter. She plans a return to acting within months, training to regain slenderness, and may launch a producing unit. Davis stresses motherhood has refreshed her ambitions and her professional resolve remains strong.
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Babbitt at Home a Warner Brothers Screen Take
Hollywood reviews Warner Brothers Babbitt film as domestic comedy rather than social satire. Willard Louis plays Babbitt amid family life and civic satire with Mary Alden as wife, Raymond McKee as son, and supporting cast. Premiere crowd responds to patriotic framing and focus on small town life over sharp critique.
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Raymond McKee
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Cissy Fitzgerald
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Michael Dark
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Film Industry Notes on Mirage and Ince Studio Plans
Regal Pictures to release The Mirage starring a noted actress from Thomson H Ince studios in Culver City for Producers Distributing. Universal City plans Fly Beyond the Law produced by Cleo Woods and Jack Hoxie under Clifford Smith. First National to move producing units to New York with six new Thames Ince pictures at Culver City studios. Christine for the Hungry Heart from Kathleen Norris. Wages of Virtue adapted from Percival Wren for Allan Dwan and Gloria Swanson. Daughters of Pleasure with Monte Blue and Marie Prevost. Flappers in Daughters of Pleasure with Clara Bow. Tom Mix in Soft Boiled comedy reflecting his new approach.
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Marie Prevost
Daughters of Pleasure
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Dancers Compete for Part II Movie Cup in LA Cabarets
Dancers contest for the nine silver cups offered by Thomas H. Ince at multiple cabarets to promote the local opening of Those Who Dance. The winning couple at each venue will appear at Loew's State theater and vie for a final gold cup presented by Ince.
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Swanson Stars in The Humming Bird Dual Role
Gloria Swanson appears in her first dual role as a French vixen who disguises as a boy in The Humming Bird, a Paramount production adapted from a popular play. This is the film’s first local showing at regular prices.
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Tiny Barbara Denny Plays With Papa On Screen Debut
Barbara Denny the ten year old daughter of Reginald Denny appears with her father in a Universal Jewel production of Barr McCutcheon’s novel The Husbands of Digg. Barbara shows natural instinct and promises to become one of the cleverest children on the screen under director William Seiter.
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Night Hawk at Hipp theater features Claire Adams western heroine
Stromberg presents The Night Hawk at the Hipp for two days starring Claire Adams opposite Harry Carey. Adams, famed from Zane Grey roles, embodies the western spirit with outdoor grit and athletic charm. Stromberg notes her dramatic ability and thrilling action will win new admirers.
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Zam Pitts Joins Universal In Clinging Fingers
Zam Pitts, a top screen comedienne, has been engaged by Universal to play a key role in Clinging Fingers, one of the studio’s major pictures for next spring. Virginia Walls stars, with an all star cast including Norman Kerry Louise Fazenda T Roy Barnes George Fawcett Kate Lester and Marie Astaire joining the lineup.
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George Fawcett
Kate Lester
Marie Astaire
Garden Film Strong Play At The Garden Theater
Garden the ater presents a strong cast led by Adolphe Menjou Anna Q Niluson Carmel Myers in After Dark. The plot follows Ralph Norton a pampered heir who seeks real life among Broadway’s down and outs meeting Rose Dulane a former thief shadowed by a detective. The story interweaves two Broadway worlds with fast paced developments.
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Cast list for Norma Shearer film draw includes many stars
The production features Norma Shearer with Edward Burns Vera Lewis Mervyn LeRoy and a host of others including Jimmy Quinn Pagar Norton Gladys Ten nyson Ethel Miller Otto Hoffman Lew Harvey and Michael Dark in the lead and supporting roles.
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Vera Lewis
Mervyn LeRoy
Jimmy Quinn
Pagar Norton
Gladys Tennyson
Ethel Miller
Otto Hoffman
Lew Harvey
Michael Dark
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