The Conscience at the Bijou Augu st 31
A Bijou program review highlights the film The Conscience with Francis X. Bushman as Rev Waters and Edward Hale, praised for strong cast chemistry and dramatic tension. It notes the minister’s moral scenes, a mining village subplot, and a murder mystery woven through multiple vignettes including Broken Threads United and The Smuggler’s Last Deal with suspenseful rescues and moral turns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis X. Bushman
Waters
Jon
Wharton
Inman
Will
Edward Hale
Dora Gordon
Gor
Byron Epes
Hale
Gordon
Byron
Farmer Gordon
Reo
Ley Weaters
Dora
Hale Byron
The Loe Theft and a Clerk Named Old Tom
A longtime clerk for Frank Berresford secretly pockets Grace Berresford’s birthday portrait gift from her father. The incident causes him considerable distress as the value and ownership of the framed picture become a point of concern.
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Old Tom
Frank Berresford
Emloyer
Grace
Tom
Engagement Ring and Watch Tie Fates in a Romantic Tale
Hal Collins gives Marion Franks an engagement ring and her mother adds a matching watch. The watch is lost at a party found by Homer Wilson who wooes Marion with it. Hal’s jealousy drives a rift but reconciliation soon follows as misunderstandings unravel and Marion’s fortunes shift through a chain of owners.
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Thompson
Bobbie
Robbie
Hal Collins
Marion Franks
Homer Wilson
Marion
Hal
Tom Babbitt
Ola
Morton
Fool Luck at a Domestic Mix Up
Mr and Mrs Jinks and Mr and Mrs Bangs occupy adjacent apartments. Bangs loses the pay envelope at a tavern return, Jinks buys a mislaid baggage grip containing clothes a dress and a statue. The dress and suit misfire from windows striking Bangs and lead to a comic confrontation with the wives.
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Jinks
Bangs
Real Story of Reel Industry From Edison to Early Photoplay
A compact history tracing the birth of motion pictures from Edison's kinetoscope debut at the 1895 Chicago Fair to Robert W. Paul's public showing in 1896. It outlines the shift from single viewer peep holes to multi viewer screens and explains how scenarios drive early photoplay production and the role of scenario editors and producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edison
Robert W. Paul
London
Finsbury Technical College
Essanay Studio Details Its Modern Film Production
The Essanay Company in Chicago showcases a large studio with Cooper Hewitt lighting and Aristo arc lights. Key scenes are filmed on small floor spaces with lines marking actor boundaries and rapid set changes for up to five scenes simultaneously.
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Essanay Company
Chicago
Cooper~Hewitt
Essanay
Oth
When a Man Proposes She Acts Surprised
A witty remark notes that a woman can feign astonishment when a man proposes. It plays on social expectations of romance and gesture, suggesting surprise is a conventional performance rather than a sincere reaction.
Broncho Billy Opens Gaiety Theatre in San Francisco
G M Anderson known as Broncho Billy will open a new playhouse on O larrel street near Powell on October 18. The Gaiety Theatre will stage Broadway musical comedies with a special company to establish San Francisco as a major producing center. J J Rosenthal, manager, has traveled from New York to organize and transfer the initial company. The Gaiety Jubilee is slated as the first production with George Hobart as author and John J Golden writing the score. Cast includes Rock Fulton Tom Waters Will Philbrick Gene Luneska Franklin Farnum Marie Brown Hazen Cox Catherine Hayes Sarah McVicker.
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G. M. Anderson
Broncho Billy
O'larrel Street
Powell
San Francisco
J. J. Rosenthal
New Theatre
New York
Pan Francisco
George Hobart
John JL. Golden
Rock & Fulton
Tom Waters
Will _Philbrick
Gene Luneska
Franklin Farnum
Marie Brown
Hazen Cox
Catherine Hayes
Sarah McVicker
Hitchcock a Genius in the Art of Makeup
Charles W. Hitchcock a popular Essanay Eastern Stock Company member began nineteen years ago with Katy Emmett and moved through lyceum vaudeville and pantomime to become a featured motion picture makeup genius. He led beginners in makeup and is known for his versatility from Shakespeare to blackface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Hitchcock
Essanay
Eastern Stock Company
Katy Emmett
Chauncy Olcott
Andrew Mack
Lyceum Neld
Mr. Hitchcock
Sullivan Considine
Hitchcock
Startling Statement by Well Known Lawyer
International News Service reports a New York suffrage meeting where attorney Charles Goldzier sparked shock by declaring that Race death by own action is a good thing for our country and a feature of reform aimed at improving conditions and respect for life. He urged delaying childbirth until society values life more.
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International News Service
New York
Charles Goldzier
Commentary Reflections on Money and Singledom
A witty riff on impulses to spend beyond means and the notion of praise for inaction. The piece playfully contrasts bachelors with skeptical, hesitant types and hints at social mores surrounding money and relationships.
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Pathe Weekly
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Biogap
Blanche Sweet
Henry Walthall
Enseaway
Thomas Commerford
Kalem
Helen Holmes
Prof
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Selig
Thomas Carrigan
William Stowell
Adrienne Kroell
Charles Clasy
Crook and
the Girl
Biograph
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Claire McDowell
Harry Carey
Josie Sadler
Hisanay
Thomas Cammerford
Ruth Stonehouse
Lillian Drew
B. H. Calvert
Edwin Carewe
Ormi Hawley
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Alice
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