Educative appeal of silent drama praised by editorial
The Grand Rapids Press editorial defends motion pictures in Olivet Idaho describing the vaudette as an educative universal travel page. It argues films broaden experience from Madagascar to India and retell myths in modern forms while acknowledging some blood and thunder themes.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Olivet
National Boards of Censorship
Vaudette
Metropolitan Opera House
Timbuctoo
Browning
Atalanta
Realism in pictures exceeds stage illusion in early film drama
A film essay notes that motion pictures now deliver true drama with greater realism than the stage. A Cleopatra adaptation shot on a New Jersey platform creates Egypt aboard the screen, with no visible stagecraft, letting audiences believe they view authentic locations.
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Thomas A. Edison
America
Victorien Sardou
Wilds
New Jersey
Egypt
Selig Company Expands Los Angeles Plant Frontage
In mid January Selig Company begins a large expansion of its western Los Angeles plant. They will use newly acquired land north of the studio to extend grounds to Duane street, adding frontage on three sides of the block and extending the Edendale valley concrete mission wall along Duane street. New ornate concrete buildings will house growing equipment and an expanding acting force at the Selig Pacific coast establishment.
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Selig Company
Los Angeles
Duane Street
Edendale Valley
Selig Pacific Coast Establishment
When the Last Leaf Fell and Other Silent Screen Dramas
A catalog of 1920s screen offerings includes Majestic’s When the Last Leaf Fell a nature infused drama. Brancho’s The Struggle a tense multi scene spectacle. Reliance’s Saved By An Air Ship with air daring and Rodman Law stunts. American Co’s Building the Great Los Angeles Aqueduct a landmark project. Comet’s The Would-be Romeo and Their First Baby a light matinee. and Thanhouser’s The Psychology of Fear a thought provoking thriller. Also Friday features Lincoln Paid a Civil War drama and a promo for an educational subject.
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Majestic Company
Brancho Company
Reliance Company
Eustace Hale Ball
Rodman Law
Thanhouser Co
Sin
Forrest Halsey
Comet Company
Thanhouser Company
Keystone Company
Gaumont Company
Charlotte M. Yonge
Thanhousers
Los Angeles Aqueduct
American Co
Romeo
Mutual Film Company
Lincoln
Kay Bee Company
Thanhouser
John Bunny in Vaudeville
John Bunny a famed film comedian has appeared on stage at Hammerstein's and says he will not abandon cinema for vaudeville. He cites too much physical strain and uncertain engagements but calls live work pleasant and steady as he balances stage and screen commitments.
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John Bunny
Mr. Bunny
Photoplay News Upcoming Photoplays and Casts
This Sunday feature provides photoplay news with scenes from forthcoming films, plot synopses, and photographs of actors and actresses. It announces regular updates for patrons of motion picture theatres.
Uncertain career path declines vaudeville as steady diet
A speaker contrasts touring life with constant travel and fixed salary. He notes management handles travel and hotel costs, weekly pay proves secure, and variety beats monotony. He argues repeating the same act would erode creativity and prefers film over vaudeville as a routine.
Motion Picture Machine Beside Printing Press in Enlightenment
In McClure's December issue Bennet Musson and Robert Gray discuss cinema’s rise as mass entertainment. The feature highlights Owen Moore and Mary Pickford Moore, Western studio scenes, Kalem actors in Egypt, and notes the public’s rapid adoption of moving pictures with $500000 daily spend and about 20000 venues in the United States.
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McClure's
Bennet Musson
Robert Gray
Owen Moore
Mary Pickfort Moore
Egypt
United States
Thanhouser Company Denies Breakup After Fire
Mr. C. J. Hite, president of the Thanhouser Film Corporation, says the Thanhouser Stock Company will not be dispersed or broken up. He asserts the stock company will continue as before and is not affected by the recent destruction of the Thanhouser plant at New Rochelle by fire.
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C. J. Hite
Thanhouser Film Corporation
Thanhouser Stock Company
Hite
Thanhouser
New Rochelle
Moving pictures as a new force in society
A New York Herald letter argues cinema attracts millions, employs hundreds of thousands, and drives a $200 million industry. It credits moving pictures with education, social reform, and broad cultural impact akin to the printing press.
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The
New York Herald
Herald
Delphine
Special Notice To Owners of Moving Picture Shows
This newspaper invites owners of motion picture theatres to boost business by advertising. It notes the city as an early recognized market and urges managers to contact the paper for guidance and access to top quality films upon release.
Theatergoer vents on plays and theater flaws
A reader’s letter discusses a Tuesday night production of Within the Law with a radiator issue near the seating area. The writer mocks Belasco’s vaudeville The Drums of Onde and references Conan Doyle’s The Pot of Caviare, noting stilted pacing and a castle rescue by the Kilties with a machine gun.
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Belasco
Conan Doyle
Yonkers
Indis
S. Ee
Fate and Adversity in a 16 Year Old Thought
A 16 year old girl contemplates fate and discovers an adverse variety shaping her outlook. The reflection hints at challenges and the impact of looming pressures on youth.
Kalem Players In Birmingham Film Unit Arrives
Birmingham Alabama February 1 Following the arrival of the Lubin Company of photoplayers a Kalem company has come here and completed one film noted for scenic beauty J P McGowan director praises Alabama locations and the crew stay at a summer hotel on Shades Mountain seven miles from the city Irene Boyle leading lady Nellie Lin-
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Birmingham
Ala
Lubin Company
Kalem Players
J. P. McGowan
Shades Mountain
Irene Boyle
Nellie Lin
Films Shown Monday at Local Theater
On Monday the F&B presents two features. When Mary Grow Up stars Clara Kimball Young in a Vitagraph drama and The Guiding Light from Lubin runs two reels with Harry Myers.
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Mary
Vitagraph
Clara Kimball Young
Guiding Light
Lubin
Harry Myers
Unsteady Mare Leads Kaleidoscopic Film Lines
On Tuesday February 4 the Kalem program offers Horse That Wouldn t Stay Hitched a Ruth Roland comedy in St Augustine Florida scenic. The Princess and the Man a drama stars Mary Fuller with Ermott. Bhe Must Be a Logan comedy strings the bill.
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Ruth Roland
ST. Augustine
Fla
the Princess and the Man
Edison
Mary Fuller
Ermott
Bhe
Logan
How Fatty Made Good and Hypnotism in Hickville
Movie listings for Wednesday February 5 feature comedy shorts with Hughie Mack in How Fatty Made Good and Beverly Bayne in Hypnotism in Hickville, plus The Doctor's Love Affair, a Cines drama.
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Fatty
Vitagraph
Hughie Mack
Hickville
Essanay
Beverly Bayne
Cines
Names Listed for Party Group Output
The text lists Karl Fox Stuart Holmes Ben Ross Stanley Dunn Whitney Ridley with Louis Taylor as the camera man. Mrs Taylor and Mrs Ross accompany the party.
Universal name debate for motion pictures spelling
The article argues the term for moving pictures should be kinetograph, tracing origins to Greek and noting European use of kinematograph and cinematographic. It critiques inconsistent spellings like kinetamograph and cinematographic and urges standardization.
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Europe
Lumieres
New York Studio Bids $25,000 for Denver Festival Films
In 1915 a major New York moving picture maker offered Denver's Indian festival exclusive privileges and proposed a $25,000 payment in full one year in advance.
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Denver
New York
Pathos Weekly Review: Over the Back Fence and The Lost Note
A quirky weekly page highlights a comedy segment titled Over the Back Fence featuring Bessie Arn and a drama piece The Lost Note by Labin. The listings sketch a light stage week with varied performances.
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Patho’s Weekly
Aera
Bessie Arn
Lost Note
Labin
Ranchman’s Blunder at Essanay and Pitcher Plant Pa
A condensed arts note lists films including The Ranchman’s Blunder from Essanay and The Pitcher Plant from Pa the, alongside a Bilograph entry and an educational item.
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Essanay
Pathe
Educational
Sweeney and the Mile Lion at the White Rose in film lineup
The week’s program features Sweeney and the Mile Lion from Selig, He White Rose from Pathe, and The House of the Woods from Edison, presenting a mixed bill of comedy and drama for patrons.
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Selig
Pathe
THE
House OF the Woods
Edison
Sunday Showings Include Skulls and Western Billy Feature
Sunday listings present The Skull by Vitagraph and The Three Wish by Selig drama, The Making of My Billy Western by Egsanay with Mr. G. M. Anderson featured.
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the Skull
Vitagraph
the Three Wish
Selig
MY Billy
Egsanay
Mr. G. M. Anderson
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Higley - Harrington Stock Co
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Bijou Theatre
Gertrude McCoy
Augustus Phillips
G. M. Anderson
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Ormi Hawley
Lone Bill
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Mary Charleson
Edna Flugrath
Herbert Prior
Columbia River
Tahiti
Australia
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Guy Coombs
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