Motion pictures praised as world citizen education
Rev H A Jump of Oakland speaks to the Commonwealth Club at the Palace hotel lauding the moving picture as epochal and uplifting. He compares it to the printing press, notes its global reach among Persians and Poles, and urges churches to own cinematic equipment for mass spiritual culture.
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San Francisco
H. A. Jump
First Congregational Church of
Oakland
Commonwealth Club
Palace Hotel
America
Panama Canal Closing Work to Be Filmed by National Geographic
Washington announces the federal government will send a Panama canal filming team to document finishing touches on the canal project. The National Geographic Society directs the effort with members and house of representatives delegates inspecting progress in the canal zone. Fortification plans will also be filmed to show lawmakers the need for further appropriations.
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Washington
Panama
Motion picture theatres urged to boost business in city
This newspaper promotes itself as the first recognized medium for motion picture theatres in the city and vicinity. It invites theatre managers to contact advertising experts to learn how to attract the highest class films and increase business based on prompt releases.
Kaiser Wilhelm a Movie Fan Opens Berlin Theater
Berlin’s Nollendorf Theater, created by Americans Goldsell and Kinsella, will open as a striking Greek temple on Nollendorf plaza. It seats 700, with a removable domed roof for starry nights, and marks the Kaiser as an avid film patron amid a growing German cinema scene.
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Berlin
Chicago Tribune
Nollendorf Theater
Messrs
Goldsell and
Kinsella
Nollendorf Plaza
Kaiser
Potsdam Palace
Franz Ferdinand
Austria
Hanover
the Kaiser
Kaiser Becomes Motion Picture Fan During North Cape Cruise
The article notes the kaiser first showed interest in motion pictures on a summer voyage aboard the Hohenzollern to North Cape. The court photographer photographed him, and replays aboard the yacht turned him into a confessed fan who now poses for moving picture cameras under various circumstances.
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Kaiser
Hohenzollern
North Cape
Record of Insane Speech and Surgical Images Aimed at Education
Maurice Costello plans to document speech of the insane and extend to operating room photography. He envisions films as teaching aids for medical students, with hundreds of brain tumor operation views. A film by Dr. Weisenburg used twenty six patients to illustrate dementia precox and various psychiatric states.
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Weisenburg
Brunette Actress Discusses Motion Picture Fame
G M Anderson will be seen today at the Royal Theatre in Broncho Billy. She defends acting as a profession and explains why motion picture stars seek publicity, noting actors often remain unnamed in films and prefer privacy.
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the Royal Theatre
Miss Brunette
Moving pictures illustrate nervous diseases at academy
Dr. T. H. Weiisenburg of the Medico-Chirurgical College in Philadelphia displayed moving pictures of mental and nervous diseases before 300 members. Twenty five thousand feet of film showed clinical symptoms and examination methods, including reflexes and gait variations, to aid classroom work.
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Academy of Medicine
T. H. Weiisenburg
Medico-Chirurgical College
Philadelphia
Welsenburg
Actress Ann Drew Active Suffrage Leader in New York
Ann Drew, who played president of the suffragettes club in a comedy on the suffrage question, is recording secretary of a New York City suffrage organization in the upper West Side. She recently read to the group a long treatise on the divorce evil.
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Ann Drew
Suffragettes’ Club
Upper West Side
New York City
Billys Birthday Present and Other Shorts
A program listing several early 20th century silent films shown on Wednesday February 19. Titles include Billys Birthday Present A Fathers Lesson Polly at the Ranch A Little Hero A Life in Balance The Weapon The Doctors Photograph From Pen to Pick with performers Myrtle Stedman Fred Berns Marguerite Gibson Thomas Santchi Bessie Lyton Carlyle Blackwell Herbert Prior Mabel Trunnelle and others.
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Vitagraph
Maurice, Costello
Rosemary Theby
Harry Northrup
Charles Eldridge
Edith Halloren
Edison
Herbert Prior
Mabel Trunnelle
Pen To Pick
Pathe
Fritzi Brunette Shines in Victory Company Picture
Fritzi Brunette, versatile leading lady, is praised by the Victory company with remarks like it’s simply great. The excerpt highlights her portrayal as unbent and pleasing, showcasing her charm in the film.
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Fritzi
Brunette
Victory Company
Majestic Company
Mabel
Keystone Company
Thanhouser Company
Pictures Teach Business Methods Demonstration In Boston
Boston educators and business leaders join Nathaniel C. Fowler Jr to stage a business education show. Authorities like David Shedden and Frank V. Thompson will speak on education for business while firms demonstrate office and shop methods on stage. Local buyers, sellers, and applicants will participate to illustrate practical commerce lessons.
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Boston
Mass
Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr
Massachusetts” ‘Commissioners
Boston School Committee
David Shedden
Massachusetts
Thomas Nixon Carver
Harvard University
William Urr
Franklin B Dyer
Boston Public Schools
David A. Ellis
Luce
Frank V. Thompson
Frank I L. Locke
Union
Announcement to patrons of motion picture theatres
An important notice to cinema goers outlines the department's role in sharing up to date photoplay news Scenes from forthcoming films will be shown ahead of release and their plots summarized Photographs of actors and actresses will be featured with the latest information
Regeneration of Nancy Lubin Drama in Selig Prodn
Stage items list Regeneration of Nancy by Lubin with Ormi Hawley. The Pink Opera Cloak directed by Selig. Prodigal Brother presented by Pathé.
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Nancy
Lubin
Ormi Hawley the Pink
Selig
Pathe
Thanhouser Players Move and Cast Highlights Mentioned
About nineteen thousand verses and criticisms received. readers urged to wait for next issue. Marguerite Snow and James Cruze prefer New Rochelle to Los Angeles. Lila Chester, Thanhouser newcomer, is an orphan who cares for her bachelor brother and is praised as a cook and photo-player. Helen Marten, the Gibson Girl, now with Eclair.
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Marguerite Snow
James Cruze
New Rochelle
Los An
Lila Chester
Thanhouser
Helen Marten
Gibson
Lubin Pictures
The
Eclair Company
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Myrtle Stedman
William
Duncan
Polly
Fred Berns
Marguerite Gibson
Thomas Santchi
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Carlyle Blackwell
Edith Storey
Earle Williams
Crooks
Robert Rny
George
Stanley
Red Burns
Guy “Rob An Nae
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Riverine
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Essanay
Waterloo
the Engraver
Edgar Jones
Wall Street
Tom Moore
Fritzi_ Brunette
MISS
Florence LA Badie
Thanhouser Star
Orem
Higley - Harrington Stock Co
Earl Higley
Royal ‘Theatre
Helen Costello
Panama Canal
Papa
Earl Williams
Robert McWade
Kate Price
Trixie
Ruth Roland
Marshal Neilan
Edson
John Bunny
Biograph
Pather Weekly
Sun
Bessie Sankey
Beau Brummel
Clara Kimball Young
James Young
Crown Theatre
American Company
Reliance Company
M. B. Havey
Eustace Hale Ball
Irving Cummings
Keystone Comny
Thanhouser’ Company
Mr. Henpeck
Peco
Pete
Wheels of Destiny
Broncho Company
Gdlvanni
Dan
Kay Bee Company
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