Marguerite Courtot Shines In The Dead Alive
Reviewers hail Marguerite Courtot in The Dead Alive a five reel Mu Mal feature written and directed by Henry J. Vernot. Sydney Mason James Levering and Henry W. head strong cast with Courtot delivering a dual role across diverging careers. Critics praise her delicate sensitive presence and say the story will suit nearly everybody. The Dead Alive released February 17. Jack Eaton joins C L Chester Inc to produce advertising and industrial films after steering Paramount travel series in South America. Thirty nine travel releases issued by Paramount drew wide praise. It Hale's Your Pride Use Herpicide.
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Marguerite Courtot
Henry J. Vernot
Sydney Mason
James Levering
Henry W
Marguerite
Fis
Marie
Time
Gaumont
Jack Eaton
Paramount Pictures Corporation
C. L. Chester, Inc
Mr. Eaton
Paramount Organization
South America
Paramount
Snapshot Roundup of Early Cinema Figures and Projects
John Barrymore stars in Nearly a King from Paramount, while Daphne and the Pirate brings Jillian Gish and Elliott Dexter to the screen. Clarke Selznick launches Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation with monthly releases headlined by Clara. Various actors move into films, new productions begin, and industry support grows for producer David Horsley’s congressional bid.
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D. W. Griffth
Daphne and the Pirate
Jillian Gish
Elliott Dexter
Owen Johnson
the Salamander
Lewis J. Selznick
Anold Film Company
Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation
Selznick
Clara
Frances Marion, from Extra Girl to Scenario Chief
Frances Marion, chief scenario editor for World Films Corporation, rose from extra to producer in about a year. Her weekly income nears four figures after she proved writing talent by reworking a long story in two hours and has written forty original photo play tales.
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Frances Marion
World Films Corporation
Evening coats by Lucile worn by Edna Mayo in film
The piece notes a baggy extreme evening coat by Lucile for Edna Mayo in Essanay's The Strange Case of Mary Page. The design features ten yards of forty inch taffeta, sable trim, Portia sleeves, a high sable collar shaping to a V at the back.
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Lucile
Lady Duff Gordon
Edna Mayo
Mary Page
Miss Mayo
Henry Walthall
Portia
Henry B. Walthall
Bryant Washburn
Annapolis
Paramount Travelogue
Kitty Gordon Confronts First Studio Day In New Film
Kitty Gordon, in her first scene for As in a Looking Glass from World Film Corporation, recalls a fearful start under bright lights. She says the initial tremor gave way to confidence as filming began and praises the film’s novel plot and vivid action.
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Kitty Gordon
World Film Corporation
Miss Gordon
World Film stars head to new productions
Kitty Gordon makes her film debut in As In a Looking Glass for World Film Corporation wearing eight Parisian creations. Gail Kane returns to New York after desert work for Her God, which will debut April 3. Mollie King joins World programs, Robert Warwick and Francis Nelson stage Velma in Miami, Eleanor Woodruff joins Holbrook Blinn in a World feature, and Edna Wallace Hopper Muriel Ostriche and Charles J Ross appear in Who Killed Simon Baird for Equitable Pictures.
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Kitty Gordon
World Film Corporation
Kitty
Gail Kane
Arizona Desert
New York
Equitable Studio
Miss Kane
Southwest
Robert Warwick
Francis Nelson
Miami, Fla
Velma
The
Eleanor Woodruff
Island of
Surprise
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Holbrook Blinn
Edna Wallace Hopper
Muriel Ostriche
Charles J. Ross
Equitable
Simon Baird
Channing Pollock
Renold Wolf
How One Small Idea Made Reban Famous
George Reban rises from vaudeville to film and stage success through the evolving tale of Rosa. From a dinner story to The Sign of the Rose to a four act play and a combined motion picture and stage production, Reban’s idea becomes wealth and fame, with plans for a novel. Courtot falls from yacht in The Dead Alive, a five reel Mutual Masterpicture shot aboard a Southern yacht.
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George Reban
New World Film Picture
Reban
Elsie Janis
Rosa
Percy Williams
Marc Klaw
Garrick Theatre
Reban and Company
Gaden Seeks Pure Villain Role After Drifter Triumph
Alexander Gaden, fresh from Gaumont's The Drifter, says he longs to play a real villain with a tall silk hat and a devilish cane. He has a contract to remain brave and heroic for Gaumont, making such a shift unlikely in the near term.
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Gaden
Villa
Alexander Gaden
Gaumont
Mr. Gaden
Blue Shirts Defeat Dress Suits In Local Poll
A California exhibitor held a patron referendum to choose between William Farnum in dress suit parts and blue flannel shirt parts. A majority favored the blue shirt, boosting Farnum's A Man of Sorrow as the preferred outdoors hero. The Moral Fabric, a Triangle Kay Bee feature directed by Charles Miller, stars Frank Mills with Howard Hickman and Edith Reeves in a drama of advanced thought.
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California
William Farnum
William Fox Star
Mr. Farnum
Charles Miller
C. Garner Sullivan
Frank Mills
Triangle
Bessie Barriscale
Mary Boland
Willard Mack
Mills
Howard Hickman
Edith Reeves
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Wiss Courtot
Gaumont Star
John Barrymore
Harry Watson
David Horsley
Mutual
Oliver Trevor
Juanita Hansen
Comedienne
Anita King
Victor Moore
Miss King
Anita Stewart
Rankin Drew
Mae Marsh
Robert Harron
Wilmuth Merkyl
Mme. Petrova
Ivy Shepard
Wral Wells
Mary
Empire Theatre
Paramount Features
Leah Baird
van Dyke Brooke
Haddam
Paramount Bray
Kalem Studios
Constance Collier
Marcia Gray
John Mason
Jim the Penman
Marguerite Clayton
E. H. Calvert
Marguerite Clarke
the Crucible
Sadie Dickens
Cawthon
Eloise McAndrews
M. B. Fitzgerald
May White
Ruby Gordon
Gordon May Graham
Ethel Frederick
Frank H. Haas
E. Harvey
C. E. Jones
Mgr
Lichtbach
Toggery
G. M. van Liew
Mollie King
Courtot
Henry Vernot
Margaret
Vernet Courtot
the Empire
Queen Theatre
J.T. Spieth
Mutual Movies
Vivian Rich
Alfred Vosburgh
Crown Theatre
Edwin L. Taylor
J. T. Kern, Jr
D. W. Griffith
J. H. King
Triangle Film Corporation
Helen Ware
Sam DE Grasse
Sunerb
Lew Fields
Joe Weber
Joe
Jackie Saunders
Deschutes
Heinie and
Louie
Southern Metro Pictures Corporation
Mary Miles Minter
Thomas J. Carriga
Dimples
Owen Bee
William Fox
William E. Shay
Claire Whitney
Herbert Brennan
Equitable Moti Pictures Corporation
Frances Nelson
Love's Crucible
Miss Nelson
Douglas MacLean
June Elvidge
Reece
Clara Williams
Sasa
Keystone
Fatty and
Mabel
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