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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1925
Page
19
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Goldwyn First National presents A Thief in Paradise starring Ronald Colman Doris Kenyon and Helen Pringle at the Strand. Undersea battles diver dives elaborate stage pageant with blondes and brunettes in one piece suits. Colman Kenyon and Pringle lead a flight and pearl gown sequence.
Sidney Olcott producer of The Charmer describes Pola Negri life as fit for a screen epic. The Charmer opens at the Orpheum for a three day run with support from Robert Frazer Wallace MacDonald and Arline Astor among others. adapted from Mariposa by Henry Baer.
Pola Negri wore a ragged costume in The Charmer later woven into a decorative rag rug used on the studio floor. The request came from a Spanish actress and Sidney Olcott suggested using the rug as a property in the picture. Vancouver reports over 40 regular steamship lines operating from its port.
Pola Negri appears in her first big American comedy role in The Charmer adapted from Henr Baerlein’s novel Mariposa. Sidney Olcott directs with Robert Frazer and Wallace MacDonald in rival romantic plots as Pola’s Broadway dancing girl rises to fame. The Orpheum bills also show Trixie Friganza Cesare Gravina and Matilda Brundage, plus a two reel Feet of Mud.
Beverly Bayne discusses how modern independence reshapes marriage, shifting responsibility to women and challenging them to embrace freedom with duty. The Age of Innocence plays at the Orpheum theatre starting Tuesday with a cast including Elliottexter, Willard uis, Edith Roberts and Fred Huntly.
First National’s Quo Vadis at the Capital theatre revives Rome in Nero’s era with a massive revel scene of feasting and luxury filmed in Rome. The production is praised as an exact replica of the Palatine palace. A census note reports about 12 000 U S workers in coffin and undertaker goods factories.
The University of Wisconsin hosted the nation’s first short course in agriculture in 1886 5 at an American agricultural college marking a historic early effort to formalize short specialized training for farmers and staff.
Al Christie organization brings Reckless Romance a straight farce comedy to the Orpheum Theatre. Wanda Hawley Sylvian Breamer headline with T Roy Barnes Harry Myers in supporting roles. Morgan Wallace cast as villain. Plumer and Duffy return from Christie shorts. A clever educational short and Pathe News complete the bill.
In a New York feature a parade of evolving women’s wear notes the shift from corsets to one piece garments, jeweled buttons, brassieres, and corset combinations. It highlights brimming hats with silk trims, ostrich plume collars, rubber tea aprons, and watered satin trends shaping spring and summer wardrobes.
Aileen Pringle wears an extraordinary costume in the First National film A Thief in Paradise at the Strand. The pearl ensemble includes a dia phanous skirt bodice headdress and a large silver net cape. Eighteen thousand pearls were used and coast dealers were emptied of stock for the scene set twenty feet undersea.
Reckless Romance, Christie’s newest feature farce, comes to the Orpheum theatre today. After previews in Pasadena and Los Angeles drew roars of laughter, the comedy's clever titles by Joseph Farnham are praised. The cast includes T. Roy Barnes Harry Myers Wanda Hawley Sylvia Breamer Jack Duffy Tully Marshall, with director Scott Sidney noted for his seasoned comic touch.
A Hungarian stage pilav adapted for film as Reckless Romance arrives at the Orpheum today. The comedy notes that marital strife can exist in any language and audience, with the phrase Ain’t it the truth reflecting universal marital sparks.
The Pulitzer Prize winning Edith Wharton tale The Age of Innocence opens at the Orpheum Tuesday for a two day engagement. Warner Bros produced the photoplay with Beverly Bayne Elliott Dexter and Willard Louis in the cast, directed by Wesley Ruggles, plus a comedy and Pathe News.
Fanchon, noted for West Coast theatre pageants, is chosen by George Fitzmaurice to choreograph the undersea dance for the Goldwyn Fitzmaurice production A Thief in Paradise. A quartet of male dancers depict a fight over a priceless pearl, symbolized by Aileen Pringle among the film’s featured principals.
The Capitol theatre shows Quo Vadis with vast sets built from Roman ruins to recreate Nero era debauchery. The Italian government sanctioned the temporary reconstructions to support the film industry and tourism Mecca ruins are used as stage scenery in the production.
Molybdenum, a rare metal used in high grade steel production, originates from British Columbia. It is classified within the platinum family of rare metals.
New York City eateries supply meals for about three million people each day. The United States accounts for roughly half of global copper production and consumption. The International Typographical Union lists nearly 2,500 pensioners. Over 30,000 women are employed in various sectors.
At the Capitol Emil Jennings Lillian Hall Davis star in Quo Vadis and Raffles with House Peters and Big Timber. Rex shows Wild Bill Hickok Idaho Calibre 45 Rooms and Roomers and Big Timber. Auditorium opens Saintly Hypocrites and Honest Sinners. Orpheum features Reckless Romance Age of Innocence Eleventh Hour and Charmer with The Feet of Mud. The Strand presents Thief of Paradise and The Night Hawks with orchestra.
The Maude Henderson stock company brings its best to the Auditorium on May 21 for an extended engagement headlined by Saintly Hypocrites and Honest Sinners. Emil Jannings stars in Quo Vadis scenes shown at Capitol Theatre with dramatic lion-attack production details.
Emil Jannings who plays Nero in Quo Vadis criticizes a lazy eastern extra. He quips they should call him Stradivarius because he fiddles around instead of working.
In New York on May 16 observers note umbrellas shrinking rapidly. The trend shows shorter ferrules and handles moving toward juncturelike shapes. The silk coverings and tipped ribs are often colored to resemble contemporary scarves.
The article notes sleeves are back in various styles with flared wrists and balloon sleeves tight from shoulder to elbow, cuffed by lace at the wrist. It mentions a recently imported beige kasha toil afternoon gown with a flared basque.
Claude Gill, famed for grouchy film character parts, plays a new role in the Goldwyn Fitzmaurice picture A Thief in Paradise at the Strand. First National offers the film with co stars Ronald Colman Doris Kenyon and Aileen Pringle.
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