Bijou theater ads promise Kalem and Clarksburg films
A Bijou weekly lineup highlights Kalem classics and Clarksburg features headlining Monday. Unfaithful to His Trust stars Alice Joyce and Guy Coombs in a two part feature. other titles include A Study of Tramps with Billy Quirk and Constance Talmadge, Hans and His Boss, and A Rare Opportunity. Tuesday offers Lifting the Ban of Coventry with Miss Lillian Walker, Harry Northup and Darwin Karr. The Pathe Daily News and Ade’s fable The Struggle Between Personal Liberty and the Wave of Reform are also shown. Music by a five piece orchestra directed by Mrs. Garrison with violinist Mr. Born accompanies the program, plus Clarksburg’s mirror screen spectacle.
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Telegram
Clarksburg
Alice Joyce
Guy Coombs
Billy Quirk
Constance Talmadge
Northup
Darwin Karr
Ade
Pathe Daily News
Garrison
Born
Meaney Promoted to Director General at Universal Films
Donald A. Meaney was promoted to director general over four producing companies at Western Universal Studios in Universal City near Los Angeles. In a few months he earned choice for the new post, after leading Universal’s advertising efforts. Previously he headed Pohtoplay Productions in New York and Essanay Chicago studios, and began in theater as a Billboard space writer before joining the Chicago daily staff.
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Pohtoplay Productions Company
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Essanay
Chicago
Mestayer Doubles Roles In Stage And Film At Chicago
Harry Mestayer, star of On Trial, fronts a Chicago theater production while also leading The Millionaire Baby for the Selig company at Chicago studios. He acts in two parts concurrently, with matinee schedules limiting simultaneous appearances. He is delivering strong work in the film adaptation.
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Harry Mestayer
Chicago
Selig Company
Mestayer
Selig Studios
New HLM Company to Build Studio in Pleasantville NY
A new Acme Film Producing Company plans a world class studio at Pleasantsville New Jersey. Jacoby known as the Iron Man leads the venture aiming to start operations mid May with a top tier plant and ambitious productions. The opening is described as a major surprise to exhibitors and fans as no expense will be spared to ensure brilliance.
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Pleasantville, NY
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Acme Film Producing Company
Pleasantsville
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Jacoby
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Acme
Stonehouse the Young Star in Photoplays
Ruth Stonehouse, under twenty, stars in lead roles and delights audiences with graceful nun dancing. Featured in The Colorado Girl, she hails from Victor Colorado where her miner father works. Mills Stonehouse lists recent films including An Amateur Prodigal The Lieutenant Governor and A Romance of the Night.
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Colorado
Miss Stonehouse
Victor
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Mills Stonehouse
Thunder Mountain
Ancient Iole One Reel Drama From Selig Studio
The Selig Company presents Ancient Iole the Christian a one reel drama set in ancient times. Released April 14 Laius the gladiator outwits Midas king to abduct Iole the Christian maiden in an appealing tale with careful filming and scenic effects.
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Peil Joins Kriterion The Alhambra Motion Picture Co
Edward J. Peil, former Lubin leading man noted for The Sunken Village, joins Kriterion service at Santa Barbara. Peil’s prior roles include The Two Roses and Odes of Honor. he also acted opposite an Irish star in The Ragged Earl. Born in Racine Wisconsin, he studied at Sacred Heart College and Notre Dame University where he played football.
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Criterion Service
Santa Barbara
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Andrew Mack
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Sacred Heart College
Watertown
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South Bend
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Belasco Play to Be Filmed by Famous Players
The Famous Players Film Company will release April 15 a sympathetic photo adaptation of David Belasco's May Blossom. The film features Gertrude Robinson Russell Bassett Marshal Wheilan Donald Crisp and Gertrude Norman in a notable cast.
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Famous Players Film Company
David Belasco
Daniel Brohman
Madison Square Theater
New York
Frohman
Belasco
San Francisco
May Blossom
Georgia Cayvan
Joseph Whelock
Ben Maginney
W. H. Crompton
Forest Robinson
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Famous Players
Gertrude Robinson
Russel Bassett
Marshal Wheilan
Donald Crisp
Gertrude Norman
Lubin Director Terwilliger Returns to Philadelphia Studio
George W. Terwilliger, Lubin writer director, after a Florida tour with a selected company, returns to the Philadelphia studio. The troupe included Ormi Hawley, Earl Metcalfe, Kempton Greene, Herbert Fortier, Mrs Fortier, P. Thad Volkman, Mae DeMetz, Hazel Hubbard, William Cooper, Tor Mer Corneliussen. He produced several plays, notably The Telegraphers Peril and The Last Rebel, plus Destiny Is Skein and The Insurrection, with naval footage. He also completed Such Things Really Happen by Emmett Campbell Hall and arranged exterior scenes for other dramas to be finished in Philadelphia.
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George W. Terwilliger
Lubin
Florida
Lubin Players
Philadelphia
Ormi Hawley
Earl Metcalfe
Kempton Greene
Herbert Fortier
Mrs. Fortier
P. Thad
Volkman
Mae
DeMetz
Hazel Hubbard
William Cooper
Tor- Mer. Corneliussen
Terwilliger
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Skein
United States Navy
Actress in Oh Daddy scene cries for help
A Miss Virginia Kirtley performance in the comedy Oh Daddy features a frightened woman crying for help from her window. The neighborhood rushes to assist but it is explained she did not truly need aid, only earning her salary.
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Virginia Kirtley
Vitagraph Secures Two Popular Plays for Film T
The Vitagraph Company announces it has secured for picturization two of the decade’s popular plays The Writing of the Wall originally produced by Olga Nethersole and Glorious Ensty in which Mary Mannering starred. A strong Vitagraph cast is being assembled for screen presentation.
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Olga Nethersole
Mary Mannering
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Stella Razeto A Popular Sellg Star
Miss Stella Razeto wife of Edward J. Le Saint a director of Selig pictures is a versatile actress known for leading roles in Selig productions. Born in San Diego she debuted in San Francisco and toured vaudeville before joining the Selig Polyscope company. She recently accompanied Florence Roberts to Honolulu.
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San Diego
Cal
Alcazar Theater
San Francisco
Florence Roberts
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Selig Polyscope Company
From Out the Big Snows on Vitagraph Broadway feature
A three part Vitagraph Broadway star feature titled From Out the Big Snows is in production under Theodore Marston. The current photographed part shows a wolf attack on James Morrison tied to a tree by George Cooper with Northwest mounted police, a pistol duel between Donald iijal and the half breed, and a frontier dance hall scene with Dorothy Kelly. Bobby Connelly and Lilian Burns are among the principal cast members.
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Vitagraph
Theodore Marston
James Morrison
George Cooper
Northwest Mounted Police
Beatriz Michelena Stars In Mignon At Orpheum Tuesday
Beatriz Michelena appears in Mignon in five acts at the Orpheum, Tuesday afternoon and evening, with an all star Broadway cast. The photoplay pairs Michelena with a famed collection of performers, portraying imperiled beauty and girlish innocence. Also on bill is Her Alibi, a new twist tale shot at New York Motion Picture studios featuring Eliza Burbridge, Frank Borange, and Mortenson.
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Cabbage Patch
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Mienon
Goethe
Wilhem Meister
Beatrice Michélena
New York
Motion Picture Studios
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Mabel
Vivian Rich
Arthur Ashley
Peggy Burke
Shubert
Beatriz Michelena
Newspaper man joins the Vitagraph Company
William B. Courtney, a former newspaper man of Washington D C and a noted photoplays writer, has joined the Vitagraph staff.
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Vitagraph Company
William B. Courtney
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Washington, D. C
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George Kleine Buys Rights to The Spendthrift Drama
George Kleine announces he has acquired the film rights to Porter Emerson Browne's drama The Spendthrift. Principal roles proceed with Irene Fenwick and Cyril Kneightley in the cast as work begins.
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George Kleine
Porter Emerson Browne
Irene Fenwick
Cyril Kneightley
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Stonehouse
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