Sunshine Girls Reach Palace For Week of Musical Tabloids
The Sunshine Girls time at the Palace theater promises a lively program with the Musical Kings Kennedy Sisters and a beauty chorus. Also featured are two funny comedians and a novelty tone in this well regarded touring act following a successful Morgantown run.
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Toading
Grand Theater
Morgantown
Musical Kings
Kennedy Sisters
Sunshine Girls
Palace
Taft to play vampire role in Mutual masterpicture
Lucille Taft, famed Mutual heroine, will appear as a vampire in the forthcoming deluxe Mutual masterpicture The Quality of Faith. The society girl sacrifices her minister fiance to wed a society chap, a union she soon tires of, showcasing Taft's famed vampiric screen charm.
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Lucille Taft
Misa ‘Taft
West Virginia Girl Makes Good In New York Play Scene
Mary Sandway of Charleston West Virginia, a beautiful society girl, stars in Souls Aflame, a forthcoming Metro wonderplay. She quickly found work the day she arrived in New York, unlike many others who hunted for weeks.
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Mary Sandway
Charleston
W. Va
Metro
New York
Miss Sandway
Metropools
Sallie Fisher Joins Essanay Big Shephard of Bargamn Row
Dillingham star Sallie Fisher is obtained by Essanay to play the lead Tess in The Little Shepherd of Bargamn Row. Howard McKent Barnes’s five act adaptation follows a resourceful young woman rising from humble beginnings. Richard Traverse and John Junior co star with director Fred J. Wright.
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Dillingham
Essanay
Bargamn Row
Howard McKent Barnes
Dyal Tess
Misa Fisher
Richard
Traverse
John Junior
Fred J. Wright
McGowan Seeks Eleven Actors for Whispering Emith
J P McGowan faces the challenge of locating eleven screen actors all over six feet tall and weighing 199 to 230 pounds for his forthcoming five act Signal Mutual feature Whispering Emith in which he stars in the title role.
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J. P. McGowan
Emith
Fa Sedgwick Joins Vogue Mutual Studios
Vogue Mutual Studios adds Fa Sedgwick to its roster. Ed, described as a towering figure in screen comedies, is noted for his immense physical presence.
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Fa Sedgwick
Vogue-Mutual Studios
Vogue to Feature Ben Turpin in First Mutual Release
Ben Turpin, famed comedian of silent film era, headlines a Vogue Mutual project under director Jack Dillon. The production promises new slapstick novelties though the film currently has no title.
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Ben Turpin
Wisaway
Jack Dillon
Isi
English Beauty Peggy Highland Joins Paramount Films
English beauty Peggy Highland, famed for her screen presence, is announced to appear in Famous Players Paramount productions. Following Valentine Grant, Highland’s film debut is planned under the Moner producing company presenting well known plays and players on the screen. Subject for Highland’s first vehicle is still under careful selection.
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Valentine Grant
Players-Paramount
Peggy Highland
Moneer
Mish Highland
Birth of Nation tour expands to English provinces and cities
Following a London success at Drury Lane the spectacle Birth of Nation has been sent on tour in the United Kingdom provinces. On Easter Monday newly organized companies will be installed in Liverpool and Bambury with additional engagements expected in Birmingham and Glasgow.
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London
Drury Lane Theater
D. W. Grifith
Atlon
United Kingdom
Liverpool
Bambury
Birmingham
Glasgow
Playwright Leaven Morosco Crew to Write Universal Scenarios
Elliott J. Clawson, a Los Angeles photoplay figure, joins the Universal City scenario staff this week. He leaves the Morosco Company where he wrote future scenarios, including Madame La Presidente featuring Anna Held.
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Universal Company
Elliott J. Clawson
Los Angeles
Universal City Senario
Mr. Clawson
Morosco Company
Madame la Presidente
Anna Held
Renaming of Lubin drama feature to avoid stage link
The five act photoplay from Sudermann, once set for release as The Fires of St. John by Lubin for V. S. F. E., is renamed to The Flames of Jo hannis to avoid identifying with the stage version, with Nance ONeill starring in the updated production.
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Sudermann
V. S. FE
Lubin Company
Beach Novel Films In Preparation For Photoplay
Rex Beach novels are being transformed into films by the Lubin company. The Barrier The Silver Horde and The Iron Trail are slated for production with the firm aiming to create epoch making screen achievements. Films will be established in locations described in Beach novels.
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Rex Beach
Lubin Company
Tubin
Uch Play
Mr. Beach
People Against Censorship Rally Stirs LA Ballot Debate
Balboa producer B D Horkheimer says a Los Angeles straw ballot showed ten thousand respondents and only four opposed censorship, urging "let the people rule" instead of letting censors decide. He frames the count as strong proof of public sentiment against film censorship and in favor of audience choice.
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B.D Horkheimer
Balboa
Los Angeles
Chaplin to Appear as Floorwalker at Hollywood Studio
Charlie Chaplin and his Mutual company have begun work at a Hollywood studio. He is preparing material from a New York department store visit tied to his new seven hundred million dollar contract. A moving stairway scene challenges the crew as Chaplin tests the escalator for comic effect.
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Chaplin
Hollywood
New York
East
Charlie
Millarde Returns to Kalem as Film Director
Harry Millarde, a prominent actor turned director, resumes duties with Kalem after a three month vacation. He previously toured as a stage star with Robert Mantell, Walker Whiteside, and Mabel Barrison before entering silent films.
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Harry Millarde
Kalem
California
Millarde
Robert Mantell
Walker | Whiteside
Mabel Barrison
Edna Purgance to star opposite Chaplin in The Floorwalker
Comedy fans will note Edna Purgiance leads opposite Mr Chaplin in The Floorwalker set for May 16 release. The duo previously impressed in similar roles with the Chaplin Essanay company and the Mutual Chaplins will appear in two reels.
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Mr. Chaplin
Chaplin Essanay Company
Screen Star Darling of the Plains rises to fame
Darling of the Plains actress Miss Anna Little began on stage with Richard Carle in The Tenderfoot. Her talent led to roles as prima donna with Ferris Hartman and later film work with New York Motion Picture Corporation in Santa Monica, with Indian girl parts gaining prominence at Inceville and Universal.
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Aliss
Anna Little
Miss ‘Little
Richard Carle
Tenderfoot
Miss Little
Mustang
Mutual
Ferris Hartman Opera Company
New York Motion Picture Corporation
Santa Monica
Inceville
Universal
Plains
S. 8. Hutchinson
American Film Company, Inc
Miss Glark to Appear At the Grand Monday
Weeklong program at the Grand features Miss Glark in a photoplay with an outstanding cast including George Le Guere and Grace Valentine. The slate highlights Walter Hitchcock, Edgar Davenport, Marguerite Clark, and Anna Little in diverse roles with extensive scenes from The Blindness of Love and Out of the Drifts.
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Stoger
George le Guere
Grace Valentine
Walter Hitchcock
Edgar I. W Robinson Grand
Davenport
Charles F. Gotthold
Maud
Seldom Hill
Harry Neville
Marguerite Clark
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Mutual) Studion
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