Orpheum MonDay Double Feature and Upcoming Shows
The Orpheum announces a Monday double feature day with Schaplin and Joyce among Bijon’s lineup. Robert Warwick is set for Tuesday in Alias Jimmy Valentine, plus The Mother Instinct and The Spirit of the Bell in the beautified acts featuring Cleo Madison. The British Wife and Majestic features also play to eager crowds, with Universal and Mutual programs highlighted.
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Robert Warwick
Jimmy Valentine
Orpheum Theater
Cleo Madison
Kay Bee
Mondey
Universal
Mutual
Face of the Madonna film previews purse snatcher tale
In a Kalem company release The Face of the Madonna Jane a purse snatcher and daughter of the slums and Wallace an artist shown in the error of their way by the artist's brush Alice Joyce plays Jane and Guy Coombs plays Wallace in the three part modern drama.
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Kalem Company
Jane
Wallace
Alice Joyce
Guy Coombs
Marie Dressler Signs Lubin Contract for Five Reels
Marie Dressler, famed for Tillie in Punctured Romance, signs with the Lubin Company for a large salary to star in five reel comedies, three per year. Production begins June in Philadelphia after her current season, with Ira M. Lowry assembling an expensive supporting cast. Charles Judels departs Twin Beds for The Commuters, a new film debut. A separate Selig Polyscope mystery feature Whom the Gods Would Destroy stars Tyrone Power at the Chicago studio.
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Marie Dressler
Tillie
Lubin Company
Miss Dressler
Comedienne
Philadelphia
Ira M. Lowry
Charles Judels
Sam=my
George Kleine
New York
Selig Polyscope Company
Epoch in Motion Picture Industry Marked by Alliance
The formal announcement that Vitagraph Lubin and Selig will produce the finest feature photoplays marks a new epoch in motion pictures. The alliance aims to bring high quality films to exhibitors at moderate prices, with features starting at four thousand feet and up.
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Lubin
Sely
Iwa M. Lowry
Lubin Company
Ted Educated Horse at the Star theater
Star theater presents Ted the educated horse in The Winners a western photo drama about plains and desert life featuring sensational incidents and a strong ensemble. Pearl White returns from illness alongside usual daily comedy segments as the program showcases western types and thrilling exploits with Ted in the lead.
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Ted
Star Theater
Plains
Desert
Lakeside resort leased with optioned purchase at Ithaca N C
The Pathe producers Wharton Inc announce lease with option to buy Renwick Park, a 45 acre lakeside resort at Ithaca NC overlooking Cayuga Lake. The site sits between the lake and city with a trolley line providing service. Modernizing multiple large buildings promised for future picture work including auditoriums and pavilions. The property includes frontier settlement streets log cabins and a 400 foot pier into the lake.
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Pathe
Wharton, Inc
Renwick Park
Ithaca
N. C
Cayuga Lake
Brenon Takes New Screen Star Jean Southern to Canada
Herbert Brenon leaves for Canada with Lubin players to film a William Fox project. He sought a sunny blonde co star for Theda Bara and found Jean Southern, then a Fox vaudeville performer. With Fox’s help she travels from New York to Montreal for the picture.
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Herbert Brenon
Canada
Lubin Players
William Fox
Brenon
Theda Bara
Jean Southern
Fox
Miss Southern
New York
Montreal
The Carbon Copy Pullman for California-bound writers
A special Pullman named The Carbon Copy will accommodate scenario writers and other literary workers joining the Selig movie special to California on July 8. The car is reserved for those traveling with the production crew to the West Coast engagement.
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California
Flagg Fuller Kelly Washburn Earl and Other Stars to Be Seen
The Bijou theater manager declares the house will feature top attractions with Charlie Chaplin in A Jitney Elopement and Alice Joyce in a music hall drama. New weekly lineups include James Montgomery Flagg’s Adventures of Kitty Cobb and Mary Fuller headlining Wednesday as more stars are announced for the coming week.
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Flagg, Fuller
Kelly
Washburn
Earl
W.S. Simeral
West Main Street
Clarksburs
Simeral
Charles Chaplin
New York World
United States
Mary Fuller
The
Talent
Bijou Film Week Highlights Packed Schedule
The Bijou theater presents a slate of star driven photoplays led by Ted actress in The Master Mummers and A Wire Rescue with Doris Kelly, plus Countess Washmere and The Exploits of Elaine serial. James Morrison, Bryant Washburn, Nellie Craig headline appearances as top names like Maurice Costello and Clara Kimball Young are featured daily alongside one reel comedies scens and news reels drawing thousands.
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Ted
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Bijou
Edward Parl
Bessie
Mary Inlay
Taylor
Pathe
Heart-Selig
George Ade
Earl Williams
Arthur Johnson
Marle McDermott
Maurice Costello
Tom Moore
Francis X. Bushman
Baird
Anne Sewart
Hevetly Bayne Lottie Pickford
Clara ‘Kimball’ Young
Helen Gardner
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Orpheum
Schaplin
Joyce
Bijon
Produce Big
Simp
the Star
Pearl White
Sheroine
Elaine
Orpheum Theatre
Theater
Mary Pickford
Pathe Producers
Mes. Garrison
Pianist
Biou Theatre
Mr. Jacob Born Violin
Waddy
Arty
Fun Makers
James Montgomery Flagg
Kitty Cobb
Norma Talmadge
van Dyke, Brooke
S. Rankin
Janet
Pathe Daily News
Jacks
Mary’ Fuller
E- Phillips-Oppenheim
Hamilton
HAM
Redskins
Hearst-Selig
James Morrison
Dorothy, Kelly
George Cooper
Pathe Daily
Bryant Washburn
Nellie Craig
Edward ‘Earl
Mary Simsay
Slippery’ Slim
Mustang Petelin
Sophie
Helen Helms
Helen
Ee Mary Fuller
ODEON
Harrison County
Bud Russell
Lamont
PIRE
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