Broadway Stars for Kleine Play and Motion Picture Questions
Announcement lists three Broadway stars joining Porter Emerson Browne's The Spendthrift for Kleine Pictures. Irene Fenwick Cyril Keightley and Malcolm Duncan join Miss Fenwick in the new drama with Keightley as Richart Ward and Duncan debuting as a photoplayer. The piece also answers reader questions about actors, studios, and learning acting.
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George “Ketne
Porter Emerson Browne
Svork
Alrest
Trene’ Fen- Owick
Cyril’ Keightley
Afalcolm Doncan
Irene Fen Wick
Eltinge Theater
Cyril Keichtley
George Eliine
Richart Ward
Mr. Kleine
Broadway Star Katherine La Salle Slated for Kalem Three Act Feature
Kalem announces prominent Broadway actress Katherine La Salle will headline forthcoming three act features in its Broadway Favorites lineup. La Salle, famed in Chicago from the Ziegefeld Theatre, recently worked with Edmund Breese in The Waster Mind and with John Mason in Bis Jim Garrity. She succeeds Florence Reed in The Yellow Ticket and will star in Lawrence Marston’s An Innocent Sinner. The role of Hinda the Girl of the Mountains suits this rising star, with release details to be announced soon.
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Kalem
Katherine la Salle
Chicagoan
Miss la Salle
Zieefeld Theater
Edmund Breese
John Mason
John Mason, In “Bis. Jim” Garrity
la ‘Salle
Florence Reed
Phe Kalem
Broadway
Asa
Miss ‘Salle
Lawrence Marston
Hinda
Star Joins Lubin in Los Angeles Stage Run
A noted film star has joined Lubin for a Los Angeles stage production at the Palace Theater. The performer, previously seen in diverse roles across the country, is paired with returning star Holt in a fresh onstage collaboration as press notes describe a successful but brief engagement.
Loretta Blake Star At Reliance Majestic Studios
Loretta Blake a well known screen ingenue at Reliance and Majestic Hollswood Studios. For fourteen months she has played small parts and built a specialty as a sympathetic sister type in photos. Her best work includes The Sea rat and The Double Crossing among other roles.
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Loretta Blake
j@ Reliance
Majestic Hollswood Studios
Dainty
The Girl Engineer in The Hazards of Helen
Helen Holmes returns as the telegraph operator at Lone Point in The Girl Engineer. Walker's mine ore rich, Williams plans a train heist. Holmes dons overalls, boards a freight engine, and drives at sixty miles per hour in a perilous rescue sequence.
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Kasem Company
Helen
Helen Holmes
Lone Point
Walker
Williams
VLSE launches as a national film release network
The new VLSE will oversee feature releases and coordinate with exhibitors nationwide. Offices open in New York Chicago Kansas City Salt Lake City Portland San Francisco Los Angeles Dallas Atlanta Boston Philadelphia Columbus and more. Immediate releases planned including Eagle's Nest The Sporting Duchess The Valley of Lost Hope The District Attorney The College Widow The Evangelist The Climbers and other major productions with top stars.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Salt Lake City
Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Dallas
Atlanta
Boston
Philadelphia
Columbus
Edwin Arden
Arden
Romaine Fielding
Cecil Raleigh
Rose Coghlan
Ethel Clayton
George Soule Speaicer
Thre Valley of Lost Hope
Shannon Fife
Romaine’ Fielding
Charles Kleine
Harrison Sey Wiske
George Soule Spencer
Dorothy Bernard
George Ade
the Evangelist
Sir Henry Arthur
Gladys Hanson
Climbers
Clyde Fitch
Amall
Lubin Players
Merle
Mrs. Dane
Henry Arthur Jane
William Vaughn Moody
Jinks
Fitch
Neva Gerber Stars in Life's Staircase at Beaty Company
Miss Neva Gerber will appear as leading lady in the Beaty Company's coming production Life's Staircase from the American studios. The picture will be partly allegorical with many splendid effects using double and triple exposures. Director Cooley oversaw a specially constructed staircase and precise stage settings to achieve a perfect film.
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Neva Gerber
Beaty
Cooley
Chicago Hit Frank Craven Stars in Too Many Cooks
Chicago audiences savor Frank Craven in his long and successful engagement with the play Too Many Cooks, credited as one of the season's hits.
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Frank Craven
Chicago
Greenwood theater improvements announced for better ventilation
Greenwood reports enhancements to theater seating, balcony elevation, and a new asbestos front drop curtain. The venue promises perfect ventilation and fresh air across all 1,000 seats. Motion pictures run a continuous show from 1 to 5 PM and 7 to 10:30 PM.
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Abestos
Np. Im
Stupendous Western Production at Grand Theatre
The Girl of the Golden West filmed by Jesse as Lasky in association with David Belasco will be shown at Robinson Grand theater Tuesday. The five part drama portrays life in the West with thrilling scenes and a heart interest narrative from the late 40s.
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Golden West
Jesse As Lasky
David Belasco
Robinson Grand Theater
West
Paramount
Connelly Appears as The Devil in Mutual Master Picture
The Mutual Master film The Devil features Bessie Barriscale in the lead female role and Edward Connelly as the Devil. Barriscale, new to movies, delivers strong screen acting in her first part, following notable stage success. Connelly’s portrayal is praised for its sharp, serpentine presentation.
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Mutual Master Pictures
Thomas H. Ince
Pranz Molvar
Mutual
Bessie Barriscale
Miss Barriscale
Edward Connelly
George Ade
Marie Covington
Mr. Connelly
Devil
Hades
Alice Joyce Born in Kansas City at Age 24
The text states Alice Joyce was born in Kansas City and is 24 years old. It also comments on Arthur Johnson’s performance in love scenes, noting a lack of practical experience and offering a lay opinion that he does not appear to overdo his part.
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Grace-Cunard
Bor
Paris
France
Alice Joyce
Kansas City
Arthur Johnson
Kalem introduces Arthur Shirley in Mikel Donegal's Escape
Australian actor Arthur Shirley makes his first Kalem appearance as the girl detective's assistant in the two act episode Mikel Donegal's Escape. The Kalem series continues with Shirley in forthcoming episodes.
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Arthur Shirley
Mikel Donegal
Shirley
Emerson Joins Mutual For New Four Reel Feature
John Emerson, author and producer, has arrived at Mutual studios in Los Angeles to appear in a new four reel photoplay. The title is not yet selected. Emerson, who first appeared on film in A Bachelor’s Romance and The Conspiracy, continues his successful screen career as a leading actor. He is the fourth major stage star recently joining Mutual for Reliance and Majestic feature photo dramas.
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Conspiracy
Mutual Studios
Los Angeles
Emerson
Reliance
Majestic
John Emerson
Noe
The Chaplin Moustache Spreads In Photoplay Circles
Readers report the Chaplin moustache becoming a nationwide fad in film stills and publicity images. Enthusiasts send photographs to Essanay showing themselves adopting the signature look described as nearly as wide as it is deep with the lip shaved on both sides.
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United States
Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Essanay
Son Bosses Father in Edison Forces
William West, elderly capable actor in the Edison forces, is the father of director TLangc don West. Inheritance appears, as the son inherits same dramatic talent and geniality. Yet the son often has to boss the father in their professional dynamic.
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William West
Edison Forces
Tlangcdon West
Heredity
Jin
Universal star Hobart Bosworth heads new film unit
Universal star Hobart Bosworth, a leading actor and producer, has severed ties with a company forming 7a worth, Inc., and now heads a unit at Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He has begun work on a feature titled Fatherhood, to feature many prominent screen stars.
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Hobart Bosworth
America
7Aworth, Inc
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Famous Players
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Adolph Zucker
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Belasco Players
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Morosco Photoplay Company
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Japan
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Greenwood
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NEW York Motion Picture Corporation
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