Billy and Ma Sunday At the Bijou Monday
The Bijou theater ad reveals motion picture treats for Clarksburg with Ray Sunday and his party in action. Tom Moore and Marguerite Courtot present Poon, a two part Kalem drama, plus The Juggernaut in a Blue Ribbon program.
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Clarksburg
Ray
Workers
Tom Moore
Marguerite Courtot
Poon
WLSD
Vitasrapia
Earl Williams
Anita Stewart
Ade
Par Daily News No
Essanay Company
John ‘Marshall
Billy Sunday
Billy
Margerette Courtot
Polson
Comneil
Galiles Now in the Movies with Castle Duo
Mr and Mrs Vernon Castle transition from stage to film under Cort Film Corporation. They join a notable cast to star in a melodrama about high society with comedy and suspense. Work starts in June for a fall release and the Bijou will feature daily programs and Edison dramas among other titles including The Death Train and The Bonnet.
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Vernon Castle
Join Cort
Cort Film Corporation
Israel
Zangwill
Walker Whiteside
Mrs. Castle
Mr. Cort
All Star Cast of Funmakers to Be on the Orpheum Screen
The Orpheum presents a double feature with an all star cast in Gussie's Day of Rest and The Roush Heek, plus Vivian Rich in The Protlem and The Indian Changing. Tuesday offers The Fight starring Margaret Wycherly and John Killerd in a five act photo play.
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Orpheum
Orpheum Theater
Gussie
William S. Hart
Vivian Rich
Rae American Company
Margaret Wycherly
John Killerd
Susy Villa Shifts To Character Acting In Western
Susy Villa of the Features Ideal Company in Hollywood California jumps from woman director roles to character acting. She will play an Indian woman in the western drama Brand Blotters forthcoming to film fans. Villa’s move highlights her screen skill and places her among top figures in her profession.
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Susy Villa
Features Ideal Company
Hollywood
Cal
Miss Villa
Mischievous Mary Pickford Stars Fanchon Adaptation
The next Famous Players production with Mary Pickford adapts Georges Sand’s Fanchon the Cricket into a Paramount release on May 10. The tale follows a village girl mocked by neighbors who, under love’s influence, matures into a virtuous figure and wins the heart of the man she loves, overcoming envy.
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Famous Players
Mary Pickford
Injunction Suit Set For May 4 In Balboa Walthall Case
The Balboa Amusement Producing Company seeks to restrain Henry B. Walthall from working with any motion picture company other than Balboa. The suit claims Walthall breached a contract for services and left Balboa. Trial date set for May 4.
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Balboa Amusement Producing Company
Henry B. Walthall
Balboa
Walthall
Man Who Came Back Broadway Star Feature
Vitagraph secures The Man Who Came Back from Lionel Adams for immediate production. A three part Broadway star feature with Mir Adams as the principal character, promising tense suggestion driven thrills and a dramatic rescue scene.
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Vitagraph Company
Lionel Adams
Adams
Mir Adams
The Goddess serial to premiere from Vitagraph studio
Vitagraph plans a new fifteen part serial The Goddess directed by Ralph W Ince. The first episode will not release until six are ready to maintain continuity. Principal cast includes Anita Stewart Earle Williams and Paul Scardon. Initial show is slated for early May.
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Vitagraph Company
Ralph W. Ince
Messrs
A. E. Smith
J. Stuart Blackton
Weads
Ince
Swll
Goddess
Gouyveneur Moris
Anita Stewart
Earle Williams
Paul Scardon
Charming Princess in Essanay Comedy Starring Ruth Stonehouse
Ruth Stonehouse plays a charming royal in George Ade's Slim Princess, a feature comedy by Essanay. The film mixes humor with a real girl persona as the princess loves pickles and marries an American millionaire, returning to his country to explore fifty seven pickle varieties.
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Miss Ruth’ Stonehouse
George Ade
Essanay
Allionaire
Miss Stonehouse
Commuters to Feature Crimmens and Gore Vaudeville Team
George Kleine unveils an expensive unusual cast for The Commuters including famed vaudeville duo Crimmens and Gore at Kleine studios. Irene Fenwick leads Hetty with Brice and Judels in comic roles, and LeGuere as Larry Brice. The film opens via Ricine offices April 26.
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George Kleine
Crimmmens
Gore
Kleine Studios
Irene Fenwick
Eltinge
Hetty
Brice
Charles Judels
Sammy
George LeGuere
Larry Brice
Ricine
Chaplin Insures Feet as World’s Most Valuable Assets
Essanay star Charles Chaplin has insured each foot for fifty thousand dollars, or a total of one hundred fifty thousand for both. Insurance covers loss of either foot, with a higher payout if both are lost, according to peers who credit Chaplin’s feet with key comic value. His unique pedal tricks and facial expressions drive the audience’s roars of laughter in his Chaplin performances.
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Charles Chaplin
Essanay
Chaplin
Motion picture producing gains in Southern California towns
Advertising as a film medium expands across cities towns and hamlets in southern California and beyond with many locales bidding to host companies filming scenarios locally.
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California
Haunted House Used in Kalem Film
A battered old edifice served as a real haunted setting for Kalem's two act drama The Haunted House of Wild Isle, adding notable realism to the production.
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Kalem
Wild Isle
Excellent Program at The Grand This Week
Promoters hoped to reap Johnson Willard prizefight profits but officials now enforce the prizefight film ban. Congress passed a law denying interstate release of such films and treasury rules require affidavits declaring a film is not prizefight related. Customs will bar entry or smuggle risk remains high under the tariff clause.
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Washington
Sam
Congress
Treasury Department
Custom House
Uncle Sam
Broadway Film Stars Set For Week at Robinson Grand
Manager Claude Robinson assembles a star dominated Broadway program at the Robinson Grand in Clarksburg for this week. Marie Doro appears Tuesday in The Mortals of Marcus, a Paramount five reel feature. Wednesday features Theda Bara in Young Romance and The Vampire. Thursday presents A Fool There Was with Theda Bara, famed as a leading world actress.
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Clarksburg
Claude Robinson
Robinson Grand
Marie Doro
America
Marcus
Paramount
Hadith Taliaffero
Thedx Barra
Porter Emerson Browne
Theda Barra
Vampire
Europe
Justified rain scene shot during rain term
Reviewers note the rain sequence in the American film Justified looked real though shot in bright sunshine. The article confirms the scene was actually filmed during a rain term.
Arrival in Vienna Opens Further Pages
A fragment notes a journey to Vienna and a continuation on page 6, second section, indicating more details follow in the printed issue. The readable text hints at additional context to be revealed in the continuation.
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Billy and
WLSE
Galiles
Edith Stovey
Harry Morey
Pathe Daily New Pens
Bryant Washiburn
Beverly Bayne
Ring
Elaine
Bijou
Dar
Edison
Marc McDermott
Marion Nesbitt
Slippery, Slim
Somhia
Helen’ Holmes
Heart Selig
Bijou Theatre
Blue Ribbon Vitagraph
Othe Bridge Across
Hearst-Selic
Edith Storey
Pathe Daily News
Bryant Washburn
Elaine NO
Omedy
Peggy
Fifth Avenue
Mirian Nesbittin
Merle Johnson
Pepe Et
Marguerite Loveridge
Marsh
Vitagraph
Kathryn William
Charming Princess
Ruth Stonehouse
Vauseville
Crimmens
Kleine Fim
Thornton
COFB
Barret
Johnson-Willard Pictures
Vienna
By Jesse
Big Noise Boys
Wand and
Black
MR. Nat “Chick” Haines
Delmonices
Marl Metcalé
Mary Keane
Orpheum Theatre
Keystone
Gussle
Bee
Williams
Hart
Winifred Greenwood
Ed.Coxen
Curbesbirg
Stupendous
John E. Kellerd
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