Famous Players Adds Sidney Olcott to Staff
The Famous Players Film Company hired Sidney Olcott, a leading feature director, to join its producing staff. Olcott, known for From the Manger to the Cross and Colleen Bawn, has directed for eight years and traveled 35,000 miles in a season. He will likely direct major series for international productions planned for the coming summer.
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Famous Players Film Company
Sidney Olcott
Mr. Olcott
Colleen Bawn
Hecat
Cleatt
Panrans
Vampiric charm: Misa Adams stars in Profit and Loss
Misa Mildred Adams, Colorado socialite turned Universal star, plays Julia Wildmere in Profit and Loss. A Wall Street broker marries her for wealth, goes blind, regains sight after an operation, and discovers his wife’s infidelity as an artist courts her. Adams portrays the seductive vampire with notable finesse and beauty.
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Misa Mildred Adame
Colorado
Universal Film Company
Universal City
Cal
Julia Wildmere
Wall Street
Miss Adams
the Land
Edison to Produce Lee Arthur Reel No. 2 The Test
Edison is producing the second of Lee Arthur's three reelers The Test featuring Herbert Prior with a new leading lady Lowlezitta Valentine. Miss Valentine previously acted for Edison director James Castle in his stage productions Granstark and Heverly of Granstark.
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Edison
Lee Arthur
Herbert Prior
Hisson
Lowlezitta Valentine
Miss Valentine
James Castle
Heverly
Excellent Actress Engaged for New York Drama And Films
The article notes an English fluent actress securing an engagement in a speaking drama and switching to films. It highlights her role in A Fool There Was and mentions Whiteside’s Typhoon as a leading vehicle with Japanese actor Sasu Hayakawa. It discusses the Who Pays serial by Pathe, a sociological twelve film series in three reels each, with Ruth Roland in featured stories and showtimes at 1:30, 3:00, 7:00 and 8:45 p.m.
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Pathe
Ruth Roland
Robinson
Bach
Such Things Really Happen at the fake Schools drama
Lubin company will release Emmett Campbell Hall's two reel drama Such Things Really Happen on May 6. George W Terwilliger directed the piece with cast members Ormi Hawjey Earle Metcalfe and Arthur Matthews.
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Emmett Campbell Hall
Lubin Company
George Wi Terwilliger
Ormi Haw Jey
Earle Metcalfe
Arthur Matthews
Campaign exposes fake scenario schools by Lubin writer
Herbert Fortier Kempton Greene and Eleanor Barry, noted Lubin writer, have long campaigned against fake scenario schools. He wrote Such Things Really Happen to reveal swindlers methods and has driven several such schools out of business.
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Herbert Fortier
Kempton Greene
Eleanor Barry
Hell
Lubin
Broadway Star Joins Vitagraph in Moving Pictures
Broadway star Courtenay signs with Vitagraph and appears in a series of roles written for him. He joins an all star Vitagraph company featuring Hubert Edeson Frank Chaudels Virginia Pearson Joseph Kilgour Earle Williams Anita Stewart Lilian Walker and others.
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William “Ay
Vitagraph Comyo
America
Courtenay
All Star
Vitawraph Company
Hubert Edeson
Frank Chaule
New VLSE Film Debuts at Tijou in Clarksburg
The Tijou theater in Clarksburg contracts with the VLSE film combination to exclusively show its feature productions, starting Tuesday with The Juggernaut a five part Vitagraph drama starring Earl Williams and Anita Stewart. The VLSE group blends Vitagraph Lubin Essanay and Selig Polyscope with branches in five cities and Bijou theater in Philadelphia handling distribution.
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Tijou Theater
Vlse” Film Company
Clarksburg
Vitagraph Studios
Earl Williams
Anita Stewart
Vitagraph Company of America
Lubin Film Manufacturing Company
Essanay Company
Selig F Polyscope Company
General Film Company
Philadelphia
Europe
America
The Destroyer Dances to Indian Imagery by Alice Hollister
Alice Hollister, famed for adventuress roles, performs The Dance of the Cobra in Kalem's three act feature The Destroyer set to Indian mood and deadly reptile imagery. The film debuts for exhibition on April 30. Paper clubs for policeman, practically infestructible, have been invented by an Englishman.
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Alice Hollister
Kalem
Miss Hollister
India
Reid and Gish in a Mutual Play Noct Arden on screen
Reid and Gish star in a Mutual Masterpicture adaptation of Alfred Lord Tennyson. Wallace Reid and Irene Tillian reach new dramatic heights described as records in motion picture art.
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Noch Arden
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Inec Tillian ‘Gieh
Wallace Reid
Lillian Gish
Enoch Arden
Majestic
Questions of Movie Fans Are Answered
Miss Josie Vanderbaye, 24, in Grand Rapids attends a photoplay at Columbia theater and imitates a nude character after the show. She undresses, escapes to a wood plot, and impersonates Truth, prompting a farm hand to raise alarm. Committed to Kalamazoo State Hospital after a court hearing and a physician panel deems her insane.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Josie Vanderbaye
Columbia Theater
Truth
Wyoming Township
State Hospital
Kalamazoo
Well Known Camera Man Bitzer Chief of Griffiths Staff
G W Bitzer, chief of staff for D W Griffith at Reliance Majestic and Komic studios in Hollywood, is hailed as a master of the camera. He supervises fourteen camera men and helped shape features such as The Battle of the Sexes Home Sweet Home The Escape and The Birth of a Nation. He owes his rise to turning the crank for Griffith and was born in Boston Massachusetts.
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G. W. Bitzer
DTD
D. W.griffith
Griffith
Boston
Mass
Fitch Play The Climbers Promises Wide Interest
Clyde Fitchs The Climbers has been completed by the Lubin company and is expected to attract wide interest due to the plays strength free cast and lavish production. Clara Hanson leads with Lubin favorites George Soule Spencer Walter Hitchover Bernard Siegel Charles Brandt Peter Lang Walter Lai Eleanor Barre Ruth Bryan Frankie Marin Edith Ritchie Walter Clarke Mildred Gregory Nosetta Brice and Florence Hackett in supporting roles.
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Clyde Fitch
Lubin Company
Clay’ M. Greene
Barry O'Neil
Gladys. Hanson
Stuch Lubin
George Soule Spencer
Walter’ Hitsho
Universal Film appoints George Magie as director general
George Magie steps into the office of director-general at Universal Film Company in Universal City California, succeeding the resignation of Inador Barnstein. Magie is known in motion picture circles and aims to raise the efficiency of the company's productions.
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George Magie
Universal Film Company
Universal Gits
Cal
Aceas
Inador Barnstein
Magie
Universal
Film Industry Facts and Actor Spotlight Q and A
A scrapbook-like Q and A lists facts about Famous Players Film Company Lasky Feature Play Company and Paramount Pictures Corporation and notes Blanche Sweet age nineteen and unmarried Marguerite Clark unmarried Henrietta Crogsman lead in Unwelcome Guests Rita Stanwood in Ghost Breaker and a note that she is among the youngest American actresses The term cut in is roughly the same as insert while insert refers to printed matter Salaries for John Bunny are not disclosed but rumors place his annual stipend at 75900 dollars Mary Pickford address care of Famous Players Film Company 213 West 26th Street New York City Scenario payments range from 14 to 200 dollars Maurice Costello is married He has two young daughters A rejected scenario is criticized for lack of unity plot inconsistency weak characters no synopsis cast list or climax Censors may block scenes 11 and 29 Why many theatre producers entered motion pictures Answer: to pursue art and exhaust desires to create cinema Its a long discussion about titles and scenarios
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John Bunny
Bunny
Mary Pickford
Famous Players Film Company
West 26Th Street
New York City
Board of Censors
Doris Pawn Rises to Leading Lady in Studio Spotlight
Ambitious girls flock to Los Angeles studios, and Doris Pawn is chosen by Sydney Ayres for the title role in The Swan Girl. Ayres, a director and composer, notices her talent after a chance encounter in the garden, leading to rapid fame as a popular leading lady in the business.
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Los Angeles
Amiyu Pictures
Doris Pawn
Analytical Studio
Sydney Ayres
Doris
Miss Pawn
Sydney Ayres Ayres
Sivans
Charlie
Pir
Miss Fawn
Vitagraph film Lifting the Bank of Coventry features large cast
National Guard and United States infantry appear in Vitagraph's three reel production Lifting the Bank of Coventry directed by Wilfrid North. To save time and cost, many Philippine scenes were recreated in America with a huge crew and a transported rock used in a climactic battle shot in Berkshire mountains. Lead roles include Rose Tapley Lillian Walker and Julia Swayne Gordon with Darwin Isarr Harry Northrup and Ned Finlen in supporting parts.
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United States
Nation Guard
Coventry
Wilfrid North
America
Philippines
Bank of
North
New York
Mr. North
Berkshires Mountains
New Yorks
Rose Tapley
Lillian Walker
Julia Swayne Gordon
Darwin Isarr
Harry Northrup
Ned Finlen
Wire Woman adaptation by Polism Director Ridgely
Polism Director Richard Ridgely produces a scenarioized version of The Wire Woman likely for screen with two strong female leads to be played by Mabel Trimnette and Gladys Hulette. The Dumb Wooing revival by Edison director Will Louis features new comedians Raymound McKee Darlass Welford and Yale Benner returning to perform in the updated edition.
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Polism
Richard Ridgely
Mr. Ridgely
Mabel Trimnette
Gladys Hulette
Edison
Will Louis
Raymound McKee
Darlass Welford
Yale Benner
New Pictures of Two Film Stars Discussion Notes
Reader questions about film titles autographs and war scenes in early cinema. The piece suggests contacting Lubin Manufacturing in Philadelphia for autographs and discusses unrevealed plot details and filming locations in West Virginia Maine Kansas or nearby areas. It also jokes about unemployed soldiers in battle scenes and questions the married status of Arthur Johnson.
Marie Doro Debuts On Screen At Grand Tuesday
Marie Doro, famed stage star, makes her talkie film debut in The Morals of Marcus adaptation by William M Locke. Produced by Players Film Company, the Robinson Grand offers her portrayal of Carlotta the Turkish refugee with hypnotic screen charm and a strong supporting cast and elaborate settings.
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Marie Doro
Molion Nlcture
Players Film Company
Marcus
William Ai. Locke
Charles Frohman
Robinson Grand Theater
Mizs Doro
Carlotta
Famous Star Katherine La Salle in Broadway Favorites
Katherine La Salle leads Kalem's Broadway Favorites three act feature series. A renowned Broadway actress she has starred opposite Edmund Breese in The Master Mind and John Mason in Big Jim Garrity, succeeding Florence Reed in the original Yellow Ticket company. Her vehicle Lawrence Marston's An Innocent Sinner will be released for exhibition Monday May 3.
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Katherine la Salle
Kalem
Miss la Salle
Edmund Breese
John Mason
Jim Garrity
Florence Reed
Yellow Ticket
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FITCH
Gladys Hanson
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Hosworth, Inc
Earamount Pictures Corporatons
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Marguerite Clark
Henrietta Crogsman
Paramount Pictures
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Lasky
Maurice Costello
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Bank of Coventry
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Arthur Johnson
Ankwer
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