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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1915
Page
16
A garbled notice extols Bessie Learn Belo as a screen girl, praising her youthful charm and natural innocence. The fragment hints at audience admiration and the actor’s ability to inhabit roles with genuine feeling, noting her shy manner and expressive speech.
Augustus Phillips, known for his heavy roles, plays two heavy parts in the Edison film feature June Friday. Though new to this dual role, he has a track record of strong stage cursing and sharp delivery in prior performances.
New York Aug 14 Messrs Frohman Kian and Milanger have completed a deal with Trangis Film Company to take over the Knickerbocker theater for one year and run it as a motion picture house. Possession will begin September 1 with a September opening. The program will feature Griffith Ince Senet era comedies and two five reel features. The initial bill will include Douglas Fairbanks Namond Hitchcock and Frank Keishan with over fifty stars contracted for offerings.
Paramount Pictures announces the delayed first film appearance of famed comedian Sam Bernard from October to August 23. The company marks an annual program week starting September 23 and shifts early events to fit the new schedule. Dances of nations will be staged at the Central West Virginia Fair in Clarksburg August 31 to September 3, with a prepared midway, graded and fenced for elaborate attractions.
Motion picture notes reveal director Langdon West hunted newspapers across surrounding counties to locate authentic gypsy outfits for The Girl of the Gypsy Camp. After thwarted searches in several counties, the crew finally secured genuine attire and shot the scenes in Pawling New York with Bowie Learn and others.
The Kalem company hires the full musical comedy troupe to star in The Barnstormers, a four reel photoplay in Broadway Favorites. Myrtle Tannehill is featured as the troupe performs one night stands amid hardships depicted on screen.
Kathryn Williams stars in and authored the plot for The Strange Use of Talmat Lind a Selig Diamond special in three reels. The film, billed as a Jungle-Zoo wildlife picture, marks her return to the screen and will be released in regular service soon for exhibitors and patrons.
Kathryn Williams stars in a sensational jungle tale where she enters a den of an African kon eva to provide thrills for the series. The narrative promises danger and an ending that may disappoint some readers.
Dreamland Beauties, a musical comedy company led by Beulah Fuguay and a chorus of dancers, will open Agweek’s engagement at the Odeon theater Monday afternoon. Zarrow’s troupe, including three vocalists and wooden shoe dancers, will perform with elaborate costume changes and scenery between acts.
Pratt, from the Massachusetts musical stage, begins work on a Lubin war play with Roest as Br Richard Bibler and Francis Joyner and Charles Brandtning in leading roles. Miss Brice plays the princess. Rosetta Brice, noted for photoplay work, is cast for the starring role. The film, by Lotis Resves Harrison, depicts war’s effects in villages and hospitals with a single interior shot per act, aiming for release before September.
A Curwood piece titled The Vengeance of Rannah moves into production at Selig Coast Studio. Director Robert Dely leads the satirical photodrama project with James Oliver Curwood credited for its inspiration and dialogue.
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