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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1915
Page
18
An article notes revived argument over the term movies for motion pictures. It cites essays on both sides, cites Chicago Tribune opinions on public attitude, and asserts the term movies will endure, being endearing and headline friendly, with Sioux Polyscope supporting its staying power.
The program features Miss Ring presenting past stage hits like Hedola and Dublin Hoy, plus Damaged Goods staged for film with Richard Bennett and a top cast. Mantell and Hamper star in The Blindness of Devotion, hailed by critics as a modern Helen type with classic beauty noted by Chandler Christy and Gibson.
G M Anderson appears in a two net thriller titled A Christmas Revenge part of the Broncho Hilly series. The production features Anderson who has earned world wide fame and is regarded as one of his best works.
Willa Hall stars as a 12 year old girl in Idols of Slay Next Door to a loner named the Lonesome Man. A tale of friendship across age gaps, his arrest, a ten year sentence, and a later reunion with the broken idol tokens as a symbol of reconciliation. The film, written by Robert Leonard, pairs with popular organ concerts at the Or- Photim for matinees and evenings.
Guy Oliver joined the Selig Polyscope Company two years ago as leading man after years in stock and repertoire work. At the Selig California studios he found favorable conditions and has since worked steadily, advancing to directorship and producing many plays on the Selle program. He is well suited to a newspaper reporter role, recalling the "Reporter Jiminy" series from early in his Selig tenure.
One of the era's strongest casts including Bennett Southard Isabel MacGregor and Maud Him anchors a film production. Reed delivers tense emotional acting in a plot built around an imaginative thriller with unique photographic elements and striking gowns attract attention.
Announcement from Pathé-oralves states Who's Gully scheduled for December 11 is withdrawn and The Hed Circle a Balboa romantic serial replaces it for December 18. The Ned Circle was slated for January and is nearly finished. Boston officials allowed the use of a real baby in Madame Butterfly.
A story follows Eustance Fielding, daughter of wealthy parents, who marries for wealth instead of love. Mystical elements blend with a modern business setting as she confronts adversity and seeks to escape a doomed life, amid themes of fortune and control.
David Moraley added to his studio staff in Los Angeles with William J. Bowman joining as director. Bowman, formerly with Francia Bushman and the New York Motion Picture Company at Inceville, produced many features and directed in collaboration with Bushman including The Second In Command The Silent Voice and Penningtons Choice. He will direct Centaur feature productions for Mr. Horsley with Bostock animals in prominent roles. His flat production is The Terror of the Fold set for release on the ritual program late December.
Detective David Horstey will film a series of three reel episodes based on Crane Wilbur stories under The Adventures of Allan Dares. Centaur star features will release the first episode The Mystery of Carter Breene on December 22 with new installments every four weeks, one standalone episode per cycle.
Inez Bauer makes a screen debut in The Glory of Youth a Kalem feature drama soon at local theaters. The film features Kalem Seven star Robert Ellis as Hal with Nat Sachs as the valet, and includes Walter McEwen and Agnes Mapes. The four part drama centers on youthful love and jealousy.
Mae Murray, famed star of Ziegfeld’s Follies, signs a three year exclusive with Jesse A. Lasky Feature Play Company for Paramount productions. The Ziegfeld contract was sold to Samuel Goldfish and Murray heads to Hollywood to report to Cecil B. DeMille. Murray rose from Broadway chorus to fame as a leading dancer and screen idol, with a skylight roof garden named for her in New York. She is petite, blond, vivacious and sought as a modeling presence for illustrators.
The article lists multiple stage engagements including John Cope in Common Clay for Australia with Sirs. Fiske in Eratwhile Susan. Frank Lalor as leading comedian with Gaby Deslys in Stop Look and Listen. Milda Spong in a new play for Austin Strong. William Harris Jr producing. It notes His Majesty Bunker Born thriving in Chicago, Allen Dovey cast in Very Good Eddy, and a Philadelphia literary club planning a granite memorial for George Henry Baker. Thais of agranes playing in a stool.
Frank Borzage, star of Beauty comedies, has turned director for The Bitch of Chance, a two reel Mustang drama to be released by American Film Company on Mutual December 24. He also stars opposite Helene Rosson and Jack Richardson, marking a rapid rise in film with noted intuition praised by Samuel Hutchinson.
New Jersey company engagement includes Joseph C. Miron as a witch in Macbeth. Notable revivals and casting include E. H. So therns staging David Garrick, Phyllis Neilson Terry in a new vaudeville-set, Chin Chin closing in New York for Boston. Edna Wallace Hopper returns to film dramas. Margaret Anglin to Boston in Beverly's Balance. Henriette Crosman debuts Cousin Eleanor. Lou Tellegen to become naturalized. The Sword Player by William Devereux to debut in London then New York. Mrs Francis Wilson’s heir, Juliet St Albans, Ruth Sawyer in romantic play. Sir Herbert Tree eyeing The Aristocrat. Lynne Overman and Edna Hibbard praised in vaudeville. Clara Lipman and Samuel Shipman write Jewish-life comedy to be produced by Frazee. Ferne Rogers engaged.
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