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Newspaper

The Sunday Telegram

Location

Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1914

Page

17

In Love With My Work Declares Essanay Star Bushman

Essanay star Francis X. Bushman is described as the world’s most popular photo-player and American hero. The piece covers his dramatic ability, wrestling interest, horse ownership, studio visits, and his hallmark phrase I am in love with my work. It also spotlights Jack Kerrigan as a versatile actor recently signed by Universal for leading roles and Terence O Rourke series adaptations.

Francis X. Bushman Essanay E. H. Calvert Moving Picture Mr. Bushman John D. Curtis King Baggott Carlyle Blackwell Jack W. Kerrigan Buch Mikaway Bushman Kentucky Boy Lincoln Park Chicago Ghire Lght Jack Jack Kerrigan Universal Company Kerrigan Jim Andre Jack Hing Universal Terence O Rourke Louis Joseph Vance Popular

Glamour and notable stars in new film fashion notes

The article previews Miss Nelson in a new dramatic role in Ambition and praises her performance as Marion Davis. It highlights costumes worn by Cleo Maison and Miss Madison, plus Gretchen Lederer's Universal City debut and her outfits in An Arrangement With Fate, including a rose satin gown with gold lace bodice and a turquoise gown with blue lace details.

Miss Nelson Mos Marion Davis Ben Wilson John Willis R Cleo Maison Miss Madison California Universal City Gretchen Lederer Universal Company Fate Miss Lederer

Kerrigan the Foremost Silent Film Star of His Era

J Warren Kerrigan, six foot one and about 195 pounds, known as the leading figure in film, enjoys public admiration and industry respect for his modesty and dedication. Before cinema, he acted in Schubert's Road to Yerelary, Brown at Harvard, and Brady's Master Key, then joined Essanay four years ago to star in Terence O Rourke.

Jack Kerrigan J. Warren Kerrigan F'Lmdom Jack Kerrigan California Landsome Schubert Essanay Com Terence O'Rourke Pany Age Book

The Fallen Idol and Other Broadway Updates

Joseph Weber plans next week in Washington to stage The Fallen Idol with Brice McRae John Milton Virginia Pearsons and C B Wells in the cast Edna Aug joins The Spotlight with Douglas Fairbanks set to star in a Atlantic City opening Watch Your Step praised by New York critics The Castles star Vernon Castle also lauded Early 1925 plans include The Guilty Man In the Limelight and a new Broadway romantic drama by George Broadhurst for George Fawcett Bandbox theater to open with Poor Little Thing under Douglas J Wood society patrons listed

Voy Joseph Weber Washington Guy Bolton Brice McRae John Miltorn Virginia Pearsons C. B. Wells Edna Aug James Orbes Douglas Fairbanks Atlantic City Mom Irving Berlin H. B. Smith New York Vernon Castle Frank Tinney Elizabeth Murray Harry Kelly Elizabeth Brice Charles King Sallié Fisher al Holbrook James Forbes New Yor Olive May Ned Swarks Zelda Sears Patrica Collinge William Lanne George Sidney George Broadhurst George Fawcett Jerome Ix. Jerome Douglas J. Wood George Gould Charles S. Whitman Seth Low C. P. H. Belmont Robert G. Ingersoll Elsie de Wolfe

Ambitious Young American Daly rises in theater ranks

Daly, born in New York, began as Charles Frohman’s office boy about ten years ago and proved his talent. He gained early experience in Pudd'n Head Wilson with Frank Mayo, then played the boy in Taree, and the maid lover in Barbara Frestechie with Julia Marlowe. Subsequent roles included When We Were Twenty-one Hearts Aflame and The Girl from Dixie.

Charles Frohman Cabin Boy New York Daly Mr. Frohman Atine Frohman Wilson Uuder Frank Mayo William Gillette Taree Barbara Frestechie Julia Marlowe Dixie

Miss Blair Busy Star Sleeper Writer of Screenplays

Miss Blair, a prominent outdoor life enthusiast, juggles rowing to horseback riding with a career writing movie scenarios. Her hit is A Tale of Two Cities, which she sells for 10 to 100 dollars and keeps a stock on hand.

Miss Blair

Early 1910s film notes on Rosary and other releases

The article lists upcoming motion pictures and personnel including The Rosary in Los Angeles, The Spoilers by G M Anderson, Broncho Billy’s Christmas Spirit, Helen Wright joining Joker Company, Louis Mann in Elevating a Husband, The Fable of the Four Times Widow, Zadora at Monroe theater, and Vitagraph’s Lifting the Ban of Coventry with a five reel war drama spanning West Point to the Philippines.

Louis Mann George Ade Eran Esanay Monroe Martinsburg Martinsburg Aufty Vitagraph Company Coventry Jasper Ewing Brady Military Academy West Point Fort Clark Texas Fort Hamilton New York Philippine Islands

Lopokova Makes Acting Debut In Just Herself

The former premier danseuse Miks Lopokova, trained by Mr. Fiske, turns from ballet to drama in Just Herself. Willard Garwood stars under Lucius Henderson with Violet Mersereau in On Dangerous Ground. Lopokova’s rise from Imperial Russia to Paris and America is traced in brief fashion as she sheds dance for film.

Lydia Wassilievna Lopokova Syjet Imperial Mariensky Institute of the Dance Petrograd Paris Ballet Riese The Charlet Leon Bakst Danseuse Russia America Fredom Tropo- Kova Willard Garwood Lucius ‘Henderson Violet Mersereaus Universal

Gay Hotel Life in Far Western City Pictured

Dramatic photoplay recalls a postquake Pacific coast city eight years after a major fire that devastated a harbor of hidden canals and Chinatown alleys. The drama unfolds through staged memories and mysterious disappearances linked to San Francisco’s past in a yellow light district setting.

Iebropolis Pacific Coast San Francisco Yellow Light District

Hotel life of the Far Western metropolis Aguies

In the latest episode of the serial a visit to China offers a glimpse into the oriental colony that has grown up. Reported that the Chinese who rebuilt their resorts since the quake have again shifted focus. Continued on page 6, third section.

Metopolis Aguies China

Also Mentioned on This Page

Essany Star BY Victor Orestes Cont A. H. Woods Charles Klein the Guilty Man Coonee William Harcourt Soren Fushes Los Angeles Selig G. M. Anderson Essanay Company Helen Wright Turner Special Feature Company Joker Company Allen Curtis Pauassues Life Robinson Grand George Murray ROSE House OF D'Or Velma Whitman Claire McDowell
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