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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1916
Page
16
Rove Melville known to theatergoers as Sis Hopkins signs a long term deal with the Xalom company. She will appear on screen in both multiple reel and short pictures built around the character in new photoplays. The move signals a trend toward serialized Sis Hopkins work beyond stage performances.
Former Director General Ifenry McRae of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company sails for Chicago to finalize plans for an Orient tour with a producing company. A permanent studio may be built in the Orient with a steady production staff, and McRae will organize this staff before extending his trip. Eastward photoplays are being gathered for production once ashore.
A critique of the film X-3 highlighting counterfeiting as its main theme. Eddie Polo leads the gang with MacQuarrie as a hawk-eyed detective figure and Henshaw the seasoned sleuth. Blanche Sweet headlines the cast under Willian fie’s direction. The production is described as distinct and anarchist-tinged.
The Grand screens a Tarkington adaptation featuring Dustin Farnum in The Gentleman from Indiana with a strong supporting cast led by Winifred Kingston. The program includes the Lyman Howe travelogues and newsreel, plus a Zaroth of wartime drama and the Fox feature A Soldier’s Oath starring Farnum.
Howe's cartoonists spoof and flatter the Famous Players feature Mark Twain's Prince and the Pauper. The film adaptation brings the famed humorist's tale to motion pictures with the famous stage stars and a crowd pleasing blend of whimsy and light pathos.
Production of the Triangle Kay Hoe feature starring Bessie Barriscale and William Desmond was briefly halted at Incagille this week due to the marriage of Franklin Metchie, formerly Biograph leading man. Mr. Ritchie wed Mrs. Bether Bamburg of New York City. Director Quarles Ditlyn quickly rearranged the schedule and resumed filming.
Edison is presented with prominent features at New York theaters, led by Kleine-Edison productions. Marc MacDermott drew strong crowds at the Mastatic Theater, with fans demanding his speech after a prison scene shoot. Mabel Trunnelle, Miriam Neshibarg and Viola Dana appeared at Harlem and Brooklyn venues promoting their attractions. Cecil B. DeMille plans rehearsals for The Trail of the Lonesome Pine with Charlotte Walker as lead on Paramount.
Ethel Lynn joins Joints Nestor musical comedy troupe under Al Bi Christio at Universal Studios. Universal City plans a bungalow home. Dorothy Webb to sing Mizzi Jojo's role in Sari.
A lively musical comedy titled Nobody Home comes to the Robinson Grand theater on Monday January 24 showing a blend of music, dance and comedy. The company is led by John P. Slocum and features a diverse cast including Percival Knight Joe Barnett Mabel Withes Roydon Keith and others noted for dance and acting talents amid a story driven, non vulgar production.
A history of breaking stage conventions recalls how early photoplays upended audience expectations. From classic rules about audience knowledge to the shock of reveals, sensational efforts like Seven Keys to Baldpate and Under Cover challenged sacred storytelling norms.
A new company to produce five reel Mutual master pictures, edition de luxe, has been organized by the Big 1z] Films Corporation. Beginning January 1, 1916 three master pictures will be released weekly. Four veteran stars form the nucleus with Ray Meyershaw as director and J. P. McGowan supervising. Leading players include Hal Cooley, Rhea Mitchell, Francis McDonald, and a leading man to be secured for the Signal production.
Rupert Julian stars in The Underworld a thriller that twists suspense with a clever finale Elsie Jane Wilson plays Kera and Antonio is brought to life in a vivid living portrait The film keeps audiences on edge while delivering a striking turn of events as the tables are turned mid story
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