Young chorus of film stars shines in unusual aging role
Violet Mersereau, at eighteen, plays an aged woman in the Universal film This remarkable impersonation follows her rise from child actress to a dramatic older character. The article recounts her Broadway start, family pressures, and hopes she may become a leading cinema star.
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Ibarsti
Universal
Violet Me
Violet
Les Mersereau
diMeuli
Polido
Violet Mersereau
Ogne
1 Courpstny
Wahid
Aince
Claire
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
le Can Tay
Elgseen
Isle
Moving Picture Week At Local Theater Casts Wide Variety
The coming week features Universal and Edison programs with two double features and multiple serials. Lead performances star Harry Myers and others as films like The Measure of a Man and The Millionaire Engineer are scheduled, alongside dramas and comedies from Rex and Selig Palyscope. Contests promise scenic railroad action and a dramatic tale of a wronged young woman, with notable actors and producers tied to Keystone and other studios.
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Au Gleo
Madison
Universal
Rex Company Aid
Rita
Herbert Rawlinson Athlete Heroine Crivérnel Sta tes Ta
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Herbert Rawlinson and athletic event references. Several garbled phrases surface around a table and a potential column break on page 5, second section, with unclear locations and actions. Details are illegible. no clear outcome or entities beyond Rawlinson emerge.
She Makes You Laugh She Can Make You Cry
Ean Bourke emerges as a talented young performer in Vaudeville style theater. She partners with Nance O Well and appears with James Grize and Vignerite, gaining notice with roles in The Planophiande and The Drinking Girls. Critics call her versatile and a rising star in theater.
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Ean
Bourke
Conan
Shere Ri
Andichard Qolden
Pritel Schie
Ammediatele
Ipod
Bectupa
Oportumitis Tosctracyel
Nance O'Well
Mica Bourke
Santate
Thomas
Janes Grize
Shove
Rourke Finn
Siigshaney
Helen Badgley
Miss Bonthe
Franiaise Dimond
The Youngest Leading Lady Dolly Gonketis
A fragmented profile of Mariel Ostriche, a young actress born March 24, 1891 in New York City, noting her petite height, blue eyes, and pale complexion. The piece traces her early schooling, stage beginnings, and early film work with Thinhouser studio, detailing about 200 portraits and a claimed Dolly Gonketis character.
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Mariel Ostriche
Talou
Mhanhouser
Thiavest
New York City
Aho
Mora
Unclear OCR Breakpoint: Local Event Details Scrambled
Fragmented OCR text shows names such as Dorris Devore Palmer and A Blan with mentions of a birthday, a soup, a plane ride, and a police response. Readable items include references to timing, a fire, and potential opportunities for actions by Terrisk and others, but the overall event is obscured.
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Inti & Stocktac
Dorris
Devore Palmer
Maike
The Movie Actor's Suit and a Poet's Dream of Love
A fragmentary verse piece moves through scattered lines about love and travel. It cites places such as Spain, Greece, Egypt, and Quebec, with dreamlike imagery of a playwright’s fertile mind shaping love next. The piece uses dramatic, lyrical phrasing to evoke longing and anticipation.
Night Scenes in Tin Film as Novel War Story
Fragmented words describe a film titled Night Scenes in Tin, mentioning characters Patem and Paton, a director, a shop for motion, and references to Irene, a photographer, and a Bombay connection. The readable text hints at a wartime narrative with cues to theater and photography elements, though many phrases are garbled.
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Iain
Paton
Revenand
Ofan
Marotta
Bombay
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