Million dollar prize offers for new picture ideas
The Famous Players File Company raises the bar with a $1,000 payment for each of 100 accepted scenario ideas, totaling $100,000 for photoplay material. The plan targets authors of recognized ability, with national magazine publication and high standards. The move signals strong faith in the motion picture industry's bright future despite industry rumors of strain.
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Mimi
Inasmed Ag
Charles Frohman
Mardmount Pictures Corporation
Heli
Actress Countess de Cippico Returns to New York in Film
Rita Jolivet, now Countess de Cippico, arrives in New York after appearing in An International Marriage by George Broadhurst in Los Angeles. She has left theatre at her husband’s wish, and this photoplay may be her last public appearance. Mutual Film to release a five film series from Paramount at end of July.
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Rita Jolivet
Countess de Cippico
New York
Oliver Morosco
Paramount
Foram
Alice Brady at Orpheum Tomorrow In La Vie De Boheme
Alice Brady headlines a week of shows at the Orpheum theater with the opera inspired La Vie De Boheme and other attractions. The schedule includes Myra Ell’s drama, Blige Bird’s Naked Hearts, and Triangle and Keystone productions with stars Francella Billington Zoe Bear Ben Horning Douglas Miliary Speet and Will Collier Jr. The program blends stage plays, film features, and musical numbers for an engaging weekly bill.
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Alice Brady
Mme. Cavaler
Paris
Pranes
Myr
Grace Cunard
Willie Collier, Jr
Annie Lely
Wil
Francis Ford
Mutual to Star Wilbur in Series
Mutual announces a two act photodrama series starring Crane Wilbur. The first feature The King to Make Bellows releases soon followed by The Fool's Game two weeks later. Mae Gaston returns as leading woman with John Oaker Joseph Hazelton Park Elm ore and Wigelow also in the company.
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Horsley-Mutual
de Lane
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Wilber
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Mr. Wilbur
Mutual
John Oaker
Joseph Hazelton
Park Elmore
Wigelow
Stage gossip lists upcoming plays and star names
A flood of theater plans fills next season with Lee Morrison’s Two Bad Brown Eyes and a revival of Too Much Johnson. Irene Franklin will star in Ruth Davis adaptation The Melting of Molly while Phyllis Neilson Terry resumes vaudeville and Othello revives. Numerous producers, tours, and new works by Morosco, Woolf, Hobart, and Davis outline a bustling season with many leading roles and firm engagements.
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Irene Franklin
Ruth Davis
Molly
Richard Bennett Returns to American Statuns Features
Richard Bennett, famed for Rio Grande in New York and Damaged Goods film, appears again in American Statuns photo plays. He will star in one of Aaron Hoffman's stories, marking another notable collaboration in studio productions.
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Richard Bennett
New York
Rio Grande
Aaron Hoffman
Universal Adds Albert Russell to Billy Mason Comedy
Albert Russell joins Universal payroll to co direct with Billy Mason in the new comedy series with Mason as lead. Russell previously assisted and co directed with the Biograph Company for the last two years and will contribute to production through the early stages of the project.
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Mr. Russell
Billy Mason
Mr. Mason
Biograph Company
Mother Goose Inoral Contends With Censor Views
A secretary of a women's club proposes a Mother Goose scenario that faces censor concerns. Critics include Siegmund Lubin and Kenneth Mackowan, referencing sexual innuendo and profanity in scenes and a proposed parody of a telephone directory.
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Siegmind Lubin
Famous Players Lasky Combine Into One Corporation
The Famous Players Film Company and the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company merge to form the Famous Players Lasky Corporation with capital of 12 690 000. The consolidation ends months of rumors about affiliations and confirms that distribution will continue through Paramount Pictures Company.
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Jesse L. Lanky Feature Play Company
United States
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Mayers-Lasky Corporation
Paramount Pictures Corporion
Edna Goodrich Starts Second Photoplay Under Paramount Banner
Following The Making of Maddalena on the Paramount Program Edna Goodrich begins work on her second feature Body of Soul under the Olmsted company banner The project is a dramatic subject by L V Jefferson directed by William D Taylor and stars Goodrich in the chief role.
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Paramount
Oliver Mo~osety
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L. V. Jefferson
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William D. Taylor
De Luxe Edition taps Iehea Mitchell to head Sable Curse cast
Iehea Mitchell has been chosen to lead a star lineup in support of Richard Bennett for the American feature The Sable Curse. The film will debut as a Mutual Star Production with De Luxe Edition recognizing her outstanding recent work in American and Sigual Masterpictures.
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Iehea Litchell
Richard Bennett
Bird star Lawise Lovely visits electric light studio
In a studio chat Lawise Lovely and Jane Bernoudy discuss a brief interruption as Bernoudy heads to Mr Leonard's set. The moment captures a casual moment in a busy film production environment.
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Rebird
Jane Bernoudy
Ble
Lght
Miss Bernoudy
Ieonard
The Highest Bid Red Blooded Picture Premiere
A five part Mutual photoplay stars Wil Hun Russell and Charlotte Burton in a tale that drives Wall Street and New York society to the Great West. William Mussel delivers a strong manly portrayal while Burton stirs romantic interest. The “Highest Bid” debuts July 6 from Mutual.
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Wil- Hun Russell
Charlotte Burton
Iron Wall Street
New York Society
Mountain Wilds
Great West
William Mussel
William Ruswell
Miss Burton
Mutual
Fox Film Chief Grants Full Pay to Military Enlistees
William Fox, president of Fox Film Corporation, announces full pay for every employee who enlists in the U S military or naval service during the Mexican crisis. Salaries will be paid weekly to families from muster into service until honorable discharge, and positions held open regardless of service duration.
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William Fox
Fox Film Corporation
Woodrow Wilson
Baker
United
Fox
United States
The True Path of a Motion Picture Actress
Copyright 1916 Beatriz Michelena reflects on Boise readers pleads to avoid dull vanity. She argues ambitious girls pursue acting as a calling with sacrifice and art, not mere fame or lucre, and that true worth lies in earnest effort and contribution.
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Boise
Idaho
Dave
Michelin
Memay
Moviemaking cartridge uses talcum jet for gunfire effect
Jack Dillon of Vogue Company buys exclusive rights to H Spearman Lewis’s air cartridge for films. The device loads talcum under high pressure, releasing a puff via a punctured capsule to simulate gunfire. touted as harmless and quiet, with possible Currant Selly use for closer effects.
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Jack Dillon
Vogue
Mutual Film Corporation
H. Spearman Lewis
Chicago
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Theaters Closed as Border Troubles Hit exhibitors
C A Clegg, manager of Mutual Film Dallas branch, wires New York that many exhibitors relying on Mexican patronage closed theaters due to racial tension. Others show films only two nights weekly, causing a sharp drop in business and forcing possible suspensions of operations with no relief in sight.
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Dallas
Texas
Mutual Film Corporation
J. C. Graham
New York
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