Star Comedian Frank Daniels Joins Vitagraph Film
Frank Daniels, famed stage comedian, will star in the Vitagraph motion picture Crooky on the V-L-S-E program. He plays convict 949 who makes a sensational escape using a barrel as his vehicle. Daniels delivers excruciatingly funny capers that aim to lift audiences and turn grim moments into humor.
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Frank Daniels
Mr. Daniels
Crooky
Vitagraph
Dias Ruben
Convict 949
RETURN OF VIRGINIA KIRTLEY TO SELIG FOLD
The alluring Virginia Kirtley has returned to the Selig fold after a short absence. Her former pictures continue to be released and it is expected she will appear in fresh offerings before the previously filmed Kirtley stories are exhausted.
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Virginia Kirtley
Selig
Kirtley
Kate Price Feature in Vitagraph Comedy She Took a Chance
Vitagraph comic Kate Price stars in She Took a Chance a lively short where her character chases and captures a live pig in a rustic chase scene. The pig provokes mayhem as Price pursues the animal through comic mishaps and pratfalls, delivering lighthearted humor.
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Kate Price
Vitagraph
The
Vitagraph Company
Kate
Fale
Porker- Soo Bighs
Peer Gynt Biggest Yet at Morosco Studios LA
At the Los Angeles Morosco Photoplay studio work on Peer Gynt is progressing rapidly with Cyril Maude as manager. The production promises the largest subject yet from Morosco with unusually large sets and a notable cast including Herbert Standing William Desmond Myrtle Stedman Charles Ruggles and many extras. The adaptation from Henrik Ibsen's poem will tour later with Richard Bennett featured next season in Kick In and four other companies sent on tour.
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Los Angeles
Oliver Morosco Photoplay
Peer Gynt
Cyril Maude
Morosco
Herbert Standing
William Desmond
Myrtle Stedman
Charles Ruggles
Maude
Thasmuch
Henrik Ibsen
Richard Bennett
Wastful Wooing Put Under Ban
Mahonoy City Pennsylvania July 3 the board of education adopted a resolution that all teachers with steady company hereafter must declare their intention two weeks after election. The measure aims to keep the teaching force intact and compel tardy suitors to act promptly.
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Mahanoy City
Board of Education
The Blindness of Virtue photoplay feature
Fisaway presents a six act photoplay The Blindness of Virtue through the V. L. 8. BE. It draws strong comment by showing the moral risks of ignorance among young girls and the consequences of actions. The heroine avoids disaster as guardians intervene, highlighting warning lessons.
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Fisaway
Cosmo Hamilton
T Thuy
Old Mother Hubbard Dough Shortage Movie Ties
In a whimsical note from the Selig Bulletin an old Mother Hubbard verse is cited about a cupboard that is bare, with a twist linking it to a movie show setting. The playful item appears as a brief cultural aside amid cinema lore.
The Romance of Elaine Ends Photo Serial Run
The final triumph of Elaine, the well known photo serial character, comes in an additional series called The Romance of Elaine. After all, readers are invited to follow the concluding arc and celebrate Elaine’s completion of her dramatic journey.
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Elaine
Dramatic Actress Barrymore Receives Reward in Stage Role
A fragment suggests Liguel Barrymore, a famed actress, plays a leading heroine in an ethereal or dramatic work and is slated to receive a reward or recognition for her role. The text hints at a baptismal or triumphant scene labeled as a felicitation in the plot.
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Barrymore
Liguel
Vanity Fair to be Filmed by Edison Company
The Edison company plans a major film adaptation of Vanity Fair starring Mrs. Fiske. A new scenario by Sumner Williams will replace Langdon Mitchell’s stage version, with Becky sharply portrayed and a prologue showing Thackeray beginning the novel. The production promises faithful period detail and artful reproductions of famous paintings and etchings.
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Edison Company
Fiske
Vanity Fair
Becky
Langdon Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Sumner Williams
Thackeray
Sime
Lubin Banishes Scenario for Photoplay Terms
The Lubin company shifts from using scenario to photoplay as the standard for motion picture manuscripts. Lawrence S. McCloskey becomes editor of photoplays and his department members are titled photoplaywrights, reflecting the refined, technical nature of their work and the move away from the old outline term.
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Lubin
Lubin Company
Lawrence S. McCloskey
Phtoplays
Emmett Campbell
Heroic Helen Saves Men in In Danger's Path Serial
In Kalem's Hot Helen railroad serial In Danger's Path a heroically daring telegrapher Helen saves three men from peril as a likely fatal accident looms. Local theaters plan showings soon, with audiences familiar with Helen's fearless rescues awaiting the next perilous episode.
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Kalem
Helen
Oreplay
Promoted Mullin Named Vita Graph Director
Eugene Mullin, a leading Vita Graph scenario writer, is appointed director. He is noted for adapting Mr. Barnes of New York, A Florida Enchantment, Heights of Hazard and Hearts Ablaze into film. Mullin initially feared a bad omen from his first manuscript but resolved to keep working on his next project.
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Eugene Mullin
Vitagraph Company
Brady Tale Becomes Vitagraph Picture Starring Courtenay
Brady story The Island of Surprise adapts for cinema by Vitagraph under director Lorimer Johnston. Cast features William Courtenay as Robert Lovell with Balch Storey as Dorothy Arden and Julia Swayne Gordon, Zena Keefe, Charles Kent, Anders Handolf, Charles Wellesley, Leo Delaney in supporting roles.
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Island of Surprise
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Red Book
Vitagraph Company
Ice Lorimer Johnston
Slone
Brady
William Courtenay
Mr. Courtenay
Robert Lovell
Balch
Storey
Dorothy Arden
Julia Swayne Gordon
Zena Keefe
Charles Kent
Anders Handolf
Charles Wellesley
Leo Delaney
Twin Siamese catfish found in Biloxi
John Aggregaard of Biloxi, Mississippi, preserves a pair of unusually small twin catfish joined together in alcohol. The fish measure about two and a half inches, perfectly formed, and Aggregaard believes his specimen may be the only one of its kind.
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Biloxi
Miss
John Aggregaard
Aggregaard
Neer Do Well Film In Production At Selig Edendale
Colonel W N Selig and Colin Campbell direct the adaptation of Rex Beach’s novel Neer Do Well at the Selig Edendale studio. Over 20 000 feet of negative have been exposed in bringing the feature to life.
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W. N. Selig
Colin Campbell
Neer
Selig
Injustice Held Against Hall Greene Ter Williger Fife Chandles
Five individuals Hall, Clay M. Greene, George W. Ter williger, Shanon Fife and Harry W Chandles linked to an injustice case.
A Bunch of Keys film set for August release
Essanay will release a film version of Charles Hoyt's successful stage comedy A Bunch of Keys on August 16. June Keith and Johnny Slavin star in the leading roles.
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Essanay
Charles Hoyt
June Keith
Johnny Slavin
Duncan McRae Takes Lead Role In Edison Studio Shift
Duncan McRae rises from actor to director general at Edison with a major studio reorganization. He will oversee all productions while Plimpton shifts to business oversight as Edison expands to weekly three and four reel features and longer releases. McRae finishes a three reel film with Gertrude McCdy before assuming his new duties full time.
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Duncan McHae
Edison
Mcliac
Fenora
Genera
Edi—son Company
Mcftae
Gertrude McCdy
Zaca Lake Mystery to Open as Flying A Photodrama
Edward Coxen and Winifred Greenwood star in Zaca Lake Mystery a two part Flying A photodrama releasing July 12 Scenes unfold in the Zaca lake region of the Santa Ynez mountains noted for picturesque highland scenery and natural beauty.
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Edward Coxen
Winifred Greenwood
Zaca Lake
Santa Ynez Mountains
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