Opportunity To Prove Title In The Demon of Fear
Queenie Rosson is given a chance to prove her title to popularity as her sister Helene. The tale centers on a cowardly man tormented by fear and the old man’s trialy unhappiness. Frank Borzage plays the aged self with Anna Little as the girl he courts whose death stems from couragelessness amid vivid shore scenes and dangerous surf.
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Queenie Rosson
Frank Borange
Anna Little
Jack Richardson
Helene
Meuna
Frank Borzage
Anna
Wriggling and Wicked Women in Early Film Vamp Roles
In a contoured critique, Juanita Hansen discusses aspiring actresses who seek vamp parts in film, noting their vanity and illusion of grandeur. She argues male villains are born, not made, and laments the pervasive allure of wicked roles among women while praising performance risks like a stunt by Hansen in The Secret of the Submarine.
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Eve
Eden
Juanita Hansen
Cleo Burke
Thomas Chatterton
Miss Hansen
Acord Recovers From Mount Fell Injury On Set
Actor Art Acord, star of the Mustang Mutual company, sustained injuries when his mount faltered during a filming scene in Sandy a forthcoming western drama. Medical plans indicate a return to work in about two weeks.
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Art Acord
Doy
Sandy
Reformer
Acord
Gret
Noted Star Ann Murdock Joins Five-Reel Film
Noted star Ann Murdock and Henry Stanford renowned for Jerry in Peg on My Heart join Laurette Taylor in Where Love Is at Thomas A. Edison, Inc. studios New York. The five reel feature draws Leonie Flugrath Mabel Trunnelle and other Filson players. The grand scene shot recently and two months' work expected to finish the elaborate production.
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Henry Stanford
Jerry
Laurette Taylor
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Motion Picture Studios
New York
William J. Locke
Minx Murflock
Mr. Stanford
Leonie Flugrath
Mabel Trunnelle
Ittgelow Cooper
Filson
Qret
Sandit
Soren Flashes film industry notes from a busy year
Soren Flashes surveys a crowded slate of film industry moves. Publishers report new studios and leases in New York and Chicago. Irene Castle debuts in a Universal series while Germany’s fate in Verdun films promises intense wartime cinema. Major names like Marguerite Heathz Michaeleana and Senor Andrea C Segurola appear in upcoming projects as studios expand rosters and censorship debates heat up in San Francisco and Baltimore. The article also notes the California company plans, Los Angeles activity, and the Wisconsin capitol used in a Dolly Madison project amid a burst of two and three reel subjects and feature productions.
Clara Kimball Young Ends With World Film Star to Produce
Clara Kimball Young, star and vice president of World Film, ended her last picture for the company this week. After a brief vacation she will begin work on her first production, The Common Law, an adaptation of Robert W. Chambers novel.
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Clara Kimball Young
Lm Corporation
World Film
Robert W. Chambers
Beery to Direct Carter De Haven Series at Universal
Wallace Beery, formerly with Essanay, will direct the upcoming Carter De Haven series for Universal Film Company. Beery aims to sustain his reputation as a producer of clean cut comedy and plans to beat all previous records in the genre.
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Carter de Haven
Universal Film Company
Wallace Beery
Essanay Forces
Deery
Ina
Reci
Sarno Reengaged for Universal Stage Production
Sarno returns to act with Alan J. Holubar's company in a one role play Any Youth produced by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He previously starred in underworld film stories with the Jaccard Company and is a native Malan actor with years of international experience before entering pictures.
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Fivctor
V. Sarno
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Alan J. Holubar
Sarno
Jaccard Company
Heaves
Underworld
Way of Patience: Quaker girl leaves fold for world
Essanay announces a three act drama The Way of Patience about a Quaker girl who rebels against her strict creed and explores society. Nell Craig delivers a strong performance as the heroine while Darwin Karr plays the male lead in the wartime production.
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Pennsylvania
Nell Craig
Darwin Karr
Ernest
Marguerite Skirvin Engaged for The Quitter on Metro
Marguerite Skirvin, a brilliant young artist from Oklahoma, has been engaged by Metro for the leading female role in The Quitter a five part Metro-Rolfe production starring Lionel Carrymore. Her first stage work was with Henry W Savage returning from Paris and included Ex cuse Me and What Alls You where she won recognition for acting and beauty.
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Marguerite Skirvin
Metro
Metro-Rolfe
Lionel Carrymore
Minn Skirvin
Oklahoma
Lynch Adds John Lynch to Triangle Studios Staff
John Lynch, a noted short story writer, joins Ince Triangle studios Culver City to devote time to Triangle Kay Heo playn. The staff grows to six with C Gardner Sullivan J G Hawks Monte M Katterjohn Lanter Bartlett and Russell E Smith remaining aboard.
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John Lynch
Ince-Triangle
Culver City
C. Gardner Sullivan
J. G. Hawks
Monte M. Katterjohn
Lanter Bartlett
Russell E. Smith
Metro Debuts Joni Dana in Flower of No Man's Land
Joni Dana makes a Metro program debut in The Flower of No Man's Land a five part Metro Columbia wonderplay. She is backed by Duncan McRae Mitchell Lewis Harry C Brown Fred Jones Nellie Grant Mitchell Eldine Steuart and Marcus Moriarty with John M Collins directing.
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Joni Dana
Metro
No Man's Land
Metro-Columbia
Duncan McRae
Mitchell Lewis
Harry C. Brown
Fred Jones
Nellie Grant Mitchell
Eldine Steuart
Marcus Moriarty
John M. Collins
Gaged by Metro signs Robert F Wilson for juvenile roles
Robert F. Wilson, a well known young juvenile actor, has been engaged by Metro to play juvenile roles in the Metro Drew weekly comedies starring Mr. and Mrs Shiney Drew. Wilson has spent three years with the Thaphouser company, where he earned an enviable record in prominent roles.
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Robert F. Wilson
Metro
Metro-Drew
Mrs. Shiney Drew
Mr. Wilson
Thaphouser Company
No torious Gallagher and The White Sister in Stage Tale
Elizabeth Le Roy recalls a matinee girl crying when the heroine left for the leper island. She laments the nun’s grim task and the sight of leopards in the dreadful taland, contrasting stage romance with harsh fate. Viola Allen also performed in The White Sister alongside Le Roy in the Columbia screen play.
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Elizabeth le Roy
setro-Columbia
Gallagher
Viola Allen
Taland
Silver Wedding Celebrated By Couple In Buckhannon
Mr and Mrs B J Fallon celebrated their forty year wedding anniversary on June 17 at their Meade street home. More than one hundred guests attended with a decorated hall and a program including readings by Pearl Grose Irene Fallon and others. Out of town guests included Eugene King Pittsburg and Kathleen King Elkins among others. A surprise party for Mr and Mrs Dawnen followed with many local attendees and musical numbers. D A McCray and others arrived from Florida for the festivities and Wesleyan connections were noted during commencement week.
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Meade Street
Howe
Eugene King
Thttaburg
William Street
Clarkaburg
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Lois Simmons
Loretta Fn Jon
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Pittsburg
B. Turner
Weston
J. W. T. Street
Clarksburg
M.W. King
I- Kink
Henry Fallon
Hiking
Kathleen King
Elkins
Mannington
D.A. McCray
Oda
Ora
Florida
Guy Gribble
P. Fawkes
South Kanawha Street
Fred. Stansberry
Merkin
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H. A. Stansbury
Howard Berthy
Cowen
Philip Hyre
G. W. Fitzwater Box
Battle Creek
Mich
Beatrice
Mr. Fleming
Anna Lee
Weaton
Porter Lovett
Belington
Forman Hospital
Boulah
George Worley Atkinson
Atkinson
College
Stuart
iWatedell
Mr. Pepper
Nik Chipper
Bellova
Kinga
Dee
Jean
Bluindell
Arkansas
Metro hires Nowland as ant director
Eugene Nowland, formerly with the Edison forcer, joins Metro as anti for director and will work with John H. Collins.
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Edison Forcer
Metro
John H. Collins
Bluff Poker Fight at Ark City Saloon Ends in Feud
In a crowded Ark City saloon a tense poker quarrel erupts over a bold bluff by Blaisdell. Pepper’s confession about a past hand triggers Blaisdell’s threat with a knife before others restrain him. The group calms as Pepper recalls the draw and a failed attempt to skin a stranger, leaving friends unsettled by the risky game.
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Holt
Herit
Jim Bratadell
Taledell
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Blaindoll
Arkittinan
Sraindell
Sam Pearsall
Taus
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Jon Hasatt
Dove of Peace
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James Power
Blaindell
Blaisdell
Hassett
Caugrin
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Popper
Jim Maisdeci
Blaisdoll
Hanott
Winterbottom
Pearl
Mont
Pepper
Jim
Mr. Pepper
Walking Revival Sparks Change in France and America
June 24 report notes revived pedestrian habits in France as women walk for health and economy despite motor options. It cites new fashion trends in women's skirts easing walking but clashing with cars, and adds a statistic: average Americans spend forty five percent of income on food and twenty percent on rent.
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France
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