Vitagraph Buys The Scarlet Runner Serial Adventure
The Vitagraph company has purchased The Scarlet Runner from C N and A Williamson, noted authors of The Lightning Conductor. The Scarlet Runner will be released in weekly installments through the General Wim Company in serial form, with each installment comprising three reels. Readers familiar with Williamson works can anticipate rising intensity as the adventures progress toward a dramatic climax.
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Vitagraph Company
Christopher, Rave
C. N
A. 3
Williemson
the Lightning Conductor
General Wim Company
Messrs. Williamson
Within the Law Underworld Exposes False Morality
The piece portrays a woman drawn into crime while respecting the law's letter, as she is pursued by police who drive her from respectable society. It notes admiration for loyal criminal exploits and questions the ethics of living “within the law” while preying on others.
Heart Throb Machine in Two Reeler by Campbell and Adolfi
A silent era short titled Heart Throb Machine depicts a device recording human emotion. The Mutual program releases the drama written by John Bo Campbell and produced by John G. Adolfi for Griffiths Mutual. Featured players Frasicella Hillingtons and San De Grasse star in the piece.
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John Bo Campbell
John G. Adolfi
Griffiths Mutual Companies
Mutual
Frasicella Hillingtons
San de Grasse
Love Snow and Ice Winter Sports Feature Planned
Valley Van travels to Lake George New York with Nitra Frazer Albert Roccard and Donald Mc Bride to shoot winter sports scenes for the three part feature Love Snow and Ice a sequel to Love Luck and Gasoline. The film will include skating robogganing skiing ice boat racing and other Jack Frost dependent contests.
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Valley van
Vitagraph
Lake George
New York
Nitra Frazer
Albert Roccard
Donald McBride
Mr. van
T Hediagraph
Jack Frost
Mary Fuller in Sterne Comedy Mary's Duke
Mary Fuller and Matt Moore lead a star cast in the new film Mary's Duke written by Elaine Sterne. The reel queen Miss Sterne, renowned for winning a $1,000 New York Sun scenario prize, presents bright comedy and novel film effects from opening to closing. Curtis Burton and Willard observe a young woman arriving in town.
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Mary Fuller
Matt Moore
Imp-Universal Company
Mary
Duke
Elaine Sterne
Miss Sterne
America
The
New York Sun
Survivor of Andrews Raiders Recalls Civil War Exploit
Lone Point flagman Lockwood, long silent about his civil war service, recounts the daring Andrews Raiders raid. He describes volunteers crossing into Confederate territory, destroying railroad lines after capturing an engine, then a running pursuit and eventual surrender amid heavy odds.
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Andrews
Lockwood
Helen Holmes
Flagratn
Europe
Civfar
Struggie
Reiders
Kalem's
Perret
New Wave of Western Stars and Studio Ventures
Essanay’s G M Anderson headlines a new western series with varied costumes. Vitagraph unveils April release Between the Two of Them starring Broadway’s Sidney Drew. Salem’s Capt Charles Melville buys a $500,000 steam yacht and builds a floating studio. Pathé highlights color scenes from France and Sweden. Kalem plans The Diamond Broker featuring a girl detective. Lubin’s Captain Wilbert Melville hunts a specialty schooner for three reel production. Essanay’s The Great Silence features Bushman in an Alaskan mining clash. Selig previews Retribution and Joe ne or Tew with Tom Mix directing The Outlaws Bride. Edison shows The Phantom Thief, Theft in the Dark, and The Bliss of Ignorance from Pathe and others.
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Charles Melville
Salem Company
Capt Melville
Wilbert Melville
Western Lubin Company
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Jensy
Tom Mix Hse
Selig ‘People
Eugenie Forde
Wsivaing
Mirrrors Edison
Edison_company
Mark Swan
the Swinner
Marc NeDeenett
Miriam Nesbutt
Lord Stranheigh
Ince Going South to Produce New Play
Ralph Ince leads a Vitagraph company to Georgia to film the serial The Goddess with Gouveneur Morris as author. Anita Stewart Earle Williams Paul Scardon and Julia Swayne Gordon head the stock cast. they expect to be away about a month to six weeks.
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Ralph W. Ince
Vitagraph
Vitagraph’ Players
Georgia
the Goddess
Gouveneur Morris
Anita Stewart
Earle Williams
Paul Scardon
Julia Swayne Gorson
Mr. Ince
Death Dice thrills in Griffith Mutual drama
Irene Hunt and Eugene Pallette star in The Death Dice a two part Griffith Mutual program adaptation of George Pattullo story Dice shaking drives a life or death plot with detective work and western mood Fred Burns Vester Perry also appear under director Fred A Kelsey
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Irene Hunt
Eugene Pallette
Griffith Mutual
Mutual
George Pattullo
A*human
Lfe
Fred Burns
Vester Perry
Fred A. Kelsey
Kathryn Williams Popular Sellg Star
Kathryn Williams is the world’s best known motion picture star. Her versatility spans tragedy to comedy, and she recently returned from a trip through the American desert with her company. Scenes were made for the forthcoming Selig production The Carpet of Bagdad.
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Kathryn Williams
Kathryn
Miss Williams
Great American Desert
Selig
Bagdad
Robinson Grand to Host Big Ten Cent Picture Show
The Robinson Grand plans major upgrades to bring film and live music to Clarksburg with an $8,000 pipe organ and expert organist. The venue will install ventilation and lighting improvements, offer fixed show times, and curb disturbances from late arrivals to create a higher quality cinema experience.
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Farnum Boys
Charles Richman
Marguerite Clark
Ethel Barrymore
May Irwin
Charlotte Walker
Edward Abeles
Clarksburg
Robinson Grand
Palace Theater offers Camille revival and The Three Twins show
The Palace Theater schedules a Camille revival starring Miss Virginia Powell and Fred Beaudoin followed by The Three Twins musical comedy with Bessie McCov and Vittori Morelabit. Promised are top electrical effects, special scenery, and high production quality for the week.
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Camille Gautier
Paris
Armand Duval
Armond
Fred Beaudoin
Charlotte Stanley
Itl
Virginia “Powell
Fehie Bessco
Camille
Palace Players
Bessie ‘BtcCov
Mitori Morelab
Old Standey Barred From Screen Dramas
A fragment notes that the long standing “good old standby” of spoken drama, the mortgage and the shyster trial lawyer, are barred from picture play plots by the Selig Polrecope Company of Chicago and other major manufacturers.
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Mort—Gage
Taowyer
Selig Polrecope Company
Chicago
Buck Breaks Up Home To Enter Motion Picture Business
J Whitwork Buck a St Louis society man has become obsessed with film making. He dissolved his home in St Louis and moved east with his wife to join brothers-in-law Theodore and Leo Wharton in producing pictures for Pathé.
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J. Whitwork
Buck
Imp Star Hobart Henley Leads Imp Company Star
Hobart Henley born in Louisville November 23 is a leading man with the Imp company. A Chicago University alumnus, he rose from stock companies to film with Reliance and then Imp. Elizabeth Marbury and Ray Comstock back a musical Nobody Home while Taylor Holmes headlines Trilby revival and Mr Myd's Mystery after the run.
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Imp Company
Hobart Henley
Louisville
University of Chicago
Re— Jiance
Togo
Imp. i
Elizabeth Marbury
Ray Comstock
Taylor Holmes
Gecho
Archer McMackin Tackles Santa Ee Rector In Studio Clash
Archer McMackin, noted humorist, plans a provocative challenge to the American company in a Santa Ee rector studio in a resort city. The piece hints at public reaction and a forthcoming reveal on how the birth oil venture operates.
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Archer McMackin
Santa Ee
Fipany
Hitchard
Plex
Los Angeles
Pathe News pioneers animated cartoons with live drawing
The Pathe News begins an innovation in animated cartoons drawing on a newspaper artist to sketch humorous pictures. The series features Bray author Colonel Heeza Liar and uses life like motion to deepen impression, marking a shift from ordinary animated styles. James Neill opens a star acting role in Los Angeles.
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Pathe News
Pathe: Wi
Bray
Colonel Heeza Liar
Penc
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