Pictures of Genius at the Bijou this week
The Bijou presents a week of attractions led by Martha's Vindication with Norma Talmage Leona Owen Ralph Lewis Tully Marshall and Josephine Crowell. Also on the bill are His Last Laugh The Aryan The Evangelist and The Gods of Fate with Pearl White and Francis Joyner plus a newsreel and a dramatic allroad wreck scene shot near Altoona PA costing over 25000. A child star Billy Jacobs at Lasky studios earns 10000 yearly for The Heart of Nora Flynn while education is provided by special tutors.
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Martha
Gladys Hanson
Bijou
the Evangelist
George Souie Spencer
Jack Standing
Sir Henry Arthur
Jones
Clay M. Greene
Barry O'Neil
Pearl White
Sheldon Lewis
Creighton Hale
Vitagraph
Daniel
Goodman
Richard Bubler
Rosetta Brice
Francis Joyner
Altoona
Lubin Manufacturing Company
Frank Daniels
Mr. Jack
Marie Doro
Lesky-Paramount
Nora Flynn
Billy
Lasky
Margery Dale Debuts In The Scarlet Woman Film
Margery Dale, daughter of critic Alan Dale, makes her motion picture debut at Popular Plays and Players in The Scarlet Woman with Mme Petrova. The early Metro release spotlights her first screen effort described as a light lark. She traveled by car to the studio, concealing her trip from family, and frequents Bayside to visit Mme Petrova in Flushing, Long Island.
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Margery Dale
Alan Dale
Plays and Players Studio
Mme. Petrova
Metro
Margery
Miss Dale 4S
Mme, Petrova
Bayside
Flushing
Long Island
Ince Civilisation Film Receives Flood of Praise
Ten reel production Civilisation by Thomas H Ince draws wide acclaim across Southern California with hundreds of letters praising its merit. Producers plan a possible move to New York Chicago or Washington as a decision on debut city nears.
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Thomas H. Ince
California
Ince
New York
Chicago
Washington
PALS Clary A Morach Joins Paramount Program
Pallas Pictures engages Mina Mersch a talent from screen and stage famed for Belasco LA work and vaudeville roles. Her early career included The College Widow on tour and stage with Clayton White and Marie Stuart. She appears in David Garrick with Dustin Farnum, followed by Davy Crockett in the Palis lineup.
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Clary A Morach
Pallas Picturen
Paramount
Miss Mersch
Belasco
Los Angeles
Clayton White
Marie Stuart
Hans
Lasky
Solly
Alm
Nora Fifan
Mina Mersch
Pal- Jan Pictures
David Garrick
Dustin Farnum
Pallas
Davy Crockett
Palins
Filming Historic Indiana Features Selis Polyscope Crew
Director Frank Beal and principal actors travel to Indiana for a two week location shoot to recreate early Indiana history. Beal builds a transer settlement and stockade at Lafayette while James Whitcomb Riley joins from Florida to support Historic Indiana. Indiana writers and other notable figures are set to participate in the production to premiere statewide and beyond.
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Frank Beal
Selis Polyscope Company
Indiana
Mr. Boal
Lafayette
James Whitcomb
Riley
Florida
Indiana 1
Young Women Hired as Permanent Players at Horsley Mutual
Two young women, strangers to the studio, appeared at the Horsley Mutual plant in Los Angeles and requested engagement. Mil ton Fahrney directed the Cub Mutual screening and offered them permanent roles. The new hires are Misnes Rose bud Hill and Clair Alexander.
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Horsley-Mutual
Los Angeles
Milton Fahrney
Cub-Mutual Comadier
Misnes Rose
Bud Hill
Clair Alexander
Ford and Cunard Return to Universal for Por o’ the Ring
Francis Ford and Grace Cunard have rejoined Universal to finish the serial Por o’ the Ring. After a brief separation the heads of Universal reconciled differences during a NYC trip to see President Laemmie, showing the project privately to the president and cabinet.
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Francis Ford
Grace Cunard
Universal
Universil
Stark
Mr. Ford
Miss Cunard
New York
Laemmie
Young Woman Scoops a Competitive Newspaper Drama
A two part Flying A drama features Vivian Rich Alfred Vosburgh and George under Carl M Le Viness direction. Miss Rich plays a capable news getter using telegraphy to secure a great financial story. The plot unfolds breathlessly leading to a May 8 release by Mutual Film Corporation.
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Initiatve
Vivian Rich
Alfred Vosbure
George
New Picture For Rawlinson And Cast Details
Universal star Herbert Rawlinson leads a film titled An Assisted Deating produced by William Worthington. Agnes Vernon co stars with him alongside Youn Landowska and Jack Holt in principal roles.
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Aerbert Rawlinson
Universal
Herbert Rawlinson
Willian Worthington
Agnes Vernon
Youn Landowska
Jack Holt
Avenged by Lions features Margaret Gibson in Mutual shorts
Margaret Gibson, a popular member of Horsiey Mutual productions, is to be seen in a two reel Mutual feature titled Avenged by Lions. The piece stars the famed animal Bostock and marks the adoption of the stage name Little Empress by Marie's Empress whose real name is Marke Keene after a friend suggested the unusual cognomen.
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Margaret Gibson
Httle
Horsiey-Mutual
The
Mutual
Freland
Wime
Marie
Marke Keene
Empress
Metro screen star Craze signs with Metro forces for Snowbird debut
Metro Pictures welcomes Famen Craze, famed screen artist and director, to co star with wife Marguerite Snow in The Snowbird and five part Wonderplay Mas del Taliaferro, produced by Rolfe Photoplays Inc. Craze, nine years in film, rose to prominence as reporter in The Million Dollar Mystery serial.
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Famen Cruze
Metro
Mas del Taliaferro
Rolfe Photoplays, Inc
Crage
Marguerite Snow
Mr. Craze
Thanhousar Company
Misa Snow
Thanhouser
Mr. Crusehan
Success and Stardom Rise From Personality in Film
The era’s noted star Misa Rhea Mitchell leads a new production with Clara Joot as a key figure. Selwyn and Company engage both for a major role in The Eternal Magdalene, marking a pivotal fall season in cinema.
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Clara Joot
Selwyn and Company
Morosco Film Week Opens at Grand Robinson Grand
The Robinson Grand announces a busy week headlined by The Code of Marcia Gray, a Morosco photoplay on Paramount, with Metro stars John Noble and Constance Collier in supporting roles. Additional attractions include Pathy News No 35, The Wall Between, and The Strange Case of Mary Page with fourteenth chapter in a Paramount pictograph.
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Constance Collier
Marcia Gray
Robinson Grand
Paramount
All Hut
John W. Noble
Metro
Tront
Marcia
Castle
Murcia
Gray
Jane
Forest’ Stanley
Henry DeVero
Mary Page
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Pacaday
Courtroom scenes guide five reel Knickersucker Star Spallhound
Lord Chief Justice Howell of Canada toured the studios during production of the feature Spallhound and offered to supervise the crial scene set in an English court where Lole Meredith re stars.
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Spallhound
Lole Meredith
Howell
Canada
Far Younger Than Make Up Star Kate Bruce Honored
Kate Bruce voted the most lovable mother in pictures by Biograph stock company. She is noted as a veteran performer who appeared before the company, creating a famed Judith of Bethulia character. nek Nelson, from Memphis, to play opposite Margaret Gibson in two act dramas featuring the Bostock animals.
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Kate Bruce
Biograph
Pany
Marah
Judith
Bethulla
Nek Nelson
Memphis
Tenn
Margaret Gibson
Horsley- Mutual
Miss Gibson
Kathleen Butler Returns to Mutual Production Fold
Kathleen Butler, who left Gaumont Mutual for a vacation, is back with Mutual in a feature soon to be titled. Harry Millarde, noted for Kalem features, now directs the Ethel Teare company as it advances in the project.
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Kathleen Butler
Gaumont-Mutual
Mutual
Miss Butler
Harry
Millarde
Ethel. Teare
Dr Neighbor faces doctor’s right to end life debate
Gretchen Laderer stars in Red Feather Production’s Dr Neighbor as a physician confronting the moral issue of ending a patient’s life. The drama probes who decides when suffering devalues living, highlighting ethical tensions in medicine and society.
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Gretchen Laderer
Red Feather
Dr. Neighbor
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Vamp! Me
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Louise
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Jesse L Lasky Feature Play Company, Inc
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Selig
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James Cruze
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Ruea Mitc
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Crook
Dorothy Hardin
Joye
Joyce
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Hereg
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Burton Holmes
Lillian Walker
Willy
Ued
Oliver Morosco
Tuuesday
Pathe
Fox
William Fox
Bertha Kalich
Silander
Famous Players Film Company
John Barrymore
Willard Mack
Vitagraphay
Stuart Blackton
Mrs. Dane
Panniers
Ann
Bray Cartoons
Miss Teare
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