Stars Illuminate Orpheum This Week With Serials and Films
A slate of features at the Orpheum includes leading roles by House Peters and Barbara Tennant in The Closed Road, and The Mysteries of Myra in serial form. Louisa Lovely stars in Tangled Heart, Crane Wilbur headlines The Consciences of John David, and a Mutual Masterpiece edition is shown. Additional acts include a comedy, a dramatic quilt, and Lord Osbourne’s Infatua Lovely. Mary Fuller then headlines Thrown to the Lions with Graft later in the week.
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Stors
Orpheum Theater
House Peters
Barbara Tennant
Myra
Crane Wilbur
John David
Caat
Star 4
Broadway
Edna Wallace Mopper
Charles Koay
Muriel Ontriche
Exuta
Channing Wollock
Renpold Wolf
Mary Fuller
Wallace Irwin
Robert Lusk
Shubert
Morosco Dune’s Danger at Vitagraph program week
The program features Morosco Dune’s Danger with a Vitagraph show. Thursday offers Napoleon the Great and Sally His Mate. Friday screens Slander starring Hertha Kallev. The program includes Pathe News No. 26. Saturday presents Theda Bara in A Fool There Is with Paramount Bray cartoons.
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Napoleon the Great
Sally
William Fox
Fils
Hertha Kalleh
Clarka
Durg
Mins Kalled
Pathe News
Theda Bara
Paramount Bray
Her Best Work In Old Classic Described by Scribe
An enthusiast extols Winktrod Kingston of Pallas Pictures Paramount as a leading lady in David Garrick. The actress famed for blue eyes and red blonde hair is celebrated for the 1742 character Miss Winifred, with Dustin Farnum starring as Garrick in what is hailed as Parham’s masterpiece.
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Winktrod Kingston
Pallas Pictures
Paramount
Minx Kingston
Dustin Farnum
Indy
Idol
Pallas-Paramount
David Garrick
Dustin Farnun
Winifred
Manny
Parham
Lena Baskett Cast in Controversial Foreseen Role
Unverified report claims Lena Baskett, an eight year old dancer, is set to appear with actor Garter De Haven in a forthcoming feature portraying two seventeen year olds. De Haven asserts the young performer can handle the demanding dual role to satisfy production needs.
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Lena Baskett
Univerwil
Garter de Haven
Bart
Rs. de Haven
Beauty Wimmer Drops Into Bluebird Playhouse
Newcomer Miss Lov i Wilson joins star J Warren Kerrigan in The Gay Lord War ing at Bluebird. She won Alabama Universal Beauty Contest, then joined Kerrigan’s Mercury Pictures as leading Woman, progressing quickly after a state campaign selection and San Francisco exhibit.
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Bluebird
Universal
Alabama
San Francisco
Bsen
Kerrigan
Merocant
Bluebird Tenner
International film production to be handled in South Africa
In South Africa the Famous Flavore Film Company and Jesse Lb Lusky Feature Play Company have arranged with the African Film Trust Ltd to carry out production there. The move follows expansion policy and involved Porter being sent to survey conditions.
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E. M. Porter
South Africa
Flavore Film Company
Jesse Lb. Lusky Feature Play Company
African Film Trust, Ltd
Chaplin Comedy Police Finished for May Release
Fisaway announces the latest Charles Chaplin comedy Police has been completed and will be released May 27. It will be booked through the General Film Company.
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Fisaway
Charles Chaplin
Wil
Ibs
General Film Company
Latest Fad of Fashion Embraces Sport Wear Skirts
The outdoor girl of 1916 popularizes sport wear with flare skirts that ride high and billow jauntily. Myr vie Steadman and Oliver Morocco-Paramount star Jend add grace as fashion embraces active outfits.
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Myrvie Steadman
Oliver
Paramount
Jend
Dainty White Kid Sport Shoe With Green Silk Stripes
Description of a white kid sport shoe paired with a silk sweater coat boasting green stripes and white fringed belts. A green sport hat with a brim lifts frontward, displaying dimples on Miss Steadman. The crowd wears a white scarf, and cuffs echo green checks.
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Miss Steadman
The Devils Intention Play By Freybe and Moderwell
The Devil s Intention by Carl E Freybe and Hiram K Moderwell will be produced with a cast including Willam B Mack Joseph Brennan Eileen Van Blene Richie Ling Katherine Emmet and Gustav von Seytfertitz.
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Carl E. Freybe
Hiram K. Moderwell
Devil
Willam B. Mack
Joseph Brennan
Eileen van Blene
Richie Ling
Katherine Emmet
Gustav von Seytfertitz
Strong Story For Lockwood In Metro Debut
Marold Lockwood will debut on the Metro program in The Come Belk a gripping society and northern woods story. May Allison, teamed with Lockwood in feature productions, appears with him in The Come Back in the same capacity.
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Tmarold Lockwood
Metro
Allison
Lockwood
Beatriz Michelena on True Success Beyond Fame
Beatriz Michelena argues in 1916 that true success lies in human happiness and self respect, not public applause or money. She warns aspiring performers against sacrificing home life, mother's love, and genuine values for fame, noting the hidden costs behind public triumphs.
Dinebird Announces Five Reeler Ambrosia Starring Child Star
Dinebird director Robert Leonard works on Ambrosia a five reel film with HN Malt in a child role. Fans recalling Jewel will eagerly await its release and the star’s next screen appearance.
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Robert, Leonard
HN Malt
Child
Little Star
Etiquette Advice From A Nervy Girl In A Penny Press
A humorous essay-like piece imitates a girl teaching etiquette titled Etikket. It mocks 19th century social rules, lampoons manipulation in invitations, and jokes about feminine wit, social games, and flirtation with humorous misspellings and slang throughout. It ends with a tip about mind reading and changing opinions.
New Aeroplane of Arriva Success
Newport News May 6 The J N 5 2 two passenger twin motor biplane of a new type designed for military use was tested at Atlantic coast station with army observers. It reaches 100 mph and climbs 1000 ft per minute. The M7 flying boat carried seven men and completed two flights totaling 50 minutes, with the tests deemed satisfactory. British naval officer Vivian Hewitt noted plans for an even larger flying boat for layout, and the R 2 tractor model recently bought by the War Department was tested with Victor Carlilrom aboard, achieving 92 mph high speed, 41.3 mph low speed, 6000 ft climb in ten minutes, and four hours fuel at night speed.
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Newport News
Atlantic Coast
Acronan- Weal
United States Army
Vivian Hewitt
War Department
Mexico
Victor Carlirom
Peru taxes inheritance at one and ten percent
Lima reports a new law sets inheritance tax rates in Peru. Children’s inheritances are taxed one percent while estates from distant relatives or strangers carry a ten percent tax.
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Lima
Peru
Steel helmets eyed for U S Marine Corps adoption
May 6 Philadelphia reports that strong steel helmets like French and German designs may be adopted by the United States Marine Corps for head protection against shrapnel. Various light water steel helmet models have been submitted to Marine Corps orders in Philadelphia for approval, though no branch is yet equipped with such life saving devices.
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Philadelphia
France
Germany
United States Mrine Corps
Marine Corps
United States Fighting
Chatham Sees High War Losses and Widows Rise
CHATHAM England May 6 Chatham a port in southeast England has in proportion to its population the most sailors killed in the war within the British empire. Losses have raised the widows by 205 and fatherless children by 459 while dependents total thirty eight more.
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Chatham
England
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Louisa Lovely
Agnes Vernon
Merjorie
Lou Chancey
Jo de Granse
Misa
Lord Osborne
Fiske O'Hara
Anan Nichols
George
F. R. Benson
Thomas Dixon
Victor Herbert
Eric Edith Wynne Matthison
Welleley
Princeton
Vassar
Amelia Stone
Fay Templeton
Eugene Walter
Kingdom Come
Rosedale
Castle Square Stock Company
Boston
David Warfield
Sir Herbert Tree
Elsie Ferguson
Portis
McIntyre
Treath
Man
Montana
Raymond Hitchrook
London
Red Widow
Margaret Clington
the Lee
Country Home
O— Iguimer Relsonstnis
Fffrinl
Davia Belasco
Willard Mack
Auls Santa Claus
Amelia Rives
Shuberts
Norman Trevor
Captain Smart
Farmy
Nye
Margaret Anglin
Queens
Ote
Mauerbach
Seymour Brown
Harry T Lewis
Toronto
Frazee
Chicago
Louise Randolph
Julia Arlhuir
the Eternal Magdalene
Arthur Wot
Hoston
Stuart Walker
The
Portmanteau Theatre
Ann Murdock
Clarence H. Mackey
Drama Society of New York
George Arliss
Genevieve
Ma-re Dressler
Providence
Winifred Kingston
Pall Star
Beauty Wimmer
Bluebird Photoplays
J. Warren Kerrigan
Chaplin
Myrtle Stedman
Moronco- Paramount
Harold Lockwood
Dear Michelena
Thord
Beatriz Michelena
Es Eda
Sis Hopkins
Anyx Bukket
Evven
Perlite
Lemile
Cirls
Sarah Spick
Bey the Minnister
Elram
Lucy
Saray Spinks
Tam
Teerie
Kalem
Arriva
Wat
Ioe
Louise Lovely
Will Gisarm
Dainty Mies Lovely
Mary Winl
Edna Wallace
Hooper
Chas. Ross
Marguerite Fischer Asiss
Appa
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