Novelty Show at Odeon Promises Sunshine Girls Feature
Patrons of the Odeon theater will see the Montrose Sisters and their Sunshine Girls in a first appearance on the road. The program includes seven singing and dancing ponies and an elaborate wardrobe. Monday features a Chaplin two part picture The Jitney Elopement and Lubin three part The Terrible One set in Mexico with a dictator villain and an insurgent hero.
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Odeon Theater
Montrose Sisters
Charles Chaplin
Paul Powell
Mexico
Villian
Ang
Biograph Crowns Star Cast in Dual Imp Comedies
George Lessey directs Just for Revenge featuring King Baggot Jane Gail Frank Smith and Ned Reardon in another clever Imp comedy. The Blank Page with Violet Mer sereau and William Welsh is a thrilling real life story showing strong acting from Imp players.
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George Lessey
Imp
King Baggot
Jane Gail
Frank Smith
Ned Reardon
Violet Mersereau
William Welsh
Will Do Oriental and Spanish Dances for Films
Dora Rodgers joins Mac Sennett’s Keystone team at Edendale to star in dance films. Critics hail her as a top dancer with Spanish royal blood and French flair, promising new Oriental routines and a dancing siren role in upcoming reel productions.
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Dora Rodgers
Mac Sennett
Keystone Comedy Company
Edendale
Spain
Sennett
Miss Rodgers
Reeves Makes Screen Debut in Lubin Comedy Series
Billie Reeves the English comedian pantomimist and acrobat debuts as a screen performer in The Substitute for Lubin on May 13. Reeves, famed as a vaudeville star and fanator, headlines a Saturday release with his own company of comedians, featuring a riotous cabaret act, roler skating, and a boxing sketch. Harry Lyons, brother of Eddie Lyon, joins Universal as part of the Nestor company after working on the legitimate stage.
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Billie Reeves
Lubin
Reeves
Ith
Chipman
Harry Lyons
Eddie Lyon
Nestor Comedy Fame
Universal
Western
Nestor Company
The Fairy and the Waif at Orpheum theater
The Shubert Brady production The Fairy and the Waif plays Tuesday at the Orpheum. A five act photoplay starring Mary Miles Minter and Will Archie, praised for acting, picturization, and a plot tied to the present European war.
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Magnificent Shubert
Brady
Orpheum
Shubert-Brady
the Fairy and
Orpheum Theater
Mary Miles Minter
Will Archie
Pallette Signs with Selic Polyscope Company
Eugene Pallette a leading man in Simdom has signed with the Selic Polyscope Company and will appear in pictures at the Jumble Zoo studio. Pallette last worked in Griffith pictures.
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Eugene Pallette
Simdom
Selic Polyscope Company
Jumble-Zoo
Pallette
Griffith Pictures
Mrs Otis Skinner Writes Selig Drama Love Finds the Way
Mrs Otis Skinner, wife of famed actor, authored the one reel Selig drama Love Finds the Way. The Selig Polyscope Company plans release on May 19 and describes the drama as unusually well written.
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Selig
Selig Polyscope Company
Otis Skinner
Very Glover Shines in Extreme Character Portraits
Universal photoplay sector and director praise Very Glover as one of the finest portrayers in film for disguising himself beyond recognition. Roles include the artist in Where the Forest Ends Perez the peddler Outshe the Gates hostler in Art for Peggy. He takes pride in his craft and ability to transform for varied ex- roles.
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Universal Photoplay
Perez
Peggy
Lon Chaney Assigned to Direct Kerrigan Pictures
The famed actor Lon Chaney has been chosen to direct the Jack Kerrigan films, a move hailed as a reward for his success. Chaney is expected to bring vast experience to the project, enhancing the production and elevating the studio’s prestige.
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Lon Chaney
Jack Kerrigan
Lottie Pickford Stars in The Moon from the Sky film
Lottie Pickford rises as a leading actress in the new film The Moon from the Sky chosen by S S Hutchinson from sixty actresses. She plays Esther in the drama based on a $10,000 prize winning manuscript and is paired with Irving Cummings and a cast including William Russell George Periolat Charlotte Burton Orval Humphreys W J Tedmarsh and Eugenie Ferde.
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Lottie Pickford
Mary
E Miss Pickford
S. S. Hutchinson
American Film Manufacturing Company
Mutual
Esther
Miss Pickford
Jacques Jaccard
Irving Cummings
William Russell
George Periolat
Charlotte Burton
Orval Humphreys
W. J. Tedmarsh
Eugenie Ferde
Edith Johnson Selig Star Rising in Films and Stage
Edith Johnson a leading Selig Polyscope star based in Los Angeles has advanced to lead roles in key Selig productions after early work at Rochester Evening Post and Eastman Kodak. She has earned praise for The Lure o the Windigo and The Flower of Faith as she appears in forthcoming Kalem Broadway Favorites features and other dramatic projects.
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Selig Polyscope Company
Los Angeles
Edith Johnson
Selig
Miss Johnson
Rochester Evening Post
Esstman Kodak Company
SCREEN STAR AS RESULT OF BET
Anna Luther, newly joined to the coast stock company, emerges as a fearless budding actress born in Newark twenty years ago. Her rise began from a wager and rapid reading roles, with a vow to stay in motion pictures. She seeks challenging stunts to bring realism while her director worries over her adventurous spirit.
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Anna Luther
Coast Stock Companis
Newark
N. J
Ol ‘Anna Luther
Beulah at Bijou theater promises bright film week
Beulah from Augusta J Evans with Henry B. Walthall and Joyce Moore stars in a six part Balboa Amusement production. The Bijou theater promotes the feature as a top booking on the Alliance Films Corporation program, showcasing the southern saga of Beulah and her trials and triumphs.
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Bijou Family
Balboa Amusement Producing Company
Augusta J Evans
Henry B. Walthall
Joyce Moore
Filmland
Louisiana
Beulah
Mar
Alliance
Fims Corporation
Bijou
Honeymoon Girls Booked by Palace Theater
The Palace theater will feature The Honeymoon Girls on Monday and Tuesday with a lively mix of dancing singing and comedy plus special motion pictures. The Greenwood theatrical agency guarantees an A No. 1 bill including eight Rose Bud maidens in original numbers. Also on offer are society drama Come Back Love and the Skies Haunting Eve and other films and news reels in a 1 to 1 ¼ hour program designed to stay engaging from start to finish.
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Palace Theater
Greenwood Theatrical Agency
Palace
Bijou Theater to Resume Short Film Program
The Bijou Theater announces that starting Monday it will resume its policy of showing short two and three reel films. The programs will be interspersed with one reel subjects such as four fables and Pathe Daily newsreels.
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Hearst-Selig
Bijou Theater
Bijou
Pathe Daily
Lackaye Signs For Film Play
Wilton Lackaye, the Broadway star, has been engaged by Universal Film Manufacturing Company to appear in a new production of one of his greatest successes. This marks his first consent to film acting. Movie audiences may look forward to an unusual treat as Lackaye makes his debut on the screen.
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Wilton Lackaye
Universal Film Manufacturing
Come ‘Y
Eow
Lackaye
Nis Jends
Ten Features at Paramount This Summer
The Paramount program for June July and August will present ten top feature attractions produced by Famous Players. The country will be pleased to learn one Mary Pickford film each month including Rags from Edith Barnard Delano, The Dawn of a Tomorrow from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s play, and Little Pal.
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Paramount
Famous Players
Mary Pickford
Edith Barnard Delano
Francs Hogson Burnett
Pal
Baby two reel comedy lacks slapstick finish
Review notes a long laugh from start to finish in the two reel Victor comedy Baby starring Harry Myers and Rosemary Theby. The piece contains no slapstick and relies on a sequence of laughable situations as a natural progression.
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Victor
Harry Myers
Rosemary Theby
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