Noted Stage Beauty Now a Film Star
Edna Goodrich, famed stage actress, debuts as a Paramount screen star in Armed One’s Wife, a Margaret Turshull original, joining Paramount’s leading company with Geraldine Farrar and Blanche Sweet among others. Her recent humanitarian work with the Red Cross, including tending wounded in Europe, adds to her public esteem.
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Lady Feature
Phoiskeratic
Excen
Margaret Turshull
Misa Goodrich
Paramount Sidiences
Throisemeat
Lasky civ
Geraldine Farrar
Lou Tellegen
Panst Ward
Victor Moore
Blanche Sweet
Charlotte Walker
Donald Brain
Miss Goodrich
Europe
America
Red Cross
England
London
Bijou theater in Clarksburg advertises top prices and new reels
The Bijou announces a high priced program for Clarksburg with a $1.50 top admission and a slate including Neal of the Navy episode The Failure a three part Essanay romance and several comedies Also featured are The Plowshares with Gertrude McCoy and Robert Connell plus the Pathe Daily News trio and Ade's fables and lone reels The management pledges premier service within the limits of the industry's leading producers despite costs.
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Ture
Bijou
Clarksburg
Neal
Te Navy
Essanay
Wil As Sual
Previre
Galaxy of Stars at Grand Rabson Grand
A garbled advance lists Christie Walker Lois Meredith Blanche Sweet Marguerite Cisrk and Willem Furnim as stars for the coming week at Rabson Grama It notes the Paramoxint back-stage tour after Strand and Broadway shows in New York Cry Munésy Charlotte Walker appears in Jesse L Lankys drama Out of Dark Bees with notable supporting cast Conway Tearle Rey William Feversham and others. William Farnum to appear on Friday and Saturday in The Wontre...
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Chrristie Walker
Lois Meredith
Blanche Sweet
Marguerite Cisrk
Willem Furnim
Rabson Grama
Broadway
New York
Munésy
Charlotte Walker
Jesse L Lanky
York Sperme Thester
Screen Stars Lead In New Columbia Feature
Miss Walker as society woman in Out of Darkness and Meren Scott to oversee Scott canneries. Modern Robin Hood star Hamilton Revelle and Lois Meredith headline An Enemy to Society. George Brenson Howard story adapted for screen. Farnum in dual role in The Wonderful Adventure. feature showcases contrasting characters and high salaries in early cinema.
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Metro Pictures
Columbia Pictures Corporation
George Brenson Howard
Hood
Columbia
Correo
Becky's Case Starred by Blanche Sweet in Lasky Dramatic Turn
Blanche Sweet stars in The Case of Becky supported by Carlyle Blackwell in a Lasky Belasco photodrama of Edward Locke's drama. The show marks a sensational, dual personality hypnotism tale famed in New York. At the Robinson Grand opening the road attraction premieres with a Paramount Travelogue von Sisters.
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Blanche Sweet
Carlyle Blackwell
Lasky- Belasco
Edward Locke
Becky
New York City
Lasky Company
David Belasco
Robinson Grand
Daniel Frohman
Marguerite Clark
Famous Players Film Company
Dan Cupid Busy at Balboa Studios in Matrimonial Rumor
Balboa studios in Long Beach host a string of weddings with notable figures. Andree Arbuckle, a renowned grand opera singer, is linked to a marriage to Jed Adie. The arid wedding trend at this studio continues, prompting locals to greet each morning with the question were you married last night.
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Balboa
Ihrobe
Andree Arbuckle Ani
Biasehe Duquense
California
Gretna Green
Buckle
Long Beach
Scores Big Hit in a Metro Picture
Gop Coombs, cited as one of the leading men in country films, scores notably in My Madonna, opposite Mary. He enhances the Metro forces in Barbara Frietchie, as Popular Players build the Metro frame with his strong following.
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Gop Coombs
Notable Stage and Screen Actor Coombe Passes Away
The obituary notes Mr. Coombe, long associated with Kalem Company, praised by Joseph Jefferson as one of the best young actors, with Broadway prominence and key roles in productions like Bip Van Winkie. He collaborated with Mrs. Jeson at the time of the famed actor’s death and was allied with Mrs. Floke in later work.
Massive Fort Schuster Fire Inspires Edison Film Scene
A dramatic blaze at a six story brick building near Fort Schuster became a key set for an Edison feature. A large crew of cameramen captured every detail as a purpose built fire scene was crafted for the upcoming release Children of Ive on November 20. Fort Schuster was chosen for easy access to New York and reduced danger. Workmen spent six weeks constructing the brick structure used to stage the spectacular fire sequence.
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Fort Schuster
Eee
Edison
Kleine-Edison
Kleine Edison
Berrice
Fort Schusier
New York
Eiz
William Wadsworth Chronicals Stage Career and Coast Survey
William Wadsworth rose from civil engineering work on the United States coast and geodetic survey to acting. He joined Modjeska’s company in Chicago, then appeared in various stock troupes across major cities, portraying many comic roles and creating original parts in productions such as Resurrection and The Kreutzer Sonata.
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William Wadsworth
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Sleveland
Wadsworth
Chicago
Modjeaks
Otta Skinner
Modjeska
Europe
Helen Belp and Bill Coleman Railroad Heroic Tale
A fragmented report recalls Helen Belp’s courage saving two children during a derailment caused by a drunken brakeman. It links to a railroad series about Helen’s bravery, and sketches Bill Coleman’s early career from stage to film after a notable incident on the main line.
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Helen
Bill Coleman
Delibar
Stélyn
Coleman
Helen Belp
Miss Agnes Vernon Star of The Girl of the Dance Hall
Actress Agnes Vernon, a Universal star, reportedly turned down a cottage proposal and vows allegiance to fans. Age 13, she appears in The Girl of the Dance Hall, a three reel western Sacramente picture, portraying a girl of charming simplicity.
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Agnes Vernon
Universal Flor
Miss Vernon
Wadsworth in Seven Days and his lasting comedy impact
The piece recalls Wadsworth’s early escape from a burglar role in Seven Days and traces his career through screen and stage. It highlights his transition from shadowy figures to bold comic performances, noting his lasting influence and inimitable style in real comedy.
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Wadsworth
Wie
Edison
Comedy star joins Kleine comedy troupe in Hollywood revival
Cissie Fitzgerald joins a group of famed vaudeville names forming a Kleine Studios comedy unit. The lineup includes Crimmons, Gore, Suite Edwards, Florence Morrison, Maxfield Moree, and others led by Rick Watson, aiming to boost midcentury American film comedy with Fitzgerald famed as "the girl with the Baughty wit."
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Thas Fhls
Wtate
Rick
Ljand
Watson
Ada
Cissie Fitzgerald
Crimmons and Gore
Jong
Suite Edwards
Sidney Drew Plans Nine Babies for Vitagraph Picture
Sidney Drew has ordered nine babies for use in the Vitagraph film All for the Love of a Girl and the play story Luluase Russell is producing the project. The arrangement aims to supply child performers for the narrative.
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Sidney Drew
Luluase Russell
Vitagraph ‘Company
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Fight For Right
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