One Wister's The Virginian Comes to Strand Next Friday
Tom Forman former Texas cowboy presents The Virginian at the Strand theatre next Friday. The production is in the hands of western experts including Louis Lighton a former puncher and Col. William Hawley, a friend of Wister who staked Casper where the novel was written.
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One Wister
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Louis Lighton
Was & Cow
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William Hawley
Wister
Casper
Wyoming
Forman grew up cowboy producer on Texas cattle ranch
Forman, who controlled all production decisions, hailed from a large Texas cattle ranch. He rode with top Lone Star riders before fifteen and studied Owen Wister in winter prairie schools, carrying the Virginian as a saddlebag book and reading it aloud in the grass.
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Texas
Tom
Lone Star State
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Wister
Constance Talmadge in The Primitive Lover at Strand
Constance Talmadge stars in The Primitive Lover at the Strand next week. The comedy romance centers on a wife who desires romance over domestic routine, as a supposedly dead former lover returns and clashes with her practical husband, in a new Edgar Selwyn story adaptation.
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Constance Talmadge
Strand Theatre
Edgar Sel
South America
Miss Talmadge
Polly
Barthelmess in Tol’able David at Strand Theatre
Barthelmess stars as David in Tolable David at the Strand Theatre on Jan 8. A Virginia mountains tale of brotherly love, courage, and family drama with a mix of romance and light comedy.
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Barthelmess
David
Richard Bartelmess
Strand Theatre
Virginia
Mr. Barthelmess
Merry-Go-Round Named Year's Greatest Picture at Strand
Universal's Merry-Go-Round wins coast to coast praise. Mary Philbin debuts as a Viennese organ grinder girl with Norman Kerry as the Austrian officer. Nine months of sets and 1000 extras staged to recreate Vienna before WWI, including a near-perfect Prater replica. Universal files Austrian bond and Lloyds insurance for authentic costumes.
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Strand Theatre
Mary Philbin
Chicago
Hearst
Carl Laemmle
Universal Pictures Corporation
Prater
Coney Island
Vienna
Orddr
Norman Kerry
Cesare Gravina
George Seigmann
George Hackathorne
Dale Fuller
Anton Vaverka
Maude George
Universal City of the Prater
Capitol
Charles of
Austria
Universal
Lloyds
London
Maytime hailed as one of the year's best pictures at Strand
Gasnier's film Maytime based on Aida Johnson Young's stage success opens January 1 at the Strand. Ethel Shannon delivers four demanding roles from a 12 year old to a seventy year old, praised for beauty and convincing acting.
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Strand Theatre
Gasnier
Aida Johnson Young
B. P. Schulberg
Ethel Shannon
Miss Shannon
Barthelmess Brings Bright Shawl Drama to Strand
Richard Barthelmess stars in the film version of Joseph Hergesheimer's The Bright Shawl coming to the Strand on Sunday December 30. John S Robertson directs. Set in Cuba during Spanish rule, the film blends on location shooting in Cuba and New York with a romance and rebel intrigue featuring Dorothy Gish Mary Astor and a supporting cast including Randolph Randolf Powell and Humbert.
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Richard Barthelmess
Strand Theatre
Joseph Hergesheimer
Cuba
New York
John S. Robertson
Dr. Jekyl
Tommy
la Clavel
Dorothy Gish
Mary Astor
Anders Randolf
Santacilla
Jetta Gondal
la Pilar
Andre Beranger
E. G. Robinson
Margaret Seddon
Louis Alberni
William Powell
George Humbert
Tregonning Appointed City Policeman After Resignation
Ben Tregonning qualified last Saturday afternoon as police officer for the city and will assume duties immediately. He fills the post left vacant by the resignation of Oscar Halberg.
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Tregonning
Ben Tregonning
Oscar Halberg
For Sale Acorn Hard Coal Bose Burner
For sale a large Acorn hard coal Bose burner. Apply to Nels Walstrom.
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Acorn
Nels Walstrom
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