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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1915
Page
4
The Standard provides an accurate timely review of current theater and amusement offerings with a focus on local attractions. It highlights notable acts, captions forthcoming schedules, and assesses performances and venues.
At The Oracle Tauleht the big Western Drama Refuxe features Flsla Alberts Mauntain Justice two part Moon shine drama and Bille Reeves In the tcream Hella Bill Sunday and Monday His Beloved Violin a Universal Drawn with Mar flock MacQuarrie Driven Hy Fate three act Imp Drama Tuesday and Wednesday The Broken Calm epicode No 5 Thursday and Friday Blur Univers al Broadway Venture latest pra n iotion of Merbert Bosworth A Little Brother to the Wich
The Alhambra in Chas presents Chaplin in The Bank and Nearly a Lady with a 13 piece orchestra. Fanny Ward stars in The Marriage of Kitty, Billy Reeves with Chaplin’s strongest vaudeville, Ballya Debut. Week features Halford in The Maker of Dreamy, Vitagraph comedy Susie’s Suitors, Shannon of the 6th, Broncho Billy, and return engagements Wednesday through Saturday with Marenerite Clark in Helen of the North.
The Clyde Pitch drama Her Own Way is praised for its staging and performances. The Saturday Post highlights You Know Me Al as appealing to baseball fans and humor lovers, with Viola Allen in The White Slater and a Vitagraph six reel Italy-shot feature. The Fox Women features Teddy Sampson and Signe Ave among others. A Mutual Masterpicture Life by modern Japan is billed as beautiful.
A mixed slate of Lyceum program notes lists Sundays and Mondays with A Timney Elopement and the Chanita acts. Tuesday to Wednesday feature TWnlyvers AL Program. the week also includes Romance of Elaine, The Broken Coin, and evigade with Rex Theater bookings. Films noted include Who Mad a Tie Duchess and a three real drama with Iva Dean, plus A Mother’s Confession releasing Aug. 4 by Tyan Film Productions. Industry chatter cites star contracts and new signings at Vitagraph, Universal, Fox, and other studios, alongside court approval for The Secret Orchard as a moral play and various theatrical deals and plans.
Chancellor Walker restrains officials from interfering with The Birth of a Nation in Atlantic City. Universal prepares the new Leonla plant in N F for operation, employing 500. Norma and Constance Talmadge join the National Picture Corp roster. Various stars and directors are tied to forthcoming Universal projects, with production activity in Los Angeles and Chicago and new collaborations announced.
At the Orpheum a William Fox film displays rare Chinese porcelains and Buddhist sculpture from J. P. Morgan’s collection used in The Clemenceau Case. Valued around 250000 dollars, the pieces include a temple Kan Net Kat Buddha aged about two thousand years. Pox arranged the loan with director Herbert Bronom and Met manager Maclean, with guards watching the items during production.
Come early tonight and Sunday as the Alhambra is crowded to capacity nightly with filmgoers lining up for popular showings.
The Lyceum Theater reopens after two week renovations with a new glass-front exterior and extended lobby. The interior has been repainted and redecorated. manager Mr Steel says the changes improve the whole theater and box office.
Burke will not appear in films for some time as a manuscript for a new play by Catherine Cilsholm Cushing is prepared. The production, in three acts, is to be staged under Flo Ziegfeld Jr with scenery by Joseph Urban in New York. Syd Chaplin and his company have faced a rough stretch with a firework accident injuring him and others then. Missing details hint at a London or California stopover during the Chaplin Company tour.
Frank J. Woof reports Waller and Burton secure American rights of Gamblers All at Wyndham's with New York Christmas production starring Waller and Madge Titheradge. Martin Harvey returning to the States at Christmas through May. Drury Lane to skip Autumn production with Boxing Day pantomime Puss in Boots, Arthur Collins and George R. Sims teamed. Palace Empire and Alhambra to amalgamate. Palace/Empire same shows, Alhambra to host variety. Jock McKay expands act in new show. Harold Stern promotes American acts for flat shows. The Two Bobs and daughter push syndicate halls in England.
Sothern revealed that Miss Marlowe would never act in public again. The couple are summering at Litchfield Connecticut, where Sothern says she has broken ties with public life and is permanently retired from acting.
A fragmented note on a melodrama about the Becker case shows a manager wrestling with a planned production. It hints at a renewal of a tragic ending and mentions figures like a leading actor and supporting cast, amid a bustling New York theater scene and upcoming performances.
Fannie Ward stars in The Marriage of Kitty and Billie Reeves debuts in Billie's Debut. Paramount Travelogues showcases Midnight at Maxim's in four parts. Wednesday only features The Goddess as the main attraction.
Indications show no ody on tour this season for Shakespearean repertoire. Major American Shakespearean stars will not tour. W H Sothern plans a preliminary season of modern comedies at the Shubert in New York before touring. Mantel leaves Brady company for pictures. Johnson Folbes Roberts may stage Hamlet in the U S. a New York film outfit is negotiating for star names to appear in Shakespearean film features.
Contractor George Burnham has begun excavating for a state school chapel on Liberty Avenue and Twenty first Street. The 25 by 80 foot brick and concrete building will have an independent heating plant and cost over 11 thousand dollars when completed. The Mormon church sponsors the project to serve deaf and blind students and others seeking religious training during the school year. Regular services will be held each Sunday and on other days as timetables allow with visiting instructors for both groups.
The Glasmann Bowlers beat the Mail Clerks 3 to 3 in a four inning game at Glenwood. Errors and a fielder's interference opened with two runs for the Clerks in the first. The Bowlers answered in the second with three timely hits and Stewart of the Bowlers won the pitching duel, scoring the deciding run on a single.
Local church notices list August 29 services at First Congregational and Elim Lutheran. Ministers and choirs are noted with times around 8 pm. Other listings include Baptist and Methodist pews, school events, and a general reminder of Sunday worship across nearby streets and avenues.
A compilation of worship times and speakers across multiple churches. T. F. Preshaw leads morning worship at one church at 10 am, Samuel Zang Ratten D D of Philadelphia preaches at 11 am, and Rev. Frank G. Brainerd preaches at the evening Congregational Church. Other churches list 11 am services, Sunday schools at 10 am, and midweek meetings. Evan. Booth is slated for Sunday night, with notices for Seventh-day Adventist, First Church of Christ Scientist, and St. Paul’s Germain Evangelist details and dates of meetings for parish activities.
The county recorder lists transfers including H. B. Robinson and wife to Ralph K. Hoag Company for lots 18 and 19, block 64 Nob Hill Ogden survey with $400 consideration. Also deed from Westhopsen, trustee, to Associated Farmers Milling Company for part of the NW quarter of section 9, township 6 north range 1 west, Pense Meridan with nine dollars consideration.
The article extols Gurkhas as a rare fighting force within the Indian contingent at the front. It notes their wiriness, agility, and quick rifle readiness, emphasizing discipline and courage under fire as they face German threats.
A historical sketch honors Gurkha fighters known for steadfast bravery and loyalty to Britain. It recounts battles against mutiny and colonial conflicts, noting Gurkha resilience in war. The piece highlights fearlessness under fire and a lifetime of service to the empire.
The report notes the Emperor of Japan as a top dynasty figure since 660. It describes a sun spot diameter of 143000 miles and India speaking 145 languages. Brazil bans preservatives in foods, and Nebraska Texas factories work on concrete curing. It records entente cordiale as France England term from 1843. It cites 1530 dikes needed in the Netherlands to hold back the sea. It states world lobster harvest 125 million annually and lightning risk rising. It adds coal reserves in Wales exceed 2400 million tons.
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