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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1915
Page
4
The Standard offers an accurate timely review of current amusements and local attractions. It surveys theater shows and entertainment options, noting standout performances, venues, dates, and ticket availability for readers seeking informed guidance.
The Orpheum presents a mixed slate with dark splurts of the week. July events include Hurathia and Sat performances featuring Matthies and an evening program of organ music and instrumental selections. Elsie appears in Betty a Search of a Thrill, Anita Stewart and Earle Williams star in The Goddess, and on Wednesday Paramount shows Nie Man on the Box and Rootlens Mug. The grand World Feature The Best plays Friday and Saturday.
At The Lyceum the Sunday and Monday program presents a three part feature The Girl Who Might Have Been along with a Chas Chapa comedy. Tuesday and Wednesday show Wm T Burns billed as the greatest lying detective Then a reel feature The 5 000 000
Fragmentary OCR text lists playbill items for a Rex cinema program including titles such as The Black Leg and A Piece of Amber with days Tuesday to Thursday and references to Mutual Weekly Hue and Keystone Comedy. Readable names and show order suggest a local theater schedule tease.
A listing of showings at The Oraclea featuring several plays and serials across days. Includes What the Hid Man Siew, A Witch of a Salem Town, The Gun Who Had 4 Soul, The Black Box, Baby, and The Coricen Brothers in various reels and performances.
Fragmented OCR reads as plays and players discussing a musical show in New York. Mentions Brandon and Jamins Market and a performance at a theater, with references to actors Anson and Misagihues and a line about a pleasant work in Milwowkes.
Indudala Duoran and her group await passage on the Dante Alighieri to Naples then Athens to accept a studio offer from the Greek king for the war’s duration. They seek financial guarantees and a stable income, delaying vaudeville plans and unsure when travel will resume, with a potential stay near Paris and the Seine.
The passage chronicles social misadventures in London theatre circles. Air Arthur Wing Pinero joins dining with Frohman and others, a stranger greeting them and prompting humorous exchanges. It notes Lowry Morrison in the comic role of King Cole in Rumpelstiltskin, with Thomas H. Ince praised for meticulous direction.
The film world announces movers and shakers across posts and stages. Major figures like Henry Mortimer, Marjorie Wood, and Zelson Sears are cited with new casting and productions in New York and across touring companies. Atlantic, Shuberts, and Dillingham productions figure, with Anita Stewart, Mae Marsh, and Elizabeth Burbridge in prominent roles, alongside industry shifts at Ince studios and Mutual Masterpictures.
The article gushes over a famous stage film production spotlighting actors such as Griffiths and Wall Brown and notes the show features leading roles by actors including Petey and Theo. It highlights a star-studded cast, with mentions of directors and production teams, and promises a chemically exact performance with strong support from the ensemble.
The Gartox moves from film to an apartment home as summer plans unfold. Proceeds from The Lamb go to the Actors Fund. Marrison Square Garden will feature the largest New York screen with full-length movie projections. Washington Square players end their season with five top plays at the Bandbox. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. may become Billie Burke’s business manager after contract troubles with Charles Frohman. John Bunny left $8,000 estate. he spent freely and backed failed ventures. Summer shows include Hands Up at Forty-fourth Street with Lawfield as star and ragtime composers behind the music. War delays some American tours to Australia, but many artists expect to visit when quiet returns. America shines in London with The Argyle Case success and Betty at Daly’s, Gladys Unger among the authors. Granville Barker’s Phigeneia at Yale Bowl draws critique of his method similar to A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The notable American actor John Mason and the stage success Jim the Penman by Sir Charles L. The film debuts June third with Mason and his screen supports Marguerita Leslie Frank Perry. The cast also features Harold Lockwood and Russell Bassett among prominent photoplay players.
Elsie Janis stars in a second screen production from Bosworth, Betty in Search of a Thrill, opposite Elsie Tanta as Jim Denning. Supporting cast includes Juanita Manson, Gerbert Standing, Vern Lewis, Harry Hays, and Robert Hiekmen. release pairs with a familiar screen favorite.
Word arrives that Charles Katin will visit New York to appear at a film studio in Maliam Raima Garden for a two week run. The production offers $26,000 for Cheene qinpeiepht, with reports noting a lucrative but uncertain outcome.
Gilbert M. Anderson of Fort Dearborn National Bank and George K. Spoor discussed securing Chaplin’s appearance at the Garden opening. Spoor, traveling from Chicago to New York, reported the deal dead as six figures were needed, and the head of Arena Amusement refused to alter plans.
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