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The Standard highlights current theatrical and amusement events with timely notes on local attractions. A concise review of stage offerings and spotlighted attractions in the theater world.
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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1915
Page
4
The Standard highlights current theatrical and amusement events with timely notes on local attractions. A concise review of stage offerings and spotlighted attractions in the theater world.
The Ogden Bundey Aod presents The Flaming Sword with Lionel Barrymore and Tate Grey. Metro production promises action and strong acting. Also featuring The Dividness of Virtue from the original stage version and Monsieur Lecoq in The Mutual masterpicture. Strong company, engaging weekly bill.
The Alhambra program features Jeet and Stedwan in Majesty of the Law, Hazel Dawn in Heart of Jennifer, and a western lineup with Gelly’s park protection of Forty-Nine and Bessie Eyton with Tom Mix. Also showing The Darmstermen four reel Kalem comedy and Neal of the Navy in a city crime tale The Underworld. John Barrymore headlines The Coronrigidle Duke.
A period notice advertises Vivian Martin in The Little PTwo and The Catton King starring George Wash as a dramatic lead. The Isis World Film Corporation touts a blend of action and romance with two featured works, promising charm and vivid intrigue in a midweek program.
Tonight and Sunday at The Oracle feature The Ace of Hearts a Northwest drama with Walter Edwards One Woman's Way starring Vivian Reb. Other offerings include The Mountain Git western, The Zaca Lake Mystery detective tale with Winifred Greenwood and Coren, plus Substances Whio with Hubert Henley and Francis Nelson Snap Shots and Broken Coin episodes.
A stray snippet shows characters arguing over a flea and books with references to a Boston Transcript reading. Earth apologizes to a mother figure while explaining a clever misstep involving a flea and a teacup, preserving quirky dialogue from an old page.
A fragmented report notes that Maidin America, a Maest product from Wister Garden, closed a phenomenal show in Chicago last Saturday night and is set to bring similar success to Columbus this week. The Windy City performance reportedly broke all previous Winter Garden records, generating strong enthusiasm and high expectations for the Lakeside venue.
A late 19th century photoplay scene shows balloons lifting lights around a village of fifty buildings to illuminate night filming near Waukegan. The fire began with a powder magazine explosion while a National Guard member was critically injured by debris and several others burned or hurt.
Essanay announces a major new photoplay to be released in October featuring Artie Hackett in the female lead Dolores de Mendoza and Erik Radelius as King Phillip II with Lewis Folgar as the court jester. The production boasts 600 cavalry and as many infantry, 100 dancers, and a vast set with grand court scenes.
The piece outlines Jone Keith's journey from Chicago to work with Extanay, touring in Chicago and joining a company led by Joseph Trail. Syd Chaplin’s company faces an accident and illness cluster, while Tillie’s Tomato Surprise wraps filming for a September release by Loblo. Charlotte Walker, Geral dine Farrar and others feature in Paramount developments and a Chicago convention with over 190 Paramount staff attendees.
Victor Moore, a longtime vaudeville and stage star, signs a multi year deal with the Lasky Company at Paramount through Samuel Goldfish. He will star in Chimmie Padden and its West Coast project, with a clause barring appearances outside the studio during the contract. Moore’s screen leap follows acclaimed roles in Snobs and Chimmie Fadden, signaling a shift toward photoplays in his career.
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