Western Hero Leads The Virginian at Strand Theatre
Tom Forman directs a Western themed film of Owen Wister's The Virginian to be shown at the Strand theatre next Friday. The production traces its cast and crew to cow towns with Louis Lighton a former cow puncher and Col. William Hawley closely tied to the story's Wyoming origins.
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Akeout Casper
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Cowboy Forman Rooted in Texas Ranch Life
Forman, who controlled production decisions, grew up on a large Texas cattle ranch and worked as a cowpuncher for his father before age fifteen. He rode with Lone Star riders and read Owen Wister as a boy, carrying the novelist in his bag and memorizing it while grazing on prairie grass.
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Texas
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Lone Star State
Owen Wister
Wister
Constance Talmadge Stars in The Primitive Lover at Strand
Constance Talmadge appears as a romance hungry wife in Edgar Selden’s The Primitive Lover now at the Strand theater. A presumed dead lover returns during a time of domestic tension, driving a plot filled with romance and comedy.
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Constance Talmadge
Strand Theatre
Edgar Sel
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South America
Miss Talmadge
Polly
Barthelmess Shines in Telable David at Strand
Richard Barthelmess stars as David in Telable David a Virginia mountains romance to be shown January 8 at the Strand. The story traces one day of love devotion from a mountain youth as he aids his brother through courage and purpose amid family life and tragedy with humor and heart.
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Richard Bartelmess
David
Strand Theatre
Virginia
Mr. Barthelmess
Maytime hailed as one of the year’s best pictures
Gasnier’s Maytime starring Ethel Shannon is praised for its four era plot shifts from 1865 to 1928 and the young actress’s four characterizations. The Strand Theatre advertises the film as a top pickup from B. P. Schulberg debuting January 1.
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Strand Theatre
Gasnier
Aida Johnson Young
B. P.schulberg
Ethel Shannon
Miss Shannon
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Merry-Go-Round hailed as year's greatest picture at Strand
Universal picture Merry-Go-Round receives coast to coast praise. Mary Philbin debuts as a Viennese organ grinder girl after a strict screen test and training. Norman Kerry leads as Austrian officer with a cast of Cesare Gravina and George Hackathorne. Production used Viennese locations, recreated the Prater, and imported royal carriages and uniforms with Austrian bond and Lloyds coverage.
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Strand Theatre
Mary Philbing
Chicago
Hearst
Carl Laemmle
Universal Pictures Corporation
Prater
Coney Island
Vienna
Norman Kerry
Cesare Gravina
George Seigmann
George Hackathorne
Dale Fuller
Anton Vaverka
Maude George
Dorothy Wallace
Rupert Julian
Universal City of the Prater
Barthelmess Presents The Bright Shawl At Strand
Barthelmess stages a film adaptation of Joseph Hergesheimer’s The Bright Shawl with Cuba and New York scenery. John S. Robertson directs the production featuring Dorothy Gish Mary Astor Anders Randolf Jetta Gondal Andre Beranger E G Robinson and others. The drama centers on a young American rebel amid romance and intrigue in a Spanish colonial setting.
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Richard Barthelmess
Strand Theatre
Joseph Hergesheimer
Cuba
New York
Johns. Robertson
Tommy
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Dorothy Gish
Mary Astor
Anders Randolf
Santacilla
Jetta Gondal
la Pilar
Andre Berang
Tregonning Appointed City Policeman
Ben Tregonning qualified as a city police officer last Saturday afternoon and will start duties immediately, filling the post left vacant by Oscar Halberg. For sale Acorn Hard Coal Bose Burner large size inquire to Nels Walstrom.
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Ben Tregonning
Oscar Halberg
Acorn
Nels Walstrom
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