Carnival at Strand promises an all star screen cast
The Strand shows Carnival on Sunday January 14 led by Matheson Lang as Silvio Stone with Hilda Bailey as Simonetta and Ivor Novello as Count Andrea Scipione. Clifford Gray and Duchess D Ansola also appear, with Twinkles Hunter as Nini. The production, shot in original locales by Harley Knoles, features a famed British and European lineup.
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Harley Knoles
Strand Theatre
Matheson Lang
Silvio Stone
Mr. Lang
New Theatre
London
Hamlet
Shylock
Lear
Sir Henry Irving
Beerbohn Tree
Hilda’ Bailey
Simonetta
Ivor Novello
Andrea Scipione
England
Clifford Gray
Alphonso Niit
Spain
Twinkles" Hunter
Nini
Silvio
Mary Pickford Stars in Suds at the Strand
Mary Pickford returns to the screen in Suds a photoplay based on Maude Adams material and written by Frederick Penn and Richard Pryce. Filming and set design emphasized realism with London street scenes and authentic props while Blanche Sweet and John Bowers headline a cast of sixteen. The Strand shows Suds on Tuesday January 16 with a plot centered on a pawnbroker and his ward Ruth as a dramatic romance and moral test unfolds.
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Kheese F
Maes Pickf
Wehelladdt
Maude Adam
Empire Theatre
New York
America
Frederick Penn
Richard Pryce
Engish
Rkers
Miss Pickford
Amanda Afflick
Jin
London
Sobho
Los Angeles
Badger
Alice Petingill
Blanche Sweet
John Bowers
Lon Chaney
Obadiah Strout
Barbara LaMarr
Lindy Putnam
Imo Lincoln
Abner Stiles
Louise Fal Wonada
Mandy Skinner
Strand Theatre
Quincey Adams Sawyer to Become Ideal Country Life Film
Production aims beyond a simple book adaptation to capture the novel's universal appeal. Script by Bernard McConville with prior credits in The Old Swimmin Tide and Monte Cristo and direction by Clarence Badger, known for Doubling for Romeo and Honest Hutch, to suit rural themes.
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Quincey Adams Sawyer
Charles Felton Pidgin
Bernard McConville
Mary Pickford
The Five Dollar Baby with Viola Dana at Strand
Viola Dana stars in The Five Dollar Baby a screen version of Irvin Cobb story from the Saturday Evening Post shown at Strand theatre Jan 25. The film follows a girl reared by a Jewish pawnbroker Uncle Ben in New York City's ghetto in two life stages from thirteen to young woman.
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Rath
Ben
Ruth
Viola Dana
Strand
Irvin
Cobb
Whicc
Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Cobb
New York
Metropolis
Miss Dana
Ely's Cream Balm Head Cold Relief Slogan
A classic advertisement promises relief from head colds and catarrh. It urges applying the fragrant antiseptic cream in the nostrils to soothe swollen mucous membranes and restore easy breathing. Relief is claimed as sure.
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Ely
Larry Semon in Side-Splitting School Days Comedy
Larry Semon stars in a Strand Theatre feature titled School Days a country school mischief tale. The film shows familiar classroom props and pranksters from youth then ages the characters to adulthood revealing Semon’s fresh approach to the district school comedy.
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Larry Semon
Strand Theatre
Larry Lemon
Sage and Sulphur Compound for Darker Hair
A home remedy for darkening gray hair is described using Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound. The preparation is applied strand by strand with a sponge or brush and by morning gray hair appears reduced with darker, shinier, more youthful-looking results.
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Wyeth
School Days and Ambitions in Wakefield
A fragment touches on youth ambitions to be bank presidents or famous actresses, notes a well connected story, and cites Larry Semain's Life School Days as a top work. It wryly remarks editors can tell an obituary at a glance from subscription status.
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Tuere
Larry Semain
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