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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
4
News of life and shadows from the stage highlights John Philip Sousa as the world’s premier bandleader. The Sousa Band, famed globally, promotes musical interest with programs featuring rare works. They will perform at the Coliseum on May 6 in both afternoon and evening shows.
Rube Miller recounts route from acrobat to director and comedian with Keystone, then Kennedy in Santa Barbara, later joining Sennett's company. The piece covers his early falls into directing, shift to film, and long view on motion pictures as an art and force in prohibition. It also reports on Asher and animals in early cinema, with notes on training, experiments, and the evolving role of cinema in society.
The Spoilers at the Malave features Theda Bara in A Keel There Was, The Woman Who Urred, The Fifth Commandment, and The Commuters. Plaza shows Alice Dovey in The Commanding Officer, Snobs, The Unafraid, and Mary Pickford in Tales of the Storm Country across Sunday to Monday. Crystal presents Chaplin in The Champion with daily features The Only Way Out and others through Saturday. Grand lineup to be announced. article includes a camera-man essay by Selig Polyscope staff.
Helen Holmes, star of Hazards of Helen, performed a dangerous scene for Helen's Perils at San Pedro harbor. She leaped from a dock into a racing launch but misjudged the distance and struck the boat rail, then fell unconscious into the water. Sailors on the pier rescued her. she was revived but too ill to continue filming that day.
A. A. Campbell of Cincinnati sees his wife among American nurses in a Pathe News screening. He arranges private viewings, wires a New York brother to intercept the voyage La Touraine, and seeks to persuade her to return. Also noted is the stage novelty Taking Chances with a moonlit reflection scene and its inventor.
Readable notes describe Majestic and Palace theatre shows in Waterloo with acts by Francis Claire Ther lit the Frieids Ramona Orble and Bickwell, plus screenings of The Spoilers and The Commanding Officer. Major listings include three shows on Sundays and plays returning due to demand as audiences flock to cinematic and stage entertainments.
Clara Kimball Young discusses art in motion picture acting in a chat about the challenges of casting today. She notes many actors seek roles, yet the problem of true cinematic expression remains complex and unresolved.
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