Miles of film circle Earth as industry grows
Census data show film production as the fifth largest US industry. By December 1914 American manufacturers, led by Selig, produced over 10,000 negative reels with about 35 copies each. Total film output nears 37 million dollars in under a year, with feature productions costing hundreds of thousands to millions.
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United States
Census Bureau
Washington
Selig Company
Earth
Photoplay
Casey Jones Returns to Kalem Star and Heroine
Case Jones the blue ribbon bulldog owned by Helen Holmes of Kalem studios Glendale California disappeared for days causing concern. He was found in Griffith Park and returned to Holmes who praised the dog for his camera savvy and loyalty. He often accompanies Holmes in Hazards of Helen stunts and helps ashore when she is thrown into water.
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Casey Jones
Casey
Helen Holmes
Kalem Company
Glendale
Calif
Helen
Holmes
Griffith Park
Miss Holmes
Opien
Kalem
Vivian Rich Bets on First Ten Shots at Santa Barbara
American Mutual star Vivian Rich shoots for a hat at the Santa Barbara studios. She bets ten against ten men that she can call the first ten shots correctly without a marker. She misses all ten but correctly calls each miss before heading to a millinery shop.
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Vivian Rich
Mutual
Santa Babara Studios
Jack Richardson
Harry von Meter
Richardson
Miss Rich
Diamond From the Sky Thrills Show Promises Big Prize
The Diamond From the Sky produced by Whying A studio features two major thrillers including a cliff drop auto stunt and a 100 foot plunge into a raging torrent. Irving Cummings portrays Arthur Stanley in a daring scene where a driver escapes a sheriff and survives a deadly vehicle plunge. The piece highlights expert stunt work and dramatic car acrobatics as part of a photoplay reel with other anecdotes from Vitagraph directors including Jacques Jacard on location in Brooklyn.
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The
Whying
Irving Cummings
Arthur Stanley
Jacques Jaccard
Movie Showcases At Plaza Palace And Crystal Theaters
The Plaza offers a varied week with Mary Pickford in Caprice Anita Stewart and Earle Williams in The Tug gernaut Elsie Janis in The Caprices of Kitty and The Eternal City. The Palace next week features The Cup of Wafe Howard Estabrook in The Butterfly Anna Karenina Beulah Poynter in The Little Girl He Forgot and More Than Queen. The Crystal showcases The Pillar of Flame The Tramp The Closing Web Pawns of Mars Mike Donegal's Escape A Woman's Revenge Rated at $10,000 Po o The Means and the End plus single reelers.
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Plaza
Mary Pickford
Palace
Howard
Estabrook
Kelly Nansen
Anna Karenina
Beulah Poynter
THE
Crystal
Pillar of Plame
Charles Chaplin
Mike Donegal
Fodder For Foto Fans In Moving Pictures
A lively column notes memory plots and star power in early cinema. Clara Kimball Young draws praise for expressive eyes while Marguerite Snow exits Thane to join Francis X. Bushman on Metro. Mary and siblings appear together in Fanchon the Cricket, with Pickford family ties highlighted. The Evening Courter boasts over 6,500 cups of tea sold daily in Waterloo.
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Clara Kimball Young
Marguerite Snow
Thane Houser Company
Francis X. Bushman
Metro
Mr. Bushman
Essanay
Miss Snow
James Craze
Waterloo
Pickford
Fanchon
Mary
Lottie
Jack
Players
Lattia
Indy
Things Theatrical Here At Home At The Majestic
The Majestic vaudeville bill tomorrow features FB Ralph and Anna Nahyl and Co with a Tea House scene, Warry A. Davis and Co with wire acts, Crouch and Davenport Ragtime and comedy, plus Hawaiian acts Kale and Indetta. Box office opens 7 pm tonight and all day tomorrow.
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Majestic
Ralph
Anna Nahyl
Warry A. Davis and Co
Crouch
Davenport
Indetta
Theatre notes hint at Mary Pickford showings and star sightings
A fragment from a theater page recalls a young woman remarking about Mary Pickford andJohn Barrymore as she left the venue. It mentions Caprice and Delaney features, a two part program with three other pictures, and an upcoming Sunday lineup including The First Commandment with Tom Moore and Alice Joyce.
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Mary Pickford
Marcue Clark
William Parman
Madird Abeles
John Barrymore
Delaney
Toatty
Tom Moore
Alice Joyce
Leopard Tragedy at Selig Zoo Horrifies Audience
Poorly translated OCR recounts a perilous stage animal act at a Selig show where a leopard leapt into a fenced trench swallowing an infant named Billie. Spectators and trainers report shock as the animal retrieved the child and carried it into the excavated pit. The incident ends with no clear outcome and mounting questions about safety.
Famous Boxer Becomes Army Aviator in Europe
Georges Carpentiere, famed heavyweight boxer, has become an aviation corps pilot after a long spell in military service. He recently earned his pilot certificate and joined the aviation corps, with boxing fans urged to wish him luck in the air. Waterlo o Evening Courier and Reporter notes wide local reach.
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Brooklyn
Brooke
Mr. Costello
Mr. Brooke
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Ptars
Lottie Pickford
David
Goliath
Kriedmann
Selig
Courter
Betty Nansen
Edwin Jose
Jose Echegaray
Miss Nansen
Donna Teodora
Don Julian
Ernesto
Teodora
Julian
Marquis Alvarez
Rehief
Ernosia Jchallenges
Fire Boy
Edward Jose
Sarah Bernhardt
Wilmuth Merkyl
Walter Hitchcock
Stuart Tolmes
Ani
Evil
Columbia
the Golden Spider
Rough Eye Romantic
Letree Sr Binee
eRuuti
Oia
Shane Otter
Yoni
Josef
Securmve
Asia
America
Soons Oper
Ickford
Hei Okmidy
Deny Measer
Lesencan
Evan
Jom
Billie
Waterlgg
Earl
Gad Howe
Elty
Crystal Theatre
Allegraph
Edward Ceell
Vector V. Lurne
Vola Smith
Violey Reed
Chester Conklin
Gran
Leo Delany
Edward Jose and
Betty Nansen In
Tila ZA
Ralph Mason Hix
Jonal
Jose John Barrymore
the Plaza
Earl Williams
Anita Stewart
Earle Williams
Pila LA Theatre
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Kitty
Eternal
Famous Players Company
France
Taly
Pauline Frederick
Thone
Ralph and the Sweet
Anna Bayhl
Harry A. Davis
Kale
Indetta Hawitaiians
Crouch and Davenport
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