Oliver Twist and Chimes of Normandy highlight Wilmington program
The program features the Paramount film Oliver Twist with Marie Doro and Hobard Bosworth at the Grand Theatre, plus The Chimes of Normandy, a three act comic opera at the Academy. Casts include Gaspard and Germaine, with elaborate scenic and musical production values. Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning.
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Lyle D. Andrews
Messrs
Hallet Bosworth
Wilfred Lytell
Henry Hamill
K. Mattus
Wolfe Newcombe
Ada C. Neviell
Helen Barnes
Jessie Miller
Elvington
Front Street
Grand Theatre
Paramount
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
Motion Picture World
Lasky
Oliver
Marie Doro
Bill Sikes
Hobard Bosworth
Fagin
Tully Marshall
Normandy
Academy
St. Andrew's Brotherhood Lyceum
Theorge V. C. Lord
Robert Planquette
Wolff Fording
Boston
Marie Doro and Bill Sikes in a London tale review
The critic praises Marie Doro in the boy Oliver role and Bosworth as Bill Sikes. Sikes is depicted as a brutal figure dwelling in London's slums with no redeeming trait except he does not abuse his dog.
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Marie Doro
Oliver
Bosworth
Bill Sikes
London
Pearl White's Pearl of the Army Opens At Bijou
The New York Telegraph critic applauds Pearl White in Pearl of the Army produced by Pathe. The serial, billed as America First, stars Pearl Dare and follows her quest to clear her dead sweetheart's name amid a foreign conspiracy seeking to dismember the United States.
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Secret Service
United States
Pearl White
Maria Wayne
Withal
Ralph Kellard
Theodora Riebus
Geo. B. Seitz
Edward Jese
Wilmington
New York Telegraph
Pathe
Pearl
Joan of Arc
America First
America
Pearl Dare
Foreign Alliance
Guilford Battleground to Become National Park Soon
Patriot fervor rises as Guilford Battleground nears national park status awaiting presidential signature. Wary eyes turn to Guilford County officials for potential roles after Uncle Joe Cannon endorses the bill and Fort Fisher is named as another site to preserve and honor historic valor.
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Guilford Battleground
United States
Guilford Co
Park Commissioners
Uncle Joe Cannon
Commonwealth
Fort Fisher
National Park Plea Sparks Wilmington Rally
An exhortation urges Wilmington and New Islander Co to press Congress for a National Park from Maine to Florida. It notes a potential New Hanover County chair position with a $2000 salary and mocks wintry weather as temporary while urging patriotic action.
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Wilmington and
New Islander Co
Atlantic
Maine
Everglades
Florida
New Hanover County
Park Commissioners
Sol
Roll Call on the Danube Poem of War and Loss
A war poem portrays a brutal roll call on the Danube. A sergeant dies of brain concussion. chaplain administers rites. Captain urges continuation as German forces close in. a private named Pate disrupts the roll, mocked as ape by peers. final roll call unfinished in death.
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Danube
Tricks of Gotch Used In Prize Ring To Jolt Opponents
A favorite Gotch tactic of shaking hands then jerking the opponent to unsettle him has also seen success in boxing. The method aims to rattle nerves and provoke anger, with Stanley Ketchel noted for strolling to center ring while humming to induce tension in foes.
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Frank Gotch
Gotch
Stanley Ketchel
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Han
John
Nora
Royal
America Maids
South
Lyons
America Maids Company
Dixie Trio
Harmony Singers
Gay
Nelle Everett
Qne
Edmund Flynn
Supreme Paramount Production
Lyle D. Andrews Presents
Robert Edeson
Dewolfe Newcombe
Hallett Bosworth
Mr. Edeson
Edw. Jose
THE
Army
Smiliing Jonas
Dixie
Geo. A. Lyons
Lavender
Rel Krafvitch
Ral
Ral Makrafashki
Vladiskaroff
Virgin Mary
Fatski
Pate
Front St
Lyceum
Jesse L. Lasky
Hobart Bosworth
Elsie Jane Willson
Robert Neill
Milmington
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