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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
6
Five year push for independence ends as NormaBil is fed up with being financially dependent. She forces husband Dr Hugh Bilis to manage the home while interruptions from bills test their union. A light domestic drama accompanies Myra mysteries and a Hearst News Reel. Admission 10 cents with a six piece orchestra.
Charles Chaplin in his latest release The Pawnshop was canceled due to travel constraints and a Sunday Washington engagement. The program will feature The Scarlet Runner with Earl Williams, The Secrets of the Submarine, and Florence Campbell and Company in vaudeville with a rich comedy tabloid. Admission is 15 cents.
Mail orders continue to pour in for DR. W. Griffite's spectacle The Birth of a Nation at the Empire Theater as crowds flock to see the controversial film.
Howard Gaye as General Lee and Donald Crisp as General Grant receive high praise for authenticity. The scene depicts Lee and Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9 1865 with details of the surrender under apple trees and the Wilmer McLean house noted.
The Birth of a Nation will be shown for three performances at the Winchester theater starting Wednesday evening October 18. A Thursday matinee and an evening show follow with tickets costing fifty cents to one dollar and a half. Mail orders sold out most two dollar seats. best afternoon seats sell for one dollar. Box office opens Saturday at nine. Crowd demand is unprecedented in Winchester.
The Birth of a Nation crew reaches Winchester to install two motor driven projectors for the five thousand scenes. Twenty four technicians accompany the company to operate effects from a sixty foot baggage car, ensuring clear visibility for all spectators.
The missing installment from last Monday due to "Princess Pat" will be shown next Monday. Star Want Ads lists results and telegraph notes.
Claims against the estates of James Preston and Edward B Shull must be presented properly authenticated. M M Lynch, attorney, Winchester Virginia, and Mrs Kates S Anderson, administratrix, Middletown Virginia, urge those indebted or having claims to settle promptly.
Empire secures a six day run titled The Scarlet Runner with a twelve hundred horsepower automobile. The show opens this Saturday featuring Her Car and His Majesty with Earl Williams piloting the vehicle.
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