Moving Picture News (1911) . providedby the municipal authorities unless they understand English,and there are very few places of entertainment in which theirown language is spoken; but even if they are anxious tolearn, the English language many of them come during thesummer months when the schools are closed, and with themoving picture play as a source of inexpensive amusementthey are enabled to spend many evenings in which enter-tainment and instruction are pleasantly combined. Were itonly for the benefit of the foreign element, therefore—futureAmerican citizens—the plays presented should be
Moving Picture News (1911) . providedby the municipal authorities unless they understand English,and there are very few places of entertainment in which theirown language is spoken; but even if they are anxious tolearn, the English language many of them come during thesummer months when the schools are closed, and with themoving picture play as a source of inexpensive amusementthey are enabled to spend many evenings in which enter-tainment and instruction are pleasantly combined. Were itonly for the benefit of the foreign element, therefore—futureAmerican citizens—the plays presented should be only ofthe highest quality and with an absolutely pure this way only can they fully live down all prejudice. MORE ADVANCEMENT IN THE FILMS Romeo and Juliet Is Announced by Thanhouser The steady improvement in the quality of the Americanmotion picture that is so pronounced a feature of the pres-ent period in picture history, is reflected in the announce-ment by the Thanhouser Company of a film of Romeo and. Juliet. A large and formidable cast of film actors, headedby George Lessey and Julia Taylor in the leading roles,appear in the reel, and no expense has been spared by theproducers to dress players and stage accurately, every de-tail being handled by men conversant with Shakespeare aridthe art of properly presenting his plays. The result is saidto be a picture that will live jqng in the memory of all whosee it. Various of the outdoor scenes are declared veritablescenic gems, and the reel as a whole will likely be receivedwith open arms by the better class of shows. THE MOVING PICTURE ; NEWS 9 FOUND—AN INDIVIDUAL WITH AN OVERBURDENOF PANTOMIMIC TALENTBy Our Roving Commissioner In Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, stands a man-sion, practically deserted. Beautifully furnished in style re-flecting the artistic tastes of the owner, it overlooks withsombre reflection, with regrets and memories flitting inghost shadows about it. the banks of Pennsylvanias
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