A Dog‘s Life Clippings 107/146
Moving Picture World, New York, May 25, 1918.
A Dogs Life Scene
& Rex Theatre, exterior by day, Vancouver, Canada, 1951,
City of Vancouver Archives
& Rex Theatre, exterior by day, Vancouver
(...) Moving Picture World, July 15, 1916
& Rex Theatre, auditorium with screen, Vancouver
(...) Motion Picture News, March 17, 1917
& Central Park Theatre, interior view showing details
of side walls and stage, Chicago
(...) Motion Picture News, June 1, 1918
& Putting a Picture Over
HERE is a remarkable instance of showmanship.
It is given principally to introduce the picture industry‘s most
pressing problem and its various angles.
Balaban and Katz of Chicago, showmen of the first order
and owners of eight theatres, played Chaplin‘s „A Dog‘s
Life“ recently to the house record of their Central Park theatre
(...) Motion Picture News, June 1, 1918
Central Park Theatre, 3535 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago.
„The percentage run much higher“
Editorial content. „Conditions in British Columbia Good
So Declares W. P. Dewees, General Manager of Vancouver‘s
First National Exchange.“ (...)
W. P. Dewees Portrait. „The Rex is not one of the largest
houses in the Dominion; seating, in fact, less than 1,400
people. But we have a loyal clientele, and by increasing the
number of shows per day when occasion warrants
we frequently play to 25 per cent of the population of Vancouver
during a week‘s run. In the case of both Tarzan and
A Dog‘s Life I believe the percentage run much higher.“ (...)
Rex Theatre, 25 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, Canada.
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