Date:1923
Description:Centre spread pages for the Broadway Cinema leaflet. The films listed as showing at the time are "Catch My Smoke" (1922) starring Tom Mix and "The Love Image" (1923 - known as "Face On The Bar-Room Floor" in America) starring Henry B. Walthall. Coming soon are "The Young Rajah" (1922) starring Rudolph Valentino, "Don't Weaken" (probably in fact the film "Never Weaken" 1921) starring Harold Lloyd, "Conquering The Woman" (1922) starring Florence Vidor, "Blazing Barriers" (1923 - aka Jacqueline) and starring Marguerite Courtot, "Bumps" (1923) starring Jimmie Adams and "The Village Blacksmith" (1923) starring Will Walling and featuring a writing credit for the poet Longfellow. Also listed is the then already classic "Charlie's New Job" (1915) starring Charlie Chaplin, Ben Turpin and also featuring an uncredited Gloria Swanson as the stenographer. Around the outside of the film listings are numerous adverts for local shops. These can be easily viewd by using the "zoomify" tab.
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Source: Birmingham Libraries , Woodview Primary School
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