Meaders Theater 1919 Washington D.C. 1919-2010
by David Lee Guss
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Meaders Theater 1919 Washington D.C. 1919-2010
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David Lee Guss
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Photograph - Photography
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The 600 seat Meaders opened in early 1910. After a couple of name changes it became the Academy in 1931; closing in 1961.
Since 1962 the building has been occupied by the People's Church.
The program here includes William Farnum's (1876-1953) first movie, the 40 minute "The Redemption of David Corson" (1914) and H.B. Warner (1875-1958) in the 50 minute "For a Woman's Honor" (1919).
"Corson" must be a reissue as Farnum was billed 5th in the original 1914 release. These posters have his name above the title. (In 1917 Raoul Walsh directed Farum in "The Conqueror." In an interview with Peter Bogdanovich he claimed that William Farnum "was the first to get ten thousand dollars a week.")
The films were shown on separate days as the "pictures changed daily." Movie patrons were getting short changed as the 12 reel, nearly three hours "The Birth of a Nation" had set the standard for epic feature films in 1915.
24 years later, another Civil War saga, David O. Selznick's "Gone With the Wind" is three hours and 40 minutes long. The 2007 digitally restored DVD is a few minutes shy of four hours.
The muted Technicolor is glorious in this superlative editing exercise by Beatrice Corti.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mM8iNarcRc
William Farnum appeared with Duke in "The Spoilers" (1942).
{NOTE: In 1914 Marion Morrison's druggist father Clyde moved his family from Iowa to Los Angeles.}
@2010 David Lee Guss Film homage, Meaders Theater, 1919, Washington, D.C., 1919-2010
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