The Rounders Clippings 28/36
Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona, November 21, 1914.
The Rounders Scenes
& Looking north up Central Avenue and Washington Street,
Phoenix, 1920s, phoenix.gov
& Orpheum, exterior by day, marquee Mae West
I‘m no Angel America‘s Most Startling
Woman, Phoenix, 1929 – Mae West came to town
in 1929 to impress upon the locals that she
wasn‘t play-acting in I‘m no Angel, phoenix.gov, detail
& Hip, exterior by day, slogan on bottle over
the booth See the funeral of Old King Booze at Phoenix,
Phoenix, 1917 – Lobby Display Showing the Manner
in which the Hip Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona, celebrated the
Downfall of „Booze“ during the Run of a Pathe
News which depicted Various Phases of its Abolishment
(...) Motion Picture News, March 24, 1917
& Hip, interior, poster Shorty Hamilton
Will Appear Here In Person To-Night, Phoenix, 1917
– Shorty Hamilton Makes „Personal Appearance“
on Horseback. Phoenix Manager Turns Booze Into Dollars.
Live Wire „Rick“ Gets Up Local „Party,“ Takes Own
Picture. Sends to Pathe, and Cashes in When It Comes
to Town in News
(...) Motion Picture News, March 31, 1917
& DOWN in Arizona business hasn‘t been
as lively of late as it might be, owing to the British contraband
of war on copper, one of the big products of the
State, but Walter B. Leecraft, manager of the Lion Theater,
in Phoenix, recently found means to boom
business at his house in a manner to arouse the envy of all his
competitors. Having booked The Wrath of the Gods,
Thomas H. Ince‘s wonderful Japanese picture, for his mid-week
feature, Mr. Leecraft was not content with billing
it like a circus, but decorated the theater with Japanese
wistaria and native roses, just now in bloom
there. The effect was heightened by cleverly designed Japanese lanterns placed over the house and exit lights, which
gave the foyer of the theater a decided atmosphere of old Nippon. Incidental to the projection of the picture the orchestra
rendered a program in which Japanese selections were the feature.
Never in the history of Phoenix has a picture
received such a lavish theater setting, but the effort drew
out business that well compensated Mr. Leecraft
for his trouble and outlay. In offering a high class feature
like The Wrath of the Gods to the public, Mr.
Leecraft established a precedent in Phoenix and it is expected
that it will probably be the means of seeing more
of the big pictures such as D. W. Griffith‘s Home Sweet Home.
The Great Leap, Battle of Sexes, and others of the
notable multiple reel subjects handled by the Continental
Feature Film Corporation presented with an attempt
at really novel settings.
(...) Reel Life, Jan. 16, 1915
„One of the funniest“
Editorial content. „Lion Theater“ (...)
„Another drama of merit today is The Mirror by the
American Players, and the Keystone comedy,
The Rounders, is one of the funniest that Charlie Chaplin
and Roscoe Arbuckle ever appeared in and is sure
to please.“ (...)
Lion (later Hip) Theater, Phoenix.
The Rounders is
released by Keystone September 7, 1914.
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