Where the boys spend their money. Location: St. Louis, Missouri. (LOC)

    Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940,, photographer.

    Where the boys spend their money. Location: St. Louis, Missouri.

    1910 May.

    1 photographic print.

    Notes:
     Title from NCLC caption card.
    Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
    In album: Miscellaneous.
    Hine no. 1476-A.
    Rear view, boy in cap "25 cents Matinees every day ."

    Subjects:
     Boys.
    Motion picture theaters.
    Leisure.
    United States--Missouri--St. Louis.

    Format: Photographic prints.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Part Of: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) 2004667950

    General information about the Lewis Hine child labor photos is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.04666

    Call Number: LOT 7483, v. 1, no. 1476-A

    Comments and faves

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      italiangerry, Bibi, Merfuckr, Supertoys, and 26 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. artolog (3 months ago | reply)

      A more distant shot of the same theater in 1907,from the Missouri History Museum on Flickr Intersection of Sixth and Walnut Streets

    3. pennylrichardsca (3 months ago | reply)

      Cool find, Artolog!

      The actress headlining on the posters (both sides of the doorway) is Beulah Poynter (1886-1960). She was from St. Louis, which would explain her popularity in that city. Here's her IMDB page:
      www.imdb.com/name/nm0694718/
      But there's no film listed there from before 1914.
      The New York Public Library has a lot of images of Beulah Poynter (she was on Broadway as well as in films):
      digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysear chresult.cfm...

      Title of the flim looks to be "Little Lord Fauntleroy." The earliest film version of that seems to also be 1914.

    4. artolog (3 months ago | reply)

      thanks.. I was surprised to find no wikipedia (or other internet) full biographical sketch of Poynter, as she was clearly a top actress of the era, both on stage and later screen. She also wrote many plays, screenplays for films, and even had a spin as a pulp fiction novelist later in her career. I imagine her life story is very interesting. This image is dated 1910. I guess the theater was still putting on legitimate theater or vaudeville at that point, so it was probably a stage production. Poynter was born in Missouri and would have been 24 in 1910.

      I wonder if she played both the Little Lord and his mother, as Mary Pickford did later.

    5. pennylrichardsca (3 months ago | reply)

      Yes, Beulah needs a wikipedia entry. I'll put her on my list for when I get a chance. But if someone gets there first, even better!

    6. artolog (3 months ago | reply)

      Here's Billboard's account of her Spring, 1910 run in St. Louis:
      "MISS POYNTER IN ST. LOUIS.
      Miss Beulah Poynter and her associate players
      opened a season of stock for an indefinite period
      at Havlin's Theatre. St. Louis, on April 24
      to two capacity audiences. The first bill pre-
      sented was Lena Rivers, Miss Poynter's own
      version.
      Miss Poynter still remains next season under
      the management of Messrs. Burt and Nicholai
      and they will present her in a new and original
      play from her own pen. The present cast In-
      cludes John Bowers, Jos. Kelvin, Edwin Dale,
      Harvey J. Hayes, Ted V. Armond, John Renben,
      W. A. Colman, Carl Gilson, Ed. . Westrup.
      Beulah Poynter, Claribel Worth, Bertha Julian,
      Edwina Levin, Nettle Loodln, Tessie Lawrence
      and Harry J. Jackson, manager. "
      archive.org/stream/billboard22-1910-05/billbo ard22-1910-0...

      Little Lord F. was done the week of May 8, 1910 according to a later Billboard article at the same link above.

      And dig this chronological list of pulp fiction she wrote (to view complete list, follow NEXT link )
      www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/d2029.htm#A84613

    7. pennylrichardsca (3 months ago | reply)

      And that date (May 8) matches the poster on the left, so well done!

    8. chadhobbs (3 months ago | reply)

      Great work folks. I LOVE stuff like this. The photo, the research and the old film connection... This is why I love Flickr. And the internet in general. It's pretty keen.

    9. swanq (3 months ago | reply)

      moviesyearbyyear.blogspot.com/p/stlouis-mo-th eatres.html shows this picture and describes Havlins Theater, "located on the corner of Sixth and Walnut streets in St. Louis Mo."

      Sixth and Walnut no longer intersect. The spot where they would have crossed is on the edge of the complex for the stadium used by the Cardinals.

    10. The Library of Congress (3 months ago | reply)

      Artolog, Pennyrichardsca, and Swanq -- Thank you so much for all your comments! You've brought many new aspects of this image to life by helping us all see what's going on "beyond the single frame."

      I know you to be very resourceful researchers who puzzle through many photos successfully. Here, your combined talents have brought an especially rich pool of information into play. I've added this photo to the "Great Comments" set.
      -- Helena (LOC)

    11. Zoar3 (3 months ago | reply)

      Great post

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