Picture Play

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Lorna Doone
By R. D. Blackmore
Albert Armstrong's New Picture Play

LORNA DOONE
From the Oil Painting by Edmund H. Garrett



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REDPATH
LYCEUM
BUREAU
BOSTON
CHICAGO

Redpath Lyceum Bureau
604 Cable Building, CHICAGO
KEITH VAWTER, Manager

Central Lyceum Bureau
FRED PELHAM, Manager
415–420 Orchestra Bldg., CHICAGO, ILL.


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ASSOCIATE MEMBER
AMERICAN
LYCEUM
UNION
S.B. Hershey
Prest & Genl Mgt.
ROCHESTER. N.Y.






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Season of 1905 – 1906
MR. ARMSTRONG stands for that which is best in lyceum courses.  His aim is to present a program in which there is a happy combination of instruction and entertainment, and in adding Lorna Doone to his repertoire he is maintaining the already high standard of his work.  This masterpiece of romantic fiction ranks as one of the best books in modern literature.


SCENE FROM THE LITTLE MINISTER


The PICTURE PLAY is a pictorial presentation of a story, the pictures following one another in rapid succession, so that it seems as though it were acted out before our eyes.





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Letters
Pastor First Congregational Church Middletown, Conn.

The entertainment was greatly enjoyed by all who were present, and all would be glad to have it repeated.  Let me congratulate you once more upon the effectiveness of the illustrations, as well as upon your admirable rendition of the author's exquisite sentiments.

Yours cordially,
A. W. HAZEN, Pastor.

General Secretary Y. M. C. A. Richmond, Va.

My Dear Mr. Armstrong: The Little Minister, as presented by you, is fine, both in presentation and illustration.  The entire audience was thoroughly pleased, entertained and instructed.

Yours very respectfully,
S. K. MCKEE, General Secretary.


THB STOPPING-PLACE MEETING — THE SKY PILOT


President Williamsport (Pa.) Oratorio Society

Dear Mr. Armstrong: Permit me to express my thorough enjoyment of your truly delightful entertainment on Saturday evening.  The illustrations were the finest we have ever had, and together with your masterly rendition of the text, completely captured your audience.  I fully intended seeing you after the lecture, but was unexpectedly called away.

Very truly yours,
O. B. BLAKE.

Most Charming and Effectual

PORTLAND, ME.

Great as were my expectations, they were greatly surpassed.  The reading and the illustrations make one of the most delightful entertainments I have ever attended.  I am sure Mr. Armstrong will be invited to come again.

REV. DR. BLANCHARD, Pastor of Congress Square Church.

Entertainment Committee Trinity Union M. E. Church

PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 23, 1904.

Mr. Armstrong, Dear Sir: Let me offer congratulations upon your successful and entertaining Picture Play.  All our people were delighted with it and I have heard nothing but praise for your sympathetic portrayal of the varied characters.  We feel we were fortunate in having you in our course this season.  Wishing you equal success in all your work, we are,

Respectfully yours,
I. LEONARD GROVE, Chairman.

A Boston Clergyman Writes

The entertainment gave a large audience intense satisfaction.  There is no dissenting voice.  Mr. Armstrong's familiarity with the text of the book, his sufficient Scotch brogue, and his exquisite colored pictures, representing real persons, unite in making the entertainment delightful and instructive.  It gives me great pleasure to commend him to churches and other organizations that know and desire and appreciate a thoroughly good thing.

REV. ARTHUR LITTLE, D. D.

General Secretary Y.M.C.A., Boston, Mass.

My Dear Sir: I wish to express to you my appreciation of the two illustrated lectures, Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush and The Little Minister, that you have given in our Star Course the past two seasons.  These lectures were most thoroughly enjoyed, and I commend them heartily to our Associations throughout the country, for they are not only entertaining, but instructive as well.  Wishing you continued success, I am,

Very truly yours,
GEO. W. MEHAFFEY, General Secretarv.

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Mr. Armstrong's Plays

Lorna Doone (New)
By R. D. Blackmore   200 Pictures
The Sky Pilot
By Ralph Connor   200 Pictures
The Little Minister
By J. M. Barrie   195 Pictures
The Bonnie Brier Bush
By Dr. John Watson   110 Pictures



Testimonials

New Orleans (La.) Times=Democrat
Mr. Armstrong has found an untraveled way of reaching the hearts of patrons of the dramatic art.  He very cleverly portrays one, two, three or four characters at once.  One sees the story depicted on the canvas, hears the voice of the characters, witnesses the incidents described and gets the full benefit of the moral pointed, the same as if a well-trained and talented company of performers was presenting it.  Mr. Armstrong's performance is highly satisfactory from every standpoint.  It is edifying, entertaining, instructive.  It is like reading the book, seeing the story staged and living among the people who are described in the story, all at the same time.  Dramatic picture plays have a future as well as a mission.

Dartmouth College Lecture Course

One of the best numbers of the course.


Ashland (Ky.) Daily Independent
We are pleased to say the audience was delighted, and the committee expressed themselves as greatly pleased with the entire entertainment.  The illustrations were among the finest ever shown here, and those who had or had not read The Sky Pilot greatly enjoyed the characters as portrayed by the speaker.  Those who heard him expressed themselves as delighted, while those who missed this entertainment will always have something to regret.

Nashville (Tenn.) American

That Mr. Armstrong had completely mastered the characters of the story was proven by his masterly interpretation of it.  There was not a moment, from the opening scene until the close of the performance, that the interest of it was not sustained.  There were about 200 persons present.


Boston Globe
Arranged in a clever manner.  In every way the recital was a success.

Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch

The Sky Pilot, a dramatic picture play after the book by Ralph Connor, was admirably presented by Albert Armstrong last night at Carnegie Music Hall, Allegheny, under the auspices of the Young Men's Club of the Ninth United Presbyterian Church.  It was one of the entertainments in the Allegheny Star Course, and proved most enjoyable.

Norfolk (Va.) Landmark

Mr. Armstrong's reading of the interesting narrative was excellent, his interpretation of the characters especially striking.  Altogether the entertainment was one of the most enjoyable of the Y. M. C. A. Star Course.


Williamsport (Pa.) Press
Every seat taken—the crowd was the largest that has for a long time been in the hall, and the appreciation of the picture play was general.  Views of beautiful coloring and artistic worth, because of their trueness to life (they were made at the scene of the story, by Albert Armstrong) illustrated the tale that was told in beautifnl language by Mr. Armstrong, whose impersonations made the characters stand out lifelike.

Hugh C. Middleton, Augusta, Ga.

Mr. Armstrong held the interest of the Augusta Lyceum completely with his Little Minister.  I should like to see him in all the southern courses.

Y. M. C. A. Course, Worcester, Mass.

Thoroughly pleased every one present.  While we have had a number of attractive entertainments this season, we think none has given any greater pleasure than this last.


Boston Evening Transcript
Mr. Armstrong's interpretation of the story was graphic and vivid.


Brooklyn (N. Y.) Daily Eagle
Long continued applause greeted the close of the recital.


Charlotte (N. C.) Daily Observer
Albert Armstrong fulfilled all expectations last night in his presentation of the The Sky Pilot as the picture play.  The pictures were very fine, the story was well told, and both combined to give a very realistic idea of the country and the book.  The characters of Broncho Bill and Gwen were particularly well portrayed.


Brooklyn (N. Y.) Daily Eagle
Remarkably artistic photographs.


Huron (S. D.) Daily Huronite
The Albert Armstrong picture play of The Sky Pilot at the Grand, Thursday evening, was the finest thing of its kind that has ever visited our city.  All the views shown were of the very best and were most realistic.  As a picture was thrown upon the screen Mr. Armstrong would take the part of the actors as they appeared, making the story of The Sky Pilot seem as though it were acted out before your eyes.  It is safe to say that those who missed this number of the Y. M. C. A. lecture course will ever regret it.

Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger

The Sky Pilot, a dramatic picture play after the book by Ralph Connor, was admirably presented by Albert Armstrong last night at the Auditorium.


Platinum Photographs of Mr. Garrett's Lorna Doone May be Obtained of Him at Winchester, Massachusetts.  Size 6¾ × 8¼.  Price $2.00.



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