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FILMS SHOWN AT ANDREWS' PICTURE PALACE Films shown at the opening performance of Andrews' Picture Palace in Plymouth included "Buffalo Hunting in Indo-China", "Tongue of Scandal", "Cow-puncher's Ward", "Fruits of Vengeance" and "Hubby's Triumph". The stories were related by a person termed the 'lecturer', a Mr T Jones. At the end of 1918 Andrews's Picture House claimed the first showing in Great Britain of the Charlie Chaplin/First National film "Shoulder Arms" for the week commencing December 2nd. Matinees were played every day that week. This four-reel film starred not only Edna Purviance and Charlie Chaplin but also Sydney Chaplin, Charlie's brother. Other members of the cast were Henry Bergman and Albert Austin. The First World War had not yet ended so this story of a soldier in the trenches dreaming of winning the war all on his own was well received at the time. In early September 1919 Andrews Picture Palace was showing "The Ocean Waif" with Carlyle Blackwell and Doris Kenyon as well as Part 8 of "Adventures Among the Cannibals". The programme ran from 2 until 10.15pm.
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