#OTD 1925, Dublin's La Scala offered its last screenings of the Irish Pilgrimage film and the Grafton its last of The Confessions of a Queen (US: Metro-Goldwyn, 1925), directed by Victor Sjöström, and starring Alice Terry. Images: Evening Herald and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema

On 15 November 1925, Dublin's Corinthian began a run of College Days (AKA The Freshman; US: Lloyd, 1925), starring Harold Lloyd in "a clean, wholesome picture that will make you laugh all the time." Images: Evening Herald and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema

16 Nov 1925: Drogheda's Boyne Cinema had The White Sister (US: Inspiration, 1923). Lillian Gish's "restrained conception of the difficult role of Sister Angela stands at the top of her many famous characterisations." Images: Drogheda Independent & Wikipedia. #EarlyIrishCinema

17 Nov 1925: Dublin's Metropole had The Phantom of the Opera (US: Universal, 1925), with Lon Chaney, "unquestionably the most amazing film that has been produced up to the present time ... a masterpiece of characterisation." Images: Evening Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema

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On 20 November 1925, Dublin's Masterpiece was bombed during the run of Ypres (UK: British Instructional Films, 1925), the first copy of which had been stolen from the cinema by armed raiders the previous week. Images: Evening Herald. #EarlyIrishCinema

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On 21 November 1925, Limerick's Grand Central Cinema had its last screenings of I Am the Man (US: Chadwick, 1924), "an intensely gripping drama of American life," starring Lionel Barrymore and Seena Owen. Images: Munster News and Exhibitor's Trade Review. #EarlyIrishCinema

Israel just bombed a residential neighborhood in Beirut, violated Security Council resolution SCR 1701, the ceasefire agreement, and international law with absolutely no consequences. This is another war crime and the International Criminal Court remains silent.

On 23 November 1925, Belfast's Picturedrome the Mount offered The Breath of Scandal (US: Schulberg, 1924), "a new kind of problem play, in which a pretty girl has to face scandal through the foolishness of her father." Images: Ireland's Saturday Night & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema

Many, in my part of the world,still know the difference between ius quia iussum (law as commanded) and ius quia iustum (law as just).I follow the latter. Questioning a resolution’s flaws isn’t “siding with terrorists”; it’s defending the only peace that ends violence: a just one.

At the beginning of this week 1925, the Evening Herald published a photo of Rudolph Valentino arriving at Southampton at the start of a tour of Europe. #EarlyIirishCinema

On 27 November 1925, Larne's Electric Theatre offered The Drums of Jeopardy (US: Hoffman, 1923), starring Elaine Hammerstein, "the strange romance of two men and a girl." Images: Larne Times and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema

On 30 November 1925, the Cinema, Kells was showing He Who Gets Slapped (US: MGM, 1924), starring Lon Chaney, "a story for the millions, told in gripping pictures - conceived by love and beauty and human kindness." Images: Meath Chronicle and IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema

This weekend 1925, the Voice of Labour reported on the picket that took place on the charity Cinema Bal-Masque at Dublin's Metropole on 27 November in protest at the holding of an event at a venue where a strike had been ongoing for five months. #EarlyIrishCinema

On 7 Dec. 1925, Omagh's cinemagoers could choose from For Sale (US: Associated National Pictures, 1924) at the Picture House and Pampered Youth (US: Vitagraph, 1925), an adaptation of The Magnificent Ambersons, at the Star Kinema. Images: Ulster Herald & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema

DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE!

This week 1925, letter writer Civis noted in the Kerry News that proposed Irish press censorship was unlikely to be effective given the way film censorship had failed in the case of Lovebound (US: Fox, 1923), recently shown in Tralee. Images: Kerry News & IMDb. #EarlyIrishCinema

This week 1925, Dublin's La Scala put the film Wicklow Gold (Irish Photoplays, 1922) at the centre of its All-Irish Week, with claims the film was premiering, but it had first run at Dublin's Empire in November 1922. Images: Evening Herald & Sunday Independent. #EarlyIrishCinema

Having murdered EVERY journalist in Gaza, and many of their families. Having banned ANY international journalist from entering. Having destroyed almost every structure in Gaza and even laughing as they blew up water treatment facilities and cancer wards. Israel is now BANNING