Steve: Don't know the guy in JAX... can you e-mail me his contact information? (
split_reel@yahoo.com)
Bob: You'll be getting a e-mail from me tomorrow... would love to have more.
The still posted: Pokes & Jabbs dipped into the theatrical setting for a plot many, many times, so it can be difficult to separate one from another. But BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS and THE PROPERTY MAN (aka BEFORE THE SHOW) did both take place at the "Vim Theatre"... so this ain't those. Both appear to be performers in this, Burns played a stage hand and Stull a performer in THE PROPERTY MAN.
Some things to consider-----
No Babe Hardy: So could be a Wizard, mid to late Vim, or a Jaxon.
No Billy Ruge: So could be a Wizard, mid Vim or Jaxon. (Ruge made some brief supporting appearances in the later days of Vim after Plump & Runt).
No Ethel Burton: ...at least from first look (unless that is her peeking around the camera). If no EB then definitely a Jaxon.
"Pokes & Jabbs" not "Pokes & Jabs"... although rules are made to be broken and there are exception.... for the most part the double-bb version of their name was only used at Vim. Although the change in the name of the theater makes me think Wizard or Jaxon.
Again just from first look and needed a higher res scan to really see... it appears there is a two or three story building adjacent to the set and I thought Riverside Drive (at least the area where Vim was located) was very low profile as in mainly single story structures but I could be wrong. If I am right then this could be either before pre-JAX Vim (at Wizard's NYC studio or Vim's Bayonne, NJ one) or after at Jaxon's JAX studio (The Garrick studios) or at Eastern Film's studio in Providence, Rhode Island.
Other Pokes & Jabbs that have theaters or actors in the plot: GOOD & PROPER (Vim, 1916), or the first Jaxon ARE ACTORS PEOPLE?(Jaxon, 1917).
Hope this is all clear as mud. I will dig deeper into my notes and hopefully come up with an i.d.
Rob