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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1916

Page

9

Gaumont Stars and Films Featured in Florida Shoot

Miss Marguerite Courtot stars as WayfMimea in Feathertop while Mildred Gregory headlines According Law Gaumont five reel feature. Iva Shepard enjoys a Gaumont ride in The Haunted Manor with Henry W Pemberton and Gerald Griffin in Jacksonville.

Marguerite Courtot WayfMimea Mildred Gregory Gaumont Iva Shepard Gerald Griffin Gaumont Company Jacksonville Fla Henry W. Pemberton Charles Graham Rtop Mar-guerite Courtot Helen Marten Florida Everglades Alan Robinson Richard Garrick Wils Gaumont-Mutual Law Fred Gregory

Beauties In The Movies Highlight Stage To Screen Stars

A survey of silent film era actresses notes Pauline Frederick as a leading emotional star born in Boston who rose from the stage in 1902 and starred in The Eternal City and Zaza. Beatriz Michelena, Ormi Hawley, Jack O'Brien, Theda Bara, Griffith, and others are mentioned with upcoming films and projects across Famous Players, Metro, Fox, Vitagraph, and Essanay.

Genevanis Corporation Charles Dana Gibart London Academy of Design B. L. Link Madge Lydia Fiela Emmet The World Film Co Master Hand Pauline Frederick Boston New York Samson Potipher Joseph Famous Players Lydia Gilmore Frederick Standard Frederick New York City Polly Harry Hillard Theda Bara Fox Theda BE. H. Sothern Vitagraph

Big Chief Lone Bear Turns Screen Actor at Inceville

Sioux veteran Lone Bear, 79, transitions from pioneer trail lore to film, playing a modern lover opposite Anita Stewart and others at Inceville California. The era’s star moves include Harold Lockwood May Allison quitting Santa Barbara studios and William Collier set for a Tom Ince project.

Lone Bear Inceville California Harold Lockwood May Allison Santa Barbara Miss Allison Metro Lockwood

Alabama cotton seed compared with imports shows homegrown equal or better

Alabama agriculture commissioner James A. Wade argues in his weekly conditions report that Alabama grown cotton seed perform as well as or better than imported Carolina and Virginia stock under boll weevil pressures. He warns that imported seeds often yield smaller bolls, shorter staple, and higher costs, urging choice of wilt resistant local varieties and keeping farming profits at home.

Montgomery Ala James A. Wade Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Alabama Carolina Virginia Cotton Belt North Cleveland South Coastal Plain Covington Toole Dillon

White Elephant Party Ends In Husband Flood

In a provincial town famed for schemes a society woman hosted a White Elephant Party guests to bring unused yet valuable items. Eleven of nineteen women arrived with their husbands causing the event to collapse. News notes also report Olive Trevor filming The Haunted Manor in Jacksonville with a notable screen scene and a remark about staying home on weeknights.

Edwin Middleton Olive Trevor Gaumont Jacksonville Flay Miss Trevor

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Winsome Madge Evans Beatriz Michelena Bea Ormi Hawley Lubin Edwin August Jack” O’brien Mary Pickford the Foundling Famous Players Company Griffith Goon Francis J. Gordon Selig Metro Forces Sis Mopkins Vivian Martin Mary Ann William F. “Shay Annette Kellerman Minneapolis Stuart Holmes Chicago Edna May Joan Ruth Stonehouse Essanay Studios KE. H. Sothern Big Chief William Farnum Maine Virginia Pearson Louisville Claire Whitney Fifth Avenue William Collier Tom Ince Peggy Billie Burke Howard Hickman Edith Reeves Valeska Suratt Terre Haute the Empire Paramount NA Aio RC Kil OI Bickel & Watson Bray Blanche Sweet Thomas Meighan Theodore Roberts Russia Henry Seton Merriman Henry B. Walthall Edna Mayo Mary Page John Junior Elizabeth Burbridge Burton Holmes Forest of Fanny Ward Kitty V. S Robson Flora Finch Kate Price Hughie Mack George Cooper Lenore Ulrich In Paula Old Mexico Pallas Wade Bellringer Olive Queen Theatre J.T. Spieth Mutual Movies Secret Service Vivian Rich Alfred Vosburgh Charlie Chaplin Keystone Crown Theatre Equitable WORLD Crown Triangle Film Corporation Norma Talmadge Robert Harron Mae Busch Harry McCoy Cyril Maude Southern Metro Pictures Corporation Hamilton Revelle Barbara Tennant William Fox Maude Gilbert William H. Tooker W. S. Davis Equitab Film Corporation Adele Blood Montagu Love Edwin Stephen Edward Madden World Film Corporation Clara Kimball Young Ee Legion of Lost Women Ae Edwin Ee Willard Mack Enid Markey J. Barney Neneet the Conqueror Will de Bison Oes Mack Swain
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