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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1913

Page

6

Bijou Theatre Presents King Robert of Sicily and The Intruder

At the Bijou Theatre this week the feature King Robert of Sicily appears Friday and Tuesday, followed by The Intruder a two part Vitagraph special. The Intruder tells of a young heir tenant conflict with a kindly rustic setting and a love story centered on a niece and her peinted wares.

Bijou Robert Sicily Porachow Vitagraph Tod Maurice Costello Charles Kent Mary Charleson Kalem Ruth Roland Robert OF Longfellow Essanhy E. H. Calvert Wm. Bailey

Boring Tunnel Targets Fire Near Mooringsport

In Shreveport Louisiana on August 9 authors report tunneling as the only method to save a burning Mooringsport well. Fire expected to burn for weeks with 20 000 barrels daily consumption and 4000 barrels saved by the lead line as boiler fleets are mobilized locally.

Shreveport Mooringsport

Bijou Theatre votes on screen position for new opening

Manager Joseph Bianchi invites patrons to cast votes on screen placement front or rear in the Bijou Theatre. A coupon plan appears on the motion picture page of The Item today asking voters to decide where the screen should be in the new theatre opening soon.

Joseph Bianchi Bijou Theatre Bianchi Bijou Essanay Kalem Alice Hollister James Vincent Lubin Arthur Johnson the Briscoe

Splendid Bills At Royal Theatre Feature Daring Detective Story

A two reel Lubin film The Little Pinkerton features Mary Ryan a female detective as she helps recover bank funds and departs with a bank president after foiling a robbery. The Royal Theatre also shows The Springtime of Life about a grand opera star and a temperance tale featuring John Brent and Kitty in a troubled marriage.

Royal Theatre Lubin Pinkerton Mary Ryan Mary Mary -Ryan Educational Pathe Manila

When Society Calls at Royal Theatre ends in tragedy

A telegraphed plot shows a married couple's neglect and a daughter's nine life cut short. The film features Herbert Bentley Earle Williams Lillian Walker and Grace Bentley with a family torn by separation. The old grandfather shields the child as tragedy claims Grace and the family reevaluates their lives.

Royal Theatre Herbert Bentley Earle Williams Lillian Walker Bentley Herbert Courtenay Foote Grace Bentley Audrey Kerry Stuart Phillips Sawyer Grace Nts Grine Pather Tate

Crazed husband stalks house as burglar interrupts crime

Bert finds Kitty at her brother's and sneaks into Brent's home while the minister is away. He intends a grave act but a burglar intervenes, halting the confrontation and preserving the scene.

Bert Kitty Brent

House of Bishops Not Led by Wall Street Debunked

Cincinnati clergy dismiss claims that the Episcopal House of Bishops is controlled by wealth. Canon Purves and others argue the church in Cincinnati includes many poor members and that Philadelphia rector George Richmond overstated money influence during the forthcoming convention.

Cincinnati George Chalmers Richmond St. John's Episcopal Church Philadelphia Episcopal House of Bishops Wall Street Stuart Purves St. Paul's Cathedral Paul Matthews Wiitelr Greer New York Rhinelander J. PL. Morgan Philadelphian Richmond

Fisher and Drago Open Monday Night School at Monroe Park

Fisher and Drago announce a dancing school at Monroe Park Pavilion with weekly Monday sessions starting tomorrow. Residents are invited to join the classes and learn basic dances in a casual setting hosted by the instructors.

Fisher Drago Monroe Park

Dreamland Today Presents Theodore in Three Parts

Dreamland Theatre in Mobile offers Victorien Sardou's Theodora in three parts at 25 cents admission. The sweeping plot follows Theodora and Justinian amid love, betrayal, conspiracies, a poison plot, and a brutal downfall ending with the empress's tragic execution.

Dreamland Mobile Victorien Sardou Theodore Justinian The Romanem

Actress Mrs Chesley Earns 600 A Week In Sketch Review

Harry Child, stage director, testified in New York court that after his 1911 divorce his former wife, actress Elizabeth Chesley, remarried within a month. He said her second husband wrote a skit based on their divorce in which she stars as the leading actress earning about $600 weekly. Chesley seeks increased child support amid claims of education costs and a school placement in Baltimore.

Elizabeth T. Chesley Baltimore Guy Harry Chesley Mount Washington Seminary Child

Program Crown Theatre Weekly Film Listing

The program lists multiple dramas comedies and a scenic educational feature from various studios including American Thanhouser Reliance and Great Northern. Highlights include The House of Bondage a Puritan drama with witchcraft stakes and a shipboard peril sequence.

American Co Thanhouser Co Reliance Co Jim Great Northern Co Joe Hibbard Broncho Co Golden Gate Park Environs

Crown Theatre Continues All Day Music and Shows

The Crown Theatre runs from 10 00 a m to 10 30 p m with music 2 30 to 6 00 p m and 7 00 to 10 00 p m. Ventilation is praised as unsurpassed. It is promoted as the only place to stay cool in summer with a capable orchestra delivering high grade music.

Crown Theatre Crown

Fatal Star drama announced for Lubin release

Pathe's Weekly notes The Fatal Star a Lubin drama featuring Mary Ryan. One full reel is to be announced later for the release.

Courage Vitagraph Mary Charleson Edwin August Lubin Henry King Dollie Larkin Pathe Weekly Pathe's Weekly Mary Ryan

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