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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1915
Page
11
Margaret Anglin returns to the Lyric Monday in Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan. Friday features Cohan’s Seven Keys to Baldpate and Saturday presents Evans Minstrels with The Blackville Bull Fighters and Sassafras Doolittle amid musical numbers and vaudeville acts.
George M. Cohan presents Seven Keys to Baldpate a drama described as a young superman farce melodra ma with over the top theatrical trickery. The piece blends mystery and comedy with rapid scene shifts and a murder plot designed to keep the audience guessing. Seats go on sale Wednesday.
Serpen Evans Honey Boy Minstrels present a new production with costumes and special features at the Lyric Theatre this Saturday.
Honey Boy Evans brings his all new minstrel show to the Lyric Theatre with matinee and night performances on February 1. Evans headlines a program featuring the Honey Boy Evans Minstrels and a cast of supporting entertainers in a lively stage showcase.
Captain J A er proprietor of the Royal Theatre known as Dad Kasner, a Dafenee exhibitor, was invited by Essanay to take part in a scene set in Mobile. He stood by as leading man while the crowd watched a misstep unfold. The quality of Mr Keener’s acting remains to be seen.
The early film pioneer known as Dad Keener brought moving pictures to Mobile and agreed to star in a Essanay production at the Royal Theatre. Hopper arranged for Keener to appear as a wealthy stock broker with Miss Hennessey as his stenographer, drawing a crowd on St. Joseph street during a rehearsal scene.
Empire Theatre announces a full weekly program headlined by Biograph drama File No 1 with Ivan Christy and Louise Vale and Lubin comedies The Belated Honeymoon and A Night's Adventure plus Ruth Roland serial Runaway June and Hazards of Helen with Helen Holmes The lineup includes Alice Joyce and Arthur Johnson in Monday features and ongoing two reel and four reel attractions with planned new serials and Broadway stars throughout the week
The Comic Cowboys season wrap party at their Wragg Swamp den drew Plateau nobility and guests. Misadventures included gifts of a live turkey and feather prizes, with humorous mishaps and a finale song about soup. A film reel lineup followed into late evening.
The Crown theater in Mobile presents the World Film Seven lineup with top distributors and stars in feature photoplays and one two reel subjects. Admission is ten cents with higher prices elsewhere, and titles include Will it the Wisp and Life's Shop Window among many others starring Jack Saunders Claire Whitney and Stuart Holmes.
George Arliss stars in Disraeli at the Lyric Theatre in Mobile with a Monday premiere and matinee Tuesday. The drama centers on Disraeli’s push for the Suez Canal, secret opposition, a love story, and a vivid 1870s setting with Arliss’ acclaimed portrayal and a strong supporting cast. Seats go on sale Saturday.
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