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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1913
Page
19
Louis M. Noto, former New York representative for an Australian film firm, is identified with a leading talking picture device. He is highly regarded in the motion picture industry. The production includes scenes staged in an iron mill with exclusive access arranged by the owners. The narrative emphasizes harmony between capital and labor.
The play The Big Boss unfolds a tale of Bascom seeking aid from Morgan the powerful boss to win the Aqueduct Contract. Morgan seeks Bascom to marry his daughter Nell, but Nell becomes engaged elsewhere. A faked bid and a tense confrontation reveal the boss's scheming as Bascom intervenes to prevent violence.
General Manager Ira W. Lowery leads a doubling of Lubin's manuscript staff. A new section will refine accepted scripts before directing production while Lawrence S. McCloskey remains editorial head. Ed Barbour, George Terwilliger, and Emmett Campbell Hall join the team.
A new three reel feature titled The Wages of Sin stars Jack Rose Sam Shepps and Harry Wallon as three prominent figures in New York police history. The film by Big Feature Film Company portrays incidents from their reform era and aims to show moving pictures as moral instruction.
Advertisement notes that older men and women need laxatives more, requiring safety and pain‑free action. Dr King’s New Life Pills are pitched as especially cool for the aged, acting promptly and easily. Antwerp Drug Corporation is listed as the recommender with a price of 2i.
Miss Eleanor Bosworth Cowen of Dauphin Way travels from Fairmont West Virginia where she taught English and literature to spend a few days with the Kennedy family in Pittsburg before returning home.
The page lists multiple short films and topics including A Texas Feud by Reliance Co, A Victim of Circumstances by Thanhouser Co, Her Big Story by American Co, Barney Oldfield's Race for Life by Keystone Co, and The Fraternity Pin by Majestic Co. It showcases a mix of dramas and comedies and marks weekly offerings in film.
A film feature presented by Reliance Co showcases two masterful reels from a famed story by Stephen Allen Rey Reynolds. Staged by Oscar C Apfel with Irving Cummings Irene Howley Ralph Lewis Alan Hale and George Seigman leading a large company of artists. Also shown is When Luck Changes, a drama from American Co.
Wednesday through Saturday offer a slate of dramas comedies and adventures. Notable entries include Italian Love The Caged Bird Queen of the Sea Nymphs A Dixie Mother Faithful Shep The Wishing Seat Passions He had three and Help Aydrophia The Runaways A True Believer Mimosa's Sweetheart and more from Reliance Majestic Bron cho Keystone Tranhouser Kay Bee and others.
The notice promotes continuous shows from Owen at 10:00 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. with daily music periods and 5 cent admission. It advertises green admission tickets valid for 50 votes and 1,000 votes in a selling campaign, and claims Crown Theatre offers an unmatched ventilating system and pure air during summer.
A midweek lineup lists Love and War in Mexico directed by Lubin on Monday, with Bull Fight in France by Pathe. Tuesday brings A Dangerous Foe from Biograph, followed by The Human Vulture and Wordless Message on Wednesday. Thursday shows Pathe's Weekly No 23 with Shriners in Dallas, His Mother's Son, One Can't Always Tell, and A Romance of the Ozarks from Lubin.
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