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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1915
Page
3
A reflective poem fragment contrasts June's brightness with a winter scene. The speaker recalls a small room, a fire, and stormy outside, while harking to memories of a kiss and a love tied to seasons, ending with June seen through winter’s lens.
Personal mentions note the birth of Julian Horton Duffee to Mr. and Mrs. Julian Duffee. Various guests visit in Mobile and nearby towns including Miss Bettie Poindexter from North Carolina and Miss Harriet Seattle from Winston North Carolina. The L. C. Fry family moved to their summer home at the Point and several households host visitors at summer homes in Fairhope and Mobile.
Social calendar highlights a busy Mobile season with engagements, travels, and visits. Families, guests, and upcoming weddings thread through homes from Fairhope to Point Clear and Bay Minette, with trips to New York, Philadelphia, and Maryland, plus transfers to summer homes and college events.
Empire Theatre announces weekly V. L. S. E. features from Vitagraph Lubin Selig and Essanay with four masterpieces each month. Some films are labeled A or B with Graustark and The Juggernaut as A, The Carpet From Bagdad and The College Widow as B. The Island of Regeneration is another A feature from Vitagraph premiering Wednesday. JOSEPH BIANCHI urges patron support.
Townsend Brady praises Island of Metation and Island of Regeneration as top Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature in the tV. L. 8. E. series. Alice Hollister Harry Millarde and Anna Nilsson star in a lush drama with scenic production rivaling Graystark and The Juggernaut. Fair Fat and Saucy shows Persian prince courting an American beauty amid an Orientals setting.
A strong fiction piece centers on elemental passions and masculine power set against a majestic forest backdrop. It argues courage comes from conscience and justice, not brute strength, as retribution tests the strong man through gripping climaxes across three reels.
Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno lead a striking romance adapted for the screen. A beautiful girl flees an unwelcome suitor on a remote Southern Pacific island where a lone inhabitant with limited language helps unfold a vivid, vigorous drama across six reels.
A South American revolt film draws in the American navy with battles aboard battleships and Stars and Stripes in action. Patriotism and battle scenes entice audiences with realistic ship conditions and gripping reels.
Viola Allen secures the leading role in The White Sister produced by Essanay. The stage star’s first photoplay follows her acclaimed performance, chosen over many offers to appear on screen. Her choice honors author F Marion Crawford as a tribute. Empire theatre awaits the release.
In a Roman arena style comparison, the public judges Essanay's feature releases Graystark and The Slim Princess with thumbs up signaling approval rather than death. Both plays, six and four acts respectively, are praised as enduring entertainment in a theatre program note.
Tuesday at the Empire showcases The Diamond from the Sky in The Fox and the Pig. Helen Holmes stars in action packed scenes with a horse race chase and a daring leap. The reel promises thrilling rescue and gypsy pursuit amid wartime imagery and other attractions.
The Empire presents Vita graph features including The Little Doll's Dressmaker a sunlit two part piece showing a crippled child finding happiness. Near ly A Prize Fighter is a Billie Reeves comedy with a broke pair trying to pose as fighters. He's a Bear features Pat Rooney and Marion Bent in a bear impersonation caper.
Saturday at the Empire features the drama Vain Justice about Pendragon and a vengeance plot with Union captors and a battlefield rescue. The second reel follows a wild animal story from Selig and a jungle adventure called In the Amazon Jungle with thrilling feats and danger.
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