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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1913

Page

10

Camera Men in Mexico City Film Uprising Scenes

Universal Film Manufacturing Company sends a photographer with US War Department passports to Mexico City to film the uprising against President Francisco Madero and the assault on the American Club. They capture street battles, shelling, and the dead and wounded amid dangerous conditions.

Mexico City Francisco Madero Gustavo Universal Film Manufacturing Company Felix Diaz New York En Troute War Department United States Washington American Club Capitol Madero Diaz Red Cross White Cross

Detective William J Burns In Exposure of the Land Swindlers

The article profiles motion picture dramatizations of detective William J Burns revealing a land swindle. It notes Burns in a three part drama with finger print and dictagraph devices, scenes shot in New York Washington D C and aboard an ocean liner, and a Washington House of Representatives set as a major achievement.

Shylock Venice Bassanio Antonio Portia Harry Baur Athenee Theatre Paris Pepa Bonafe Burns William J. Burns How Burns Gordon House of Representatives Archer Nelson Mr. Burns Morens Kalem Company Alice Joyce Mary Archer National Capital Washington Alem

Stage personalities join Kinemacolor company roster

Mr. Brock hires Miss Lillian Russell for Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal with Kinemacolor. Willard Holcomb writes for the company after leaving the Washington Post. Robert Leonard, once with Selig and Hartman, now leads with Bison. Eustace Hale Ball has sold eighty scenarios in eleven months. Willard Lewis stars in Shirts and Socks debuting February 23. Marshall P Wilder appears in The Widows Might with Vitagraph. Beck scouts educational films across Texas Arizona then Europe.

Robert Leonard Selig Company Ferris Hartman Opera Company Trixie Friganza 101 Bison Company

Crown Theatre Weekly Silent Film Program March 23 29

The Crown Theatre presents a week of varied features and shorts from March 23 to 29. Highlights include The Orphans Mine and The Two Widows on Sunday, When a Woman Won't and A Regained Reputation on Monday, Her Dreams of Yesterday on Tuesday, Fra Van Winkles Crullers on Wednesday, The Heart of a Child and The Lesson on Thursday, The City Feller and Won at the Rodeo on Friday, and The Vengeance of Heaven with A Frontier Wife on Saturday.

Crown- Theatre Fra-Van Winkles Crullers Majestic Co American Co Thanhouser Co Ural Mutual Film Corporation

Kinemacolor star joins Majestic films and Ball’s prolific output

The Kinemacolor Company veteran, famed for The School for Scandal and The Grand Duchess impersonation, has joined the 101 Bison Company. Eustace Hale Ball sold eighty scripts in eleven months and produced Jim's College Days for Majestic. Willard Lewis of Seven Days will debut on screen in Shirts and Socks on February 23 after a career as Sam Francisco the cartoonist.

Eustace Hale Ball Moving Picture Mr. Ball Jim Willard Lewis Mr. Lewis San Francisco the Majestic Com Lewis Sam Francisco

Becks Secur ing Educational Pictures Aims at Europe Tour

Mr Beck has spent three to four years securing educational pictures for the Special Event Film Company. He now travels through Texas and Arizona adding to the series before returning East to Europe for further work.

Mr. Beck Educational Texas Arizona Europe Educational Pictures

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