Empire Theater
The Empire Theater on Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama. At the time this photo was taken, the theater was showing the film She Loves and Lies, starring Norma Talmadge, a comedy about an heiress with multiple personalities. Patrons paid twenty-five cents for adult tickets. This photograph was taken so...
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University of South Alabama Archives, McCall Library
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/usa01/id/212 |
Summary: | The Empire Theater on Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama. At the time this photo was taken, the theater was showing the film She Loves and Lies, starring Norma Talmadge, a comedy about an heiress with multiple personalities. Patrons paid twenty-five cents for adult tickets. This photograph was taken some years before the Hays Code censored movies like Sex, starring Louis Glaum. Note the elaborate statuary adorning the building. |
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