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Show Mabel Normand Charming in 'Mickey' LOVE, comedy, adventure and pathos are happily blended in 'Mickey," the seven-reel photodrama which opened at the Orpheum last nif?ht. The story deals with a girl who prows up amid the wild beaut.y of nature, meets 1 he right man at her mountain home and just as bliss seems to be her lot she is torn away from things that are familiar and dear to her by relat i ves who covet the supposed sup-posed fortune of ln-r guardian. She is taken to t lie city, a nd when it . is discovered that the fortune is not real she is reduced to the position of a servant. ser-vant. But her spirit remains unconquerable unconquer-able and she is finally sent back to her guardian. Then the mine on which the fortune rests becomes profitable and she is ara in ta ken to the city, this time to be petted and wooed by those who before had shunned her. Hep heart, however, remains unchanged, and she still longs for the mountains. After many thrilling scenes: she is reunited with her lover and the story is drawn to a happy close. Mabel Normand plays the part of Mickey Jn a pleasing and convincing manner, man-ner, and the other members of the cast are artists. The scenes of the picture are beautiful, the actions natural and the moments stirring. There is throughout the entire production an intensity which grips the interest and a human touch that j wins the sympathy of the audience. Mickey is a strange character, but her strangeness gives the impression of environment's en-vironment's effect alone. As an added attraction to the performance per-formance Carlton Reiger. late of the I New York Hippodrome, sings a song by Berlin and Snyder written especially for I the picture, and also presents a box, of j candy to any of the audience who will consent to sing the chorus. "Mickey" will run throughout the week with continuous performance each day from noon until 11 o'clock In the evening. eve-ning. , |