with the Photographer and Director, became a charter member of the Amateur Cinema Society of Thunder Bay." The film debuted at Thunder Bay's Lyceum Theatre in May 1929. The three-night event was incredibly popular. Some four hundred people had to be turned away because maximum capacity had been reached. Mitchell recalls the event as "a truly posh affair. Expressions of opinion were quite complimentary, perhaps the most extravagant coming from the manager of our biggest local movie house, the Colonial. He said our effort was definitely ahead of many of the early professional productions." The PAACS also showed their newsreel at the event. Although films in the 1920s were usually accompanied by introductory newsreels, the PAACS newsreel was the first to include the news of local Northwestern Ontario events, as well as national and international events. Sleep Inn Beauty (1929) and The Fatal Flower (1930) The PAACS's second feature-length film, Sleep Inn Beauty, was again produced, cast, and written by Mitchell, who adapted the scenario from a short story. In her autobiography, she recounts how the success of the first two films encouraged the PAACS to expand, renting an office and more equipment. However, in 1931 the Society was forced to close due to dwindling interest from members and accumulated bank debt from the filming of the uncompleted The Fatal Flower. The onset of the Great Depression, as well as the introduction of sound film to cinema, also contributed to the Society's closure. The Fatal Flower Project (2004) In 2004, a small group of film historians, filmmakers, writers, and artists in Thunder Bay endeavoured to finish Mitchell's last film, The Fatal Flower. Led by local filmmaker Kelly Saxberg, the members of "The Fatal Flower Project" became familiar with Mitchell through archival footage, as well as her autobiography and previous films, and proceeded to finish the silent film, editing the raw footage and adding a plot, inter-title cards, and accompanying music. The film previewed at Thunder Bay's historic Finnish Labour Temple. Later life In 1930, Mitchell became the first secretary-treasurer for the new Port Arthur General Hospital. After the closure of the Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society in 1931, Mitchell's mother and sister died and Mitchell, although no longer having to support her dependents, took over a real estate and accounting business in Port Arthur. Mitchell was also involved in St. John's Anglican Church and the Imperial Order Daughters of the