The Moving Picture World (May 1907)

THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. 187 rion. Taking from his pocket a half- enawed bone, he offers it to the dog, and Lns around the tree, followed by the dog, who is gradually drawn to close quarters, and unable to do any harm, finding the coast clear, the tramp now reaches down the bag. and makes off with it, the dog in vain trying to get after him. The woman now appears, goes to the tree for her bag, finds it sone, and the predicament the dog is in, unwinds him, and they start off on a run after the tramp. The tramp having made his way to a quiet spot on the road- side, sits down to enjoy the good things the bag contains. Scarcely had he taken a bite, when his startled ears catch the sound of someone running, looking round he sees the dog coming after him in the distance. Cramming the good things back into the bag, he starts off, with the dog quickly pursuing. Up hill and down dale they go, the dog taking a piece of clothing here and another there, across a sheep pen, falling in the midst of the sheep, whkh they scatter in every direction, falling down an embankment, where the dog pins him to the ground until the arrival of his mis- tress, who, gathering her goods, which she rejoices to regain, calls off her dog, goes her way, leaving the poor, battered beggar to soothe his wounds. We see him drag- ging his weary bones, until he falls down utterly exhausted, bemoaning his lost hopes to obtain a stolen meal. • TRUE UNTIL DEATH. Miles Bros. A magnificently staged old-time romance, in whicji a real castle, with turrets, moat and drawbridge are used for settings. A beautiful love-story, magnificently pro- duced, with characters in sixteenth cen- tury costume. The hero and heroine op- pose the wishes of the stern parent, who has another and richer suitor selected for his daughter. The daughter, through many pretty and touching love scenes, proves hei preference. The hero is abducted in one scene, re- turns in the next disguised as a wandering minstrel, serenades his inamorata, who is leaning from the window of yon tower. She, quickly descending, is enveloped b> his cloak, and they hurry past the sleeping sentinel and flee through beautiful wood- land scenes, stopping anon to rest her lady- ship. Finally, overcome with fatigue, they seek shelter under a spreading tree. The stern father, entering the castle gates with the suitor he has chosen, to arrange the betrothal, discovers "the absence of his daughter and calls for his courtiers and men with bloodhounds' to start the search for the miscreant ones. The party of the irate father track the fleeing ones over hill and through valley, until finally they come .upon the lovers peacefully sleeping in bliss- ful ignorance of the approaching danger, "udely are they awakened and torn from ch other's arms, the lover hurried back the castle and ordered shot. The Baron's fjemen face the unfortunate lover, who ith bared head and bended knees awaits> is doom. As two shots ring but the beau- iful daughter springs forward, and the two pvers receive the two bullets. The frantic gather throws himself upon the prostrate onn of his beloved daughter. its way northward. Seagulls .make the air black, and the crew, clothed in heavy furs, move lively, on the lookout for walrus, seal and "Polar bear. Within full view are seen in rapid suc- cession seals disporting themselves on the icy brink of bergs. Walrus, with their im- mense tusks, are shown cavorting through the water, plunging after fish. The comical penguins in great numbers get in front of the camera at close range. The wonderful and mysterious musk-ox in his native haunts is shown life-size, and stamping his disapproval of being brought into such close proximity to man, his natural enemy. Then the critical dramatic moment ar- rives when the hunters leave their ship and start across the icy fields after his majesty of the Arctic regions. Soon is seen an enormous white Polar bear, slowly mean- dering in his search for provender. He discovers the hunters, rears on his hind feet, ready to give battle. A masterful shot striking a vital point fells him and he is seen rolling in his own life's blood. The hunters cautiously approach, and when fully convinced of the death of old Bruin, load him on their sleds and start for the ship. Finding the return trip too la- borious, they unload their spoils and pro- ceed to strip off the valuable, shaggy coat, remove a choice saddle of bear meat, and leaving the bare carcass freezing in the solitudes of the Arctic, trudge once more to their ship. CATCH THE KID. Miles Bros. " A novel juvenile chase, starting with a precocious youngster in a perambulator, teasing and tantalizing his nurse and her lover. Escaping in an unguarded moment, he leads his nurse a merry chase, incidentally getting himself into all kinds of scrapes, at every turn adding one or more victims to the crowd of chasers. Finally he secures a gun from a peripatetic hunter and turns upon his pursuers, who to a man flee before the determined look on the youngster's premature phiz. Turning the tables, the kid chases his tor- menters through all sorts of impossible places, until finally in dire confusion they all become entangled in the clothes and clothesline of an energetic old Irish washer- woman. The clothes basket is used to cap- ture the kid, he is placed back in his per- ambulator and held there by many hands until finally subdued, producing one of the most surprising endings to a comic chase film. POLAR BEAR HUNT. Miles Bros. < ; Swiftly passing through seas of floating £e,. a vessel with masts, spars and decks entirely covered with ice is seen pushing LOST IN THE ALPS. Edison Manufacturing Company. A dreary place to live must be the Alps Mountains. This is the first impression judging from the lone cabin and desolate surroundings of this home of the Alpine Shepherd and his family. Two children, a boy and a girl, the former about ten and the latter perhaps twelve years of age, emerge from the house ready for an errand of some sort. They are joined on the out- side by their mother who, after kissing them good-bye, starts them on their way. The object of this errand is soon re- vealed, a quiet grazing spot comes to view, upon which is feeding a flock of sheep at- tended by the Alpine Shepherd and his sheep dogs. He sees his two children ap- proaching with his mid-day meal The lit- tle girl stops long enough to coax a pet from the flock, pats its head and then hur- ries on with the dinner to her hungry fa- ther. The children play around until the father has eaten his meal and then start homeward. • Storms gather quickly in the Alps. A blinding snowstorm sets in, changing the character of the surroundings, and the chil- dren lose their way. They wander on through the mountains,' over rocks and ledges, the snow becoming so deep that they can hardly wade through. The little fellow becomes exhausted and falls. Hu» sister lifts him to his feet, but he is unable to stand. In desperation she endeavors to carry him, but the burden is too heavy and she becomes exhausted and falls in the snow. Young though she is, she knows they both will be frozen to death, and vainly struggles to her feet, but her strength is is gone and she sinks unconscious beside her brother. The children's long absence has alarmed their mother. Time after time she looks out into the raging storm in hope of see- ing them returning. She sinks down into a chair in despair. Becoming frantic, sht jumps up, throws on a cloak and starts out in the blizzard in search of them, but re- turns without any trace. Shortly the shep- herd reaches home, evidently glad to be in out of the storm, but is horrified when his wife tells him the children have not yet returned. He rushes out and makes his way to a Monastery and hurriedly explains the situation to an Abbot, who disappears, but soon returns with two large St Ber- nard dogs. The dogs are let loose and the search begins. The trail leads through deep snow, over hills, through forests and across streams. The dogs suddenly come to a halt, poke their noses around in the snow, evidently being satisfied the object of then search lies beneath. One stands sentinel, as if to mark the spot, while the other hur- ries back to meet the searchers, returning with them. The men begin to dig away the snow, and soon come upon the two uncon- scious children. They wrap them in the blankets which had been strapped to th<- backs of the dogs, and carry them home. The mother is anxiously waiting the return of the searching party when the door opens and they walk in with their unconscious burdens. The blankets are taken off and under the influence of a warm room ana a vigorous rubbing they regain conscious- ness. The subject closes with a close-view head picture of a St. Bernard dog. All who see this picture cannot help but admire the ex- pression of intelligence here so accurately reproduced. The dogs used as models in this film received, respectively, the first and second prizes at the recent Dog Show at Madison Square Garden, New York. MOVING PICTURE HENNEGAft & GO., Cincinnati. roo good Second-hand Feature Films. Must be in good condition and low price. Also views, Song Slides, Lecture sets and Motion Picture Machines. Newman, I45>£ Sixth Street, Room 2, Portland, Ore.