Cinema News and Property Gazette (1913)

FILMS.— Supplement to THE CINEMA. January i, 1913 NEW AGENCY FILM CO., 81-83, Sim Avenue, W 'Phone (.errard 6331. Releasing AMBROSIO. PASQUALI and SVEA Films R( )\ m i|.l 1 . II l \\ ITTED." [Ambro Rodolfi's housekeeper sells him a pearl pin, which he ob selves on hex blouse and admires. Rodolfi 1 going to 1 ill on tleman whose charming daughter has inspired him with matrimonial inti the pearl as an expression ol his devotion. However, the lady will not accept it unless Rodolfi can present it with her Eathei ent, in which event she agrees to iccept his suit. Rodolfi takes advan1 of oystei nt to the old gentleman by a 14. 1. Tweedledum, gallantly going to the rescue, makes i.swer 3, but the professor is di-.sati-.ficd. and, leaving the young people alone, goes for a walk in order to revolve the problem. Every black surface which presents itself he employs as a blackboard — a door, the back of a wardrobe which a friend, and slips the pearl into an oyster, which he offers to his host, expe ting the latter to present it to his daughter. Unluckily the old gentleman is so overjoyed at his discovery thai he carries the pearl to a jeweller for inspection. His surprise may be imagined when the expert pronounces it to be paste, but Rodolfi artfully consoles him by remarking that " even oysters sometimes make false pearls," and the girl gets her gift and Rodolfi the promise of her hand. " POLIDOR AS A LADY'S MAID." [Pasquali.) Polidor, poor and tattered, sees a young lady drop a letter in the street, and, picking it up, finds it asks the recipient to call at a certain house with reference to her application for a post as lady's maid. Scenting adventure, Polidor attires himself in feminine garments and applies for the situation. To his boundless delight, he secures the position of attendant upon a young lady of decided charms, and it is needless to say that he finds his duties quite congenial. Unluckily, complications arise fiom the susceptibility of the girl's brother, who conceives a on for the new maid, which leads to many amusing scenes, and in the end results in the discovery of the new maid's real sex. All are so tickled at his daring, however, that I'olidor finds himself installed as footman with a fine new uniform, which more than consoles him for his previous ill-luck. "TWEEDLEDUM STUDIES MATHEMATICS." [Am brosio.) Tweedledum is deeply enamoured with the chinning daughter of a prodigiously learned professor of mathematics, m<l when a note from the young lady informs him that her fathei i^ deeply lipied with a diffii nit problem, he loses no time in making a call. The professor is engaged in abstruse calculations on a blackboard, endeavouring to solve the sum expressed t hn :-- workman is carrying, iVc, being drawn into use, with results which are the reverse of pleasant for the professor when the owners discover what he is up to. Finally, he sets to work on the back of a carriage, and when it drives off follows at top speed, still figuring. The professor survives all kinds of collisions before the vehicle comes to a standstill, and then he gets the greatest shock of all, for the door opens and out steps his daughter and Tweedledum, whom he had imagined safe at home. If you have not ordered "The Cinema" Souvenir . . of Picture Players . . do so at once. 100 copies cost you 16s. You can sell them easily at a price which will realise you A Profit of 50 per cent. It contains 120 portraits, printed on fine-art paper, with cover printed in gold. Drop a post-card to the publisher of this paper if you have not had a specimen copy.