Moving Picture World (Jun 1919)

June 7, 1919 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1535 REVIEWS AND ADVERTISING AIDS (Continued) pleased by the match, though little is known of the girl's family. Lady Hester arranges to have the girl's father, Richard Bannister, come on a visit from London. Richard Bannister is a gentleman crook, and at the moment has designs on the Cardew jewels. He hastily accepts the invitation to visit Ripley Manor, and Lady Hester is horrified to find in him her former husband, whom she had supposed dead. Mabel Bannister is her own daughter. Such a situation, in which lady Hester finds herself suddenly with two husbands and a daughter, could scarcely end without disaster. This comes during the night, while Lady Hester is guarding the famous jewels, at the risk of her life. Richard Bannister is wounded by his alleged valet, Voss, who also seeks the jewels. Bannister, though fatally hurt, retaliates by shooting Voss. Both men die. At the close Lady Hester's story is made known to the Bishop, who forgives all. Jack and Mabel also find happiness. Program and Advertising Phrases: Beautiful Virginia Pearson in Stirring Melodrama, the First Production by Her Own Company. Dramat'c Story of a Wife Who Discovers that One of Her Guests is Her First Husband Whom She Thought Was Dead. Clever and Highly Entertaining Adaptation of Successful Book Written by Captain Houghton Townley, Famous English Novelist. The Story of the Adventures Which Befell a Wife Who Neglected to Reveal Her Past History to Her Second Husband, Thereby Nearly Wrecking Her Own and Her Son's Life. Advertising Angles: Play up Miss Pearson and brings forward the fact that this story is an adaptation of a famous novel of English life. Sketch lightly the vivid story, withholding the climax. The paper is unusually good. Make use of as much as you can post to advantage, and adapt the ready made advertisements to your use. Numbers three and five yield especially good copy. Advertising Aids: One one-sheet, two three-sheets, one six-sheet, one twentyfour-sheet, set of colored lobby photos, one, two and three column line cuts and mats for ads, 22x28 scene and star photos, slides, music cues, campaign book, one and two column star cuts and mats, press photos, two column scene cut. 'Perils of Thunder Mountain* First Two Episodes of New Vitagraph Serial Are Full of Action. Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson. THE opening episodes of this new serial, "The Perils of Thunder Mountain," by Vitagraph, have as their background a settler's cabin on a snowy mountain. The settler, his nephew and his adopted daughter live together with an Irish cook of humorous proclivities, and an Indian man-ofall-work. At the start, the settler jumps over a cliff, after leaving a will that bequeaths a mine to two nephews, one absent, and the daughter. The will is read, and the young man seeks his cousin, whom he finds on the Barbary Coast, in San Francisco, and brings him to the cabin. We soon discover that this villainous man wants the whole mine, and the girl too. In the first two reels he makes four attempts to kill the hero, and fails. A man of mystery appears in one instance and foils him. A confederate, whom he had palled with in the city, comes to help him. At the close of the last reel of episode two, it looks as though he was going to get the hero, after knock ing him off a bridge into a ravine, where, fortunately, he falls into a tree. While these two installments do not show quite the punch found in "The Man of Might," the recent Vitagraph serial, it promises to be full of action and with no slow spots. It ought to go well. The role of the hero is portrayed by Antonio Moreno, and he is assisted by a capable cast, headed by Carol Holloway. "Love's Prisoner" Triangle Special Presents Olive Thomas In Role of Pretty Feminine Cook. Reviewed by Robert C. McElravy. THERE is good entertainment value in this six-reel Triangle subject, entitled "Love's Prisoner," though it has not sufficient suspense to give it first rank. The story is worked out in leisurely, but consistent, narrative style, punctuated at intervals by some rather strong dramatic episodes. Olive Thomas is cast in the role of Olive Thomas Appears altogether satisfied to be "Love's Prisoner." Nancy, a girl who inherits culture and refinement on her mother's side and a criminal taint from her father. The story of Nancy's career is interesting, though it has points of similarity with many predecessors. She hates the law because her father was railroaded to the penitentiary for a crime he did not commit, though he had perpetrated others. Nancy at first "goes straight," but after she has been left a widow of an English lord, and has a high place in society, the temptation comes to her to steal, and she becomes a mysterious thief, known as "The Bird." The end finds her, after many exciting experiences, happily engaged to the detective who worked on her case. Joe King fills the part of the hero in an agreeable way and William V. Mong gives an interesting character study in the role of Jonathan Twist. Cast. Nancy Olive Thomas Jim Garside Joe King Jonathan Twist William V. Mong Director: Jack Dillon. Cinematographer: Steve Norton. Scenario by E. Mayor Ingleton. The Story. Nancy, the daughter of a refined mother and a father of a criminal proclivity, is a girl of mixed instincts. She has been reared as a pickpocket, but inherits her mother's love of good. When her father is railroaded to the penitentiary, Nancy sends her two sisters to the country, and takes a job as a demonstrator of Climax cocoa. She comes in contact with a visiting English lord, whom she marries. Lord Cleveland dies, but under the laws, Nancy cannot have his wealth, because she is American born. Nancy has grown up distrusting the law, because of certain inequalities of justice she has seen and experienced. Though she moves in high social circles, she yields to her instincts for crime, and becomes known as "The Bird" in police circles. Jim Garside, the city's best detective, eventually connects Nancy up with the mysterious robberies. Garside has already fallen in love with Nancy, during the course of his investigations, and is distressed over the situation. Nancy lies glibly in her efforts to escape from the net which has closed about her, but finally confesses everything to Garside. He struggles between love and duty, and finally surrenders Nancy to the law. She is sent to prison, but upon her release, Garside still claims her as his prisoner. Complete advertising aids on this production were published in our issue of May 31, on pages 1373 and 1374. "Break the News to Mother" Very Satisfying Melodrama of the Home Coming Soldier Boy by Select. Reviewed by Hanford C. Judson. THE spectator will call it a good picture, for "Break the News to Mother," the new Select release, has the always satisfying elements: love-ties, home-ties, and difficulties overcome by the hero, who returns to his mother, freed from a charge of homicide, which he didn't commit, a war medal on his breast, and the people cheering outside his door. It is wellmade, smooth, emotional and pleasing. Pearl Shepard plays the heroine, daughter of a rich factory owner. The superintendent, played by William Bailey, is scheming to win the rich girl, though he has betrayed a woman, played by Alice Gerard, who shoots him in a fit of jealousy. The hero, played by Raymond Bloomer, lives with his old mother, taken by Gertrude Berkley. The home scenes of these two are especially pleasing, and give something of the same kind of sentiment that has been successfully played up on the stage by Belasco. It is rich in good old things. It is not a great attraction, but is surely a good one, and quite likely to be popular for reasonable runs. Cast. Ruth Goodwin Pearl Shepard Mrs. Bray Gertrude Berkely Dave Bray Raymond Bloomer Edna Holmes Alice Gerard "Pop" Henkel Forrest Robinson Warren Flint William Bailey Howard Goodwin Louis Stern Chief of Police Donovan. .. .Joseph Smiley Doctor Sims Chester Barnett Photography by Andre Barlatier. (Continued on page 1537.)