Motion Picture News (Oct 1913 - Jan 1914)

THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS Its the Average that Counts! Almost any service gives you a good picture occasionally. But your house isn't judged by its special performances. You can't tell the public to judge you by one program and overlook another. General Film goes on steadily producing the best single reel and multiple features that can be obtained today. Sometimes one shoots high up above everything you can remember. That kind of picture marks an epoch. We try to make them all that way. And because we do try to make them all epochmaking pictures, we never drop below an average that is consistently higher than the most spectacular and widelyheralded grand-stand plays of every other service. Take these eight features — typical. No matter when your patrons drop in, they won't see a weak picture — they won't go away disgusted by a filler. There are no fillers in General Film Service. Book it. Selig. "THE FINGER PRINT" Two Reels. Released October 20. Suppose you were a detective playing cards with a man whom you suspected of a pearl robbery. Would it occur to you to ink your cuff, brush it against his fingers and then use his cards as finger-print evidence? That's the turning point in this gripping story of two college roommates, a girl, a gang of gamblers and a great detective. "THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE" Cine-Kleine. Two Reels. Released October 21. An intense story centering about the supposed murrit of a successful novelist. In reality he is saved by peasants and finds the love of one of them. One episode is the falling of a bridge, plunging two men into the water. Wonderful realism in beautiful exteriors. "A DAUGHTER OF THE UNDERWORLD" Kalem. Two Reels. Released October 22. A minister's adoption of an unfortunate girl whose life has been wholly vicious starts this remarkable feature. The climax comes when the girl returns to the underworld to exonerate her benefactor from a murder charge. She finds the real murderer — her brother. "THE EVIL EYE" Lubin. Two Reels. Released October 23. People thought Don Alma had the evil eye, because the power of his glance had once saved him from a lion. The beautiful Sobre was warned against him, hut when ortce she met him she found the emotion in her heart wasn't fear — it was love. A beautiful story of strong personality in a romantic setting. "THE DEATH SONG" Patheplay. Two Reels. Released October 23. She was just his wife until she found she had 3 voice — but then she became an artiste with a career. It brought her money and fame and the love of a celebrated composer. The husband was left behind — until lie realized it. What he did and how it affected the other two — that's the crux of this big, effective picture. "THE LOVE LUTE OF ROMANY" Essanay. Two Reels. Released October 24. Romany — the land of romance! Its people are different from the rest of us, and when the lovely gypsy girl was thrown by circumstance between two young lovers the call of the open road led her safely out of their lives. Exquisite in conception is this idyll of love and the great outdoors. "SILAS MARNER" Edison. Two Reels. Released October 24. All the resources of the Edison studios have been called into play to make this adaptation of George Eliot's novel all that it should be. The theme of the old miser awakened into a new life of tenderness and sympathy by the coming of a little girl into his life has made a masterpiece for the films. "THE NEXT GENERATION" Vitagraph. Two Reels. Released October 25. A young ship-designer finds a flaw in the plans which his uncle has made for a new liner. Yet the older man, .jealous of his nephew's skill, succeeds in having the great four-funnelled ship launched. In mid-ocean, with gayety at its height, the disastrous shock comes. Then panic, fighting for the life-boats. Fearful, powerful realism here. GENERAL FILM COMPANY, (Inc.) 200 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK In writing to advertisers please mention "THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS'