Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

824 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIV, No. 16. unsuspectingly meets Bud and trades horses with him, and later saves Vicky's life. When Tom returns to the ranch on Dexter's horse the sheriff and the ranch owner are suspicious of him, but he induces them to let him hunt down Bull Dexter. He shoots Dexter's horse from under him and makes him a prisoner, but Vicky rides up and pleads with Tom to let Dexter go. He does and takes the girl in his arms. Lillian's Husbands — (Three Reels) — Vitagraph — Octoder 12.— Featuring Lillian Walker and a comedy cast. Lillian receives a letter from her guardian saying he would be pleased to hear that she was happily married. Her girl friends advise , her to write him that she is married and she does this. When he comes in person to congratulate her, she shows him a picture of her friend Mollie's fiance, and an exasperating but ludicrous mixup follows. Later Turner, her guardian, takes the fellow's place who was hired to marry her and in a disguise he marries the girl himself. When he reveals his identity Lillian nestles in his arms. Serge Panine — Biograph — October 13. — Featuring a strong cast. Madame Desvaenes' daughter, Micheline, and her foster-daughter, Jeanne, have prospects of happy marriages. Pierre, Micheline's sweetheart, goes on a trip to France and during his absence Serge Panine, a penniless nobleman, is introduced into the household. He falls in love with Jeanne, who returns his passion, but he marries Micheline because he thinks she is the better match ; and Jeanne, through pique, marries Cayrol, a banker, who loves her. One day Cayrol plans to leave home, but Madame Desvaenes urges him not to go. Serge leaves his wife and in the dead of night goes into Cayrol's home, where Jeanne receives him with rapture. Cayrol, returning, discovers them together in his wife's boudoir and the excitement kills him. Serge hastens home and tells Micheline that he may be held responsible for Cayrol's death, and the girl breaks the news to her mother, who tells Serge to kill himself. He refuses and she makes up her mind, a shot is heard, Serge Panine is dead with a pistol by his side, and Madame Desvarennes is standing ominously by. Blow for Blow — (Two Reels) — Biograph — October 13. — Featuring a strong cast. Alice and Mildred are twin sisters. Alice elopes with one Arthur Petherick and her father sends her from the house. Mildred is bothered with attentions from Drummond, her father's former clerk, but later she marries William Linden. Some time after his marriage Linden goes abroad and Drummond comes upon Mildred alone in the garden. He pursues her to the edge of a cliff, where, rather than fall into his hands, she commits suicide by jumping. The butler witnesses the death, but keeps silence. Dr. Grace, a friend of Linden's, while visiting in the slums, meets Alice Peteherink and Drummond meets her husband, and, learning where she is, plans to deal Linden another blow. He tells Alice that Mildred was poisoned by Linden, and desiring vengeance for her sister, the girl whom Linden had never seen, the girl falls in with his plan, which is to pretend that she is Mildred ; but the old butler comes forward with his story and Drummond is arrested. The Widov/s Breezy Bathing Suit — Edison — October 13. — Featuring Sally Crute. The widow arrives at the seaside resort and as one man the men, who are enslaved by her beauty, vow tp win her. They start out gay "doings" and some time later they discover that the veiled lady whom they treat to refreshments while she is occupying the widow's wheel chair is none other than the widow's colored maid. The widow's last day at the beach she goes bathing and while in deep water was taken with a cramp. Albertus Simpleton jumps into the water and goes to her assistance. When she is leaving they all come to say goodby and the widow tells Albertus that she is father's widow, she having married his father while Albertus was touring in Italy and she is quite contented to remain a widow. The Canimated Nooz Pictorial — Essanay — October 13. — Cartoon dealing with the topics of the day from a humorous standpoint. Also five hundred feet of scenes taken in the gorgeous Canadian Rockies. Voices in the Dark — (Two Reels) — Kalem. — October 13. — Ethel refuses to become Harvey's wife. Later her father suffers a financial loss and obtains a loan from McCall, who poses as a mine owner. When Granger cannot meet the note, McCall consents to cancel it upon condition that her father consent to Ethel and his marriage. Ethel then learns that she is not Granger's daughter, but had been left on the doorstep when an infant and that the widower had adopted her. Rawlins, the housekeeper, also overhears the foregoing and the woman recognizes McCall. She then declares that McCall is her husband and Ethel is their daughter, and tells how, after McCall had been arrested, she had placed her upon Granger's doorstep. Harvey learns of Ethel's parentage, but his love is so great that he repeats his determination to make her his wife. The Steadfast — (Two Reels) — Lubin — October 13. — Henry Wygand receives a contract for the construction of a railroad bridge and awards the sub-contract to supply cement to his wife's father, William Floyd, who is persuaded to substitute an inferior cement for the bridge. Several months after its completion the bridge gives way and there is a terrible wreck. The shock proves too much for Floyd and he dies, leaving Burke, his chief clerk, in control of the business, who begins to press his attentions upon Mrs. Wygand. Wygand, who has been imprisoned, is later freed when Burke's servant tells him of the papers telling of Burke's guilt. Later the papers proving Burke's guilt are found and Wygand returns to happiness with his little family. On With the Dance — (Vitagraph — October 13. — Featuring John T. Kelly and Mary Maurice in a story of a grandmother and grandfather who pay a surprise to their married daughter, but find they have gone out to a tango tea. When the young people return we see entrancing visions of the terpsichorean art as it was in days past and also the latest Maxixe steps. Both sides are unconvinced and finally the Maxixe gets into the old folks' blood, and we next see them dancing among the young people at one of those scorned tango teas. The Dawn of Courage — Biograph. — Featuring Curtis Cooksey, Isabel Rea and Hector V. Sarno. Sands, assistant to the village assayer, is driven from his sweetheart's side by the town bully, and the girl, regretting his cowardice, releases him from their engagement. Some time later a mysterious spot develops on his arm and the village doctor pronounces it leprosy. The doctor goes insane from overwork and starts to shoot up the town. Sands sees the danger, attacks the madman and overpowers him. Another doctor from another town hearing Sands declare that his bravery was inspired by the knowledge of his own doom, investigates the reason and discovers that the spot on his arm was caused by a chemical which he has spilled, and then Sands feels Ruth's hand steal into his. All Stuck Up — Essanay — October 14. — Featuring a strong cast. The salesman lands a big order for sticky fly paper in the town of Podunk and the storekeeper places the paper in every conceivable place. Before long his customers find themselves covered from head to foot with his sticky paper and every housewife is also well supplied, and many side-splitting scenes take place as a result. Finally the salesman is kicked out of town, after being plastered up with his marvelous fly paper. Nan of the Back Woods — (Three Reels) — Lubin — October 14. — Featuring Valentine Grant and a strong cast. A dramatic story of "Nan of the Back Woods" and how, after some time, she marries the man of her choice. For a longer review see another page of this issue. J. C. G. Landing the Hose Reel — (First Chronicle of Bloom Center) — (Three Reels) — Selig — October 14. — The inauguration of an entirely new style of screen comedy and one which bids fair to spread like wildfire. The rural characters are skillfully drawn and wonderfully amusing, each being interpreted by a real artist. The first chronicle concerns the donation of a hose reel to Bloom Center by Millionaire Warren of New York, and the trial runs of the rural department on the day of the presentation. After two false alarms, the fire laddies refuse to respond when the chief's house really goes up in smoke. A more complete few months after her marriage she learns that Warren has lied to her, as he has another wife. She returns to her father. At her old home her baby is born. Later Warren's wife dies. He returns to the farm and pleads with Gladiola to The Third Party — Vitagraph — 0< Featuring a strong cast. Dr. Williams unconsciously neglects his young wife, and Newell Russell, a young society idler, becomes acquainted with them, and Bobby, the doctor's son, takes a great fancy to him. A former suitor of the doctor's wife writes a letter to him telling him he had better watch his wife. The doctor demands an explanation from Newell at the point of an automatic and forces the young man to come back into the house. Mrs. Williams saves the situation and the doctor is satisfied and apologizes, but Newell takes the gun and forces the wife's former suitor to come to the house and make a confession before them all. Pippa Passes — Biograph — (Reissue) — October 15. — Featuring an all star cast. Pippa, the silk winder, goes forth with a song on her lips. A workman drinking away his wages hears the song and returns to his wife. A student, discovering the character of the woman he has married, is on the point of striking her when Pippa's song changes his heart. In another place a wife is persuading her lover to kill her spouse when Pippa passes, and the murderer's hand is palsied and the recreant wife chastened. And so it is wherever Pippa passes until she returns to her little room and sleeps, unconscious of it all. Gladiola — (Four Reels) — Edison — October 15. — Viola Dana featured. Gladiola Bain, a pretty and unsophisticated country girl, leaves her home and marries a wealthy man from the city. A forget the past, but she refuses. In the end she turns to her loyal friend Abner, a country boy. See a longer review on page 53 of last issue. The Law of Silver Camp — Kalem — October 15. — A deadly feud between Walstead and Kerns leads to the gambler's death at the stagecoach driver's hands. Rose, the slain man's daughter, vows to avenge his murder, and Long, a young surveyor, saves Kerns' life and hears Rose's story. Kerns makes Paul the target for a volley of abuse while he is in the little frontier saloon, and Paul knocks the town bulley down, and Kerns being taunted by his gang for having been bested by Paul, starts a free-for-all fight in the course of which he breaks the mirror behind the bar and the saloonkeeper offers $100 for his arrest. Kerns is descending the face of a cliff and falls to his death and Paul and Rose discover the body. The marshall and his posse place them under arrest, but their innocence is established when it proves that Kerns died as a result of the fall. Belle of Barnegat — Lubin — October 15. — A strong cast featured. A passenger steamer catches fire and among the passengers is a young mother who is unable to leave the boat before the sinking of the vessel, and with her little one takes to the water on a piece of wreckage. The mother dies and the little one is adopted by the brave hearts comprising the crew at the station. After a lapse of years Belle of Barnegat is loved by Tom Dawes. However, she becomes interested in Harry Fonda, a new acquaintance. Later Tom goes out in his boat, which capsizes, and the ropes and sheets of the rigging become so wrapped about him that it is impossible for him to extricate himself. Belle rows out into the storm, rescues Tom and in each other's arms vows are made which are never to be broken. How John Came Home — Vitagraph — October 15. — Featuring Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. John disappears, leaving; the impression he has drowned. After his money is all gone, he accepts a job as a hackdriver. Mary, his widow, is left a fortune by her rich uncle and in coming out of the lawyer's office she gets into John's hack. When he hears that his wife is wealthy, he employs the "lost memory" trick and gets away with it beautifully, being received with open arms by his The Inevitable — Biograph — October 16. — Featuring Claire McDowell, Alan Hale and Vola Smith. The frivolous wife meets the artist and the affair progresses until she faces the alternative of guarding her husband's honor or going with the other man. The husband's cousin, a young girl, pleads vainly with the wife to think of her husband and child. Time passes and the artist begins to tire of her. The thought of her child saves her from committing suicide and at length she goes to the home of her husband's cousin, where the child is. Stress of emotion causes the mother to faint and she is borne into the house by her husband and where, in the midst of memories long lost, she is reconciled to her loved ones before dying. The Little Saleslady — Edison — October 16. — Leoni Flugrath as the little girl behind the counter, who, in her effort to earn her own living, is beset by temptation. Virtue is rewarded and the girl is led to the altar bv the owner of the department store. Robert Walker plays the part of the employer. The Reaping — (Three Reels) — Essanay — October 16. — Featuring Lillian Drew and Richard