Motography (Jan-Jun 1913)

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January 18, 1913. MOTOGRAPHY 59 Previously their married life had been one of bliss. Two charming children had blessed them. On this particular night in mention the little girl, Dorothy Jane, four years old, is very, very sick. The mother, still seated by the window, waiting for her husband, notices the baby, a girl of two, creep into the room. She takes the baby up in her arms and holds her fondly to her breast and tells her that papa will come home soon. The child goes to sleep in her arms ; her mother carries her and places her gently in bed. The father arrives, looks into the room, decides not to disturb his wife, throws himself on the couch and goes to sleep. He dreams that Dorothy Jane is very sick. His wife asks him for money with which to get medicine to fill a prescription. He argues with her and finally gives her the money. He then goes to the club and gambles, loses a lot of money, and leaves. He then imagines that the baby has died, and, rushing into the bedroom, finds that his wife has committed suicide by shooting herself in the head. He is prostrated. His wife, having put the youngest daughter to bed, enters the living room and finds her husband asleep on the couch. She awakens him. He is so overjoyed at seeing his wife, realizing that he had dreamed, that he clasps her in his arms and promises her that he will not go to the club again. He seats himself at a table in the living room, and tries hard to play a game of solitaire. The boys of the club, noticing his absence, call him up and ask him to come and play a game. The temptation is too strong; he cannot resist. He goes to the club, sits down and starts to play a game. The cards are dealt and he holds three queens in his hand. The cards dissolve and he sees the faces of his two loving children and his darling wife. This is too much for him. He rushes from the club, goes to a nearby florist, where he purchases an enormous bouquet of chrysanthemums and takes them to his wife, who is waiting his arrival with open arms. Frank Dayton as the husband plays his role in an exceptional manner. His ability to portray these parts is remarkable. Helen Dunbar as the wife gives a true interpretation of a loving mother. The dissolving of the queens' heads on the cards is a revelation in^he art of photography. "Don't Lie to Your Husband," released February 6, is a really funny comedy. Sitting at the breakfast table Mrs. Warrington asks her husband Don for a fur overcoat. She is told that she will have to get along without a new coat this winter. Mrs. Warrington decides to draw some money from the bank and purchase a new coat. This she does. She buys a beautiful coat for $125. To replace some of the money she has drawn from the bank, she takes the fur coat and pawns it for twenty-five dollars. Returning to her home, she tells Mr. Warrington that she found a pawn ticket on the street and would like to have him redeem the article. Hubby takes the ticket and puts it in his pocket among a lot of business papers. That afternoon Warrington meets a friend of his on the street and pulling out some papers to show him, accidentally drops the ticket. A tramp finds it. This same tramp asks Jim Murehead, a pedestrian, for a match. Murehead gives him the desired phosphorus and discovers the tramp has a pawn ticket in his hand. This he buys. Murehead then goes to the pawnshop and gets the coat. He takes it to his sweetheart, a stenographer in Mr. Warrington's office. She is pleased beyond words. Mr. Warrington returns to his home that evening and explains to his wife that he lost the ticket. She becomes furious and, losing her temper, ousts hubby from home with a shower of books flying after him. He goes to his office and gives instructions to his stenographer that he will not see anyone that day. Mrs. Warrington arrives at the office and is told by the stenographer that she will have to wait if she wants to see her husband. The stenographer leaves the room. During her absence Mrs. Warrington discovers a box on the table and recognizes it immediately as being the one that her fur coat was in. She opens the box and finds an old winter overcoat belonging to some one of her sex. Thinking that her husband had redeemed the fur coat, she comes to the conclusion that her husband is entertaining "THE" lady in his private office. This makes her furious. The climax comes when the alluring stenographer walks into the office with the fur coat on. Mrs. Warrington claims possession, as does the stenographer. A hair pulling match is scheduled for immediate action when hubby arrives on the scene. He explains to his wife that he knows nothing whatsoever about the fur coat. Murehead, with his young sweetheart stenographer, calmy leaves the office. Mrs. Warrington then pleads forgiveness from her husband and confesses to her deceit. Everything ends satisfactorily, hubby promises his wife that he will see that she gets a new coat, but not to make any unnecessary withdrawals of cash from their bank account hereafter. Miss Eleanor Blanchard in the role of Mrs. Don Warrington is fine. Her portrayal of this character shows what excellent talent she possesses. John Steppling as the husband is as funny and clever as usual. A few other feature releases for the month are "Love and Lavallieres," a corking good comedy. "The Girl in the Case" is another good comedy feature. Mayor Gaynor Vetoes Folks Ordinance Public taste and not municipal censorship must determine the character of moving picture shows, Mayor Gaynor declared in vetoing the Folks resolution prescribing the conduct of this class of entertainments. If there is to be any censorship of amusements it must extend to "high class" theaters and all publications as well as to moving picture shows, the mayor states in his message. The resolution was passed after a long controversy in the board of aldermen. In returning the measure the mayor expressed the hope that it be repassed without the objectionable censorship clause. "One of the fundamentals in our government," the mayor wrote, "is that there shall be absolute freedom of speech, and that includes freedom of all methods of expression by writing or picture. There have been wars fought to gain this freedom, and there never must be a single step backward." The mayor says he does not believe the people of this country are ready to let any man or set of men decide in advance what they are to read or see in entertainments. "If this ordinance be legal, then a similar ordinance in respect of the newspapers and the theaters generally would be legal. Are you of opinion that you have any such power as that? If so, you should probably begin with the newspapers and the so-called high class theaters. Once revive the censorship and there is no telling how far we may carry it. These moving picture shows are attended by the great bulk of the people, many of whom cannot afford to pay the prices charged by the theaters. They are a solace and an education to them. Why are we singling out these people as subjects necessary to be protected by a censorship ? Are they any more in need of protection by censorship than the rest of the community? That was once the view that prevailed in government, and there are some among us, ignorant or untaught by past ages, who are of that view now. Are they better than the rest of us, or worse?"