Motography (Jan-Jun 1915)

146 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIII, No. 4. has him arrested, and when Jack appeals to Earle, later, he goes to jail and bails out his friend. To square things, Earle takes Jack home to dinner, but while Earle is out of the room Anita enters, sees Jack sitting in her husband's chair and, believing him her husband, coyly makes love to him. When she discovers him to be a total stranger, she flees to the kitchen in a panic, and prepares rolling-pins and other weapons for the siege. Earle, attracted by the cries of his wife, rushes towards the kitchen just as the women open the door and attack him. Jack hastily departs crying "none of this married life for me." The Gang's New Member — Biograph — January 21. — The murder of a Chinaman on New York's east side gives the cub reporter his opportunity. Slouching about a saloon frequented by the gang, he rescues a girl from the attentions of a gangster, and through her influence is made a member of the gang. Later the gang become suspicious of a story in the newspapers and one of them shoots the reporter, calling him the "squealer." The. girl nurses him back to health, but learns that he is really the "squealer." She declares her love for him, but the reporter has only gratitude for her. Spurned, she denounces him to the gang, and he is hurled into a basement while the gang debates what to do with him. The girl's love triumphs and she sends for help, the police arriving in time to save the reporter and arrest the gangsters. Sentimental Sophie — Essanay — January 21. — In the many house where "Snakeville" comedies have "gone big" this film will be warmly received. As usual Victor Potel, Harry Todd and Margaret Joslin have the leads. Slim and Mustang are rivals for the hand of Sophie, the cook at the hotel. Mustang arranges to go riding with Sophie, but Slim "beats him to it" by writing a fake note. When Mustang learns of the deception, he sets out in pursuit and Slim, in a hurry to get started, leaves Sophie's horse tied to the fence, with her on it. The loiterers about the hotel assist Mustang in the pursuit of his rival and the film ends when Slim takes refuge in a muddy river and Sophie falls into Mustang's arms, after learning that he is her worthy lover. C.J.C. The Shanghaied Baby — Lubin — (Three Reels) — January 21. — Jackie, the little son of Gordon and Leila Lambert, is 'neglected by both his parents. One evening during a party the little fellow wanders down the stairs and out onto the porch, where he falls asleep. John Manning, who has paid much attention to Leila, is rebuked that evening by the woman he loves and to teach her a lesson, he picks up the child on the porch and carries it to his own home. Later, Joe, "the Eel," entering the apartment to burglarize, recognizes Jackie and abducts him, expecting a ransom. He dresses him as a Chinese child and hides him in a cellar of the Chinese quarter. Captain Brent, of a tramp steamer, rescues the boy and puts to sea with him. Fifteen years later, Jackie, who has been adopted by Brent, is living on a tropical island where Brent dies, leaving the young man a ring which was found on his finger as a child. Jack goes to Sai Francisco and joins the navy. He meets and falls in love with Isobel Gre-sr, a wealthy girl, whose mother refuses to permit her marriage to a sailor, so Isobel meets him at the home of her friend Leila, Jack's mother. One day the mother accidentally discovers the little ring in Jack's posession and he is proven to be her child. Ormi Hawley, Kimpton Greene and Louise Huff featured. Daredevil Harry — Mina — January 21. — Daredevil Harry is in love with Flossie, though Mr. Dynamite, Flossie's father, objects, and bundles the girl off to boarding school. Flossie gets word to Harry of her departure and he goes to rescue her. In the meanwhile Cyclonic Pete with his two assistants hold up the stage coach, and is at once smitten with Flossie's charms. He lets the assistants have the mail bag, and himself rides off with the girl. Harry comes along, and when he learns what has happened, he engages first in a long chase and then in a hand-to-hand battle with the outlaws. Flossie comes to Harry's aid, and the two, now re-united, ride out to Harry's ranch, but Cyclonic Pete appears there and another fight follows. Flossie escapes and goes for help while Pete places a lighted bomb at Harry's feet. Help arrives in time to save Harry, and the lovers are finally re-united again. The Navajo Ring — Vitagraph — January 21. — Jim Dace, the town drunk and bad man, so abuses his wife and family that Mrs. Dace leaves him, taking with her their child, Jess. Jim, amazed at his wife's leaving, turns over a new leaf, reforms, and finally becomes prosperous. For years he travels, hoping in that way to learn the whereabouts of his wife. Meanwhile the mother finds herself unable longer to support herself, and Jess, the girl, who is now eighteen, is faced with the double care of providing medicine for her mother and caring for them both. One night, desperate, she enters a cafe and is insulted by a loafer, to whom she endeavors to sell a Navajo ring which her father had given her when a baby. At that moment Jim happens to enter the place and the sight of the ring assures him that the girl standing before him is his own daughter, Jess. He introduces himself and is taken to the humble lodging of Jess and her mother, where a joyful re-union occurs. William Duncan and Margaret Gibson featured. Hearts Hunger — Biograph — January 22. — The writer adores his wife. The publisher is indifferent towards his. wife. The writer sacrifices his last carfare to buy a flower for his wife. The publisher is so cool towards his wife that she finally becomes a nervous invalid and takes to bed. The doctor's visits do her no good, and at last the physician, who is acquainted with the writer, lets the publisher know that no medicine will cure his wife, that what is needed is the food of love. He conducts the publisher to the writer's humble home, and there the publisher's eyes are opened to the value of sweetness in life. The publisher's attitude changes and his wife quickly recovers her gaiety, while the publisher, grateful to the writer, buys and publishes his masterpiece, a story previously rejected by the publisher because it lacked "the punch." Tracked by the Hounds — Edison — (Two Reels) — January 22. — A melodrama in which several police dogs are strongly featured. Katherine, the daughter of Robert Stuart, a millionaire, loves Frank Johnson the owner of an ad joining farm, but her father wishes her to^ marry Count La Francisco because of his blue blood. The count eventually abducts Katherine, but his scheme is broken up by the wonderful ability possessed by the police dogs, which lead the searchers to a hut in which Katherine is confined and at the finish of the picture the count is exposed and Katherine is free to wed the man she loves. The picture was reviewed on page 57, issue of January 9. The Lieutenant Governor — Essanay — (Two Reels) — January 22. — Russ Cook, on the eve of his execution tells his attorney of his crime. Sometime before he was in love with the daughter of a mill owner and when he learned that she was engaged to the lieutenant governor, a man whom he admired, he stepped aside. A political boss also loved the girl and when she refused to marry him, caused the men at her father's mill to strike. The governor refused to take a hand in protecting the father and when an attempt was made to blame the entire affair on the lieutenant governor and to take his life, Cook foiled the boss' plans and then shot the governor, in order to place the lover of the girl in the executive chair. A review of this subject will be found on page 91 of last week's issue. C.J.C. Cooky's Adventure — Kalem — January 22. — John Rogers is compelled by an election result to not only pay a bet of $50, but also clip his hair close to his head. In an ugly mood on this account he refuses his wife's request for a new hat, but when she visits him at his office, he gives her the money with which to buy it. Mrs. Randall buys the hat and sends it home with Katy, a cook she hires after leaving the millinery store. Katy wears the hat, and Randall, also returning home, happens to sit just behind her. In lighting a cigar he accidentally sets fire to the hat and is attacked by Katy. Katy informs Mrs. Randall what has happened and in the midst of the story, Randall comes home. The cook again attacks him and it requires the combined efforts of Mrs. Randall and all the servants in the house to separate the two. Katy is finally paid and sent on her way. The Question of Conscience— Lubin — January 22. — George Gray and Frank Wright, are clerks in the office of the latter's father, Silas Wright. Gray's wife is an invalid and he finds himself under a heavy debt, and borrows from the office safe, at the same time altering Frank Wright's books so that the deficit will, for the time being, be concealed. About this time Silas offers Gray the management of a mine in a locality the doctor has recommended for Mrs. Gray, and