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NOVEMBER, 1911.
MOTOGRAPHY
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Some Dramatic Photoplays by Essanay
AT BOTH the Chicago and California studios of the Essanay Company, the producers have been working overtime with the result that they have to their credit a number of remarkable photoplay productions. There are three or four to be released during the latter part of November, which cannot be praised too highly, and are worthy of comment upon their merits.
Who is not familiar with the well known child's story, "Little Red Riding Hood?" What child is there who has not thrilled at the conversation between the wolf, masqueraded as Grandmother, and of that terrible narrow escape of the little girl who is saved just in time by the two sturdy wood cutters. The Essanay Company's "Little Red Riding Hood" is a remarkable little girl who has been seen before in the Essanay Company's dramatic productions. Miss Eva Prout plays the part and there was never a more lovable Red Riding Hood ever seen. With rare abil
Eva Prout as "Red Riding Hood
ity she plays the charming character of story-book fame.
Red Riding Hood goes with a basket of fruit and cakes through the forest to her grandmother's cottage on the other side of the woods. On her way she loiters along the woodland path picking flowers and singing as merrily as the birds in the trees above. Suddenly she is frightened by the appearance of a large wolf, who quickly quiets her fears when he addresses her kindly and asks her where she is going. She tells him and the wily wolf, who knows better than to attack the girl when the wood cutters are near, suggests a game, a race between them to Grandmother's, she to take one path and he the other. The wolf outdistances her, of course, and when she enters with her basket, is surprised at the changed appearance of her Grandmother. The wily fellow, as you will remember, has thrust Grandmother under the bed, and donning her night-cap and gown, has crawled
Scene from Essanay's "Little Red Riding Hood.