Moving Picture News (Jan-Jun 1912)

32 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS 1 Tuesday, June 30th » 1 1 S i Two Reelis Hand-Colored that Gaumont ever offered. 1 AND 3 SHEET LITHOS. HERALDS, BOOKLETS, PAMPHLETS. A story supremely graceful, delicate and touching'. Costumes and actions picturesque. A completely handcolored film. Scenes portraying the interior of Louis XIV cathedrals, gardens and castle grounds. The most harmonious bit of film heauty ^v-^ ^ X jjjg ^cME OF FILMDOM. Even surpasses THE CHRISTIAN MARTYRS and THE MARGRAVE'S DAUGHTER. Remember — June 2 — 1992 feet The Midnight Wedding A GRIPPING SPECTACLE OF THE TENSEST DEGREE An electrical engineer, whose love affair fails to prosper well, attempts to gain revenge hy means of an ingenious and murderous electrical contrivance. His diabolical plan is frustrated by the unexpected appearance of his mother. His heart softens and at the last tragic moment he tears his invention from the wall and thus prevents an explosion which would have killed his former sweetheart, his mother and himself. JUNE 6— THURS. <Gaaniont> THE VIRTUOUS HORSE AND HE GOT THE JOB JUNE 9th— (1 Reel) Nanine, The Artist's Wife <Gaan]ont> JUNE 13th JIMMIE AS HYPNOTIST AND THE TALE OF AN EGG JUNE 16th Scene from JIMMIE AS HYPNOTIST When the Leaves Fall (HAND COLORED) GAUMONT COMPANY , Scene from THE MIDNIGHT WEDDING Flushing, N. Y July 4 COMING Two Reels July 4 Here's an appropriate subject for your glorious Fourth — The most stirring two reel sensation ever offered. A real red story full of big red corpuscles — Seething and surging with the tempestuous spirit of fiery revolution, imprisonment, revenge and battle. THE MOST GLORIOUS FILM OF BATTLE-FIRE EVER OFFERED body, then rushes away The cowboys discover the body with Henry's knife sticking in the back and, remembering the quarrel, they conclude that Henry is guilty. Western law is brought into play, and in spite of Jennie, preparations are made to hang him. Jennie, in the meantime, has ridden at breakneck speed for assistance to the authorities. She is held up by Hopkins, who shows her a purse of money, which she recognizes as having belonged to the murdered man. B'y a clever ruse she unarms the murderer and compels him to ride with "hands up" to the scene of execution in the nick of time to save her lover from death and the cowboys from committing a crime. Western atmosphere, splendid riding, tense situation and quick action makes this an ottremely interesting picture. On the same reel: BEAUTIFUL PALO DXTRO A 250-foot scenic picture of one of the garden spots of the New World. The Palo Duro Canyon is situated 15 miles from Amarillo, Tex., and has been called by Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt, "one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. It was Mr. Roosevelt who proposed making this the New National Park. It contains a national amphitheatre over 2,000 feet high, besides many beautiful caves, waterfalls, and over fifty miles of canyons whose rugged beauty cannot be surpassed. THE OLD VIOLIN Solax Release, June 5 An old violin-maker, liv. ing in a small town, spends his time perfecting instruments. Like other men engaged in kindred artistic occupations, he is absorbed in his work and forgets about worldly necessities until want — implacable and inexorable— throws her shadows across his threshhold. While the old violinmaker goes out to seek financial assistance from his friend the bookseller, a young violinist comes to his home and leaves a Stradivarius worth $10,000 to be repaired. The young musician came to have his violin repaired — but soon he found that his heart strings also needed repairing — for he fell in love with the violinmaker's daughter. Although the violin-maker gets temporary relief from his friend, the bookseller, a crabbed and crafty creditor later makes h's life miserable. This creditor takes some of the instruments in part payment of his notes. The old musician is now left in narrow straits. In desperation he decides to substitute one of his own violins for the $10,000 Stradivarius. "Surely, that young violinist will not know the difi^erence!" After a pathetic scene in which the violinist struggles with his conscience, his daughter enters and from his peculiar actions, she guesses his frame of mind. There is a very dramatic scene between father and daughter. In the meanwhile, the young violinist enters and he saves the situation and makes harmony out of impending discord. THE DOG — GONE QUESTION Solax Release, June 7 Dr. Nearsighted gives Billy the boot. Billy is the bane of the old Doctor's existence. The old man, being nearsighted, likes dogs, because they are such dependable creatures. Billy hates dogs because they usually make a meal of the seat of his trousers — so whenever opportunity offered, Billy used to poison the old doc's dog. Whenever the