Moving Picture News (Jan-Jun 1913)

THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS 25 requesting him to call at his office, as a settlement is about to be made. Simultaneously, Suzanne Johnson, the defendant in the case, receives a like letter. A wall dividing their properties has been the cause of the feud. Unaware of each other's identity, they become acquainted under the most humorous circumstances on the train going to the country, but the steward of the Wilkinson estate and the housekeeper of the Johnson estate terminate their pleasant conversation when they meet their respective guests at the station. They arrive at the attorney's office on the appointed day. He quickly sees their thoughts are more of each other than of the lawsuit, and dismisses them for a few days. The dividing wall at this time plays a prominent part in a pretty romantic scene, where a truce of peace is reached between Ernest and Suzanne. However, the bitterness between the servants is not abated. Ernest and Suzanne are again called to the office of the attorney under the pretext that a decision has been reached. After they arrive, the attorney, with a mischievous smile, hands each a copy of the judgment. When opened up, it proves to be only an agreement of marriage. A demure smile on the part of the girl, an awkward "will you?" from the man, and the decision is approved by both parties. The anxiety of the servants brings them to the office entrance, where they impatiently wait the outcome of the case. An argument starts between them; words come thick, until, at last, the wool flies. Imagine the spectacle they present when out walks Suzanne on Ernest's arm! CINES— GEORGE KLEINE A MIXED AFFAIR (May 5).— When Albert learns that by his marriage to Lucy, a beautiful girl and friend of the family, she will inherit a fortune, he immediately leaves for the city to meet her. Albert has never seen Lucy. Through a series of misconceptions, he unknowingly falls in love with Lucy, believing her to "be Helen, an indirectly introduced cousin of his friend, Henry. When Helen appears, tie mistakes her for Lucy, and when his anxious father arrives to see how matters are progressing, Helen is introduced as his fiancee. While Helen is escorted and dined by his father, Albert and Lucy (of whose identity he is still ignorant) love each other, and, leaving a note, they decide to elope. When the father returns with Helen, he is exasperated. Albert and Lucy are hunted down, and found entering a hotel, where explanations fall thick and fast. Henry not only wins an heiress, but also possesses the girl he loves. THANHOUSER THE GIEL DETECTIVE'S RUSE (April 29). — A gang of counterfeiters made their headquarters in a large city and the police, despite many determined efforts, were unable to arrest them. One of the cleverest detectives in the city's employ was a young girl who had won a name for courage. She learned that a certain woman counterfeiter, who had been sentenced to prison with her husband, was soon to be released, and a daring plan occurred to her. The convict resembled the detective in appearance, and the latter felt sure that, properly disguised she would be taken for the other woman. Arrangements were accordingly made; the prisoner was detained in the penitentiary, while the detective, wearing the shapeless clothing given to discharged prisoners, slunk out of the prison yard. As she had antici pated, she was met by men wl_o warmly greeted her and escorted her to a waiting automobile. The woman counterfeiter had been noted as an engraver, and the detective's "friends" were none other than the gang for which the police was in search. At their headquarters the girl, firmly established in the gang's confidence, learned all tne information necessary, and sent a cipher message to the chief of police, telling him to raid the place. The convict's husband escaped from prison on the day set for the raid. He made his way to the counterfeiter's headquarters, and, when presented to his "wife," denounced her as an impostor and a spy. The girl was in great peril, but her courage did not fail her. Seizing a chair, she smashed the lamp and the room was shrouded in darkness. While the angry men floundered around trying to find her, the detective fled to the roof of the building in an effort to elude her pursuers. She was overtaken and seized. Death was very near at hand when policemen poured in from adjoining houses and the counterfeiters were made prisoners. The girl was complimented for her gallantry and promoted, and the woman whose place slie had taken was released from prison and helped to lead an honest life. THE WIDOWS STRATAGEM (May 2).— The doctor diagnosed the wealthy widow's case as "too much societ3r." He ordered that she leave the city for the summer and spend at least a couple of months in some quiet farmhouse. W ith many sighs the order was obeyed, and the woman soon found herself the paying guest of a country woman far from civilization. At first time hung heavily on the visitor's hands, but she soon learned to reconcile herself to her surroundings. The fare was plain, but good. She passed many happy hours sketching, and lastly there was a "mighty nice boy" who came over almost daily to chat with her. The widow was young and beautiful, but she never dreamed for a moment of falling in love with the youthful farmer. He, however, was dazzled by the style and beauty of the city resident, and soon was paying much attention to her. For some little time the widow did not know that she was causing sorrow for another. Her hostess had a daughter, an awkward country girl, and one day this girl confronted the widow. She told her that the young farmer had been her sweetheart, but was now being won away, and, dropping on her knees, she pleaded, "Don't take him away, he is all I have." The blase city woman's heart was touched. She felt for the poor little girl, who had had so few joys in life, and tenderly promised her that she would nip the undesired romance in the bud. She did, but the farmer never realized how it was accomplished. He simply found that the woman he had admired was not so beautiful as he had at first believed; that she was coarse and common, so almost insensibly he ceased to care for her and drifted back to the one who steadfastly loved him. The widow returned to the city, her health fully restored, and again assumed her position in society. The country girl married the man of her choice, and always realized that she owed her happiness to the success of the widow's stratagem. GAUMONT IT'S GREAT TO BE GREAT (May 8).— Kittie likes Willie, but Kittie's papa likes Willie as he does the barber's itch. Kittie can only see Willie when papa is not around. Papa is scheduled to go out one evening. Kittie notifies Willie to come around and spoon his young life away. As they are bill ing and cooing, and cooing and billing, father returns for his beard, which he had forgotten. He throws Willie out of the window. Willie lands on the sidewalk. He doesn't bounce. Much battered, he goes into a drug store for treatment. W hen he emerges his head is all bound round with white cloth. He looks like an Eastern potentate with a turban. The police department this day have been told of the arrival of a Maharajah, Prince of Kalamazoo. They are told to keep a discreet watch over his movements to see that he doesn't get into trouble. Every policeman is so notified. When one sees a young man with apparently what is a turban, they believe that it is the Maharajah in disguise. They follow him about, much to his dismay. When he walks, they turkey trot. When he runs, they gallop. As Willie strolls through the park he meets Kittie. Kittie is glad to see him. They do a little bench warming. The police meanwhile are taking it all in with great zest. Who, then, should come along but Kittie's father. There is now no window out of which to throw Willie. The police believe that papa is an anarchist and they pounce upon him, as he tries to get at Willie. They arrest him and hustle him to the station. The tears roll down Kittie's brand new complexion and takes the spots out of her green dress, giving it a polka dot effect. Kittie wants some of her papa. She inveigles Willie into going to the station, where her father is raging like an angry sardine. The chief of police struggles with papa and whispers to him that this is a real live Maharajah, and he should induce him to allow him to become one of his fathers-in-law. It is, of course, expedient for father to bow to the Maharajah, whom the moment before he was read3' to devour. All are happy. At the last moment after papa had given his consent to allow Willie to come into the family, a telegram is received. This reads that the Maharajah left town the day before and that, therefore, a police guard is not necessary. Therefore, it is discovered that Willie is only Willie and not a Maharajah. IN THE WAKE OF THE BRAIN STORM (May 13). — The Marquis of Dartmouth, spending an idle hour in a motion picture theatre, is startled to see on the screens, walking with a man, a woman who amazingly resembles his wife. Their attitude is affectionate to say the least. Wild with jealousy, he purchases a copy of the film to reassure himself that it cannot be she. The film, however, shows what he did not want to see. Returning to his country estate, he watches his wife closely. There is nothing to confirm his suspicions. Obsessed with jealousy, the Marquis waits for something to substantiate the evidence of the film. His wife one day happens to leave on her desk a note: "My dear Helen: — -I have paid bitterly for the past. I beg you not to refuse to see the 'exile,' who is due to arrive at Bedda Station at 4:30. You know I love you. Roger." The Marquis, infuriated, restrains himself with difficulty. The jealous man had heard his wife give the order for the carriage to be brought. Quickly the Marquis goes outside, where the horses are standing impatiently. Under the harness of one animal he slips several matches, which he calculates at a later moment will explode and cause him to run amuck. After his wife had gone, the Marquis is stricken with remorse. As he is trying to still his conscience, he is visited by the man whom he had seen with her on the film. It was her brother, who, because of some boyish indiscretion, had been renounced by his family, excepting only his sister, who had retained her kindness and affection for him. Realizing the enormity of his crime, the dis WARNER'S FEATURES Ttventy "Branch Offices 'Will "Book you "A DAUGHTER of the CONFEDERACY" "THE MYSTERY of PINE CREEK CAMP" "THE EYE OF A GOD" "RESCUED FROM THE BURNING STAKE" "MEXICAN CONSPIRACY OUT-GENERAL.ED" "THEIR UIVES BY A THREAD" And a "Dozen Others All in Three "Reels In -writing to advertisers please mention "MOVING PICTURE NEWS"