Moving Picture News (Jan-Jun 1913)

26 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS tracted Marquis dashes off on his horse in pursuit of his wife. Meanwhile the horse, frightened, had dashed off madly. Despite the efforts to control him and his mate, they plunge on toward a high precipice. The coachman is thrown out. The carriage overturns, the Marchioness thrown under the wheels. Here, with but a faint spark of life remaining, she is found by her conscience-stricken husband. She recovers to forgive him for his act of insanity. LUBIN PEDRO'S TREACHERY (May 5) Ned Fields and Helen Andrews are almost sweethearts when Bob Murry, the new foreman, arrives. Helen is immediately infatuated with this handsome cattleman and leaves Ned much chagrined. A Mexican workman observes all this and gives Ned the laugh. Ned knocks him down and Pedro, the Mexican, swears -vengeance. Helen and Bob, the new foreman, later get married. Pedro, in the meantime, sees an opportunity to square his account with Ned. He steals Ned's chaps from the bunkhouse, and, disguised by a handkerchief and Ned's hat, sneaks into Andrew's home and steals the money which Bob had procured to pay off the men with. Old man Andrews catches him in the act. A struggle ensues and Andrews is mortally wounded. Ned, returning from searching for some absolute suspect, goes to the door of the house and Tiears Helen tell Bob and the doctor that she saw Ned disappear through the door as she entered the room. Knowing that no pity will be shown him by the cowmen when they learn of this, he determines to cross the border until he can clear his name and prove his innocence. He does so, and there meets with a Mexican senorita and falls in love with her. Pedro is caught being cruel to an animal and discharged from the Andrews' ranch. He also goes into Mexico and is hired "by Juanita, later meeting with Ned. He attempts to bribe Ned by showing him a clipping from a home paper. Pedro, being unable to Dlackmail Ned, he takes the clipping to the girl, Juanita. Ned calls on Juanita that evening and learns of the act and determines to settle with Pedro. They have a struggle, a revolver is discharged, and Pedro is seriously wounded. The sheriff, in the meantime, has secured evidence of Pedro's guilt through t'*e confession of his. Pedro's squaw appears upon the scene in time to arrest the guilty one and send the sweethearts into each others arms. KINEMACOLOR THE MARBLE INDUSTRY AT CARRARA, ITALY. — Very complete views are given in this Kinemacolor of an important Italian industry, whose output is famous throughout the world. In the opening scene, which shows one of the quarries, the color of the rock formation of the district is clearly indicated. Work is proceeding at the rock face, and a compressed air boring machine is shown at work. A method of conveying the marble on skids to the cutters is next illustrated and a huge saw, operated by two men and supported by an elaborate framework, is cutting marble blocks into slabs. A remarkable view shows 20 tons of marble in a solid block being moved on a lizza, a wooden sledge which runs on steep slipways.' The blocks are conveyed to the mason's yard for trimming; six oxen being harnessed to a roughly constructed trolley. This travels on rollers; those which have been passed over being rapidly picked up, pushed over the block of marble to the men in front and used again. Other views show the marble being drawn' by oxen to the railway, and the passage of a laden train over a viaduct. Both these views are remarkable for beautiful settings and backgrounds. Marble slabs are then shipped for exportation. The final view is of a sunset, the sun sinking in mist over the sea like a ball of glowing fire. A MATTER OF HONOR. — A simple story, strong by the very simplicity of its telling. Driven to desperation by the marriage of his chum of the girl he loves. Tom grows reckless, gambles and drinks. Frank, happy in his home and business success, reforms Tom and secures him a position in the bank where he himself works. Speculation in stocks brings Frank to the verge of ruin. He robs the bank and changes the figures in Tom's books. Tom, returning, unexpectedly, catches Frank. Here is a strong scene between the two men. On Frank's promising to replace the money next day, Tom swears for May's sake to keep silent. Next day the defalcation is discovered. Tom is accused, telephones to Frank, only to learn of Frank's departure. For the sake of the woman he loves, he suffers in silence, and is sent to prison. May reads of this in the papers and realizes that Frank is the guilty one. Out West Frank wins the gratitude of an old Indian by protecting him from cowboys. The Indian shares his rich find of gold with Frank. Climbing the rocks at the mine, Frank fall? and is mortally injured. Here is made a sensational plunge from high rocks. The Indian carries the injured man home. Realizing death is near, Frank writes a full confession of his crime and sends it to May with more tuan enough gold nuggets to pay his defalcation. May receives the letter and gold, takes it to the bank and Tom is freed. "After many years" shows Tom and May playing with their child. This dissolves into the old Indian standing by a lonely grave. LUX SAVED FROM THE GRIP OF ALCOHOL (May 9). — In a little out of the way trading station in the heart of the African wilds, Henry Becker lives happily with his young wife and child. As time goes on his wife cannot endure the climate, and at last she goes to her grave, leaving her husband bowed under the liurden of his grief. A faithful nurse takes charge of the child, and Becker goes on with his daily work as best he can. Gradually he succumbs to the temptation to drown his sorrow with wine. Gradually the evil effects of alcohol claim him for their own. He neglects his duty, and spends many hours locked in his study in a drunken stupor. One day the whole of the members of the station go out hunting big game, but they return home later after a fruitless search. When the hunt is over, Becker returns to his study and spends the rest of the day indulging in one of his usual drunken orgies. Paralyzed by the awful effects of the liquor, he is unable to stir when the nurse's heartrending cry for aid peals through the silent house. The tense moment which follows serves to impress upon the drunkard's deadened sense the fact that some terrible calamity is about to befall. Strive as he will he cannot get his limbs to obey him, and he sinks helpless to the floor. Meanwhile a fierce forest leopard is prowling around the house, seeking to overtake Becker's little child. The leopard has escaped the hunters, and, made bold by hunger, it dares to • enter the habitations of men, and seeks the little child for its prey. The nurse at last bravely places herself between the leopard and the child. The little one escapes, and the noise of the dreadful struggle is borne to the ears of the powerless Becker. Fortunately assistance from another source arrives in time, and a party of traders drive off the leopard. When they open his study door Becker rolls out, to find his little one is saved, thanks to the efforts of her faithful nurse. He gives thanks for this providential aid, and the lesson he learns suffices to make him scorn the bottle henceforth and do his duty to his little child. AMERICAN THE BROTHERS (May 5).— Robert and John Gregory were left orphans. Robert, a worthy soul, found his health failing and the doctor advised him to seek the lower levels. John, drunk most of the time, agreed to accompany him. The Senor Estabon lived with his pretty wife and sister in the little cabin in the valley. Alone in the woods he found Robert and John, Robert prone upon the ground fron exhaustion, and John, quite drunk, beside him. The Spaniard took them home and in the days that followed Robert's health returned and he grew to love the Spanish girl. John, on the other hand, made violent love to the wife of the senor, and when she repulsed him, threatened to kill her. Behind the barn Robert came upon them, she struggling to free herself from John's embrace. All ties of blood were swept away in Robert's fury and he struck his brother to the ground. Slinking away John discovered an aged mendicant, who agreed to kill his brother and the senor in consideration of certain money. They went toward the little cabin home and the beggar demanded his money. This John refused, premising pay when the job was done. An argument arose between them. John, in drunken fury, struck the thug, who fell. Turning over on his side the mendicant fired and John dropped dead. A little later the occupants of the little cabin gathered solemnly ai ound his body. HUMAN KINDNESS (May 8).— Old Jasper, now in his eightieth year, affectionately kissed his aged wife good-bye and started for his day's work on a big estate. Ralph Martin, a young overseer, looked at his watch and spoke roughly to the old man of his tardiness. Old Jasper, without answering, took his spade and rake and started to work. A pretty flower caught his eye and he plucked it. When Miss Mabel, daughter of the owner of the estate, passed by, he offered it to_ her, but she only frowned and passed him by in silence. A moment later Martin brusquely told him to stop that foolishness. Pretty Betty, from a neighboring estate passed into the big garden on her way to visit Miss Mabel. She took the pretty flower which the kindly old man offered her and pressed it in her book. Later, with Miss Mabel, she passed him by and smiled kindly. 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