Moving Picture News (Jan-Jun 1913)

24 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS An interesting section depicts the statue of King Edward VII. ' Street' "scenes in Georgetown, the native quarter of the city, afford the Kinemacolor cameraman excellent opportunit es. Bangalore is the next city visited. Here are seen many interesting street and market scenes. Excellent views are given of the Maharajah's palace, which is the most remarkable building in the city from a visitor's point of view. Bangalore is the chief town of the state of Mysore, which is itself the third largest state in all India. The final section contains some attractive pictures of Goa, the old-time capital of the Portuguese territory, and in the province of Bombay. Here native methods of procuring salt are shown. Salt is, of course, an absolute necessity in India, owing to the climatic conditions, and is often very difficult to obtain, besides being very costly. The salt beds are shown in the film, and natives are gathering up the precious mineral into bags. A group of native girls forms an interesting conclusion to the subject. LUBIN LOVE AND WAR IN MEXICO (2 Reel) (May 28), — Tames Hudson, a young civil engineer, is engaged in surveying land in Southern California when he meets and falls in love with Pequita, the daughter of Don Jose Alvarado, a Mexican farmer. Pequita learns to love Hudson and they are eventually married. Two years pass and Hudson has become addicted to the use of liquor and has grown tired of Pequita. One day, while in a drunken rage, he strikes his wife and, as she falls unconscious and he is unable to revive her, he believes her dead. He runs from the house and. after a long journey, he falls exhausted at the door of a mission. The padre finds him and takes him inside, where he is nursed back to health and eventually becomes a monk. In the meantime Pequita has been found by her faiher and taken to his home, where her little son is born. Twenty years elapse and the son, grown to manhood, has joined the insurgent Mexican army and is selected to do duty as a spy. He enlists in tv,e Federal forces and in • he execution of his duties as a spy he is discovered and tried by court-martial. He is condemned to death, but when the commanding cff:cer visits him in his cell the boy overpowers him and escapes by donning the officer's cloaK and hat. A detachment of soldiers give chase and overtakes him at the door of the mission. The padre profcts the boy and requests that he be allowed one hour for confession, after which the padre promises to deliver the prisoner to them. The officer consents and the boy is led inside. He requests that his mother be sent for and a monk go°s to bring her. When she arrivts she immedi ately recognizes the monk as her husband and tells him that the boy is his son. At the expiration of the hour the officer demands his prisoner and the men are waiting outside the mission gats to carry out the execution. As the boy and mother are kneeling in prayer, the father dons the cloak and cap in which the boy escapes and goes out. As he opens the gate and steps forth, he is met by a volley of bullets from the guns of the soldiers, who march away believing they have done their duty. The mother and son rush from the mission and fall weeping across the body of the father who, with his life, atoned for the suffering he had caused them. LUX BY THE AID OF WIRELESS (June 6).— Doctor Ratray is living out in the Far East with his two daughters, in charge of a military hospital. One day he makes the alarming discovery that one of the men in the district is stricken with cholera. He is brought into the hospital, which is then isolated. There is a wireless installation in the building, and the doctor soon learns that the disease is rapidly spreading. Naturally anxious as to the safety of his daughters, he willingly accepts the offer of two officers, who are about to proceed into the interior to experiment with wireless telegraphy, to take charge of the girls, who will thus be removed from chance of infection. The caravan starts on its journey and reaches its destination in safety, and the doctor is glad to receive a message that every one is in good health. But alas! the germ of the disease was lying dormant, and the younger of the officers is soon dangerously ill. Captain Dancy, the leader of the expedition, implores the girls to leave for home, in charge of his solitary white manservant, but they refuse, preferring to stop and nurse the sick man. Very soon Captain Dancy is also stricken, and the two girls have their hands fullv occupied in nursing the sufferers. Mary, the elder of the two girls, has learned the Morse code and communicates the sad news that both the officers are at death's door. This terrible news is, however, destined to be followed by still graver. A man-eater, attracted by the signs of human beings in the neighborhood, makes an assault on the little party. Tue g'rls and the devoted manservant fire upon the beast repeatedly, but do not succeed in seriously injuring him. Whilst the man-servant is keeping the ferocious animal at bay, Mary wires t^e hospital that death is staring them in the face, for soon their last cartridge will be spent. A messenger is dispatched by the agonized father. But alas! he falls into the hands of the bandits, and it is only sfter passing through a terrible experience that he is able to free himself from their clutches. He arrives on the scene just as the lion is springing on his defenseless prey, and with an unerring aim he is able to stretch the savage beast in the dust. Turning his attention to the suffering men in the tent, he injects a lifegiving serum in their forearms, and we have little doubt that they will thus be snatched from the jaws of death. In this film there is a scene in which a man is wrestling with a full-grown lion, not an imitation, or a fluke, but the real article, and for realism of the most sensational order this picture has never been surpassed. ECLAIR THE FAITH HEALER (2 Reels) (May 28). — Robert and Louise marry and are very happy, but the finding of a Bible in their room at the hotel while on their honeymoon, develops the fact that Robert "does not believe." His wife expresses her regret at this but it does not lessen her love. Two years later the panic catches Robert and he is suddenly ruined. His brave little wife offers to seek employment, but Robert is manly enough to go ahead as a laborer. Dissolute, careless Helmar is married to a sweet little woman, who can abide him no longer. Becoming desperate she writes to a friend asking him to take her away, saying otherwise she will kill herself. Helmar surprises his wife writing this letter. She attempts to conceal the note, but he forces her to show it. Helmar offers his wife a revolver to carry out her threat but her nerve fails. Picking it up, Helmar leaves the house, intent on suicide. He goes to the river when the thought comes of a better way to drop out of his wife's life. He leaves his coat and hat on the bank and buries himself in the army. Helmar's wife, believing him dead, welcomes the attentions of her friend. Helmar sees her in an automobile with him. Helmar exclaims, "I wish to God I were blind, so I might never again see the face of a woman." A few weeks later in battle, Helmar is blinded by the explosion of a suell. This terrible visitation of the wrath of God makes of Helmar a strong believer, and he devoted his life to the poor, opening a small mission, to heal the feeble and sickly by prayer. Meanwhile Robert and Louise have been struggling through the vears, unable to regain their lost position. Then came sickness to their little Clara. On her way to the drug store to have a prescription filled, Louise slipped quietly into the little meeting house and stood for a moment until the gathering began to disperse— then — when the Faith turned toward her — she recognized — Helmar, their former friend. Rushing forward, she made herself known to the blind man and then led him away to their little home, where her child was lying ill. Taking the beautiful little girl by the hand, Helmar prayed with a fervent power, and his message was heard. Clara rega'ned her strength. One of Robert's former business competitors died and his will had bequeathed his entire fortune to Robert. Helmar now went to live with Robert and Louise and Clara. One joyous day the unfortunate man regained his s'g'-t. When wealth came again to Robert and Louise they began a search for Helmar's wife. They found her, repentant and unhappy. The day Helmar regained his sight his wife was brought to the horns and there was a happy reunion. "101 BTSON" THE HONOR OF THE REGIMENT (2 Reels) (May 31), — Jack and Frank, both captains, love Jane, the daughter of an American general. Jane favors Tack. Frank is a dissolute character who has compromised Mollie, the sister of a sergeant in the regiment. She firmly believes that Frank will wed her. Her brother discovers Frank's perfidy and would kill him. but is prevented by Jack, who persuades all parties to keep silence for the honor of the regiment. T''e contretemps is responsible for Jack's missing an appointment with Jane. She is very angry at his tardiness, and "going out passes near the spot wh're Tack is comforting the miserable Mollie. Frank takes advantage to point out the compromising scene to Jane, who is convinced that Jack is false and refuses to even say good-bye. Molly accompanies her brother to the Islands as a nurse. Jack believes Frank's assertion that he is engaged to Mollie. Nita. a native girl, is rescued from insults by Mollv and Jack._ The American soldiers are ambushed by Filipinos. Jack prevents Frank from running away and is hit on the head by the coward. Frank commands the troops to retreat in disorder. He escapes the general slaughter. He is courtmartialed, but says that Jack gave the order and is exonerated, while Jack's name is dis In writing to advertisers please mention "MOVING PICTURE NEWS"