Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1915)

September 4, 1915 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1721 from the factories. They encounter the mob of strike breakers and a terrible conflict ensues in which the police are summoned, who with difficulty quell the rioters. Mann returns to his home and as he enters the threshold, he is shot by one of the rioters. Placed in his bed, Conscience appears before him in his delirium and also Death. He overcomes Death, but is unable to repulse Conscience. Conscience shows "the man with the iron heart" the scenes of suffering which he has caused— of his discharged cashier caring for the dying mother, the death of a little child, and of his wife pleading for leniency to the workmen. Overcome by Conscience. Mann is no longer known as "the man with the iron heart. * He summons his wife to his bedside. He grants the request of his workmen and his reformation is complete. THE AWFUL. ADVENTURES OF AN AVIATOR (Jungle Zoo Subject— Sept. 4). — Harold McFutt, a pest, talks aviation, and his bluff is finally called and he has to buy an aeroplane. Way up in the air, the seat breaks and Harold falls to earth and into the mouth of an oil well. He continues through the center of the earth until he reaches the wilds of Africa where he has all kinds of exciting adventures with wild beasts and savages. As he is about to be put into the soup pot by an African chief, he awakens, to find it all a dream. BIOGRAPH. AMONG" THOSE KILLED (Sept. 6).— Clay Judson lives alone in a cabin remote from civilization. A rider from the nearest settlement brings him his monthly mail and some poisoned meat for his wolf traps. Among the letters is one reading: "I'll kill you for putting me in prison. I'll be at your place on the seventh." The writer is John Morton, a man whom he has cause to fear. Morton and he had loved the same girl. To put his rival out of the way, Judson had schemed his imprisonment on a charge of theft. But he gained nothing; the girl refused to turn on the man she loved. On the morning of the seventh Judson is panicstricken. While planning to defend himself he accidentally discharges his revolver and is wounded. Disabled, he can never hope to escape the avenger. In desperation he eats of the poisoned meat, rather than fall into Morton's hands. His dying eye rests on the newspaper in which the meat was wrapped. Under the big headlines is an account of a train wreck, part of which reads : "Among those killed was John Morton, an ex-convict . . ." A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION (Special— Two Parts — Sept. 7). — When Stinger Johnson's wife. Marietta, gave birth to a boy, the citizens of Willow Creek celebrated the remarkable occurrence. The christening was a grand affair. "Bill" received the freedom of the camp, and was voted a full partnership in its activities. One day Stinger Johnson went out of town on business, and Bill grew fretful. Marietta told the distressing news to Tom Evans, who told Sympathy Smith — and soon the entire camp knew that Bill was mighty sick. A doctor must be got at once, and some of the boys set out to Fourflush. Hardly had they started when a leading spirit declared the Fourflush doctor was no good — he knew a better one. And off went another contingent to fetch him. Both doctors arrived in due course and, backed by their champions, diagnosed the baby's case. Face to face, they pooh-poohed each other. The camp was split into two factions, each of which believed its doctor infallible. Written warnings were posted, hinting at bloodshed if the other side insisted on escorting its man to take Bill's temperature. When the excitement was at fever heat. Stinger Johnson returned, looked both medicine men over, and declared: "I know 'em. One's a horse doctor and the other's a dentist. Take 'em away." And after the impostors had been run out of town it turned out that Bill was not sick at all. THE BROKEN WRIST (Sept. 9).— Anne Carlton, a hospital nurse, volunteers when Doctor Hunter expresses the wish to try his new serum on a human being; but Doctor Gordon, who loves her. interferes angrily. The slightest overdose of the serum. Hunter acknowledges, will prove fatal ; and Gordon fears for Anne's life. In a struggle with a deranged patient Anne's wrist is broken, and an X-ray is taken of the fracture. As a result of his quarrel with Gordon. Hunter resigns. Anne goes to join him in his work. He effects a marvelous cure in a distant city. Gordon reads of it and visits him. Alone in the offices, he sees the skeleton of a woman with a broken wrist. Comparing the fracture with the X-ray photoeraph he becomes convinced that Anne is dead. When Hunter returns, Gordon seizes him, binds him to a chair, and is on the point of injecting an overdose of the serum into his neck when Anne appears. Explanations ensue, and Anne, prom Beaver Film Corporation's STUDIO FOR LEASE OR RENT The Beaver Film Corporation offers its new studio and buildings for lease or rent to reliable producing co's. The Studio: The studio building is 70x45 on a corner plot 100x100, the entire roof 70x32 is of the finest cobweb wire glass, giving the most beautiful soft light without the sign of a shadow. Dressing Rooms: The dressing rooms open directly into the studio and are finished in natural wood, nickel plated open plumbing, lavatories with running not and cold water, lockers, dressing tables, electric lights and a large window opening towards the sea, all rooms are made sanitary hy having concrete floors. Toilets and Bath: At one end of the studio are the toilets and bath furnished with the most modern nickel plated open plumbing. Prop and Wardrobe Rooms: Over the dressing rooms are situated the Prop and Wardrobe moms, which are reached by a gallery running the entire length of the studio. Dark Room: On the upper floor will be found a dark room for loading and making tests of film exposuies. Carpenter Shop: A separate building at the rear of the studio is for making of props and carpentry, keeping the studio free from all noise. The second floor could be made into a paint loft if required. Toilet is in this building for help. Two rooms are finished off in this building that can be used as extra dressing rooms, offices or living rooms. The Grounds: The grounds that are not used for buildings are all seeded into lawns, giving an appearance of refinement to all the buildings. The Location: The Beaver Film Corporation Studio is within an hour from Times Square, and is only t hree minutes' walk from the depot, and five minutes from the Trolley line, with a ten cent fare from the Battery. Surroundings: The country of Staten Island for Open Air work is unsurpassed. Most any kind of a scene can be found on this wonderful picturesque island. For Terms: For terms as to rental apply to W. Lindsay Gordon, President and Manager, View Ave., Dongan Hills, Staten Island, X. V. Staten Island — The Moving Picture Paradise ising to take no more risks, consents that her lover shall have the power to order her life for the future. OIL AND WATER (Reissue Xo. 14— Special —Two Parts— Sept. 10). — While his brother remains at home among his books, the staid young idealist attends the theater where Mile. Genova and her company perform the sensational Dance of the Fleeting Hours. In its symbolic interpretation of life's insecurity, the dance effects him profoundly. He sees Venus, goddess of love, usher Youth into Earth's enticing promises. There Youth dallies until Jupiter, holding aloft Roses of Happiness, descends among mortals. Unseen, the Sands of Time run on while the world dances madly. At last, stirred by the world-old desires, the mortals dance after the Impossible. Time, the silent Reaper, shadows their excesses. Magically the dancers grow old and perish, trampling each other in the endless chase after the phantom Happiness. The reaper's harvest is grim. And at the end— what? Dust and ashes — no more. To this climax soars the wonderful woman who leads the dance, while the idealist sits spellbound. After the performance he has a delightful experience ; a friend takes him behind the scenes and introduces him to Mile. Genova. She is a good actress on and oft, but to him she appears the most desirable woman in the world. In her he sees the living goddess of the dance, and impetuously he proposes marriage. Why does she accept? Perhaps it is the hunger in her heart, or merely the allurement of a new experience. Whatever the reason, she marries him and charms his family into acceptance of her. Years pass; she has borne a child; her husband is still the adoring lover, but she is not happy. Repressed by her surroundings, she craves the old excitement. An ill-timed visit of old stage acquaintances brings matters to a head ; she flouts the idealist, surrenders all claim to her child, and goes back to the old life, while her disillusioned husband seeks to make the best of the situation for the child's sake. One evening the child escapes from the house and, wandering away, is found by the mother. She takes the little one home, and for a moment her heart yearns to reclaim all that she has lost. But it cannot be. "My ways are not your ways." she tells her husband in a tremendous scene, and parts from him forever. Oil and water — each in its own element — irreconcilable. AT THE ROAD'S EXD (Sept. 11).— The young contractor scrapes acquaintance with the girl by petting her dog, and, having met her mother, insinuates himself into the old lady's godcl graces. But he cannot fool the dog, and so aggressive does the animal become that the girl's mother gives it to a passing farmer. The> girl is forced to accept the contractor's attentions, notwithstanding that she has a favored suitor, a young man of the town. In desperation she runs away, intending to join her lover ; but on the road she is overtaken by the contractor, who brings word that the dog has been badly hurt and may not live. Anxiety over her pet disarms her suspicions, and she enters the schemer's motor car. Her suitor sees her struggling with the abductor, boards a trolley car, and overtaking the automobile, leaps into it to fight for his love. ESSANAY. BROXCHO BILLY STEPS IN— (Aug. 13).— Because he believes in education, a ranch owner hires a school teacher from the east and opens a school for his cowboys. The teacher is admired by all of the cowboys, and by one in particular, an outlaw, who frightens all the pupils one morning by writing "school" with bullet holes on the blackboard. Broncho Billy steps in and sends him over the county line. Later, three of the pupils find a torn letter which the teacher has lost, and, piecing it together, learn that the girl's mother is worried because lack of money prevents her visiting her daughter. Thev take up a collection and send for the mother. Broncho Eilly, the sheriff, loves the girl and proposes to her. She accepts him and they are married. Just as the minister pronounces the closing words, in walks the bride's mother, making the happiness of the event complete. DREAMY DUD SEES CHARLIE CHAPLIN— (Cartoon— Aug. IS). — Dreamy Dud and his dog. Wag, are down-hearted because they haven't the monev to go into a picture theater and see a Chaplin picture. A dime rolls out of the theater which some one has dropped and Dud pics it up. In the theater thev see Chaplin fighting with a donkey. When he flirts with a Hirl. whose back is toward him. a policeman tries to arrest him. But the donkev and the policeman collide and exchange kicks, Chaplin laughs when the policeman is kicked over. Then the donkev kicks Chaplin and he flies into the air and lands in a lake. Dud wakes up and finds his father bending over him asking what he is dreaming about. (Continued on page 1724 i