Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

1586 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 2, 1916 Stories of the Films ^a»Himilimm [— IBWIIIIiaillllWM n ih:-:1 niNi ilj i.'inn ni ni ii??jjLJiu Finnuinw itn in niauummiLKriMi irr.nhtn\jjjfl atn<mfi*inin^>iBJU[ut>iiHnnniFu i jj^^^^x^ SELIG. SELIG-TRIBUNE NO. 64 (Aug. 10). London, Eng. — The American Golf Olub members receive annual prizes won in Golf tournaments. Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Tex. — Big Brother Henry, of Company A, Illinois Engineers, does his own sewing. Hammond, Ind. — This new steel armored car, built under the direction of army engineers, and constructed in 27 days, will be equipped with rapid fire guns and ammunition at the Sandy Hook proving grounds. Los Angeles, Cal. — Fencing and jiu jitsu form part of the exhibition by Japanese naval cadets from the training ship Taisei Maru, which carries one hundred and one future commanders of the emperor's commercial fleets. Washington, D. C. — George L. Covert and son, who, in their donkeymobile, are carrying a letter from the Mayor of New York to the Mayor of San Diego, Cal. Washington, D. C. — In an effort to forestall the threatened great strike of 400,000 railway employees on 1,700 railroads in the United States, Judge William L. Chambers of the Mediation and Conciliation Board, calls on President Wilson. Seattle, Wash. — With the spirit of Preparedness, society girls here form a company of "Rockyettes." Long Branch, N. J. — "Shadow Lawn," the summer capital, is finally ready for President Wilson. Spring Lake, N. J. — The excessive heat forces the hotels in this exclusive summer resort to hold their weekly hops on the verandas. SELIG-TRIBUNE NO. 65 (Aug. 14). Brownsville, Texas. — Troop horses of the First Illinois Cavalry receive a chemical bath to prevent "ticks." Mexicans dig trenches under guard of Illinois troops. Seattle, Wash. — The huge main lock in the Government canal, or fresh water channel between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, is completed and opened to traffic. Atlantic City, N. J. — On Sunday, August 6th, 1916, this city had the largest attendance in its history, when over half a million persons visited the resort and took a dip in the surf. Del Monte, Cal. — Willie Ritchie, former lightweight boxing champion of the world, makes a successful aeroplane flight. Detroit, Mich/ — Charles Evans Hughes, Republican Presidential nominee, accompanied by Mrs. Hughes, arrives here on a campaign tour, which will carry him into sixteen states. Mr. Hughes in the ball park shakes hands with rival athletes. Berkeley, Cal. — Children from five to twelve years of age are given lessons in handicraft at a school maintained by the University of California during the summer months. Chicago, 111. — After dining, delivering several impromptu speeches and shaking the hands ot thousands of people Mr. and Mrs. Hughes leave for the Coliseum, where he speaks to thousands of people. Chicago, 111. — Here are some of the nitty, nobby, chic and exquisite gowns being exhibited at the Bismark Gardens, where the Chicago Style Show is being held. OUT OF THE MIST (Three Parts— Aug. 28). — The cast: Louise Dillon (Fritz! Brunette); Harry Grandin (Wm. Scott) ; Ben AH Hashim (Guy Oliver) ; Grace Wilson (Gertrude Oakman) ; Arthur Marchand (Frank Clark) ; Mrs. Dillon (Lillian Hayward). Written by Emma Bell. Directed by Wm. Robert Daly. Harry Grandin, a shipping clerk, Is In love with Louise Dillon, a stenographer, who, after working temporarily for a firm, is notified that her services are no longer required. Ben Ali Hashin, an Arabian painter, has Grace Wilson pose for him. He is not satisfied with his work, and says he is tired of painting pretty women, as he cannot give them what they lack, namely, a soul. Harry Grandin tells Louise that he is nearly through with night law school, and after his graduation they can be married. Grace tells Ben Ali of Louise, who she thinks would be a perfect type for his coming picture. Arthur Marchand, a libertine, wins the affections of Grace Wilson. Ben All, looking out of the window during a storm, sees the aged wreck of a woman selling newspapers. He is Inspired with the desire to paint her, and says he will call the picture "Out of the Mist." He gives the woman money and starts the picture. After many weeks Grace Wilson Is cast aside by Arthur Marchand, who becomes Infatuated with Louise Dillon. Harry Grandin cautions Louise against Arthur Marchand, and tells her that the attention of rich men to artists' models can result in no good. The statement is not relished by Louise. Grace Wilson vows to De revenged upon Marchand. When he calls at Ben Ali's studio he finds Louise alone and seizes her in his arms. The aged woman who sold newspapers then confronts him and tells him to turn back the sinful leaves of his memory and recall the time when he made love to her when she was young and beautiful. She tells Marchand : "The girl you just held in your arms and whose downfall you were planning is your own child and I am her mother." Marchand, overcome by this news, staggers from the building and is confronted by Grace Wilson, who takes the man's life. Louise and Harry Grandin are reunited and the aged woman is cared for by Louise. TOM'S STRATEGY (Sept. 2).— The cast: Tom Miller (Tom Mix) ; Florence Manton (Victoria Forde) ; Betty Dunn (Betty Keller) ; Howard Dunn (Howard Farrell). Written and produced by Tom Mix. Tom Miller, a cowpuncher, is in love with Florence Manton. Howard Dunn and his wife Betty visit Tom and his pals, who are in camp. A bear frightens the horse Betty is driving, she loses control of the animal, which runs away. Tom, seeing Betty's danger, rescues her. Florence, riding along, sees Tom stooping over Betty and thinks he is kissing her. She will have nothing more to do with the cowpuncher. Tom and his pal spy a bear, which Tom shoots and kills. He then writes a note co Florence to the effect that he has been clawed by bruin. Florence and her friends then start for the scene where it is believed Tom has been clawed up. As Florence takes Tom in her arms he smiles and tells her it was only a joke. Florence is again angered, but Betty's husband comes upon the scene and thanks Tom for saving his wife's life. Then it is that Florence realizes that Tom is loyal to her and they are reunited. VIM. THE REWARD (Sept. 1). — The cast: Pokes, a secret service man (Robert Burns) ; Jabbs, the pseudo doctor (Walter Stull) ; Butler, also a secret service man (Robin Williamson) ; The Girl (Mabel Best) ; Her Father (Frank Hanson) ; Her Mother (Helen Gilmore). Masked behind the garb of respectability accomplished by the pseudo title of doctor, Jabbs conducts a gambling den in one of the most exclusive districts of the city. Although warned by a confederate that the hand of the law is about to grasp him, Jabbs refuses to leave. Pokes, a secret service man, who is delegated to watch Jabbs, saves Mabel from death at the peril of his own life. Jabbs, however, claims the credit for the rescue and later entices Mabel to come to his office. Once he has Mabel inside the office, Jabbs drops his mask and attacks the girl. Pokes on guard outside hears the noise of the struggle and the screams of the girl and dashes into the waiting room. He finds his way to the private office barred, but nothing daunted, Pokes batters down the doors, and enters the private office. In the private office Jabbs, hearing the hammering on the doors, throws Mabel into a back room and now awaits Pokes' rush. The two men clinch and a struggle ensues during which both Pokes and Jabbs fight for the possession of a knife. Locked in a death-like clinch the fighting men roll out of the window and off the roof to the yard below. Eluding Jabbs again, Pokes risks his life once more and reaches the room where Mabel is confined. Just as Jabbs enters the room Pokes seizes Mabel In his arms and dives out of the window into a passing machine. Inside the room, Jabbs is raging as Robin, another secret service man posing as a butler in Jabbs' office, clamps the handcuffs on the ruthless villain, while In the car Pokes now discloses his identity to Mabel, and wins his just reward. VIM FEATURE COMEDY. THE LEMON IN THEIR GARDEN OF LOVE (Aug. 23). — Hubby (Harry Myers) and wifey (Rosemary Theby) are happy but for Fido. "the lemon in their gnrden of love." Wifey showers more attention on Fido than upon her husband, which makes hubby angry. They quarrel and leave breakfast unfinished. When hubby gets to the office everything he touches or looks at turns into a little dog. Later hubby Is notified that Fido has been killed, having fallen from a window sill where wifey placed him to get a sun bath. Hubby thinks he will be the "peach" in their garden of love and everything runs along "smoothly until a package arrives. Hubby is advised that it contains the ashes of wifey's Fido. Dinner is being served and the maid has just placed a plate of hot dogs on the table. Wifey attempts to place the jar containing Fido's ashes on the table and trouble commences again. He declares he will live with live dogs, eat hot dogs, but will not have his table decorated with cremated dogs. In reaching for the jar he accidentally knocks it over and breaks it. Wifey insists that he have it repaired. Realizing that he must get rid of this "lemon," hubby throws the jar away and concocts a story that he was held up and robbed of everything, even the jar. Although she is sorry for the dog, wifey is also very sorry for poor hubby. Later on, when she is out walking, she is attracted by the sale of an antique jar, and returning home for her check book tells hubby, who has been reading about the jar, that it reminded her so much of the dog's jar that she must try to get it. Realizing that it must be the jar, hubby also decides to attend the auction and try to prevent wifey from getting the jar ; he has a man bid against her. When the bid finally reached $1,500 hubby stops and wifey gets the jar. Upon returning home they discover that the jar is the one containing Fido's ashes. Wifey never intends to leave the jar out of her sight again and places it by her bed after kissing it good night. Upon seeing the jar turn into a dog hubby throws a pillow and knocks the jar to the floor. Wifey woke and tells him it is time for him to go. He goes as the picture fades out. ESSANAY. A MAN FOR A' THAT (Two parts— Aug. 22). — The cast: Frank Willard (Francis X. Bushman) ; Count Ver Sailles (Bryant Washburn) ; Ruth Davis (Ruth Stonehouse) ; Grace Meredith (.Irene Warfield). Frank Willard, a wealthy clubman, becomes disgusted with society. He chances to see a newsboy sharing his slender funds with a beggar, and this gives him an idea. He will live among the poor and obtain their point of view. Clothing himself in shabby attire, he leaves a note for Grace Meredith telling her he has gone out of the city, and then seeks the newsboy. He says he is out of work and starving and the boy takes him into his own home, where he lives with his grown sister, Ruth Davis. Willard goes to work as a laborer and continues to live with them. The girl falls in love with him, and he reciprocates the affection. One day the boy comes home excitedly displaying a paper with the photographs of Willard and Miss Meredith and the announcement of their engagement. He accuses Frank of deceiving his sister. Willard leaves, but is overtaken by Ruth and together they go to his home. There they find a letter notifying Willard that Grace Meredith has eloped with Count Ver Sailles. THE FABLE OF HOW WISENSTEIN DID NOT LOSE OUT TO BUTTINSKY (Aug. 23).— Once there was a Steady who over-played his Stand-in and came within an Ace of losing his Ticket. One Evening he took a Friend with him to inspect the One Best Bet. The Friend, a clever two-handed boy, had practiced a few folds of his own. He declared himself In on the Close-up and made it a Three-some. Neither was a Quitter. Wisenstein played a deep system. He painted Buttinsky in bright colors and told the girl that lot of Women were spreading their nets for dear old Buttinsky. When the lady urged Buttinsky to demonstrate his Accomplishments he sang in a tenor that straightened the Princess oui and had her biting at the Doilies. He helped matters a lot by advising the Princess to have no Dealings with a man who Drank. Meaning Wisenstein. She became indignant because he roasted his friend who had always spoken so Lovely of him, and immediately classed Buttinsky as a false alarm. MORAL — Beware of the Friend who tells how Good you are. THE FACE IN THE MIRROR (Three parts — Aug. 26). — The cast: Conwav Royle (Edmund F. Cobb) ; Gail Harvey (Patrick Calhoun) ; Helen Terrane (Josephine Sylvester) ; Warren Terrane (John Thorn). A letter from the penitentiary informs Helen Terrane that Conway Royle, her first sweetheart, has been drowned while escaping. Hardly does she finish reading it than through her mirror she sees his face as he peers In a window. She mentions it to her huscand, who sneers at her. Angered, she tells him she believes it was his treachery that sent Royle to prison, and declares that she married him only because of a letter from Royle urging such. Gail Harvey phones Terrane as he Is about to leave his home and by threats of revealing how the two committed the bank theft for which Royle was sentenced, demands money. He goes to the Terrane home that evening. Royle. who was believed drowned because tie left his prison clothes near a swamp, has