Reel Life (Mar-Sep 1915)

Banner Features in the Mutual Program Synopses and News Paragraphs on the Banner Features Released in the Regular Mutual Program These photoplays extraordinary, designated as Banner Features, are included in the new $8,000,000 program of the Mutual Film Corporation, and will be supplied to the exhibitors in the regular Mutual Program without additional rental cost. Players of exceptional merit, including various Broadway stars, will be presented in these Banner Features, which will run two reels in length. To Exhibitors: With each synopsis is a newsy paragraph. Use your scissors and send it to your local newspaper for press copy. If you advertise, the newspaper will be glad to co-operate in the news columns. The West, the land of real men and real women, is placed before you in all its glory in "Keno Bates, Liar," a two-reel Banner Feature, produced at the Kay Bee studios and released in the regular Mutual Program, August 27th. That eminent portrayer of Western roles, William S. Hart, is the featured player, in the role of "Keno Bates." The drama, one of the most stirring Western stories ever screened, breathes of romance, love and intrigue. It depicts life in the great Far West in the days of the bandits, when a man's life was measured by the quickness of his eye and the speed with which he pulled the trigger of his Colt. "Keno Bates, Liar," is a truly Western play, and followers of dramas in this category should not miss the opportunity of seeing it. KENO BATES, LIAR— KAY-BEE Two Reels — August 27, 1915 William S. Hart in One of the Stirring Scenes in "Keno Bates, Liar," a Gripping Western Drama CAST Keno Bates William S. Hart Dons Maitland Margaret Thompson "Wind River" Herschal Mayall Anita Louise Glaum Jim Maitland ..Gordon Mullen Keno Bates and "Wind River," joint proprietors of the "Double Stamp" gambling and dance hall, are held up early one morning at closing time, by a lone man who escapes with the bank roll. In the pursuit, Keno kills the bandit. On taking the money from his shirt, he finds a miniature of a young girl and a letter calling the thief "brother," saying that the writer, his sister, Doris Maitland, will arrive by the Thursday stage. Keno and "Wind River" return to town and report the circumstances of the killing of the bandit. They warn everybody to say nothing of this to the girl when she comes to "Double Stamp;" On Doris' arrival Keno tells her that her brother met his death in a mine accident. He also informs her that, as her brother's partner, he is turning over to her Jim Mainland's cabin, saddle horse and money. Anita, a Mexican dance hall girl, in a fit of jealousy, goes to Doris and tells her that Keno killed her brother. The girl is horrified. She takes a revolver and shoots Keno in the shoulder. "Wind River" comes upon the scene. He tells Doris that her brother was a thief and that Keno killed him in self-defence. Realizing now all that her worthless brother's slayer has been to her, Doris is overwhelmed. She has Keno brought into her cabin where she nurses him back to health. ^ ^ ^ Irene Hunt and Frank J. MacDonald, two popular young Reliance stars, whose fame is spread over the two hemispheres, are the featured players in "The Stronger Man," a two-reel Banner Feature, produced at the Reliance studios for release in the regular Mutual Program, September 11th. It is an interesting and powerful play of an unhappy wife, struggling between the love of two men. At the very moment all seemed lost, she realizes that her heart belongs to but one of them and turns the other away, a wise and better man. THE STRONGER MAN— RELIANCE Two Reels — September 11, 1915 cast Cecil Graham Irene Hunt Her first husband 'Francis J. MacDonald James Long Jack Brammell Cecil's second husband....'. A. D. Sears Cecil Graham learns that her husband is faithless. They agree to be divorced. At a house-party Cecil meets James Long, with whom she flirts to divert her mind from her troubles. A love affair develops between them, but they soon tire of one another and drift apart. Cecil then goes West. On the train she meets Stanley Hargrave, whom she later marries. Long's enthusiasm for her revives and Irene Hunt., During a Tense Moment in "The Stronger Man" he follows her across the continent. Finding her married to Hargrave, he tries to persuade her to leave her husband, pleading that their love comes first. Cecil at last is won over. On the point of going away with Long, however, she is discovered by Hargrave, who orders her from the house. She pleads with him. The story of her unhappy life affects Hargrave profoundly. Cecil is sure now that she loves only Hargrave. At -last he sees everything through his wife's eyes and gladly forgives her. [ Five ]