Reel Life (1916-1917)

Riley Chamberlain and Walter Hiers, in a Laughable Scene From “Snowstorm and Sunshine.” SNOWSTORM AND SUNSHINE— FALSTAFF One Reel — Riley Chamberlin Pulls Some Funny Ones in His Role of Constable, Judge and Jailer. Constable . . Riley Chamberlin Tramp . Walter Hiers To be arrested for fighting is not an unusual thing, but causes alter cases. Weary Willie in this case is standing in an orange grove in the sunny South, throwing oranges at a man in the Arctic region, who in turn is pelting Willie with snowballs. The law of compensation works out, for the frigid man sucks the luscious oranges while thirsty Willie in Florida fairly drinks the snowballs. But this only hap¬ pens until the law gets Willie. The law is said at times to be peculiar, but it was never as peculiar as its particular minion, for as constable he pinches Willie, as judge he tries him, and as jailer he jugs him, thus falling victim to these three graces. This looks bad for the knight of the road until his strange fate leads him again into adventure which helps him make good his escape. He goes back to the zero climate, and just as his star threatens to ascend he finds himself right where he fell asleep at the beginning of our story, shivering alongside of a brother tramp in the cold, cold blasts of a stormy winter. BILLY VAN DEUSEN AND THE VAMPIRE —BEAUTY. One Reel. — The Sad Awakening of Two Lovesick Youths. Starring John Steppling and Carol Holloway. Billy Van Deusen . John Steppling Johnny . John Sheehan Carol . Carol Halloway Carol, on a shopping tour, drops her perfumed handker¬ chief. Billy and Johnny spy it and both make a rush for it, each gaining an end, with the result that the little white square is torn in two. Carol pacifies the two young gen¬ tlemen and gives each one of her cards, but the friendship between the two is “off.” The eventful night of their call upon Carol finally draws ’round and Johnny, going to the florist’s to purchase some flowers, comes upon Billy in the florist shop. When they conclude their purchases Johnny finds himself the possessor of an immense bower of roses, while Billy has secured a young palm tree. By opening both doors of the shop they manage to squeeze out. Then comes the problem of getting into their respective taxis, which is finally solved by opening the tops. Arriv¬ ing at Carol’s she informs them that when one proves un¬ true she will marry the other. Billy comes upon an adver¬ tisement lauding the claims of a certain vampire person, who guarantees to break any heart for the nominal sum of five dollars. Immediately he “looks her up.” As a result of the mysterious interview Johnny receives a note to be at a certain apartment at a certain time. Carol also receives an anonymous message to be at the same place, where she will see the perfidy of her lover. Johnny arrives on the minute, quickly followed by Carol. The vampire’s charm “works like a charm.” Johnny falls under her spell. Imme¬ diately the charmer works the charm on him. This is too much for Carol, who denounces the vampire. But the vam¬ pire professes violent love for Carol, tears off a wig, and before Carol stands a man. Billy and Johnny fall into a dead faint. The “vampire” embraces the surprise-loving Carol. ifc >}J :}c “SEE AMERICA FIRST ’’—“KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES”— GAUMONT Split-Reel — The Mutual Traveler Spends the Day with the Lumberjacks in the Great Minnesota Pine Woods. Each part of the country has its traditions, and in the north pine wood country the traditions are those of the lumberjacks, who are fast disappearing with the depletion of the forests. In See America, No. 22, the pretty Mutual Traveler spends the day in the home of these great, strong, picturesque fellows among their giant pines. She is shown visiting the shanties, where each lumberjack has his bunk and the mess cabin, famous for its excellent food. Then are pictured the two methods of logging — the old, which was by the use of horses the new, by wire cables, which drag the logs to the railway. The pretty Traveler is shown out in the woods with the men at work with their axes and saws, and she herself takes a hand in chopping down the great kings of the forest. Not to be outdone in picturesqueness, Miss Mutual Trav¬ eler is garbed in a costume quite as interesting as that of the men. On her feet she has dainty moccasins, on her head a jaunty skating cap, and her body is enveloped in a gay, warm mackinaw. This glimpse of the life of Minnesota’s lumberjacks, who spend all their winter in the woods and come down in gangs in the spring to the cities, to spend the money they have saved in one mad carousal before going to work in the mills for the summer, will be particularly interesting to those who have read of them. The industry, and the lumberjack with it, will soon be things of memory only in the Middle Western states. Scene From “Billy Van Deusen and the Vampire.” REEL LIFE — Page Eight