The Moving Picture World (1907)

652 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. to "pop the question,". is disappointed to find the young lady sitting on the sand b> the side of her stern looking father. Not to be outdone, he scribbles a note, and with sundry signs to the girl, buries it jnthe sand close by. The young IafryT^kCeping her parent's attention seaward, signs to the youth that she fully understands. Unfortu- nately for them both, a lady, certainly not youthful, watches this little plan, and nat- urally takes the note to be intended for her self. Jumping from her seat, she at once appropriate it, which considerably disturbs the two lovers. The rival lady, who has read the'note, goes up to the young man and plainly tells him that she accepts his offer. She en- deavors to force her claim by taking the young man's arm. The situation becomes desperate, and the youth races off, chased by his - admirer. The young lady, seeing her lover being chased by a rival, follows up the other pair. The father, with fero- cious signs, naturally goes after his girl to bring her to her senses! The chased lover dashes to the pier, and vaults over the gates, only to be followed by his pursuer. The younger lady, not being sufficiently agile to follow, goes to the water's edge and jumps into a boat her father joining her. The young man jumps into the sea, catches his lady love in his arms and makes off. The father, left alone in the boat, is astonished to see a lady also sliding down a pier support, and, seeing her grave danger, immediately rows closely up and rescues her, thus leaving the lovers to get well away. a ladder climbs up to the branches of the' tree from which she plucks some fruit. A young man happens on the scene, and gal- lantly lends his services in passing the bas- ket up to her, after which act he removes the ladder and playfully threatens to leave her up there unless she will permit him to "pick a cherry" from her lips. She finally prevails upon him to permit her to descend' —but she refuses the reward that he claims. Acceding to her request, he climbs up the tree to pick more fruit, and to. punish him for, his former bold advances, she removes the ladder and struts away, leaving him up in the air, wildly gesticulating for relief. The last scene is a colored and close view of the. buxom maiden munching cherries and mischieviously winking and smiling at the audience as she decorates her ears and neck with ripe cherries.— Kleine Opt. Co. her and she is next seen at a picnic Here she is so persistently earnest in her en- deavor to sell her flowers that she becomes obnoxious to a young man, and he throws the little bouquet into the water. This last hope for a few pennies gone, she wends her way to a charity station, where her wants are cared for. She is given a bottle of medicine and with this she enters the room where her sick husband lies abed. She goes to his side, and just as she reaches him he raises his head for a moment, then sinks back, dead. The old woman, left alone, bursts into tears of grief. "A Soldier Must Obey Orders," another Carlo Rossi film, portrays a simple-minded recruit. Soldiers' barracks are shown, a corporal's guard is being drilled, one of whom is very awkward and slovenly, for which he is reprimanded and is sent off to clean up and report to the commanding officer's quarters. There, he is ordered to gather all the luggage and convey them to. the train on which the officer and his wife are to de- part What follows can better be imagined than described. His awkwardness and seeming lack of knowledge as to the value of the different wearing apparel he displays, in packing the luggage, is excruciatingly funny. At last all is packed, and loading the numerous bundles upon different parts of his anatomy, he starts off for the depot Dropping, breaking and spoiling his charges, he arrives at the train shed just as the train pulls out The soldier has orders which he has learned to obey, so he starts off in a hot chase after the train. The next serie*9 of views depict the soldier's ridiculous adven- tures in trampingHfty-five miles through the country—-each adventure lightens his load and finally he reaches the quarters of his superior, who, with his wife, are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their baggage. Their dismay and disappointment is very keen indeed, upon beholding the faithful orderly appear on the scene with the re- mains of the baggage—a tiny fruit basket. As a balm for their wounded feelings, they "take it out" of our faithful hero.— Kleine Opt. Co. "When Cherries are Ripe," Carlo Rossi film, opens with a farm yard scene from which a pretty maiden, basket on arm, heads for the woods to pick fruit The -course takes her through woods abound- ing in beautiful rustic scenes. Finally reaching the objective spot, she leaves her 1>a5ket on the-ground and witk ^he-aid of Pathe's productions this week are "The Pearl Fisher." A fishei-man is lying on a river bank, apparently despondent at his poor catches, and he falls asleep. Suddenly, on the opposite bank there appears a beau- tiful rainbow, in the center of which is en- throned the queen of the deep, with her maids in waiting. She calls to the slum- berer and tells him of the wonderful pearl riches. secreted at the bottom of the ocean. With this the vision vanishes, and the fish- erman, charmed by the scene, dives into the water. He is seen going headforemost to the bottom, his body descending through all manner of subterranean caverns and past weird and curious fish. He finally reaches bottom, begins to wander about among the mysterious halls, where countless varieties of plants, shells and sea monsters are to be found on every hand. On he goes, when suddenly, from a huge starfish, there ap- pears a fairy or goddess, who takes him further into the wonders of the caverns. She finally leads him into an enormous hall, where massive oysters open and from theii shells step a number of pretty girls. The fisherman is charmed and bewildered by the pretty spectacle, and the girls execute a dainty dance round him. But he wan- ders on, and the next view shows an enor- mous oyster. The shell opens, disclosing the fisherman asleep inside, clutching a num- ber of wonderful pearls. He awakens, and pressing the wonderful necklace to his breast, hurries out of the. cavern. Now all of the spacious corridors become filled with torrents of fire, but he hurries on and is soon scrambling up the bank of the stream. Still holding tight the necklace, he hurries to the home of his sweetheart, and as soon as he places it about her neck she becomes an elegantly robed lady. In a twinkling his appearance, too, changes to one of royal splendor, and the entire aspect of the house is transformed, so that it resembles a. pal- ace. Here the fairy of the sea again ap- pears and the film ends in a scene of tri- umph, which is graced by many tableaux of pretty dancing maidens. And "The Poor Old Couple. An old, sick man and his faithful wife are seen in their home, where the latter, realizing that she must have funds to save her helpmate's life, bun- dles up some old clothes and is next seen at the pawnbroker's. The clerk inspects the little parcel, then curtly informs her that he can make no offer for it. Down- cast and despairing, she next goes into the street and two clothes cashers, having pity on her, give her a small sum of money for the parcel. With this money she goes to a florist's and succeeds in purchasing a few little flowers; with the little bunch of blos- soms she. goes to a park and endeavors to dispose of them; but a cruel officer expels' Introducing Hepworth's latest produc- tion, "Dumb Sagacity," Williams, Brown & Earle say: "This film, which has been the success of the season in England, is a sequel to the wonderful film 'Black Beauty,' which was issued some months ago. "'Dumb Sagacity' is the story of a little girl and her pets, a horse and a dog, whose marvelous intelligence is most strikingly shown. "The little girl, whose home is at the seaside, goes out on the rocks to play with her dog. There she romps with her pet and quite loses sight of the constantly ris- ing tide. Suddenly she discovers that the rocks are surrounded, and her escape en- tirely cut off. "Turning to her dog, she motions him to the land; instantly he is off, swimming to shore and dashing across the beach he reaches the stable, where he unties the pet horse, then leading the way,, he and the horse dash off to the surf, through which they plunge. . "The horse soon reaches the rock, which he has much difficulty in approaching, but finally the little girl succeeds in getting upon his back, and is then swiftly borne to shore. ' , "For thrilling interest, and as a display df intelligence in dumb animals, this film has never been equaled." which you wish to dispose of. PHOTOGRAPHY The biggest and best photographic monthly. Special dubbins rate with Moving Pictnre World for the next thirty days. WGBLD PQOTO PUSUSulKU CO.. £3! DrcsStray, N*» Vc * three second-hand copies of «« TQ«*.<*»*»£ Am tiDS/^TO* 90 State prices and condition. Box 450, New York A monthly journal of instruction ia electricity and allirf; subjects. Send for a free sample copy, and book cauls;, j m. 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