The Moving Picture World (1907)

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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. 671 B rojecfioi wreck—He falls at Tom's feet asking for ing whirled off towards her child. But her sists in stalking out on the stage, where the pardon-j-Jack loses his sweetheart—Tom husband follows her savagely, and alighting audience hisses him off several times, and loses his college chum. Moral:—Never be at the house, soon bursts into the room, the stage manager is frantic The super engaged to one girl while making love to* Here he finds the woman, her baby and is finally pulled off and thrown bodily into another. another man; of course," he immediately the wings. He makes his way into the fiys — connects the trio, but the man soon proves above, and clambering across the confusing Another new Edison film is "Laughing that he is only the physician who had been scaffolding, is soon directly above the stage. Gas." Poor Mandy Brown! Oh, such a attending the child, and quietly withdraws. He leans forward, loses his balance, and tooth' ache! The dentist's office—"For de Left alone, the suspecting husband looks the next second tumbles down on top of land sake, man, you done got to stop dis from the child to its mother, and soon the the actors. This time he is thrown forward ■ tooth ache."—Into the dentist's chair—The latter collapses, telling her entire story, across the footlights, but regaining his feet fight—Mandy takes laughing gas—Out how she had been shielding from him the he goes off on another expedition and soon comes the tooth—Mandy delighted—She is fact that she had a child living. The man discovers the stairs leading to the cellar of more than delighted—She begins to grin— immediately changes his demeanor, takes the building. Here he begins to explore, Then to laugh—She can't stop laughing— the woman to him, forgives her tenderly, when suddenly he steps upon an elevating The gas is doing its work well—She leaves, and kissing the child fondly, looks at the trap which begins to ascend, and to the sur-" still laughing. The street car—The car gives woman, as if asking, "Why didn't you say prise of all, he emerges headfirst through a lurch—Mandy lands in a gentleman's lap so before?" " the floor of the stage, arriving directly un- —She starts to laugh—She can't stop—The «^ Super's Debut." A thriftless yokel is der a table, upsetting it and the actors who car in an uproar. The German street band attracted by a sign advertising that supers happen just then to be gathered around it. —Mandy stops to listen to sweet music— are nee( jed for a certain theater, and on He is again given a good trouncing, and She laughs—They laugh—She breaks up a app iyj n g j s promptly accepted. A rather this time he is thrown out of the theater, symphony in G. The street corner—Our. f h "J™ manager takes him in hand The last picture is a close view of his face, friend the Dago image seller—He tries to and be ^ ns his theat rical training by throw- which he distorts in comic shapes. . induce Mandy to buy—More laughter— • hhn - mto a d re ssmg-room, where, after "Up-to-Date Burglars.' While a burglar Mirth to disaster—The broken images—An co ^,; c efforts he is transformed into a bold allows himself to be locked in a wardrobe, angry Dago—The police arrest Laughing knignt He'makes himself obnoxious at the other, posing as an expressman, de- Mandy and angry Dago. The Police Sta- re h e arsal but is tolerated, and finally is livers the piece of furniture at a fashion- tion—Laughter takes the place of Justice— ready f 0 ' r t he regular performance. It able residence, where the butler accepts it Mandy discharged. An Irish argument— seen { s however that for this occasion he It is carried into a room and left there, the Laughing Mandy the peace maker. Home njjs parta }jen freely of hot stuff, and now butler and thiefs accomplice going out. at last—The dinner scene—Mandy bringa h;l £ t h e performance is going on, he per- While they are gone, the man in the ward- in the soup— : She can't stop laughing— _ Everybody enjoys a hearty laugh except the soup which lands on the master's head —The breaking up of china. Mandy starts for church—She meets a colored masher— He likes her sense of humor—They both laugh—Also the moon. A colored church —"Brethren and sisters, let us pray"—But Mandy starts to laugh—Mandy breaks, up the congregation. Merry, mirthful Mandy laughs on to the end, believing "That he who laughs last, laughs best." The latest productions of Pathe are: "A Mother's Secret" The mother in this case is an unfortunate but pretty young woman who sews to support herself and baby, living in a squalid garret, where a kindly neighbor helps her care for the in- fant Leaving her home, she lugs a huge bundle of work over to the factory, where, it is seen, the superintendent finds fault with her, refusing to allow her any more work She begs and pleads earnestly, and she finally turns from the factory tear- fully. Going out upon the street a-tall gen- tleman is attracted by her appearance, and soon makes bold to speak to her. She is surprised and puzzled when he gives her his card, inviting her to his home, but in the hope that it may mean a little luck to her, she goes to his home in the evening. Here she is pow seen as she rings the bell at the door of a beautiful mansion, and she is promptly admitted by a man servant; he ushers her into the private room of his master, and they are left alone. He is soon making violent love to her, and the manner in which his manifestations are received is illustrated in the next picture, where, it is apparent, she is the mistress of his house. But another side of the story is seen when she, finely and fashionably attired, _ goes back to the house where her baby is, to give it, when afforded an opportunity, the love and tender care of motherhood. How- ever, the child falls ill, and the woman who takes care of the tot sends a note to this effect to the mother; the messenger arrives and gives her the missive in the presence of the man who loves her. He immediately suspects her, and makes an endeavor to pro- ' cure the note, but is unsuccessful. She goes straight to the room, and donning street costume, hails a cab and is soon be- and confine ourselves exclusively to lOTliS We are not hampered by the endless amount of detail that is experienced by others who sell ma- chines, outfits, supplies, etc., operate vaudeville and five cent theatres and do a little of everything else connected with the line. That's only one reason why we can furnish such 0 We are pioneers in the business and have in ser- vice from one to several of every desirable subject in both Films and Song Slides that have been pro- duced, and yet, without the use of either large advertising space or circus talk, we have most of the time had all the customers we could supply and sometimes have many on our waiting list. Th e quality of our service does our advertising. We are increasing our facilities and I™ itronage ill y wmu a If you need a rnachine we can tell you where to get the right one at the right price, but, we want to furnish your films and slides. 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