The billboard (Feb 1911)

pmHIARV 11, 1911. Xhe em board 16 MOTION PICTURE REVIEWS While these criticisms of films as they are released are intended primarily for the information and guid- ance of ezfaibit<x8, they are also of very material assistance to manufacturers by drawing attmtion to tiie salient pwhts of merit as well as the deficiendes in the output of their competitora. ftodudng directon2and managen of aoenario departments find their odunsd wdoome and thdr substance of nevar-fsiKnK interast PATENTS CO. TBiJL or THE FOKAB CBAail. IidUn draiu. Kalcm. rcb. 2. 1006 t—t. Of all tbe nMdlocn aim* tlie KalMi Compaar tKf torntd oat alDC* tb«T bcfu pradneln( In- 41iB pleturti, tbU on* Ukes nnt booon. Tb* director mu«t hsTa b««a In AoatrailK or warn* *tbir rcoMU cUaia wben tbla picture waa taken, tor It la bard to bcUeTe ^tbat an7 moTlof pie- tan prodacer would allow hla companx to do tbe tblBza tlw iBdlana did la tbla tim. Can any ataiFble pereoa draw on bia Imagination to tbe utcDt of plctmlag a wblte man eacaplnc a down Indiana eaeb aimed wltb a cUeT Doean't blaloiT aay aonawben aboot tbe aeearaer ot as iBdiam'a fiBl JWM rralaoN Gomr doMk What waOU hnmmU • Moaw ««w aha M talk aaaa to aWamf- It aa ladlaa tilba was belac lonned tf a band of eowbOT*. do 7<a m>PP«w, aiatle Nader, tbe ladlaas would eoaatder It a noablna matterT Xbe Kalem Indians do. We ilwaya beUewd an Indian aoTer lanbed and Mldom amlM: howaver, tka prtaelpal back of a« tribe iua, ha was not tbe cblet) showed hla aatlifacttoa aoTcral tlmea by frinnlns. When lb* brarc wantrd to nfna* a reqneat, or bad aceaalon to (cpl7 to a qaeatlon la tbe netatlTe. to plainly aafd No. We ear "aald." for tbe ■sKment of hi* Up* In formlos tb* word waa ao aatnnl tb*t tb* word wa* almoat aodlbl*. There waa a mafic cbarm, poaaeia a d by one of the Indiana wUch mlabt hava hat atM •Beet ■a tbe picture. Peinapa tha MatB waaa*t Aarmlac right tb* day thin pletva waa taken. The above criUdima might be eoasldctcd i«- rer*. bat ea the coatraiy they are not. U we look tb* apae* to point oat aU tb* defect* and veakaetscs of tbla ptctora. It woold reqattc a cetanw. Pletares of this sort hart tha boalnaaa ■ore than anything elae. If orlns pletnre patrooa aaea lalelllgenee. and tbey eonelder OIbb oI this MK an lasolt. The photograpby of tha Km mM not have been Imprared spon. and lha aeeneiy was admirable. It tb* Kal*m Compasy taa't glT* as better Indian plelnm than thla let them torn their attcoUaa to other aorta of Idietoplay*. Kven tbe hackneyed wild w**t and c*wboy pletora* woold b* bettor. irntmoim am XOKZO. comedy. Edlwn. r*b. 1. Bamptlocu, tb* vmboapolnt comedian. 1* tta* skole sbow In tble pletnre. Tbe story of tbe dim la new, tbe iltoatlona are extremely farci- cal, and Ui* work of tb* entire company good. •nmpUooB attends a pertsemaaee ot "bam ac- tan," aad la thoroughly alagastea. Ba decides <« « a HtUa aeUaff, aal ownlM • diaaatle etrele. After rabeaialng hla eeetBeay peedlg- laoaly tbry flailty felt competOBt to pssdaea- tomro and Juliet. It la when tha CWtaia tlMa go the Drat act ot tbla play that tha fOB ba- fins.. Tb* flnt acvnr* In tb* pictnree are eome- what hackneyed, etpccuny when Bnmptloaa, faaslBg a statne Tender, upaeta hla wares and make all the etatne*. However, any complaint conTentlonallam that can l>* charged agalnat (be fliat few feet of tbla dim la palliated by tbe MUlader at Ihs ^ctm, which la a.aeiaam. Tbe .VMagraph. Jan. St la tbe clever MUltiM. ilf imi taftaau'ltat —aflEft Boat have beta 9Mt in naMng him. Aa Sa yletnre pieat ee n a thla Mmy la naravelMdi A yoong girl la very fond It her dog. aad bar lover feela that abe la not living bim cBoagh' attention. A third party appears on fbe seen* and anally, after many Mowle and icbakee from her flanee, tbe girl (stnma bla engagement ring and tame to tbe •traager. la real Ufa, tb* girl woold hardly Bit op with the soar and dlaasr««abl* dlepoal- ra of tbe man to whom abe waa engaged, and •van tboogh abe had hecD cajoled Into a promlae >l hee emlag Ma vrM*, wsaU have tUed ot bla ftawna tmf tasmlasnM ■store sarilsr la the tame. Ooa MtaaUoa which aoaiewhat taxes the ipeetstoia* credallty oecnrs when the straag- er. le aleaed with etampa wbUe bathing. Jean, (or that la the dog'e nam*, at tbe commend of Ue mlatreea, leapa into the water and rescoH the drowning man. However, aa tbla la new, 'he exairsvratfOB la pardonable. From a acinic lad photoirraphte etaadpotat tbi* plctnrr I* vry A WREATH OF OBAVOB BLOWOMB. Drama. Biograph. Jan. aik WB teat. KAire - AMD I,A1IX—THXr KAKZ. A Comedy. Baaanay. Jaa. SI. SSS fSct. w^wwrvf, BM«H*j. eao. OA. «W SW1« nia dim U a faUIy amaaiBB ceaudy. ot tb» aperlen cea at Hanh^aad^^iMl^^thanEa^^ TBE JII.TKD 70XXB. Comedy. Baaanay. Jan. 81. fonny and complicated altnattooa arlae In ripld M<|a*aee In tble Knanay comedy, tbe alory jr which concema a'Jllird loTer. who ttlaya a K . fsTored anitor and tbe girl. When JiJjMWhd the )oke la being carried too far. a fpnimn la made, and all la aoon well again. It la a very good comedy etoiy, welt acted. ■V aOOin UVOia. comedy. UMa. Jan. M. rnlt length- reel. .^S-^^L pletnre la almple, bnt nev- "JW- It tells of tbe efforts of a t**W »sa to win tbe band of a sirl by intro- gga t to bar a man wbom be clatma la a rich -_T> carry out hla icheme he la compelled " moaey nntn he reallsee be la broke. ~ 1 matteia woiee, be loae* oat with I Vlayers givs the etory One later- " photcgnphr. loo. to vsry sood. IIS theatre pa- of Ut- Dafokled In this dim Is a gripping story thst should appsal to tha maUan pietais t — Iron. Tha . plat tana •( a laaag won tls "**flwf J who haa ban Bairiad ta a rich man. All la well oatU tbe yonng hnabaad Is Onsndjlly nined, end tbe woman llatena to the words of s tempter, who promises to nrovlds for her noie plessuies ttasn her bnaband la now able It ahe wUl leave with him. She coneenta to do this, hot while packing ber belonglnga llnda tbe wreath of orange bloaaoma wblcb (he wore on ber weddlDK day. It brlnga back memor<cif. and with It a realisation of the lo]portaDC« or the atep abe la abont to take. 8ha dismisses ber nAOnOAL BBOOK'fiUNIf ncatlonal fct- Tbe Patbe producers deacrve commendation for tbla picture, wblcb poaaeaaes much educational value. The process by which treat are heed forma material tar an.JntaanHag aad oCMaMag dim. Tbe piiiigiaiar la aliifc" . XKB IWEBTFT'B BIBIJU. Drama. Kslem. rsb. 1. rnll length rati. In The SberllTa Stater. Kalem hu produced a almple and rather trite drama ao aklllfullr trvatcd aa to make It Intereatlng from atari to flnlak. Tbe atorj concerns a girl, the ulster of a aberlff, wbo elopca with a Meilran. The Mex- ican la a married man, bat repr«*«nlfi hitnaelf aa aingle. The aheriff poaaeaaea a atroog dla- Itke for the Uexlcaa. believing htm to bs devoid of ebaraeter. but deeplte bis sppesis and threats his sister meets, tbe llexlesa and eenseaU to •laps.. Stopiteg at a laad-alda baoia (or rsf- ag*. tbt lUSaeSa to eoatmisdi br kto wUs, who dsnaaacss hlik . Th ^-* ' " Tha coasdr to 'lMa sick jroBBg man, who to fast for threa days. Ha to aweethesrt to a hirtbdsy party, hat rememlterlng the Inalructlona that he moat teat be contrtvea tbe Idea of canalng tbe dlaappearanc* of tbe food by placing It la tbe pocketa of gueata aeat- ed neart^. This csosea embarrauini altnatlcaB for the anasts. At length the whole secret la oat aad tb* snoettte ot tbe faatlag young man la THX TBT-OITT. Comodp-diaaa. BdhMa, Jan. 31. 890 feet. The Try-Ont, aa tb* name Impllee. le a stecy or tbe atage, InterwoTrn with an Intereetlng lore theme. It la a pretty little drama, simply told and given excellent Interpretation. Two yoang people. barlDS formed a Taudevllle teem, after much dlfflcnlty, obtain a try-out week. Highly atotsd. they go to the thestM, bat there, ta thalraanav. tte M tbait aat to aot what they are caneslcd'hv na toaaagafe' .Thttga go bsdiy for them nntll thar bava apaat tbair tost cent. Paaaing tbe theatre, oolilda at wUeb etanda their aeenery, tb* gin la atxack with-tha Ides of bnrleaqulsg their own act. . Tbey On ally icenre the necessary week In tbe aame theatre and score a bit. Prom tbe laat acenee It la evi- dent that the people be to each other more than bualneaa partners. THX OUBSE OF THE BED KAV. Drama. Sellg. Pelt. 9. Pull length xcel. The cores of tbe red man la drink. This Sellg drama telle graphically of the pita Into which ale dvawn the nnfortnnatea who are en- meehed la tbe diabolical clotchea ot liquor. It ibowa bow an Indian lad, tobnat and strong, taken from bla tribe, become* the hero at achool throngh hla bravery on the gridiron. Retnmlng to hla people be learns that he csn not remain with then. Ho wandna away, ta ba aat by a msa who oSOrs him whisky. At dnl bs .isfasee to toocb tbe Uqtwr, but tb* peranssles of tlie men overcomes bis determination, and he drinks, enable to withstand tbe craving with which be la aleaed for tbe whiaky, he ateela. aad when driven from the aaloon, bla muddled brain evolvee a plan of revenge agalnat tbe aaloon- keeper. Be kUla tbe man. The crime la aoon divcorered and purvnera are on bla trail. A brief fight, and he paya the penalty ot tlie curse—Ig- nomlnloiii death. There Is much icallim to tha film, well biooght eat by the Sellg playets. SXUIVO XHB OLD ^ Peb. S. PnU Isagtt real. SeUIng tb* OM Msster Is a besntltal and ten- der etorr written hr Vartha Tonng. It paaaaaaes that Ingredient «t aacoeastol play eaashactloa, kDowB' aa hnmaa bmrt Intamt Tba stoN tha film eoBveya la at IhS' davwtlaa at two old colored servsnta ta tha -daagfatsr of their old msster. The pletoia opens with the acene show- ing the death of the old master. A mortgage baa been foreeloeed and tbe young dangbter, the only lemalnlng member of tbe family, la left upon ber own reaoarcea. Bbe movea to New York, and there ekes oat an existence by teach- ing mnalc. She falls la loTe and la married to tba uncle of one of ber pnplla. An auction aale ta being held, and the two old colored aervanta, who have alao drifted to New York, In paaaing tb*. ptaes ot tbe anctlon. recognise eome of tbe fBmltas that waa formerly owned by Ihetr tote BMStar. Whsa tbe pletBts ot tba eld maaier The girl, wbo Is speeding through tbe atieeta la an automobile, paaaca by tbe place of anctlon waa pnt on aale, they aocceeded In obtaining It. and recognlatng tbe colored people, atopa to tn- vesUgat*. .-absa she leama ot the aaermc* they had made to preserve i-ielr innater's msmocy. Sha takaa them to her home, when they arc aa- eured e( a happy place. All tba players In- vdvad la tha uterpretatlon of the storv to do excellent work. Tbe photogrsphy to well np ta the mark sst to prcvlons Edlaon releases. BICE auw ax XV JAPAV. EdncattoBaL Patbe Preres. Peb. 3. 2S8 feet. This picture shows the methoda of barrestlng and threshing rice In Japan. A' view la alao ahoam ot the prlnlUve machine lued for pol- ishing ths grata. Tba ptctnro'to latensttag ss well as edneatloiul.. ■LATSr BX70LT. Dnuna. Path* Pisrsa. Peb. S. na feet, nto to a drama of tba aU dan wltb tba Is thirty gaad. . photegrsphy OAXmORTA, IBB wamsssiii- ssnay. Peb, 4. Pali laagth reel. Peaanay producere have turned out batter dime than Carmenlta, ttie Faltbfal. which la a drama of the Weet. The plot of tbe film la hackneyed, and tbe altnattooa are ot tbe made-to-order dasa. Acting and photography reglater the n*- ual Baaanay mark. aVEEV rOB A OAT. .CbBCdy. TItagraph. PSb. 4. pan leagtt lasi. That* aia sooia foaay sttaattooa ta tUs Urn. which, thoagh. thr that nutter,, to fonay ansagh to ba eotertalalag froin heglnntttg to end. Bridg- et, tb* eoofc; to a most fstoeiH Tsdy, who Inher- its s large fortune through the death of her an de. Immediately aha resigns ber position, em- {ibaalalBg ber.. wocda with action. She baa a over, one Helnrteb. bnt wbom. daeplte lila plcad- tog% shs wUl: not sceept. She wsats a titled hoaband, and to aceompllab tbla end aba inaerta aa advertlsemeDt In tbe psper. Hetnrlch leama of ber little game and hlree half a doscn negroea to act aa bla retinae, he himself appearing aa a king. It la a wlas move tor Bslnrlch, for covered that BoiaiHh wm oalr ItoBiwoBdttBg s^k^snd thrla.UiBa^fttoga IAmB te tt* Sv^ST waum!^sad all to'w3l.^*S»Jn^aa a hnUly girl being ta love with a ctty chap •cconpnaMa an elopement with bIm much against the wui-of her father and ber coautry hoy lover. When ahe isacbee the city wltb tbe man wbo has plotted her mtn ther are accosted by a policeman, wbo, being familiar with the maa'a iscord, saggeets to tb* girl thst she have nothing whstavsr to do with hla. Tbto to rsthcr a atraaga ptoesdore, and It to very doabt- fol whether orrsot sn American pollcemas, bow- ever conaclentloua he might be, would dare take the dtaneas thto offlcer did. However, the girl leavea the man and Oaally beeomea a elr^ eiu rider. If It waa the IntcnttOB and desire of tbe eceuarlo writer to write a story on ctrcua life, tbla Mondalviat way.of havlij bar Join a traopa wotaM have been annereaaaiy. - Howevei, It' Bnat ba aald' Oat what MIowa ber eepsiatlea frocn tba logaa makea sa' tatsrestlag story. A cireas parade, alao a iramhcr of aeeoea of cir- caa Ufa srith which the general pabUe are not familiar are ebown. liove la tbe end trlnmpbe. as lOT* always doea Is pkotoplaya. On tba whole, thla film ta a little better than mediocre. BOOIETr AHS THE MAS. E>rama. VlUgraph. rmb. a. Tills picture tells the etory of a bappy family being eatranged throngh the erll tsdnenc* of wealth. The flrat acene depicts a happy father, bla wife aad little girl. Tbe father la offered a seat oa tha Board of Trade to a large city, and aftsr bavlag accsptad h seaa w a Immagaaly weal- thy. BetwecB Acta I sad n. two yoata have el s paed. daring wbIA tliM a spirit ef ceMasM has'sprang bstwsaa man aad wife. The hoa- band diacorera bla wife accepting tbe ettenttooa ot a aoclety man; be however makea no reproacb- *a to bar aad only itgho, (The leading man of the TItagraph Company algba too much In fact.) He le later financially ruined when tbe Inevlt- able reconcUlatloB la affected. The etory la far from being new. bnt the elaborateaeas of tbe eettlsgs hive never been spproacbed In a pce- vleos ▼Itagrsph releass. The pbetogtapby ta saw k mmag tkfim. A mat cnOt li tat Am Ban wbo wrttta tba sab^Mko. Ba baa to thla mm meatleaed ssveral t as tatlaas thst sre strictly apropos to oHLT A nsm. Itoaaw. IMIea. Vsb. t. tba iBtae eaia baai aaaictsad by tba aeaaaito writer la worktag oat the eattre story, so crlt- lelam would have been warranted. A aommary of tb* atocy fdllows: An editor of s sewajiaper has set hto mind on exterminating a gang ot gamblers, snd fights them through the eolnmna of bia paper. n>e editor'e eon ta a sort of la- corrlglble and hates work. He fsUs Into the bands of the chief gambler, who aUows htm to win. l,ater he retuma to gaasble eooM mere and In order to be revenged, the gambler kite upon a acheme to min the yonng man. Up to thla point tbe atory la planatbia aad makea an tatereetlng plot, but what tollowa has s very aiasaliesa aOect sa the ptetni*. Having wea an tbe yaoag Ma*i Bsaey. tbe gambler ladnese Mb to alga a aocthlsaa cbeA aa a 8i ' ' ' t>ank. Tbe yonng man axeeotea a check tea fSOO, aad Ue next BOtalag the haatens to tha bank to pe asa a t tbe c payment. In ths wsaatlma tbe yoatb I toed biB faay. and drtatalaaa to e nimm aat Jaat aa be to abeat to t , doa OMm. eta tbe revoleer Itoa. itolar ssake* ber sppeaiaaoe. aad aollella an explaasttoa. Tbe boy telle ber what be baa done, and ah> opens ber aavlnga bank, when, lo^ and he- bold, there la .Jiut $300 abe baa accumnlatad. Rather a strange amount of coin to be b oa r ded to a cigar box, lan't It? She then Jumps oa hei pony and daahea airay to the bank, twenty mllsa dlatant. Tbe bank opens at 9 A. M.. and It la tben 7:30 In the momlog, ao abe most hurry. And ■he most harry, too, for twenty miles to sa hour sad a half to quite s neat little trip (or aa ordinary boras. She geta there Jiut aa the bsah csshler opaas np the bank. ~ ot tbe ^ - Bseaey. aaysi "111 etJsbB bttlB.** et thto paittealay WMdd aat have baaa a crime to give a-( •son. Be talght have merely oveidiawa, aa ba#- pena oecaaloaally. But If be did not have sa ac- coimt there bow In the name of all that to cel- luloid, could hla alater open an afccoimt for hlmt Coald the csahler tell by totoltlon that the alg nature of John Larkto to the check waa boaa- fide? Deliberate Inaccnraclea of thto aort are Irkaome to movtog pletnre patnma, especially those who attead pletnre hooaee rreqoently. n. TBOTAXOaX. SpecUcnlsr drams. Paths. Jsn. 27. S«3 feet. Tbe best that can tie nald of thto film la none too good. It would be hard to ovaiastlfflata tb* ezeeUeat qoaltty ot aot taly tbe actX a^ y ef tbla . tbe epsra, froi itlag, aeeale ^ctm hM >m whlA II . which giaatly who contemplate IM airlet adhcreaea to to taken. The ila_|g adda to Its heaaty. ttmtnf tbta film ahesdd he sore to score which Is srrsnged esprdsUy for thto pie tola. -XJLB X.ABT OUBTAIjr. Drama. Oaumool. Jaa. Bl. Tbcr* are eeveral polnta to tbla picture thar command It, and bnt few openlags for crltlclam. The atory la aomewhat drawn out In placea ass- there la a acene or two that might not be ea- tlrely clear to the apectator, however the de talto are ao perfectly arorked oat. and the aat ttaga are that good. American maanfactarere- Bight well amolato the Oaomoat company to- stoging ptetnres ef thto lert. A itsga to iheira. sad parts of ths theatre. Never be fare have vra> eeen e better effect to s aaevlag pie tare. Tbronghout. the photography aad aeeale eSetto are apleadld. AT BVBBXUIB. Travel, aaaasant. Jan. gl It ma/ he that tha prtat wa mw waa fhoadL la developlag, and It to pnaslhls tba amSav waa not at fault; however. It to a pita tMt aa- beautiful a pletnre ahould he ' ^ tographlc Imperfeetloas. Ibe C beantlfnl moontato and walaa THBKE nSTZBS. ComsdP Peb. 3. MT feet. Hen- la aa excellent comedy, very much oa the- order ot the Italian barber recently rslsaaeg ty the Biograph Company. The atory coacersa a yonag gul who la m love with a worthleaa yenng: men, from wbom ebe le saved by the darer- acbeme of bar stoter. WbUe there aie aaBciaae- eOar titastloaa ta tb* alMaia Ihto fhtaa lbs ■rtodpal thisad oasa wbla tbejlet ~ ~ Stto Bight as irAl haw hasa Visa . the work of one Is merely Incldialal. of the sctrru Is well tskSB, aad ~ playa tbe atobbom yoOBg awaetkeart picktBid atyle. Plwlegrapbi geeST omS wJaC*S ThsahMssr Msgto MWleeked, n taeV^SbnM^'SoM i to portraying the atocy ac a Whotaiatt vrlts a European nobfa MMg St aa glrL Thla film lad'-"™* - pbotography U O. K. KIB OREAT DUTS. Drama. Great Northera Here la a lUm that la remarkable for It* carefol obaervance of detalla. The eaat la spies did and the atory very amoothly worked ont. It deala with a man wbo wlna the affections of an other man'aparamoizr, but marrlea a woman ot hla clsaa. The former, however, begets s child bnt dlea to poverty beeana e ahe Is cast off^ '"». Bowr both her sever, abe sends for the newly mantod maa Jnst bsfore paaaing swsy and satrorta to bla tbe enatody of tbslr « child to be raised to hla home et xecegalses hto du^ and the air ot a to foUowed by s plesaant endtag. raphy to welt np to the standard. AT DOUBLE TBOUBLE RASCH, Champloa. Feb. 8. 9S0 feet. Thla to a atory of a qnarrelaomr pair of sis tera wbo marry a qnarrelaome pair of brothera. the more gentle alater to tbe more overbesitog' hiother. and tbe aajost elder sister to ths aseck er of the' two brothers. CondltMna, et uaiuaa, are extremely nnpleaaant because ot ths settoo^ of the ahiew towards her hasbaad aad tbe doBl neertng ot the elder brother over hto wife. Psm- lly qnsnels TSge_ fieiccl^^tll Ihs twa Bes h s r (Ooattaaed aa page M.)