The billboard (Mar 1911)

MARCH 11, 1911. The B i ll boar a 16 MOTION While tbisfle critidsnM.of films as they an xdeu^ ance of exhibitors, they are also of very material asastance to manufacturers by drawing attention to the salient points of merit as well as the deficiencies in the output of their competitors. Producing directors and iman^gdB (rf scenario d(^^ their ccwnsel wdc(mie and their substanoe of never-fiBiliDg intaprat. PATENTBCO.:- tiWt OtfUntAOt. Labia. Comedy. Re- leaaed Febnuuri 37. The utter, abeurdlty of «U» »Jcture to lt» fnc- MM Tbe ■Itnatlma ate ao tbaolntelr ridleoloiu rbei' cannot belp pcoToktag Uttchter. TIM Tea- arable ston of TncompatibUIQr between hnaband •ad wife to oaed to atatt ttatnc* Koloc. Kan, iSo U Duatonataljr fond of knlttiDK, ia there- ttte > plain UKIe borne bodjr, wbo. In Ilea to ■oaarnlnt any drawlns room accompliah- ■lata, la content In tbe simple life. Tbe hoabaDd, on tbe otber band, craves tbe com- panionablp of one more Tented In tbe aubtle arta. Tbia mucb la Interred, as tbe aub- Utlea do not Klve maj other reason wby tbe Sir aboold be at alien. Tbe bnaband writes a society woman, and inrltea ber to apesd soaw time witb tliem, cloalne bla letter witb as ialnnctlon to tue effect tbat abe is sot to brine ber "knitttns" witb ber. Tbe vanan arrlTea. and plays tbe fair cbarmer to DcrfeettOB. 1»e poor little -wife la beart- bcoEen, bat tbe timely visit of "Cousin Hani'■ pre»enbi her doing taecselt or the otbers violent lajnry.: Harry takes Is tbe attnatton at a dance, and Tecammenils to ilan a plan he: b^Ueves will prove bigbly •Seetlve. "Act like a not." Is what he sntseats. bat bis soggeatlOB is. of coarse, put In more eloqaent langnage. Nan feigns In- sanity, and Immediately matters In thta keaaeh<dd commence ta be extraordinarily lively. Her antics a* a;; crasy woman will make a hit with tbe yoaseer element la the Honl motion picture andlence, bat tbe grown- na will find tbe picture tiresome. In the 5d.-the MClety woman leaves the boiue. and the hoslHuid, zemotsefni, takes tals wife la bis arms, and In a very abort time re- storca ber to aanlty. locked In her room by tbe Irate parent: Her brother assists her In commanlcatlng with ber lover, and riie elopes on tbe inomlog of the day ■et' for her marriage to Csptaln Barnacle. Ber brother dons -the brlAiI dress, and tbe snbstitu- tlon Is not dlscoveted until the minister has Joined their bands. The acene In chnreb when tbe twy takes oft bis veil and wig is too fanny for descrlpti<m. The pletnre ta good In a nom- falls In love with Mm, and they are married. Retoming home one <Mr> 'ack finds bis wif« shaking bands with tbe'Uentenant of the Salva- tlod Ixmy.. Be'lllea Into a paaaloi and leaves bis wife. H^ ssUs od'« long emise and does not. retnm for many monltis. Seadilng home, be again finds tiie lieutenant with one of the Salvation Army women In his wife's room, and again his jealoasy Is arooscvl. Bnrstlng Into the SOME EDISON WRITERS. KAintllCOlllA^ HFIDXTMIC. Oaumoat. Oqowdjr.. Beleased Febmary 28. nree m«a. two uncles and a nephew; three women, two aunta and a niece, and Master Oapid, work oat a stny In this picture that to far above tlie oaaal comedies seen In rrcneh photoplay. The yoang man loves tbe grl, and Instats that bla uncles speak to r aants. Tbey call on tbe old.maids, and It takea eonalderable persuasion to obtain their cooaeat to the alliance. Cupid in the meantime Is rannlng a double ablft In hia 1«T* (tetocy. After levaaX calls. a«s nnclea SM..smitten, and a triple wedding Is tbe nsnlt. One point In tbia picture that de- aervea special praise ta that the spinster twitt reaemble bnman beings. Ordinarily a SMving picture old maid liaa a foantain peu •liape, slie weaxa paper curls, fondles a cat sr polly, and in otber ways is made to re- iambls a apedea of human femininity that la ■ot, never wae, and aban not be hereafter. We compUmeat the Oaomont Company on their old malda la thia film. Another feature bl this pictara.la tbe staging. r^M garden and. eoniervatacy seenea were, •i^llthtful and nallstic. Tbe pietoce ia lomewbJt drawn ant. : but coosidered as .a whole ma--b Ix'ctei- thiB tbe ordlnaqr lUaMd comedy, CAliXHO A TTRAST, Essanay. Oomedy- diaina. Beleaaed Febmary 38. Tbs tyrant takea particular delight In mak- tag his fiamtly uncomfortable, and la mean tar tbe enjoyment be gets oat of licing so. Dm fact mt at so Ume : daring tbe on-. laveling of tbe stocy Is the tyrant la a state . af Inebriety, abows that he possesses a moat. dalster disposttloo. Tb» opening scenes show tte monster esgagiag In tba dellgbtfal pas- tlae ot bmklng dishes, npsettlng tables and chairs, and In oltier ways aaserting bis pres- ence to a frightened wife and daughter. Tbe ■other cambUtna to ber sailor brother, who sends one or his mstes to her with a letter to tbe effect that she may introduce the sailor as her son, absent for flflecn years. Tbe sailor, a broad-ahouUered. husky young seaman, arrives, and Xortbwltb Institutes a series of remedtea that take tbe devlHry out of the tyrant. Ba Indnces the father to wash dlibea, scrub tbe Ooiir, and attend to otber nadn honashold dvtlaa. Bis argument Is a wui-deveioped grip and a muscle or iron. Tba tattler baa Introdaced a young thug to Us diugbter. and baa Indicated that she should treat Urn kindly, tmt tlie girl detests btffl, and tells tbe sailor. • The young bum la langbt the gentle art of osculation by the sailor, bat la not permitted to demonstrate. _ hjs.sptness ss « pnpU.i The'taUier learns J nat the aallor Is'not bis step-son, swl ^o-mM SfP"**"* known this discovenr to the sailor^ "The giri and the peaee-Alker have: put oiw over on thf-old'reprohatiK> however, and . ISfJ?. '/ *» 'he ftSUor out, nid Wllor 'produeea a oiarrlige eertlflcate, showing thst he ius married tba tyranfa daughter. The ES* ^ »' ill. bad, but It was not worked !»'•""fullJ'. Tbe letler from the old sea (lap- Mln should have been sent ahead of Mie aaibir, R .Ih"! .the tyrant's' wits, being prepared.' could save 'welcomed him as a son. There are, how- ever, many laogbs In the pletnre, and. barring 5o«* '"^^H""- «'«" la OARAnr^BASNAOUC'S OOUBTSKIF. Vita- (raph. Comedy. Released February 3S. Caiiiala Barnacle, having tired ot single bll««. ?r ."P"" " mstrimonial venture, ami enll'sta tap services ot Oiptatn Bunce to procure for ^im Ii.i lvL, ™* e«l'» opon a young jiTl of his aeqaslataneo who baa already selected n»r llts^rtaer. Being ridiculed by tbe girl f^*.!.'".'?.'^' *5» ""PWo oltora bis proposition i^^iit* *^* '■.•y>W' tbtaka fuoraUy of the S?J»Sl possessed ot % very strong rtisiike t« tbe arrangement, bowever, and li bloodthirsty a band of redmen .woold have no apparent reaaoa for tbelr bondage. Western pictures have become so numerous that It takei« extraordinary strosK sltdationa to make them Interesting. Aside from the exanlsite moanlain scenery and imusnal fine honiemanshlD. there Is nothing In this picture to distinguish it from the usual conventional Indian drama. THE ^Aaz OF A BATA8E. Blogtaph. -Western Drama. Beleaaed March 1. l,^bl'« this picture shows the conven- Lr^W. «' .J? «•■? warpath. The above prominent literary lights sre among those who have in the.past and are at present fumlablng acenarloa fbr Sdison films. . ber of ways. Captain Bunce makaa an Meal natural tea captain, Bla eetnleai irlmaees. pro-. Voke inaeh langbter, as do other, scenes In tlie picture. The Mrl's brother, however, was some- whst too large tor the part. be sasuiped,:. es- pecially a* be wore knickerbockera. TbiB comedy does not start until the,'film has i ptogressed about two hundred feet, but thereafter tht> scenes and sltnntlona are very amoatag. ': ' lA FOMTE ANB POLA'B lAST FUOBT. CSaii moot. Topical. Rpleaaed February 2S. The daring aviators an> seen to rise high iitto the air and circle around In birdlike faablon. Without warntuK, the alnhip falls to the earth, and tbp tw(t pnwM-ngfvs of tbe plane are bmrled amid a pile nf shatternl frame work and twisted Steal. SAtI.OB. JACK'S KSFOSWATIOH, Kslem. Drama. , Released.March l,; ~ ; : ; ? - Jack ii M abote and lias been tmbtbinc freely.. Be coires upon a Salvation Army nqnad. and la struck by the beauty and comeUneas ot one of tbe lassie*. She Imlnm him to sign tbe picdfe. room. bc la on.the point ot sulking bis wife, when the lieutenant takes from the girl's lap an Infant, which he bands to the sailor. The jeal- ousy ot Jad: was nawarxaated. ' Without this, however! the stoiy could aere^ have been worked out In'Its .present form. . In one acene. after leaving hiewife. Jack goes into a saiocm and takes a drink. One.drink seems to have bad considrrable effect on him, and this Is strange. cooBiilcrlng that prior to hU lefotmatlon he was In the habit of-imUbing freely. This pletnre. on the whole, compares favorably with the gen- eral run of photoplay dramas, although It con- tains nothing startling or novel. - . THE Western Drama. OUTBREAK. Sellg. Released March 2. The Apactaos are on a rampagi'. and woe to anjr paleface who falls .Into their path. Two cow«rirlR are out rtdlnir. when tbe Indiana over- take thorn. Of course the Inevitable pntsnlt follows, and the girls are rescued Just In time. Perhaps a band of Apache Indians would have taken the trouble to carry their pcIaMtefS with tbem, bnt there la roaaon to believe that •» ?r^ St£nv2J*'k ■^.k"""" «' b««<»f<>l Inllai '■Jl*^*..'"' ™» Incenses the tribe, and they proceed »o 'wreak thSr r™p»>«»^nBoii the amiei^ of tbJ '"J injured, mToawa to ■ yr""'- » miner's wife Blvej him a drink of water. This kind acl touchen the Indian's heart, and le promisei- to repay her. When the ontbrearo^m. be rushes to her cabin, but is unabieT^ake Reailsinir tbat ^ mnst resort to a subterfuge the Indlu picks up the miner's child" knSvlng thS the mother trtll f<dlow hii. 'Me father returns, and flndloff evidences of a strSggle . wife " ^ W» VnynnyS^fH-*"^ Indian, and Shoots him. w£i returned to tbelr cabin, Z^ui, 'XJ^^..' ,"™>'derlng ruin, do thw realize th« Indian's motive. The last sulT UIlf„-.?'"2£P''"*?'.»^ "PosthnmouU marks the grave 'With a cross. It will he- h .noveitTln this ^?ctn^ If some other expediency save that of giaS . In^ -223 heen^en-plo;Sd. the*^lc """b more appro clahie, as at least a half doxen Indian- SI"" ^'ir^*^ ">""»'> nwa this saS Idea. .Ihe scenery is very good tbe pic- weTtem'SfuntSf ■»<«™t»In«o. nr THE HOT I^AXDS. Melles. Drama Beleased March 2. Company would not exag serate distances, their nletures would ft- 2!f.J°?5SJ'5S5?'"-. ?1 .""s picture a girt ™» miles for Ice, which has beeo' prescribed by a physician who Is attendlo- Srri T?^-..J"''f*" the heat. If the Kirl bad ridden ten mHes each way . In air affemoon. the spectator might have con slAered the story plausible. In other re" jneetsi. tlie picture Is very Kood. Tbe lead. - Ins lady of-tbe Melles Company Is a very clever horsewoman, as well as a capable nctress. A summary of the story follows: A woman, belne overtaken br heat. Is In s precarious condition, and tbe attendlnr Phvaiclan orders Ice. One might expect a male member of the family to procure tbi- ice for her. but the only man around th» honse has a sprained ankle, and can nor ride. The girl takes witb ber two extn . horses, which she Mies aloiie :tbe road at distances about ten miles anart. Arrlvinr ' at the ice house, she finds the place locke<1. and In order to procure the Ice she Ii ob- liged to break tba lock of the door. Tblf she does by hitching her horse to tbe Ioc« »nrt palling out the staple. Swinging a hag across tbe saddle, sbe starts on her homeward. Journey. A tonnh takes one of ber horses from her and she Is obliged fc complete her Joumer on foot. fShe airlve* home in an exhausted eondltton with a piece of Ice that bad dwindled from a 100 poim-' niece to a cake tbe size ot a man's hesd Her gtrcuDous ride baa remilted In her con> nlete exhsnstlon. and she Is confineA to her h«1. A week later both site and her motber ^ have fully recovered. SATAN DEFEATED. Patbe-Freres. Drama. Relessed March 3. The plot ot this photoplsy is merely la . cidental. the salient features being a number of beautltal acenea and mocb trick photog- raphy. The film la' etAared and np to tb** ' usual standard ot Pathe spectacular ptodnc- tlona. BERTKA'B XIBSXalf. Vitagrapb. Drama. Released March 3. Bertha has a predilection for mission work and much against the protest of her lover, starts on a crusade for tbe general upllff an aggrandisement of tbe common people She encounters a number of obstacles In b<-r work and la finally taken to prison. In en- . deavoring to reform > an old "fence" the.r are suddenly visited by the pollae and la onler to escape sospldon, the trtie criminal plan* a purse Into her packet which at tbe oppor- tune moment drops to tbe floor In fnll view nr..: the police. TUs.aittiatlon .la very nmcb exag-, gerated, especially so when tbe police search the old fence and a boy accomplice. Bcrtna sends for her lover and is. liberated opon his appeal to the antboritles. Sbe decides it wiir be better for ber to leave settlement work to others and Und happiness In tbe eoupanionsblp of ber lover. Several ot the scenes are ver.v mucb exaggerated and on the whole the o'c'""' . does net compare favorably with the usual >lta graph releaaea. COVBADES. Urban-Eclipse. Dramatic. Re- lease March 13. liCngth, 99S feet. . • A storr of vicarious sacrifice. If convlnclngljr cnnnitb presentedi seldom falls ot snceest this subject a soldier, out of affection: toe Un , recently deceased comrade, takes upon .Unnetr the blame tor klUlng one of the enemy's coaar..it, ' . '*j«i8tc>'^;:"j'.'.w.iK.^: (Cbntlnncd ofi page S4.^