The billboard (June 1911)

32 Xtie Billboard June 17,1911. HOTEL THIEVES (DraJuatic; released June IT: length. — feet).—Here is another splenUicl ^K'tective^ prcMlnetiob* fit. which exciting . inci- dents follow : one auoUier: .in qhlck snccesaion. VTe see the Itorel thieves vat work, and a : ioiin who is their Tiettm cDj;ages ; Sherlock Holme:-: to track the criminals. Holmes-takes rof>nis at the hott?i. a nil the thieves, Tvcogniziug him. close iil> the fin-plafi- chimney of his room. Holmes would hav« bfcn snflfocated but for a thancf visit of some burglars, who break thrr>u;;h the window at the critical moment. He follows »Ut* thieves—a man ana a woman—and in a train, ■liuring the absence of the woman, liolds up tb»* mun.*^ The accomplice, however, comts in and trips up the detective, who- Is thrown oat on to the railroad tracks^: In a honSe to ^which Holmes Is taken to recover, he has to escape to the roof, and an -'escitinsr pistol duel takes place there. He traces the thieves to Switzerland, and en- gages itf a. strugrgle with the areh-criminal. in which the latter, dnrln^ the combat, falls over ir precipice* hour. Tlie scoundrel rushes home, and his poor wife assists him to pack up. In his mad hurry he threw off his coat, disclosing to Ills wife a jnrcat ■ wrong;, far greater ttian that of the canl^-^the marria;;e certificate which bonnd him to another. With hellish fury she forced him at the point of a pistol to the slieriff*s of- fice. His pleadings are in vain, and he meets liis just d«'serts. And the honest-hearted sheriff comes iii for his own, enfolding in his arms the wuman he loves* YANKEE. THOU SHAI/r PAY (Drama: releaseil Jnne 12; length, — feet).— Harry Mason ~ ba» be- come Infatuated with Xanun Belarez, a de- [ sif^ning woman. The I yoDiig man has hetm leading a fast life, and soon runs through his income, and having no more money, he resorts to taking money from — the bank In which he is «-mpIoyed. He meets an old acquaintance, Wal- ter Moore, and when Xanon learns. that; Wialter Ih wealthy., she immediately sets ont to make a conquest,'and is successful. In the meantime Harry's shortage In the bank is discovered* and he Is warned by a friend to leave the country. He goes to Nanon and begs ber to leave with him, but she ^oerely langhs at him. At this moment Walter comes to Nanon's house, and realizing that ' he has been thrown aside for Walter, Barry warns him of the woman's true nature. Hany is arrested, and Walter decides ;to>: have nothing;, further to do with the woman. Re-leaves the country, meets a young society jsirl : and immckllately falls In love with her. Nanon sees the announcement of the wedding In the paper, and, plans revenge. She sends Wal- ter a threatening; letter, advising him to visit her, and Walter, stIU In fear of Nanon's tongue, complies witii the request. Harry, who has escaped: from the penitentiary, goes to Xanon to seek help from her. The woman seeing that Harry was fool enough to play into her bands, is about to telephone for the police. JShe holds the boy .hack .with a revolver, but as she takes down the receiver, he seizes-her, and In the ^ struggle that follows the revolver is discharged . and the woman is shot* Walter, who haa been waiting for Nanon* hears the shot and goes to : investigate. He picks up the revolver and stands bewildered while Harry makes his escape* He is standing thus when the police arrive and be is charged: with murder. In the meantime /: Harry;, who has ^met with a serlon? accident, maires a deatb-bed . confession, and Walter is re- leased;: wliere he finds a. fiancee who has always believed in: him.; THE NEW CONGRESSMAN (Comedy; re- ileasrd June 19; length, feet).—Jim Flopper is elected congressman by the -people of his district, and he leaves with his wife and daugh- • ter for the hig city of Joys and xwlltlcal disas- ters. For some time all goes smooth and even for Honest Jim Flopper and his household. Then a rumor reaches bis native town that he is in the hands of the trusts. This arouses the ire of his friends, who appoint a committee of four to go on to Washington and discover the true facts. In the: meantime we are introduced into the gaieties, with its heantifnily groomed ladles, ras a banquet is given in honor of the congreas- man andL his family* While the . banquet is at v its heifdit. the investigation committee - arrives - and the fun begins, and later in* tlie crowded town hall the committee report back home tiiat It was all a lie. and that Jim Flopper was the ;.l>»^t congressman they ever had. SOLAX. A BAD EGG (Corn- ed v; releasnl June 14; lensth, — feet).—Percy I*rue is a clerk in a dry goods store, with a no- torious inclination to flirt with every girl that comes iiito the store. One day he gets into trouble by trying to kiss a lass over the counter, and when the girl complains to the management. Percy lose? his 3ob, with no money laid by for a rainy day. We see him in his room, preparing a meagre repast of bread and eggs. As be picks up an egg. preparatory to breaking it for the pan, he is much elated upon seeing written on the shell the name and address of one Bessie Kirk. General Delivery. Windsor. 111. Percy forthwith sits down and pens a loving note to his prospective bride, af- ter which he picks np the egg and prepares to cook it. Alas the egg is so fresh (?) that he is compelled to seek fresh air, and in despera- tion ; takes the pan and the egg included and throws it ont of the window. The pan alights upon the liead of a policeman, and after the noise faas sn^ided. he receives a telegram tell- ing him that his spouse is on her way. Greatly astonished at the sudden answer of his future bride. Percy starts to setting things to right, when he is interrupted by the arrival of his ex- pected bride and father. One look at the ap- parition and Percy decides that the bachelor days still hold forth many inducements that are more to his liking, and leaving the astonished father and dear little (?) country lass staring at the closed door, he hurriedly makes his way to more congenial parts. A DAUGHTER OP THE XAVAJOS (Drama; released Jnne 16; length, — feet).—^Wanda, daughter of Chief Thunder Cloud of a tribe of Navajo Indians, is hurt, and Is found by Lieut. Clinton and taken to the post and cared for in the home of Col. West, who is in command of the iH>st. Some time after this Wanda bids her new found friends good-bye, having been cured, but she leaves her heart in the keepinE of Clinton, who does not suspect the state of the girPs feelings, and who is in love with Cora, the daughter of the Colonel. When Wanda again meets Clinton, she lets him know her affection for him* and Clinton, taken by surprise, tells the girl that it can never be. The Indian maid, hurt and Indicant, returns to the Tillage. In the meantime Thunder Clond. mindful of the aid g^ven his daughter, prevents a declaration of war. Returning to his wigwam he meets Wan- da, who tells him of the supposed slight. Wild with rage he returns to the council, where war Is declared, and the Indians start on the war- path. Wanda, realigns that on her account many of her white friends will be killed deter- mines to seek aid for them.. She goes after the troops, who have gone on a scooting expedition, returns with them, and rescues the besieged post. Her father is hrought in a prisoner, and seeing Wanda, spurns her. hut Clinton and Cora take ber to their arms and tell her she has a home with tiiem for the rest of her life. CHAMPION. tX>XGSTHEET A T I SEVEN PINES (Drama; jreleased June 12; ••iii;th, 950 feet).—Har- ■i«-t Clyde, a typical Southern girl, was be- I lovetl by Jordan Prim- anil Walter 31ay- jiard. Both gentlemen I wft'f' brave and chiv- 1 tirous. bnt Harriet Bliked Jordan's strong, ■vigorous, manly bear- I ing. and accepted his 'offer of marriage* Jor- dan was indeeil dpar to her. bnt she discovered too late that WaltCT wns the Idol of her soul. Then came the war. .Turdan drew bis sword for his native Virginia, but Walter sided with the Federals under the Cnion banner. Though Southern bom, Harriet was loyal to the Union, and J(»rdan*s decision to tight against It caused her to brood and fret as the wedding day drew near. Walter, stifling hi» deep grief, was present as a guest at the day of the ceremony. At the height of it however. Harriet, tlirowing aside all restraint renounced her allegiance to Jordan and flung herself Into the arms of the man she truly loved, Walter Maynard, and they were wed. Iiater, at the battle of Seven Pines. Jordan, under Longsbeet. came face to face with Walter, who. among other Union prisoners, was brought be- fore him. A letter- &om Harriet foond on Wal- ter told of the birth of a child^ and Jordan read tbi» with a bitter heart. But that night a vis- Ion of Harriet with her baby purified the soul ' oC.. Jordan,; who : contrive«i Walter's- escape' at the sacrifice o€ hls^ own life, dying tliat the man she. loved might be spared to her and that she might be:'bappjr. HIS liAST GROOKED DEAI* {Drama: re- leased Jnne 14:: length 050 feet).-—Edith John- son, a pretty widow, refuses the proposal of Harry XiudUm. the sheriff, and maimes Albert Graybin, a gay and debonair young man. After the wedding, however. Graybill's love soon . cools, and he treats her brutally. One day Graybni enters the gambling den where it ban pened. Harry JAdlim was playing a friendly ; game. Graybllt cleaned the table with four aces, bnt the sheriff, remembering that he had discarded an ace. re-examined his cards care- fully, to assure himself, and in the next moment Graybill was locking into the muzzle of his gun. He is fiffced to retnra the money, and for the widow's aake, the sheriff saves bim from the Inys. bnt he is i»dered to leave town In one rei*iaxce: THE BROKEN COIN (Drama; released June 10; length, — feet).—Ethel is shown in a pretty scene, bidding good-bye to her sailor sweetheart, and stands on the shcHre looking longingly at the fast receding ship. The vessel Is reported lost, and financial reverses place her aged parents at the mercy of an old money-lender. With all hope gone of ever seeing her lover, Ethel sac- rifices herself and marries the old man. The sailor is then seen perishing from hunger and exposure, battling with the huge waves which finally crush the little dingey. Se Is rescued by the life-savers In a launch and revived. As quickly as possible he makes his way to his sweethearts home, and a pathetic scene takes place as Ethel comes in to visit her parents and she realizes that she has shut out forever the great love of her life. AIAj AliONE (Drama: released June 14 length, — feet)—This is an emotional drama depicting the trying sltuaCiou of a young woman torn between two loves—her aged mother and her sweetheart. On his dying bed her father in- duces Helen to swear that she will never for- sake her mother. The trio have lived a recluse life in the midst of the woods, the solitary ex- istence cementing an extraordinary devotion to each other. One day the girl meets a stranger who has lost bts way and is faint from hunger, who tarries with the girl and her mother for a few days. The young couple fall in love, but the old woman angrily drives the man away, and the broken-hearted girl silently acquiesces, in filial devotion. The man Is seen In a der jected -mood, but his wounded heart is soon healed hy the earesses of another woman. , Hel- en's mother dies, and after having ^ven up ev- erytbing worth while she finds berself In the solitude of the fwest—all alone—a heart-rend- ing picture as she solllonntses npon the memories of the past and the blighted hopes of the fu- ture. PATEWTS COMPANY. EDISON. VAX BIBBER'S EXPERIMENT (Drama; released June 16; length 1000 feet).—A convict Is released from the state penitentiary and when given bis tielonglngs we blm slip a picture of a girl In his watch to whom he later returns. Be promises to begin, a new life, but being an ex<convict it Is very difficult for him to find work, and so returns to his former life. One night at the club. Van Bib- ber meets a great detective, who shows him some pictures of convicts and suspects, and among them Is our friend of the previous scenes. That night, on big way home, a gateway In a wall just ahead of him suddenly opened and fl'VBfwl. Van Bibber, seeking adventure, vaults lightly to the top of the wall and drons upon the crouching figure beneath; He recognizes the man as one of the pictures tbe detective had ^aown him. He is seized with an idea tliat witliin this h<q>eleas frame there Is tbe spirit of a man worth saving. He takes the convict to his own apartments and tells his valet to clothe "AGFA" DEVELOPERS '^GFA"ANILINE COLORS "AGFA" POSITIVE and NEGATIVE FILM Write for Quotations. BERLIN ANILINE WORKS 213-215 Water Street, ... New York. Til A iM H o u s e: R wo -A- WEEK Belease Tuesday, June 20. A TALE OFTHE'SEA THE COFFIN SHIP Is one of the most skilful sea stories that has ever been devised and it plays up that "heart interest" element that has been saish a feature of the best Thanhouser efforts. R^ease Friday, June 23. SHE WAS A BIT OLD BUT—I FOXY ORANDMA Is surely one of the foxiest propositions that ever figured in a moving picture yam, and you'll laugh WITH HEll at the ri^t smart way she did business irilii a "business man," DAAV HAIU- "LORNA DOONE." Out Friday. June 30. Dvwii nUn m "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE," Out Tues., July 4. THANHOUSER CO. NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. RfCI TIPI^FK TRIMOUNT PRESS THE FILM EXCHANGE Independent commercial service at reasonable rates. Posters and ban- ners supplied. Garry a large stock of Reels for sale.. Send for price list. 61 W. 14th St., New York City. and dress bim In some of Us own tbings. He then offers to send bim TVest to start a new life, bnt the bnrglar declines to go and shows the picture of the girl as his reason. Van Bibber offers to provide them both with ticl^ets and even goes so far as to give tbe man money, trusting to his innate manhood to make good. When the burglar tells his girl wife of his ex- periences, she realizes that the old life of the past is gne and a new one already began. The last scene shows Tan Bibber.' some time later, openlDS a package whlcb contains a photograpb of tbe bnrglar, bis wife ana little baby. Some- thing* in the expression of the group and their faces, sbows that Van Bibber's experiment was a success. A THOROUGHBRED (Comedy-drama: re- lease Jnne 20: length. 1000 feet).—Parley, a comedian, is the owner of a valnable bor?e, which he plans to enter in a steeplechase. He is in lOTe with a .voung lady, but she considers bis affections of the heart rather a jote. His principal rival in iier affections is the owner of the fastest one of the horses matched against bis. This man offers Parley a pretty - large bet on tbe outcome of the race, and when he finds that the girl has put ber money on bis borse, be is shamed into lAa&lng a wager larger than his means ought to warrant. The rival bribes tlie stable man to *'rlope" Farley's horse, but Parley's joclcey, the only one ^ho can ride bis horse, discovers him in the act, and in the fight which ensnes the joclce.v's arm is broken and Parle.v is left with a horse l»nt no jockey capable of riding him. Realizing that the girl's money Is !n danger, he decides to ride his own borse in the races. He does so. and the race scenes show how bis horse lags liehind as they jump the hurdles one after another until toward the end, when he suddenly comes to the front, takes tbe last hurdle Just ahead of his rivnl's horse, and in the stretch beats him bv half a length. Something in the way Farley has han- dled this matter makes the girl feel that their Is a real man in the comedian, and she Is not backward In letting bim understand that his old suit has assumed another aspect. VITAGRAPH, BARRIERS BURXED AWAY (Drama; Tetease Jnne 24: length, 4fl5 feet).—John and Edwin Martin, two brothers, occupy each with his own family a double house. Each one of the brothers have a cblld. John a little boy, and Edwin a little dangbter. Prank and Tlliie, They are the closest of friends and every thing is- harmonious, when a niiarrel through s^ime trlflHlng difference of opinion severs the happy relations of the two famllloi). The children, however, are only bappy wben in each others' arms. One day wblle tbe children are playlnB togetber, they aet Are to an old barn which Is filled with bay. Tbey are nnable to escape, bnt IncUly they have been seen to enter by one of tbe neighbors, who gWes tbe alarm. John and Edwin both rnsb frantically Into the bam. John rescues Tillie and Edwin Frank, and then all agree to forgive and forget their bad feelings in their one mutual joy and gratitude from wbieb all barriers bare been removed. TWO 0VERCOA1S (Comedy: release .Inne 24; length, SIO feet).—Solomon keeps a clothlns store. . He has In stock two overcoats esaetl.v the same make and pattern; he offers tliesc for sale. One Is purchased by Michael Gallagher, and shortly afterwards Peter Dempsey, a bach- elor, buys the other. Gallagher and Dempse.v chance at the same time into tbe same xestan- rant, where each walks off with the oth'?r s coat, tliinklng that it was his own. That nigbt Dempsey calls on bis sweetheart, and as so' helps him off with his overcoat a letter writteo in a woman's hand falls out of the pocket. She threatens to read it, and he thinking It some business letter, gives bis permission. She opens It and to her horror finds It signed: "Your dear wife, Maggie," and speaks of the chlldrea. id vain does Dempsey try to explain, but she wilt not listen to reason, and be is driven from tue bouse. In the meantime, Gallagher gets in bail with his wife, who finds a letter in his pocket signed "Your loving sweetheart, Norab. ' She berates htm good and plenty, and poor Gallagher rushes from the liouse distracted, Gallagher and Dempsey meet in a saloon, where they have both gone to arown their sorrows. Struck l>y ti'i' similarity of their overcoats, they Investigate, explanations follow, and all ends happily when they present themselves to Mrs. Gallagher ana Norab. IiTJBIN. HIGGINSES VS. JUDSONS (O"^?': drama: release Jua» 22: length, LOW —There Is a fe,oa 0*. twecn the HlgglM am Judson families. vfW owned nelghborIM farms in Kentucky, and when nlBgln' warns Judson that aW one of bis fam"?, caught on the grounjs wonid meet deal*. Judson dittos warning. However, Higglns' son was ensng^ to Judson's daughter, and Judson's son «"s gaged to RIgglns' daughter, and when the roui .voung folks bear of the warning, tbe.v plan ' trick their respective parents Into ending i"' feud. They exchange tbe bullets In their riii» ers' revolvers for blank cartridges, and wnr next the two men meet and open Are upon ea™ other, they are disgufited with their aPP"."?,, poor markmanship.. After a wordy battle tne. separate. ■ Hlggina Tetnms to hl» porrfiv. »ne be Is met by tbe foar lovers, who langh hon"". int blm. and .finally nreTall on bim to drop m grievance against Jadsoo. Tbe tnen shake i">n" and tbe pletnre ends with a donble wedding.