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60 Time Billboard AUGUST 26, 1911. SALES COMPANY. * (Continued from page IS). A nXTTOS TO SIS COinra Great North- am. Drama. Beleaaed August 28. Full length. A military production, a drama -with a military ; ajaekaronnd, la what la produced here. The story . to bunt ap along rather elmnle lines, but the ; ataginc and coa taming hare been care tally ear- ned oat, while the actors work hard la the In- , (arpretatlon of the reruns roles. The photo- graphy fa eery good. -HT/TT JUTD JXFF AST) THE C0UNTB.T JUDGE. Nestor. Comedy- Beleaaed Angnst 28. Full length. The desperate flnanclal straits to which the ; two Does ban for so long a time been reduced . axe here somewhat relieved, temporarily for Mutt end Indefinitely for Jeff. Both characters get In bad alternately. Mutt Anally getting the worst or bis own scheme to make easy money. The ac- customed good comedy pervades the sketch. ALIAS YEIXOWBXOHE JOE. Nestor. West- ern drama. Beleaaed August 23. Full length. The production shown through this film Is perhaps the beat Western production this com- pany has made. The action Is surely the spiciest of any of their sketches, while the scenery and photography are both good. The manner or directing the play baa eliminated many of the disagreeable features of the ordinary Western play. There are hold-ups and bad men and chases, but an seem to have an excuse for their existence, snd In- accomplishing this appearance the director baa made a big step in dlrectoral progress. The play moves fast; in fact, one has to watch the screen -lonely to catch all the - splendid dramatic points there are to be s.en. This fast action is exhilarating, and producer a thrill which Is much to the credit of . the pro- taroughout the picture. There Is little to be said for the dramatic side of the production except that it Is of the ever popular kind of play, and well played. The scenic effects are the most noticeable item of interest. WEEK NORTH AND SOUTH MEET. Champion. Drama. Beleaaed August 21. Full length. There la little to be said about this "production except that It Is right In line with past Cham- pion military plays, being highly sentimental and given over largely to scenic effects. The photo- graphy might be mentioned ss being better than other films of this company's make, but the other Items are entirely in line with customary pro- ; BATTLE OF-THE WILLS. Imp. Drama. Beleaaed Anguat 21. Split reel. The battle in question la one fought between two self-willed men. one a hypnotist, over the possession of a woman. It la well done in all, finely staged and enacted, and presents an en- tirely new subject to filmdom. It Is a simple plot, and Is given a simple, strong and elegant portrayal. The production la one of the deeper and one of the better of film productions. LOVE IN A TEPEE. Drama. Same reel as The Battle of the Wins. An excellently played but poorly directed little Indian story Is show here. It Is fsst in action and contains good humor. The scenery, cos tum ing and make-np are all splendid. Could the plot have been kept a little clearer, the short sketch would have been an Ideal Indian story. - AS A BOY DBEAHfl. Imp. Drama. Beleaaed August 24. Still length. The dreams of the boy who has been reading Treasure Island. Is produced here, with all the hilarity and Impossibility which can occur In a dream, and in a tale of daring and adventure, is the result. As a child's film It will no doubt win much popularity, while as one for all ages of people. It will paaa by with little comment, but without any of that detrimental to the pro- duction. The acting, scenery, costuming, stag- ing and photography are all moderately well done. ' bearing nothing which could be adversely criti- cised, yet little worthy of much praise. ervrp CROSS. Thanhonser. Drama. Beleaaed August 22. Full length. .'. The story here is a religious one throughout, without any attempt at dramatic effects, and even without any argument for or against re- ligions belief. It simply shows a profligate man being converted to the Catbolls faith by a priest. The life of the man Is traced tor some years before his conversion, and a tale of some Interest appears in this part of the film, but as far as the production as a whole goes, it is ■imply one of those tales contrived to please the believers in the faith, and Is absolutely ridicu- lous to a non-believer. The popularity of the nun will depend entirely upon the percentage ot Catholics in the audience viewing It, the greater the percentage the greater the popularity. The production is wen staged and very well played. tttt! ROMANCE OF LONELx* ISLAND. Than- honser. Drama. Beleaaed August 25. Fall length. The little play produced here Is so romantic aa to be entirely beyond the bounds of possibility. The story is a very entertaining one, neverthe- less, and of a nature that almoBt Invariably pleases. It Is enacted with an evident great desire on the part of the cast to make it a suc- cess, although the different parts axe evidently very hard to portray. The scenery and setting Is .food, being both beautiful and adequate to the play. The subject Is a very light one, al- most a fairy tale, and to Bay that it is highly amusing as it moves along is about the most that can be said for It, BLACK CLOUD'S DEBT. Powers. Drama. Be- leaaed Angnst 22. Fun length. The theme of the Indian who repays a kind- ness by performing some favor for his benefactor, which is far more ardnous than the original act of kindness, is here made the subject of a pic- turesque Indian play of naturalness and reality, splendid scenes have been selected for the and - a beautiful background is seen PATENT8 COMPANY. (Continued from page 15). BILLY'S MARRIAGE. Fathe. Comedy. Length, 872 feet. Released Auguat 12. A sketch very old to vaudeville is produced here In a somewhat simplified form and some- what rearranged to suit the advantages and dis- advantages of a film production. Billy gets his' advice concerning his courtship from the girl's father who Is opposed to him. He Is advises to and does elope. Most of the scenes are taken op - In picturing the chase of the father after hU daughter, in which some trick pho- tography helps to amuse the audience. There is nothing new about the production, but It is good amusement and shows good photographic work. ' » AT FLOWER CARNIVAL, PARIS. Scenic. Length, 128 feet. Same reel as Billy's Marriage. A very short length of film showing" scenes of a flower parade in Paris, moderately well photographed. HER TWO SONS, Lubin. Drama. Length, 1,000 feet. Released August 7. A rather queer. Inconsequential story is pro- duced here amid very beautiful and realistic scenes and with splendid photography in evi- dence. The tale Is probably perfectly natural and It is surely possible, but altogether carries no moral nor possesses any central subject or theme. A man marries In haste, deserts his wife, finds her outcast by everyone and takes her back, incidentally a child having been born to +y">rn This is the substance of the tale, which ends In a rather easy fashion and without any dramatic or thrilling events. The film will soon be forgotten by an audience. THE RULING PASSION. Blograph. Drama. Length, 997 feet. Beleaaed August 7. A very splendid story, founded an an en- tirely new theme for motion picture stories. Is produced In this film. The stage-struck child Is the subject of this story and some very disas- trous results of his passion follow the amusing efforts he makes to stage and produce sketches In company with other children. Beginning by being hilariously amusing, the story soon be- comes a serious one and thrilling: in the ex- treme. It ends in a very much different man- ner, for it is remarkably deep and dramatic In the extreme. It is this part of the story which shows most vividly the prodncer'e knowl- edge of human nature and his ability to carry a tale to Its logical conclusion. In all, the film Is one of the most interesting this com- pany has produced and It Is surely a different sort of production from more than one stand- point. MOSS-COVERED RUINS OF THE ISLE OP WIGHT. Urban-Eclipse. - Scenic. Re- leased Angnst 16. Split reel.' Length, 250 feet. Many good scenes besides the moss covered ruins axe ahown In this film. It la not made quite dear what the places are which are pic- tured, but we suppose they are places on the island In question. The photography Is good. FOR THE HONOR OF THE NAME. Drama. Same reel aa Moss Covered r-Ina. Length, 750 feet. An European company endeavoring to pnt on an American drama Is what is pictured here. The subject Is a deep one and It calls for a whole lot of expression from the actor without giving him much to do and also crowding the dramatic points Into periods of very short dur- ation. The foreign method of expressing feel- ing and sentiment is so very much different from the American methods that the -reduction here Is a rather peculiar and unnatural one. Viewed from the standpoint or the foreigner, however, it Is very likely a well directed and well played sketch. The subject Is an Interest- ing one, and the plot perfectly natural and possible. The film will pass a very good imi- tation of an American made production. THAT DARE-DEVIL. Blograph. Comedy. Released Angnst 10. Split reel. Length. 606 feet. A brilliantly played and surely cleverly plot- ed Uttle comedy In what Is shown here. Its theme is an old one but its developments are new and they are carried to aoch extremes in their ridiculousness, that the whole story seems new. It Is an Irish policeman story and one where -the policeman's Clothes are stolen while he is In bathing. He Is thought to be drowned, the waitings of his widow adding quite a Uttle humor to the situations. The film is one of the best comedies this company has recently re- leased. THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. Edison. Drama. Historical. Length, 1,000 feet. Released August 8. Being No. 3 of the Dulled States history series of this company's productions, the film is little different from the preceding two in make-up. The dramatic side of the story is clearly shown and most carefully played and directed, while the battle scene Itself Is so far from being realistic that It nearly mars the whole production. It Is Indeed amusing to see a lot of men stop In the midst of s battle to wave their hats in the air and equally amualng to see thirty or so men take part in a battle in which hundreds were killed. Had the pro- ducer only shown one edge of the firing line or one general, Washington if desired, at the rear, standing alone, a wonderfully dramatic effect would have been' gotten, but the old- style battle scene Is produced. Instead and with the usual faklness as detailed' above. The. cos- tuming, scenery and introductory and closing scenes are weU gotten up and a reallatlc pro- duction is nearly reached through these scenes. The historical version of the story Is followed carefully. A TURKISH CIGARETTE. Sells. Comedy. Split reel. Released August 14. The story here has to do with the dream of the tramp who has smoked the cigarette in question, a Harem Beauty, the events In his experience being amusing in the extreme. • He Is shown making a trip through a Turkish - city. 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