The Bioscope (May-June 1912)

we Supplement to The Bioscope, May ¥. 1912. Xili. Imp. Who Wears Them.—Harry French hated the job of helping his young wife pack their belongings preparatory to moving. In the flat below there was to a card party, and Harry determined to be one of the boys. So he feigns madness, and makes ood his escape. He has the time of his life, winning very heavily. Mrs. French surprises hits in the act ; of deception. When he returns, laden with spoil, he is greeted with a broomstick attack, deprived of his winnings, physically sat upon, and informed by his ‘‘ better half’’ that she ‘‘ wears them.”’ (Released May 16th. Length 615 ft.) How She Married.—Mary Scott had managed to get a sweetheart, and found herself, on the day of her marriage, as pleased as a bride could be. She receives a letter at the last moment in which her intended cries off. Her plainness is really beyond the limit, and the question arises, how is Mary to get off the shelf? Mr. tt is about to discharge one of his clerks. Perhaps he will take her, in preference to receiving the ‘‘order of the bag.” But the clerk is captured by the charms of Mary’s younger and prettier sister. The latter confides to Mary the clerk’s proposal to elope with her, and lends Mary her dress and motor veil. The elopement takes place, and pa is soon in hot pursuit. The wedding takes p also. Pa comes up breathless, and the clerk lifts the bride’s veil! (Released May 19th. Length 615 ft.) The Power of Conscience.—Eric Masters and his wife are leading the life of sents people on a very limited income. Vernon Godfrey holds a note of Eric’s, which he is willing to renew, provided the wife will go away with him. She very nearly consents, but love for her husband triumphs, and she remains true to him. At a ball, Mrs. Leslie loses a valuable jewel, which is fo nd by Eric. He is tempted to retain it, giving his wife ail she desires, and repaying his friend. But, after deliberation, he returns the jewel, preferring to be honest, to lead a happier and more economical life in future. (Released May 19th Length 998 ft.) Selig. The Epidemic in Paradise Gulch.—The boys make love to the new school teacher, and are rudely awakened whenher fiance comes to the valley. (Released May 16th. Length 1,000 ft.) A Crucial Test.—A dramatic and romantic story of rough Klondyke days. (Released May 16th. Length 1,000 ft.) Saved by Her tie eahy Blackwell’s lion saves her from a Mexican, and her lover from the wolves. (Released May 19th. Length 1,012 ft.) The Isthmus of Panama in 1912.—In this film we are taken on an intimate inside trip across the entire cana] zone. (Released May 16th. Length 1,000 ft.) Hepworth. The Miser and the Maid.—An old miser lives alone in a ‘wretched hovel. Next door to him is a little flower girl, dependent on her daily earnings for the support of herself and her widowed mother. They are struck with pity for the old man, whose coughing and terrible strug les for breath they can hear through the dividing walls. he girl tries to help him as best she can. The old man, however, feeling that his end is near, hides his savings in the seat of an old he powee gc giving to the girl a e8 paper leaving her ph jhe, BEE wo) P% erry: lora ard her mother remove to their own house the few bits cf furniture the old man possessed, little dreaming of the treasure that one of those poor-looking bits of Turnitute conceals. Misfortune overtakes Flora and her mother. They get behind in their rent, and their furniture is seized. It is taken to an auction room, to be sold at once. Flora sees a purse lying in the gutter, and on taking it to the oe station finds that she is entitled to a reward of £2 ushing off to the auction room, she is just in time to save the furniture. The men receive instructions to carry it back, and whilst bringing in the miser’s armchair they accidentally drop it. A stream of golden coins rushes out of the seat, whilst further investigations reveal a roll of banknotes. The girl and her mother quickly realise that this is the wealth with which rumour always credited the miser. (Released May 16th. Length 750 ft.) Mary Has Her Way.—Mary is a very self-willed young lady, and she has, unknown to her mother, become enaged to a handsome young fellow who lives next door. here is great consternation in the camp when mother announces that she has heard from her aunt that her cousin Fred 1s coming to stay, and that she is very anxious that he and Mary should make a match. Mary and her fiance devise a plan for damping the ardour of the cousin. Fred arriyes, and Mary allows him to propose, and accepis him. Mary runs him into very heavy expenses in buying her presents, starting by choosing the most expensive rin; that she can find. She gets him involved in a fight wit two roughs, who punish poor Fred unmercifully. He determines to be rid of this dreadful girl, so he writes Mary a note saying that the engagement is ‘‘ off.” Mary is naturally delighted, and rushes off to show the letter to her fiance. ey are embracing, when Mary’s mother enters. Explanations ensue, and ‘her mother gives a grudging consent and stalks, disgusted, from the room. (Released May 16th. Length 725 ft.) Ambrosie. The 7 p.m. Express.—Dr. Houton, a medical man, is also one of the leading members of an anarchist club in the town. Among Houton’s patients is a poor signalman, whom he treats gratuitously, and when the police get to learn of the anarchists and their plots and make a raid, Houton takes refuge with John, the signalman, to whom_he entrusts the keys of his house so that he may carry away the incriminating papers. In going through the papers John finds a note frem his own wife, in which she makes an appointment ‘‘ when the 7 o’clock ex ress has passed.”” John goes back to his cottage, and conronts the doctor and his wife. By their looks they admit their guilt. Just then the express is heard approaching, and John snatches up his little child and runs to the platform. The others follow, horror stricken—the child is safe on the platform, but John has ended his life. (Released May 16th. Length 794 ft.) The Game of Chess.—The subject deals with a demented man, whose one hobby in the asylum is to play a game of chess, himself taking the z..oves for both black ant white. One day he succeeds in creeping towards the wall and climbing it, and makes his way to an adjacent railway station. He enters a carriage, in which there is only one gentleman passenger. To his suggestion of a game the other agrees, and they begin. After a few moves the maniac startles his companion by saying, ‘‘I warn you I am playing my life against yours.’’ The passenger realises he has a maniac to deal with, but all his efforts to reach the communication cord are baffled. At last he manages to scribble a note on his cuff, which he succeeds in dropping unobserved from the window on to the platform of a station. The officials *phone ahead to stop the train, and it is drawn up at the next station, and a force of officials go to the carriage indicated in the message. The game has finished, the maniac has leapt at his opponent in an insane fury—when the rescuers enter and seize him... (Released May 19th. riginal from Length 660 fe) ; NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY TORINO