The Bioscope (May-June 1912)

XXX. Supplement to The Bioscope, June 6, 1912. aged washerwoman. 1,015 ft.) When the Heart Rules.—An artist and his father are reconciled by means of the former’s little son. (Released June 16th. Length 732 ft.) The Redemption of ‘‘ Greek Joe.”’-—‘‘ Greek Joe,” a drunken ne’er-do-well, redeems his past by accomplishing the rescue of two entombed miners. (Released June 16th. Length 982 ft.) (Released June 13th. Length Lubin. Shall Never Hunger.—Tom Mullaney, hungry and ragged, is walking the main street of the town. He asks for help from the passers-by, and is repulsed as a vagabond. Pausing in front of the church he reads that the Rev. George Brewer will speak on ‘‘ The Bread of Life.”’ As the evangelist speaks many people approach the platform to express their feelings. Tom follows, and falls fainting. The minster and another man carry him to the vestry room, and a collection is taken. The derelict is taken to the hospital, and the preacher visits Tom’s family with food and clothes. The wife and two children visit their father at the hospital, and there meet Steve Brandt, the man who helped at the church. He encourages Tom and the family, and promises a good job for the unfortunate man. The family once more see that they ‘‘ Sha!l not Hunger.’’ (Released June 13th. Length 1,000 ft.) That Chicken Dinner.—Rummy George, the king of a gang of tramps, annexes a chicken and takes it into camp. The sight of the handsome fow] suggests a feast, and all o foraging, returning with ample delicacies. The dinner is cooked, and the hobos are just about to fall to, when the village cop with an impromptu posse raid the camp. They fire shots into the air, and the tramps take to their heels. The constable and his deputies sit down and enjoy the chicken dinner. (Released June 16th. Length 374 ft.) The Reformation of Kid Hogan.—Kid Hogan, claimant for the light-weight championship, is flushed with success, and falls readily for flattery. His sweetheart, a factory girl, begs him to settle down in some steady business. The Kid refuses. On the night of his big fight his sweetheart’s mother is taken ill, and when the Kid arrives to tell the news of his success he bursts into the room where his sweetheart is weeping over her dead mother’s body. He is ordered from the room, and in his misery starts on a career of dissipation, and his sweetheart joins the Salvation Army. The story shows the depths to which the Kid sinks, and his ultimate reformation by the Salvation lassie. (Released June 16th. Length 1,000 ft.) Melies. A Spring Round Up.—It was April weather on Lloyd’s ranch, but all was not sunshine. The mortgage was due, and while there were enough cattle to scll to pay it, they were woefully short of men to handle them. Lloyd decided to entrust the job to his son, Hal, and detailed E) Pas) Pete to accompany the boy to Waco. The cattle were rounded up and shipped. Hal sold them to advantage, and collected the moncy, and was on his way to settle the mortgage when he ran into an adventure. Jim Dempsey, a gambler, was having an altercation with his daughter, Rose. Hal interfered, and followed them to see it safely through. He was led to a dance hall, and was surprised to see that Rose was a dancer there, but discovered that her father forced her to thus earn her living. Hal took several drinks, while under the influence of liquor was Diggitexe Guby At Gong WEST FILMS oney at poker. The boy wanted to kill himself, but Pete restrained him. A note was brought from Rose, telling him that he had been cheated, to play with the men again, and watch. Hal resulved to try this plan, borrowed enough money froin Pete to again enter the game, and sure enough they discovered the passing of a card. Pete forced the men to return the money to the boy, and the mortgage was settled. Hal could not return to the ranch without seeing Rose, and sent her a note to meet him. Her father demanded that his daughter return with him. The girl was torn between love and duty. It was a hard problem to decide, but she decided. How? (Releascd June 12th. Length 1,015 ft.) Her Spoiled Boy.—Robert Burton was an only son, and his mother had spoiled him. Bob was weak, and could not stick long at any one task. One day he was discharged by the foreman, and arrived home disgusted and sullen. His mother tried to comfort him, but the boy announced his intention of going West. Poor Mrs. Burton, a widow, was horror-struck at the idea, but she gave in to Bobby in this, as in other things. She supplied him with money, and he arrived in the West and was fortunate enough to secure work on a ranch. Bob left that job, and a number of others, and, since he was unpopular, he took to drink. One day, when all his money was gone, and he was desperate as he had received no reply to the letter he had written his mother for aid, he held up the mail-carrier and escaped with the mail-bag. The sheriff was soon on his trail, but Bob eluded him and sought refuge in a dilapidated cabin, where he had a chance to open the letters he had stolen. From one there fell a $10 bill, and the boy’s eyes caught his own name and his mother’s handwriting. He realised how little he deserved the mother he had. Seized with a sudden determination, he ve himself up and served his term in prison, after which he returned to his mother. Bob had received his lesson, and after that he lived a better and wiser man. (Released June 15th. Length 1,015 ft.) Kalem, The Schoolma'm of Stone Gulch.—Dick, foreman of the Way Up Ranch, learns that Bess, the new school teacher, is his em ployer’s niece. At the dance Dick asks her to dance with him, but she refuses. The next morning Bess mistakes Dick for the cook, and orders him to prepare lunch, which she takes to school. Dick fills her lunch pail with onions, eggs just from the nest, and stale bread. Bess is indignant at the trick played upon her, and when Dick comes to take her home she refuses to ride with him. Dick gives Bess his gun to scare away the Indians. Bess, very much afraid, starts on the long journey home. Dick drives off the main road, hides the horses, and awaits the young lady’s arrival. How Bess is conquered and the old saying : “It’s funny what a difference a few hours make,” are de picted in detail in the film. (Released June 13th. Length 1,020 ft.) Held by Bandits.—Phyllis and Jack, on holiday in the Alps, unwittingly straved into the territory of the bandits. The gir] is captured by the bandits, and brought to the robbers lair, where her cause is defended by Fiametta, one of the robbers’ relatives, who gives information of the captive girl’s whereabouts. Jack disguises himself, and, meeting the handits, takes an oath and prepares to throw in his lot with them. Arriving at the robbers’ lair, he breaks the bars of the girl’s prison, being interrupted by the bandits, who are overpowered by a party of rescuers under the leadership of Fiametta. (Released June 13th. Length 845 ft.) The Spanish Revolt of 1836.—Juan Alvarado, a Californian, found himself in love with Isabella, daughter of Galvez, the Alcalde. She announced that no ordinary man could win her hand: he must have exceptional qualities. Chico, the crue] Governor, who delighted in making himself generally unpopular, became infatuated with the Alcalde’s daugh®ergimpdfmpenly insulted her. When she spurnedchimy Sige pemovp)d bep father from office, falsely