The Bioscope (July-Aug 1912)

Supplement to Ihe Bioscope, August 8, 1912. Gaumont, Bobby’s Adopted Brother.—Bobby, ay leaving his home with hjs mother, ‘ stops to give alms to a diminutive urchin, who is playing an accordion. Galtmants Archie, the ragged little boy in ques¢ tion, returns to his quarters in the slum, where he lives with two hooli gans. They take his earnings from him, and order him to bed. Archie, mindful of Bobby’s kind words, siips ; out of the place with his accordion, and, taking up a position under Bobby’s bedroom window, * proceeds to serenade his youthful benefactor. Bobby is overjoyed to sce his friend, and, by means of a rope improvised vut: of the bed-clothes, pulls him into the room, and, giving up his own bed, himself camps out on the floor. The nursemaid js shocked to observe a street urchin in Bobby’s bed. and hurries off to summon her mistress, but when she returns Bobby has hidden his young friend in the wardgube, and is himself in bed, apparently fast asleep. Bobby warns his guest to keep quiet during the day, while he himself is at school, and promises to release him in the evening. When the time comes, however, Bobby has lost the key of the wardrobe. He acquaints Archie by means of a note pushed under the door, and Archie writes, telling him to go to his home in the slums and enlist the aid of his two hooligan employers. When Bobby has succeeded in introducing the two hooligans, they see the possibiliy of a rare haul, and seize Bobby and tie him They are about to ransack the room to the bed-post. when Archie intervenes by tuppling over the wardrobe in which he is confined on top of them, and. struggling out of an aperture made by the fall, releases Bobby. Assistance arrives. the hooligans are arrested, and when Bobby tells of Archie’s share in their discomfiture, his mother agrees to make the latter a permanent inmate of her house. (Released August 15th. Length 1,200 ft.) On the Banks of the Nile.—One of the first ruins of which the film affords a view is that of the Kiosk of Trajan, in the island of Phile. The great Assouan Dam is_also illustrated. The remains of Thébes. the ancient “City of 100 Gates.” provide further interesting glimpses of the ruins of a city full of interest, while we are a'sc shown the famous Colossi of Memnon. (Released August 15th. Length 480 ft.) The Little Volunteer.—The cowboy Jim is in love with Suzanne, but she tells him of her engagement to Fred; he awaits an opportunity to get rid of bis hated rival. A horseman rides into the farmyard with news that war is declared, and calls upon all true patriots to defend their flag, and report themselves at once to the headquarters at| Bear Creek. Jim feels sure that Fred will ride over to say good-bye to his sweetheart before joining his corps. He rushes off to the narrow wooden bridze that spans the abyss over which Fred will have to pass in order to visit Suzanne. and saws through the planks, leaving it a veritable death trap. His rival’rides up, and, after tethering his horse. goes to cross the bridge, only to be dashed to the bottom to what seems certain death. Suzanne is grieved at Fred's unaccountable absence, especially as his name is posted up as a deserter, and she decides to dress up as a man and enlist. She is attached to the same corps that Fred was serving in. An attack on the rebels’ headquarters proves unsuccessiul, and a volunteer is called for to blow up the building. Suzanne comes forward, and is given the perilous res which she cazries out successfully. The General entrusts Suzanne with some dispatches to deliver to the other section of his army. She passes the spot where Fred’s horse is tethered, dismounts, and sees the broken bridge. Her lover's fate is only too apparent. But “ Duty before Love,” she sets off again, and eventually performs the task allotted her. She is now at liberty to search for Fred. and, with the aid of a rope. she descends to where he Hes unconscious. Help arrives, and they take the injured mau te the camp. Jim happens to be the sentry Google on duty, and when he sees his rival being brought towards him he tries to escape, but is detained. Fred has recovered sufficiently to denounce him as the man who attempted his life, and at sunrise he meets a just fate. In recognition of the services rendered, Suzanne is raised to the rank of corporal. Her lover has other views, and, taking off her cap, allows her hair to fall down over her shoulders. Ske is therefore “dismissed ” from the corps, and devotes her time tu nursing back to strength the lover for whom she has gone through so many perilous adventures. (Released August 15th. Length 1,200 ft.) Calino Marries a Suffragette.—Calino reads an article on the feminist movement in a newspaper, and is struck ly the force of the arguments used by the writer, a ‘ady. He vows he will wed her. To obtain an introduction is a matter of ease, and so vigorously does he press his suit that the day of the wedding comes in a very short space of time. Once wedded life begins, Calino finds that his ideas on the femimst movement were somewhat hastily adopted. The unlucky man begins to wish he had married a slightly less “emancipated” lady. He is faced with a kind of charter, in which the husband’s complete subjection to his wife is insisted upen. To Calino falls all the household work. He is told to engage in a boxing bout with Mrs. C., who has decidedly the best of it. The end comes when Calino is ordered to cook the dinner. Abetted by the old manservant. Calino smashes the dishes and wrecks the kitchen so completely that Mrs. C. gives in on every point, and leaves Calino undisputed master of his own house. (Released August 18th. . Length 500 ft.) The Return of Love.—A young married couple have lost their only child by death, and the bereavement has !ed to them drifting farther and farther apart. Mra. Rowe receives a visit from her godfather, and the husband conceives an unreasonable jealousy of the older man. The latter is asked by Mrs. Rowe to take her to her family during her husband's absence. He consents, and, throug missing a train, the two are compelled to stay the night at a hotel. The husband, repenting his hastiness, decides to return, but finds the house empty, and once again drives away in his motor car. His car passes another, in. which his wite is returning home, after leaving a note for her companion at the hotel. saying that, if her husband loves her, he will also have returned. The husband traces his wife and her companion to the hotel, and, discovering the latter, taxes him with luring his wife away, only to apologise when the latter shows him the note his wife has left. The wife’s room is empty, but shortly she returns, and passes a note through the door, as she thinks, to her godfather, but which is taken instead by her husband, who taads that, having learned of her husband’s return, she is gomg back again to meet him when he comes again. The wife enters her car and drives homeward. The husband follows in his car and overtakes her. The cars are drawn up, and mutual explanations end the estrangement. (Released August. 18th. Length 1,070 ft.) The King’s Double.—Among other decrees enforced by King Louis’ orders was one which practically forbade the poets of his kingdom to exercise their gift, and this was resented by Angus, the hero of this subject. Angus, in derision, composes a satirical sonnet, which is carried to the King in Paris, and shown to him. Louis’ anger is aroused, and Angus is seized and carried away. e is brought before Louis, who Jeads him to a window, and shows him the dreadful field known as “the King’s Orchard.” every tree in which carried the burden of a dead body. Louis has Angus confined in an iron cage, and tells him that every morning he must compose a fresh ballad, and that when his imagination fails he will pay for it with his life. Angus’ sweetheart, Bernadotte, and all his friends, think him dead. One day the news goes round that King Louis himself is coming to stop at the village. A person whom everyone thinks to be the King, but who, in fact, is an impostor, using his likeness to Louis to rob his hosts, stays at Bernadotte’s home. Full of resentment at the supposed execution of Angus, Berna