The Bioscope (Jan-Mar 1913)

SUPPLEMENT TO THE BIOSCOPE, JANUARY 2, 1913. xix. that the mother be sent for. She locks the door, and sits shuddering. She falls asleep and dreams. She sees her son and her husband turn from her, to leave her for ever. She begs them to stay; they close the door in her face. She awakens, to find herself banging on the door of her own room. She can hear the child crying. She goes wo the child, and he, content, falls asleep in her arms. With the dawn the child relaxes and falls back on his pillows asleep. The doctor arrives, and tells them that the child merely has the measles. 983 ft.) (Released January 11th. Length ' Pasquali, Polidor, a Member of the Death Club. —Polidor is reading, previous to retiring to rest, a paragraph about a ‘‘ Death Club,” the members of which draw lots to decide who shall commit suicide On falling asleep, he dreams thay ie is knocking at the door of the Death Club. A servant with a skull-Hke face admits him, and Polidor finds himself in tne midst of a sinister company, who initiate him into their rules, the chief of which is that cards are drawn, and the member obtaining the Queen of Spades must kill himself within half an hour. Polidor is the luckless man, and finds himself confined in a room with pistols, poison and a rope, to choose his own method of making the “happy dispatch.” He discovers that life is very precious, and attempts to force an exit by two doors in the apartment—only to find a long leg shoot out from : ne, kivking him back, and an equally long arm thrusting him back from the other. At the end of half an hour the members of the club, clad in black cloaks, appear through traploors, and demand his instant demise, but Polidor, tearing a leg off the table, begins to lay about desperately, and at this stage he is awakened by his servants, who have found him whirling about the bedroom, fighting imaginary enemies. (Released January 12th. Length 660 ft.) ; Champion. The Gambler and the Girl—George Berner, a young miner, is in love with Mae, another miner’s daughter. The young couple become engaged. A gambler arrives at the camp and opens a faro game. George is busy working in the mine, and puts a cartridge into the hole he has drilled for blasting. The charge does not go off, and the young miner goes to investigate. The cartridge explodes, George is half buried under the débris, and is blinded by the flash and grit. That day he had an appointment with Mae, and she is annoyed when he does not turn up. She visits his cabin, and, not finding him there, makes for the mire, where she meets him staggering out of the shaft after he has extricated himself from the rubbish. She renders what aid she can, then informs her parents and a doctor. The poor fellow is carried home, and an examination reveals the fact that he is seriously injured. The doctor breaks to him the terrible news that he will be totally blind. Mae falls in with the handsome young gambler. He succeeds in establishing an influence over her. Time passes, and the gambler proposes to the girl, who accepts him. Together they visit the cabin of the blind miner, and Mae breaks off her engagement with him. When she has gone, the blind man seizes his revolver and rangers out blindly in the direction he believes the couple to have taken. He approaches from behind as they stand upon a precipitous bank, but as he cannot see he stumbles, and falls headlong down. They descend, and carry him back to his cabin. The gambler is running his game at the saloon, when he receives a note from Mae, informing him that she wishes to break her engagement. She teturns to George, who is happy in regaining the love he had thought lost. (Released January 2nd. Length 970 ft.) The Horse Thieves of Bar anch.—Aj romance of the Digitized by \ zOC gle Wild West, in which a new-comer at a camp is attacked by the foreman. The tenderfoot proves to be a man of mettle, and when the foreman tries to get his own back by hidin, some horses in a wood in order that the blame shall fa on an innocent man, our hero shows not only courage but plenty of brains. He gives his aggressor sufficient rope, and when the time comes he lets the snarer fall into the, net of his own spreading. (Released January 8th. Length 995 ft.) Gem. The Convict’s Return.—Bill Downing and Jim Redburn. two burglars, are in the hands of the police. Jim Redburn’s wife, Mary, comes to the District Attorney and pleads for her husband. The District Attorney influences. Jim to turn State’s evidence, and Downing is sentenced to, prison. Downing swears to get even when his sentence is up. Five years elapse. The District Attorney has helped Redburn to a steady job. He has his wife and child in a nice home. Bill Downing is released. He returns to New York to look for Redburn. He goes to the old thieves’ haunts, but cannot find his man. He meets Jordan, another thief, and Nance, who tell him of Redburn’s new address. Downing makes his way to Redburn’s house in the country. He tells Redburn he has come to kill him. Redburn admits Downing is justified ; explains that he did it for the sake of his. wife and. child. Redburn writes a letter to Mary, and tells Downing he, is ready to take his punishment. Downing asks Redburn. if there is a chance for him to live straight. Redburn, shows him a letter from a man in the West who wants an eleatricion. As Downing has no money, Redburn gives him, bn 2 he departs. (Released January 9th. T.ength Heron. i Trawling in Napier, New Zealand.—We see the trawler being coaled before leaving for its hazardous journey into rough waters. Then the carrier pigeons are collected from their lofts, placed in baskets, and taken on board. These are used by fishermen to announce the catch of fish which has rewarded their day’s efforts. We are shown a fine catch of fish, and also some views of the countless “ Molly Hawks,” or young albatross, that follow in the wake of the boats. The film concludes with some rough seas breaking, over the breakwater which protect. the fleet, anchored in safety in the harbour beyond. (Released January 9th. Length 405 ft.) Nestor. The Evidence.—John Bronson is in straightened circumstances, and is reading a letter from his son Bob as his daughter May enters:—‘‘ Dear Father and Sister,, —Don’t worry about the.money. I have decided to quit college and go to work, I start for home at once—Yours lovingly, Bob.” Bob arrives, and starts out to seek employment. At the Bar B ranch he is given a trial position as manager, and writes his father :—“‘ Father and Sister,—Have secured a position as .manager of the Bar Branch. Tell Mr. Morgan that I will pay the interest on the note.—Lovingly, Bob.” Bob receives the following letter :—‘‘ Mr. Bob Bronson.—Dear Sir: Will. call as per your request to collect interest on your’ father’s note. This must be paid to-day.—Yours truly, M. H. Morgan.” Mr. Morgan arrived, and Bob paid the interest, which he had got in advance from his employer, Frank King. In taking the note from his wallet, the half-breed had seen that it contained a large sum of money., When Mr. Morgan hung his coat up in the office, after having put the wallet in it, Pete secured what he thought was the coat with the wallet. It proved to be without the wallet, however, for Mr. Motwanihadfijmet taken the wallet from — NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY