Cinema News and Property Gazette (1912)

Supplement to "The Cinema," July, 1912. JULY, 1912. "THE CINEMA" critic attends the leading film demonstrations, and all films reviewed in this Supplement have been selected from the various programmes of releases during the ensuing month. EXHIBITORS CAN RELY UPON "THE CINEMA" FILM SELECTION AS BEING THE PICK OF THE MARKET. A. BIOGRAPH. M.P. Sales Agencv. " A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT."— Released July 7th. Length 1,018 feet. Dick Logan, a young writer in search of local colour, stops at a little border town in the South-west and engages lodging at the Mexican inn. Two tramps see the amount of money he has and plan to secure it. In the town he befriends a Mexican girl by stopping her uncle from beating her for having broken a water jar. That night, to while the time, he plays faro and breaks the bank, which greatly augments his already large amount of money, Retiring to his room, he is awakened by the efforts of the two tramps to get into the room, but the girl saves him from harm and it looks as if Dick had found a heroine for a real romance. "THE OLD ACTOR."— Released July 4th. Length 1,020 feet. He gets a part in a new play and goes to the theatre for his first rehearsal in high hopes only to be thrown into the depths of despair bv being told that he is " too old." A younger actor is engaged to take his place. Downcast, he leaves the theatre, for the maintenance of his little home depends upon his getting work. He has not the courage to tell them of his failure, and deceives them into believing he has succeeded. On the way home" he meets a beggar who is suddenly stricken down and upon investigation by those in authoritv a large amount of money is found on him. This impresses tha old man, and unable to secure employment the idea strikes him to play the new role of a beggar. This he does, using his talent at make-up to effect a disguise which would not have been penetrated had not his daughter's sweetheart thrown a gold piece into his hat in mistake for a nickel which led to his discovery. Good fortune, however, shines upon him later as he is given back his part in the play. AMBROSIO. New Agency Film Co., Shaftesbury Av. "THE MARRIED LOVERS. 605 feet. -Released July 7th. Length A clever subject, in which are traced the trials of a newlymarried couple, whose happiness is spoilt by the over-stringent view taken of her duties by the bride's, mother, who, with the father, has taken up residence with the young people. "Ma" determinedly " chaperones " the young people as if they were comparative strangers, and it is only when her attention relaxes at the dinner table and she slumbers, while father hides himself behind his paper, that the husband and wife can enjoy anything like intimate conversation, and then they kiss and hold hands like any pair of secret lovers, afterwards creeping out of the room and attempting to enjoy a little time by themselves in the drawingroom, which is unfortunately interrupted by the mother, who awakes, and angrily upbraids her husband for leaving the young people alone. In the end, in order to enjoy a little of each other's society without that of their elders, the young people make an innocent little plot. Each leaves the house, apparently bound for different places. The old people's suspicions are aroused, and they follow the girl and see her enter an hotel. Suspecting that she is meeting a secret lover, the old people wait, and when she ■;#£* # <B*^* TWO BROTHERS AND A SPY (Hcpuix) A MAX AND A SERVING MAID (Hcplcix).