Cinema News and Property Gazette (1912)

November, 191 2. FILMS.— Supplement to i'Rh, CINEMA. 65 solve. Luring the blackmailer on to the battlemented roof of the Towers, he seizes him round the waist, and leaps with him into the courtyard below, where both men are dashed to death. Thus Sylvia is left free to marry her lover. ECLAIR. Tvi.br Film Co., Ltd. •TEAKS OF BLOOD." — Released November 3rd. Length, i,S()5 feet. The petitions of his wife and the illness of his little child fail to have any influence upon the votary of pleasure. He leaves them and joins his dissolute companions at a supper. The child grows worse ; the distracted mother penetrates to the haunts of pleasure and implores her husband to return. He is deaf to her entreaties, and remains. At night he returns late home, and leaves a note by his wife's bedside informing her that he cannot longer tolerate any interference with his liberty, and that he has left her. The mother dies, and the orphan child, a little girl, is adopted by relatives. Years roll by, and the rake, now reformed, is a doctor in a hospital. A friend invites him to a pleasure party. He accepts the invitation. It is a gay scene in a garden, where gipsy dancers amuse the guests pending the arival of Maude Iris, a dancer and star of doubtful morals. Her overtures to the doctor create a revulsion of feeling in his breast, and he leaves the affair in disgust. He has made many efforts to find his deserted child. At last detectives inform him that she is no other than the celebrated Maude Iris. The doctor seeks an interview with her ; Maude, stunned by the doctor's treatment a few days ago, scorns him, and declines to acknowledge him as her father. In course of time Maude sinks from her position of luxury to become the poverty-stricken associate of apaches. Two men quarrel about her in a tavern, and she quarrels with her man outside, with the result that she is left unconscious in the roadway. Carried to hospital, she comes under the hands of the doctor, who is startled and shocked when he catches sight of her face. A difficult operation is performed, and the patient hovers between life and death. The doctor takes no rest, he is ever in attendance, only to receive a cruel blow when, on returning to consciousness, the patient waves him off. Broken down by grief and the bitterness of this cup, which he had brewed for himself years before, the doctor still continues by the bedside. The end draws near, and at last his daughter pardons him ; but his jov is quickly dashed, for she passes beyond the reach of his aid. " THE FARM ON FIRE."— Released November ;th. Length 675 feet. Birthday celebrations at a picturesque old farm are interrupted for a moment by the appearance of two tramps, who come professing to look for work. There is no work for them, but the kind folks give the tramps refreshment before dismissing them. The tramps conceal themselves in a barn, intending to rob the house when the family have retired. At night Nanette, with a lantern, makes her rounds to see that all is well. Hearing her apDroach, the tramps climb out of the barn into a straw loft. In her search Nanette sees them there, and under the influence of the fright fa'js down the ladder. The farm folk, hearing her cry, rush in to help her, and find her swooning amongst the straw. She is carried awav and restored ; but they have forgotten the lantern, which sets the straw on fire. Soon the building is in a fierce blaze, and the terrified tramps find themselves fastened in with the flames. Nanette recovers, tells of their presence, and, thanks to the heroic effort* >f the farmer, thev are dragged out of the burning building. Restored bv the kind attentions of the farm folk, thev confess to their intended crime, but the generous farmer forgives them. EDISON. Gerrard Street. YV. "THE LIBRARIAN."— Released November 6th. Length ()8o feet. Rettv Gibbs is librarian of the little village library. Among those who come is Robert Prentice, a school teacher, and he and Hetty quickly become interested in each other. Betty's brother has recently enlisted in the army. Corporal Cutler, coming across Jack Gibbs while the boy is supposedly off duty, is abusive to him, and finally irritates the boy, so that he knocks the officer down. The seriousness of this offence is great, and Jack does not know how badly he has hurt Cutler. He, therefore, deserts, and goes to find Betty. He comes into the library, and tells Betty what an awful thing he has done, and begs her to help him escape. She takes him to her own room, and leaves, him, only to find that Prentice has come in to talk with her. She goes back to her room and shuts Jack into her cupboard. How is she to save him ? It must be at the cost of her own good name. Coming back to the reading room, she sees that the soldiers are approaching, the members of the village library committee with them. She tells Prentice to follow her, and she leads him to the door of her room. Then she tells him to go into the room. He expostulates, but she urges him in, and goes to face the search party. To the corporal's questions she gives evasive replies. At the door of her room she fights against their entering, but the door is opened, and Prentice stands revealed. The library committee stands aghast, and Betty hangs her head in what looks like guilty confusion, while the soldiers, thrown off their scent, retire. Betty dashes into the room and bursts into tears. Jack, still in the cupboard, hears Betty's sobs, and comes out. She urges him to go back into hiding, but he will not. Then Prentice, opening the door, sees Jack, and for the first time understands. He tells Jack oi Betty's sacrifice. Jack immediately starts to go and give himself up, but Betty clings to him. At this moment the corporal reappears, followed by the judge and the minister. The corporal demands Jack's surrender. He gives himself up, and explains what has hapened, thereby clearing Betty's name. Her sacrifice softens the corporal's heart who forgives Jack. "THE HARBINGER OF PEACE."— Released November 13th. Length 1,000 feet. John Wilson and Bill Andrews, two old farmers, have adjoining farms, and have been lifelong friends. Wilson's daughter, Dora, is engaged to marry Bill Andrew's son, Dick. A cow belonging to Andrews gets into Wilson's pet vegetable patch,. doing considerable damage. The old fellows cannot agree upon a settlement, and a heated argument ensues, followed by a declaration of absolute hostility. The bars are put up between thetwo farms, and each forbids his child to see or speak to the other again. Dick and Dora, however, meet later, and agree tomarry, and both go to tell the decision to their parents. Old Andrews blusters a bit, but finally consents, relishing the prospect of "having one" on his erstwhile old friend. Dora's father is obdurate, and drives her from home. His bitterness causes him to blot her name from the family Bible and otherwise try to obliterate her memory. The young people marry and' live with Dick's parents. Old Wilson refuses to hear his daughter's name mentioned, so, when her little son is born a year later, the old man is ignorant of the fact. On the occasion of one of his rare Sunday visits to the village post office, the doctor tells old Wilson of the birth of his daughter's child, and that he has been named after his grandfather. But a little later, upon his return home at Easter time, he sits at the table and accidentally his hand falls to the Bible page, where his eye is attracted to the passage, "Peace on earth, good will toward' men." Stealing a look across into the Andrews' farm, he sees all but Dora and her child outside, and proceeds to their house by stealth. There he is found by Dora with the baby in his arms. A reconciliation takes place ; the Andrews' family is invited to his home, and the breach is closed when he re-enters Dora's name in the Bible and adds that of her child, "The Harbinger of Peace." "THE STRANGER AND THE TAXI-CAB."— ReleasedNovember 16th. Length 1,000 feet. True love never runs smooth, and this is the case with Harry and his sweetheart, Rose. The trouble begins when he declines to take Rose to a ball, and she decides to go alone. The night of the ball he fancies she may be dancing with some unknown rival, and determines to attend the ball in order to investigate his suspicions. He finds her accompanied by a most attentive young man. Harry becomes insanely jealous, the supposed rival being only Rose's brother, home on a visit, and unknown to Harry. Rose, noticing Harry's jealousy, tantalises him by keeping up the deception. Rose and her brother decide to go home in a taxi, and Harry, who has been planning revenge, now sees an opportunity of carrying out his plans bv bribing the chauffeur to change places with him, and thus enable him todrive to some lonely spot and administer a sound thrashing