Cinema News and Property Gazette (1913)

Supplement to THE CINEMA. February 26, 1913. INVICTA FILM CO., 7, Rcpbrt Court, W. Phone: Gerrard 4818. Releasing:— BISON 101, GEM and VICTOR Films. "THE CONSEQ1 ENCES." (Victor.) Robert Insley, a rising young lawyer, is engaged to marry Edna Markham, the daughter of a well-to-do widow. One day Blount, a wealthy middle-aged speculator, drives out \p Markham farm in his automobile in order to offer the widow a price tor it. He meets Edna and fills in love with he. Eje buys the farm at a good price. Insley acting tor the widow in 1 losing the deal. He obtains the widow's consent to his marrying Kdna, and between them they force her to dismiss Insley. (rears elapse, during which time Insley has risen 111 his profession, and Kdna has had every luxury. In a cafe Edna and Insley meet, she being accompanied by her husband and mother. At Insley's invitation they join him at luncheon. A French count, a friend of Blount's, joins the party. Blount invites the Count and Insley to become members of a house party he is giving. The Count makes advances to Kdna; she forbids his ever speaking to her again. That night as she is going to her room she meets Insley coming in. He tells her he must go away at once and never see her again. The Count sees him kiss Edna's hand in farewell, and informs Mount that his wife is faithless to him. Blount calls him a liar. The Count draws a revolver and attempts to shoot Hlount. In the scuffle the Count is shot. Insley and Edna have entered the hallway, heard the quarrel and the shot fired. Insley urges her to retire, and, taking her almost up in his arms, he carries her across the hall. Blount sees them and believes the Count's accusation. Blount goes out. Insley then rushes into the room, picks up the revolver and tells the dying Count that he deserved what he received. The guests assemble. The Count is asked who shot him, and he points to Insley and dies. Insley starts to defend himself, but stops, for only by accusing Edna's husband and proving that he himself was outside along with her at midnight can he do it. Through briber}', Edna finally obtains Insley's release. Years later, Blount, accompanied by Edna and her mother, lies dying in an hotel in a distant land, and, being a Roman Catholic, sends for a priest. When he comes it is no other than Robert Insley. Blount, at the sight of the man whose life he has ruined, is seized with mad terror and dies. Insley performs what office he can for the dead man, and, leading Edna by the bedside, he kneels with her, praying for the soul of the departed. Released March 22nd. Length 1,000 feet. "OWING MORE.'' (Victor.) Keaturing Mis lritzi Brunette and Mr. Owen Moore. Bob and Will Burnett are twins. Bob is working hard in Arizona, while Will is doing his best to spend his patrimony in riotous living. Bob finally strikes it rich, and, not having seen his native town of Rustville in , he decides to return home. In the meantime Will has been having his troubles with his numerous creditors, and on the very day that Bob is to arrive, with his pockets stuffed with money, Will's affairs reach a climax. His morning's mail consists of a pi nt Inn,, and he owes his help, butcher, liquor dealer, etc., money. He visits his fiancee, Violet Ames. The Ames' home 1 the onl] oasis in his desert. Violet has some new pi 'i,. one of which she gives Will, writing it the most beautiful and touching sentiment in conn with her autograph. Leaving her with expi I un dying love, Will reiurns home, and then and there meets nis Waterloo. No sooner does he arrive in his house than his His servants come in with their baggage and tell him they are leaving. Before they have half finished expressing their private opinion of his 'methods, his other < -reditors begin to arrive. The angry crowd surround him. Will escapes' from them to his front hall, where he is suddenly confronted bv two more angry creditors. Being cornered and at bay, Will is compelled to think quickly, and thus hits upon the onl] , f escape that is left to him ; he tells them he is engaged to marrj a rl, .md that her father has promised to pay his debts or a she is married. This quiets :i id the liquor-dealer persuades the butcher to give him the name and address of the lady in question. After thinking it over carefully, Wil th thai b h id betti 1 hurry nt forthwith to call upon \ Arriving at her home, he is ushered into the drawing-room. where he finds all his creditors assembled, confronted by Violet and her father. Led on by the crafty liquor-dealer, the creditors have called upon Mr. Ames, told him of Will's statement, and informed him that they preferred their money at once. Mr. Ames utterly repudiates Will and his claim, and orders him from the house. The creditors, however, wish see a great deal more of him, and proceed to lay violent hands upon him. After a desperate fight Will escapes again from his irate creditors, and dashes for the railroad station, where he catches an outgoing train and fades from view. But brother Bob steps from this same train and falls heir to all Wi! troubles, creditors and angry sweetheart seeking her phot graph. After numerous personal encounters with the credit and the local constabulary, he finally manages to restore the village to its wonted calm, but he retains the photograph after erasing Will's name and substituting his own. Released March 29th. Length 1,020 feet. • BIG ROCK'S LAST STAND." (/lison.) Johnson, the trapper, finds l'each Blossom out in the fields gathering herbs and kidnaps her. The girl sees the India out on a hunt, calls to them, the trapper throws her to the ground, and then escapes. Kagle Eye, in revenge, goes Johnson's cabin and takes his boy, who is carried to the Indian camp and turned over to Mona. She becomes a little mother to the child, refusing to let others touch him. Mrs. Johns discovering the loss of the boy, rides to the fort and infor: the commander. He orders out a troop. When the Indians hear of the approach of the soldiers they break camp and take uo a position in what seems a very poor tactical position in a hollow, where the soldiers can not only shoot down into them, but roll rocks among them. The Indians are captured and lodged in the stockade. Big Rock and Dark Feather the fence. Big Rock steals up beside the sentry, throws him t 1 the ground, and, with Mona, gets away. The sold:< pursue. The chief, exhausted, is overtaken and shot. Tie Indian woman draws a knife and plunges it into her own breast. She creates* a situation and competently sustains The end is dramatic. Released March 22nd. Length 1,960 feet. "THE RIGHTS OF A. SAVAGE." (Bison.) \ gambler is caught red-handed cheating at the old trick hurt cards, and, though wounded, he gets away, eludes his pursuers, seeks shelter and is cared for bv a semi-civil; II pi Indian, who takes the man to his pueblo, and in return the gambler induces the squaw to elope with him. The Redskin takes his loss stoically. Three years later it is the Fourth of July at Circle City, and the ranch hands from the surrounding country are whooping things up ; roping, tying steers, riding bucking bronchos, and the world-famous cowboy pastime called " Bulldogging the Steer," are being indulged in, right in the main street of Circle City, when we see our trio meet. Eve from now on move quickly to a logical conclusion, and the red man claims the inherent right of his race to revert savagery, and repay the gambler in his own way. Released April 2nd. Length 1,000 feet. "THE AMULET." \Gt Three centuries ago, among the prehistoric Indians Northern Canada, a young chief and a brave fought in th' primitive fashion for the hand of a young squaw, the bnc her bv force, but she is rescued in time by the chief, whom she really wants. The old medicine man ii tin tribe unites them, and gives them each an amulet which his the magic properties of keeping them both from harm and bringing them both together in some future life. The four souls are re-incarnated in the present-day inhabitants in the East Side of New York, the medicine man as a settlement worker, the chief as a factory hand, the squaw as a fact girl, and the villainous brave as an East Side gamester \_ the villain seeks to possess the girl after the manner of his kind, but she is saved by the factory hand, with the assistance of the settlement worker. The two souls discover their t nier identity by the ; of the amulets having bi 1 handed d<>\vn to them as heirlooms, and remember again th firmer incarnation as they are reunited. In this life the villain is regenerated by the efforts of the settlement worker. Kcl' as e 1 March aoth. Length 1.000 feet.