Descriptive Catalogue of Kodascope Library Motion Pictures (1926)

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Class 8 — Dramas 119 REEL NO. TITLE PRODUCER tiirtation with an English Army Officer and in order to cover up her own tracks she gives Amy a dress which is likely to fix suspicious gossip upon her and thus clear Mrs V^an Trant, the real culprit. A number of complications occur, but in the end everything comes out all right as the spectator has hoped. ■• This is a modern society novel laid in the Palm Grove environment of Miami. Beautiful scenes of the exteriors and interiors of palatial residences and spacious grounds, which are a photographic delight. 4600 feet standard length — on 5 reels Rental $6.25 1^039 Code SAFUR The Valley of the Missing Irving Lesser Featuring Irving Cummings Corporal Jim Campbell, in charge of Caribou Post, a station of the R. N. W. M. P., is in love with Annabelle who, unknown to him, is the daughter of Red McGuire, a fugutive from justice. Orders to capture McGuire are received and Campbell sends two of his men to the Valley of the Missing to get him. They are shot from ambush. Stevens, a companion of McGuire, forces Annabelle to agree to marry him on pain of betraying her father to the police and she agrees to accompany him, but manages to send a message to her father telling him that they are going to the deserted shack He starts for the spot to rescue her, but on the way is seen by Campbell, who is on his trail. McGurie hears Stevens struggling with Annabelle in the shack and as he is manoeuvring for a shot at him he is captured by Campbell. He begs for a chance to rescue his daughter, but Campbell refuses until he learns who the daughter is. Then both men rush to the shack. As they enter, McGuire is shot and killed by Stevens, who is in turn captured by Campbell. An exciting picture of the Canadian forests full of action, heart-interest and thrill. 1845 feet standard length — on 2 reels Rental $2.50 8040 Code SAGA "Bill" Independent This is a picture which is different. We cannot do better than quote from an article in "The Ladies' Home Journal" entitled, "WHEN THE MOVIES ARE GOOD" : "I have just seen a motion picture which in addition to being genuinely interesting has also a really high degree of artistry. 'Bill' is an adaptation of Anatole France's 'Crainquebille.' It is the saga of an old fruit vender who doesn't understand much of the world and against whom the world beats pitilessly. He is misunderstood, arrested, tried He has lost his friends. He tries to go back to jail where he was comfortable. When he wants to be arrested, they refuse to arrest him. What a strange life, to be sure. A simple piece of character acting finely presented. It has a great human appeiil, which is more far-reaching than any sex appeal, or heart interest, or suspense. 'Bill' has an instinct for justice and he sees it meted out whenever he can in his small circle, particularly to the newspaper boy and his dog. Select plenty of alternates