Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Sep 1918)

X H B I R H R D of Dorothy's marriage and attempts to blackmail her. Here unexpected developments bring the story to a dramatic climax. (Review in this issue.) • KIDDER AND KO." Five-reel comedy-drama. Featuring BRYANT WASHBURN. Produced by Diando-Paihc. Author, John W. Grey. STORY: Convinced that his son is of little use to him in the fish business, the father of a budding young college youth sets him out to provide for himself. In his usual whirlwind fashion he brings things up to an exciting climax and then springs a great surprise on his father. (Review in this issue.) "THE VOICE OF DESTINY." Five-reel drama. Featuring MARIE OSBORNE. Produced by Diando-Pathe. Director, William Bertram. STORY : When the elder of two brothers is murdered, the younger is accused of the crime because he has stolen money from his elder brother. The story is dramatically told of how the weight of circumstances points to the guilt of the younger brother and how. at the darkest hour, the dawn comes slowly creeping in. (Review in this issue.) ■MORE TROUBLE." Five-reel drama. Featuring FRANK KEEN AN. Produced by Andcrson-Brunton-Pathc. Author, Edgar Franklin. Director. Ernest C. ll'arde. STORY: Lemuel Deering, wealthy iron master, is surprised to find that his son does not drink nor smoke and is interested only in the more serious things of life. He is doubly surprised when he is confronted by liquor bills, cigar bills, taxi bills and various other bills, signed by his son. His son's denial and refusal to explain the bills angers the elder Deering. From here the story takes a new turn and the end is a distinct surprise. -MADAM SPHINX." Five-reel drama. Featuring ALMA RUBENS. Produced by Triangle. Author, Raymond L. Shrock. Director, Thomas N. Hcffron. STORY : With only a cuff button upon which has been carved the image of a sphinx, as the sole clue to the murderer of her guardian. Celeste leaves her luxurious home to take up her abode in the latin quarter of Paris, hoping to locate the perpetrator of the crime. Her success, her mistake, her ultimate happiness are thrillingly told in the concluding reels of this production. "THE LAST REBEL." Five-reel drama. Featuring BELLE BENNETT. Produced by Triangle. Author, Hapsburg Liebe. Director, Gilbert P. Hamilton, i STORY: J~he civil war is responsible for the break in friendship between the Batesford and the Apperson families and when Harry Apperson returns after the war to find Cora Batesford married be goes west and accumulates a fortune. Fifty years later he sends his grandson back to the south to purchase his old plantation. Jim Apperson meets Floribel Batesford, the last of the Batesfords, with nary a penny. I low he saves her from an untimely death and succeeds in reuniting the estranged families brings the story to a happy end. "STATION CONTENT:' Five-reel drama. Featuring GLORIA SWANSON. Produced by Triangle. Author, Catherine Can-. Director, Arthur Hoyt. STORY : Discontent and a quarrel with her husband after the death of their baby, drives lonely Kitty Manning into despair and hoping to find contentment on the stage she joins a traveling troupe and goes to New York. She meets Stephen Morton, president of the company, for which her husband works, and after many persuasions, she finally consents to meet him in 'Frisco. But fate takes a hand and Kitty finds the contentment she so eagerly sought, where she least expected. "HIS ENEMY, THE LAW." Five-reel drama. Featuring JACK RICHARDSON. Produced by Triangle. . I uthor, Lillian Ducey. Director, Raymond Wells. STORY: " After the Civil War Jack Rodgers returns home to find his fiancee has wed another. He goes west, marries a widow, and after a few years of unhappy married life leaves her, taking with him his boy. Grown to manhood young Jack becomes a lawyer, determined to avenge the wrong which he believes has been done him and the method he pursues, though uncanny is successful. When love comes his way, however, his finer qualities assert themselves and he undergoes a wonderful transformation. "SMASHING THROUGH." Five-reel drama. Featuring HERBERT RAW LIN SON. Produced by Universal. Author, Walter Woods. Director, Elmer Clifton. STORY: To love a girl and then have her snatched away by a scheming mother and a dissolute millionaire was the problem which Jack Maston had to face. Despite the fact that everything was against him and his success seemed very remote, grit and determination were his guide and the thrilling manner in which he "smashed through" is absorbingly interesting. (Review in this issue.) "FIND THE 11 OMAN." Five-reel drama. Featuring ALICE JOYCE. Produced by I 'itagraph. Author, Stanley Olmstcad. Director, Tom Terris. STORY: An imitation rope of pearls and the subsequent murder of the maker of the imitations are responsible for the downfall of Madeline Renard. favorite opera singer. At her opening performance the audience hisses her and her lover deserts her. At a convent she seeks shelter from the world. And then one day there is a discovery, a person exonerated and a happy reunion. "A GAME WITH FATE" Fivc-rccl drama. Featuring HARRY MORF.Y Produced by I itagraph. Director, Paul Scardon, STORY: The disappearance of Henry Dawson leads bis friends to believe he lias been murdered. The finding of a mutilated body in a place adjoining an estate where he was last seen, convinces them. The finding of evidence all points to Robert Harwell as the murderer. He is tried and sentenced to be electrocuted. The day he is to meet his fate the story takes a different course and reveals a complete surprise. ( Review in this issue. ) -A WOMAN OF REDEMPTION." Fivc-rccl drama. Featuring JUNE ELVIDGE. Produced by World. Director, Travers Vale. STORY: A woman's love comes into the life of Timothy Stanton in time to save him from disgracing his father. The hardships which this beautiful girl had to suffer before she really found peace in Tim's love and the difficult road Tim had to travel before he found refuge in the woman's love combine in an interesting fashion in this story. "THE HEART OF A GIRL." Five-reel comedy-drama. Featuring BARBARA CASTLETON and IRVING CUM MINGS. Produced by World. Author, Maravenc Thompson. Director, John . Idolfi. STORY: Brandon Kent and Francis Oakland are suitors for the hand of pretty Betty Lansing. Kent seems to be gaining favor, which arouses the jealousy of Oakland. Kent is selected as nominee for governor and Oakland considers this his opportunity for revenge. The story of Kent's association with the daughter of the proprietor of a gambling house and his frequent visits to the house is circulated and Kent loses the nomination, but love finds a way. 5,000 Persons in New World Picture Over five thousand people, it is said, will he seen in a new World Picture, written by Harry O. Hoyt, of the World scenario department, in which Carlvle Blackwell and Evelyn Greeley will be starred. Both the story and scenario of this attraction, which bears the title of "Making Good," were written by Mr. Hoyt, and the w:ork may be said to be a combination of those elements which make educational pictures so interesting and a striking love story which gives it zest and a big appeal. Chaplin's P. A. With 21st U. S. Infantry Carlyle R. Robinson, who used to press agent Charlie Chaplin, is now a member of the Twenty-first U. S. Infantry undergoing training at San Diego. Robinson was taken in the draft three weeks ago and, after reporting at Fort MacDowell, near San Francisco, was assigned to the Second Recruit Company of the "Fighting Twenty-first" at the southern cantonment. Thus Robinson, who several years ago served with the Thirteenth Coast Artillery in New York, a national guard organization, landed with regular "doughboys" at the start. The ex-publicity man has a legion of friends in the Los Angeles film colony.