Motion Picture News (Jan-Mar 1918)

1436 Motion Picture News " Wild Women " — Laaghs Aplenty Harry Carey and Molly Malone — A Corker (VniversaJ Five-Reel Comedy) " Wild Women " is a corker — you want to see it if you want a bunch of laughs. " Wild Women " was produced by Universal under the direction of Jack Ford. It was written by George Hively. It is in five reels, and five reels of more laughs and more amusing entertainment than " Wild Women " affords you have never seen. Harry Carey and Molly Malone have the principal parts. You will also see Ed. Jones, Vesta Pegg, Martha Mattox, E. Van Beaver and Wilfred Taylor in action. " Cheyenne " Harry is foreman of the Circle Z ranch. He receives a letter from the rodeo association inviting him to participate in the coming rodeo meet. Harry refuses to accept the invitation unless the bunch can go. All agree and off they go for the rodeo. The boss learns of his employees' intentions and tells them that if they go they needn't return. "They go. The only employee left on the ranch is the chief cook and bottle-washer. He tries to rope a twoyear-old with disastrous results. The rodeo opens with exhibitions of roping and bucking broncho riding. Cheyenne carries off the prize. After the rodeo a celebration is had. They enter the " speediest " cafe in town and are all " set " for a rousing time. They all indulge in a " special " drink and — oh, what that special does do. After several rounds they all imagine they are in Hawaii with the dancers. Mentally they set sail on a raft and reach the shores of the famous isle. Here they meet with the dancers and — well, a good time is had by all — which is all one can say of they write a book. A good time is had by all — that is what every patron of the theatre will say after leaving the theatre on the occasion of the above performance of " Wild Women." It's a corker — Jon't miss it. " Wild Women " at the theatre on of week. Harry Carey and Molly Malone featured. Mary Miles Minter in " Powers That Prey " — Comedy-Drama with Punch (Mutual Five-Reel Production) Mary Miles Minter returns to the screen of the theatre on of week in " Powers That Prey," produced by the American Film Company and released on the Mutual program. Henry King directed. In the supporting cast with Miss Minter are Alan Forrest, Harvey Clarke, Clarence Burton, Lucille Ward, Emma Kluge, Perry Banks and Robert Miller. Miss Minter has the role of Sylvia Grant, whose father, Burton Grant, is editor of the Daily News. She has inherited her father's talent for writing, and is elected editor of the paper published by the school at which she attends. Her father is unfriendly with Jarvis McVey, political boss. He has exposed his part in a franchise scandal. McVey visits Grant at his office and Grant orders him out at the point of a pistol. McVey has him arrested for attempted assault and Grant is obliged to leave town. Grant goes to the school where his daughter is and asks her to go back home and put Summers, the city editor, in charge. She returns to her home and takes charge of the newspaper and runs it according to her own way of thinking. Summers treats her as a joke. She prints the truth in her father's paper, sparing no one or no class. Summers discovers McVey and the president of the railroad starting work on the tranchase before they have been given permission by the City Council. Sylvia gets out an extra, appealing to the townsmen to tar and feather McVey. The people become furious at McVey's attempt to steal the franchise, and seizing McVey, prepare to carry out Sylvia's suggestion, when Grant appears. Grant prevents the crowd from carrying out their intentions and compels McVey to sign an agreement to drop his plan to sell the city rights. Mary Miles Minter in " Powers That Prey " will be seen on the screen of the theatre on of week. Mabel Normand in Her New Goldwyn Success, " The Floor Below " (Ooldmyn Kiw-Reel Production) Mabel Normand, who has scored a big hit in " Dodging a Million," will appear on the screen of the theatre on of week in her latest work before the camera, entitled " The Floor Below," written by Elaine Sterne and produced by Goldwyn under the direction of Clarence Badger, who is responsible for some of Mack Sennetrs best comedy productions and is one of the oldest and most experienced directors for the screen drama. In the supporting cast with Miss Normand are seen : Tom Hoore, who READY-MADE AD-TALKS PUBLISHED IN LAST WEEK'S ISSUE March 2, 1918. FEATURES TITLE OF PLAY PRODUCERS " My Wife " Mutual 5 reels " Blue Blazes Raw Artcraft-Para den " mount 5 reels " Loaded Dice " Pathe 5 reels " The Wooing of Princess Pat " Vitagraph 5 reels " Song of Songs " Artcraft-Para mount 5 reels " The Girl with the Champagne Eyes " Fox 5 reels " Whims of Society " World 5 reels " The Beloved Traitor " Goldwyn S reels " Adam and Some Klever Comedy Eyes " (Paramount) 2 reels " The Crucible of General Enter Life " prises 7 reels " Under Suspicion " Metro 5 reels " The Woman Between Friends " Vitagraph. 5 reels " One More American" Paramount 5 reels " The Midnight Trail " Mutual 5 reels was seen to such a fine advantage in Miss Normand's last picture, "Dodging a Million;" Helen Dahl, Wallace McCutcheon, Lincoln Blummer, Charlotte Grenville, A. Romaine Callender, Louis R. Grisel and Willard Dashiell. This is Miss Normand's second appearance under the banner of Goldwyn. She made a big hit in her first Goldwyn and she makes a bigger hit in this, her second Goldwyn release. She presents the role of Patricia O'Rourke, who " runs " copy in the editorial room of a newspaper office. The care-free Patricia gives little thought to the problems absorbing the minds of the busy newspaper men, preferring to torment the older men in the office and match wits with the cubs. A band of crooks are preying upon the rich of the neighborhood, and the editorial staff of the newspaper is busy trying to get the inside of the story and to round up the band. The tip is passed that the police are watching the settlement house of the wealthy young Hunter Mason. She carries her fun a bit too far and the managing editor fires her. She is given one chance to save her job, by going to the mission house as a supposed derelict in order to get the story the editor wants. Her adventures in following the trail of the crooks and her capture of Hunter Mason as a husband form entertainment of the brightest sort. Mabel Normand in " The Floor Below " will be seen on the screen of the theatre on of week. " Cavanangh of the Forest Rangers," Hamlin Garland's Famous Story {Vitagraph Five-Reel Production) " Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers," adapted from Hamlin Garland's most popular story, produced by Vitagraph under the direction of William Wolvert and presenting Alfred Whitman and Nell Shipman in the featured roles, will be seen on the screen of the theatre on of week. In the supporting cast with Miss Shipman and Mr. Whitman are seen: Otto Lederer, Laura Winston, R. Bradbury, Rex Downs, Joe Rickson, Hal Wilson and Mrs. Hattie Buskirk. The story of the adventures of one of Uncle Sam's forest rangers is told in the most interesting five reels of pictures ever shown on the screen of the theatre. Mr. Garland's stories are known from coast to coast for their vivid portrayal of strong, virile characters and homely life. Ross Cavanaugh is the hero of " Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers." Ed. Whetherford gets in bad with a band of cattle rustlers and quits the country, leaving his wife and young daughter, Virginia. Virginia is sent East to live with relatives, and after six years returns to find her mother proprietress of a cheap boarding house. She meets Cavanaugh and he protects her from the insults of the rough element of the settlement. Cavanaugh in his travels over the range finds an old man stricken with smallpox and cares for him. He learns that the old man is Virginia's father, who had left the country years before. He does not tell Virginia what he has learned. He succeeds in rounding up all the cattle rustlers in the neighborhood and he and Virginia are united in happiness. " Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers " will be seen on the screen of the theatre on of week. Nell Shipman and Alfred Whitman are featured. Bessie Love in ' The Great Adventure Her First Pathe Production (Pathe Five-Reel Production) Bessie Love will be seen on the screen of the in her first Pathe production, entitled " The Great Adventure." In support of Miss Love will be seen such well-known actors and comedians as Flora Finch, who will be remembered for her comedy work opposite John Bunny; Donald Hall, Chester Bamett and Florence Short — all talented actors and actresses. Chester Bamett was seen in "The Submarine Eye"; Donald Hall was seen in " Poppy," with Norma Talmadge, and Florence Short has an important part in William J. Flynn's serial just released, " The Eagle's Eye." Miss Love has the role of " Rags " Jansen. At the annual high school entertainment in the little town of Middletown she creates such a favorable impression that she is moved to seek her fame and fortune on Broadway. Arriving in New York, she finds things a bit different than what she expected. For days she is one of the thousands of jobless persons of the streets, of New York. Billy Blake, a chorus man, who occupies a room adjoining that of Rags, is appeeiled to, and he gives her the name of the manager of the show which he is in. She sees the manager and gets a place in the chorus. Rags gets an opportunity to take the star's place. She takes the audience by storm, and the leading man as well. He uses all his known wiles to win Rags, but Billy, knowing his purpose, prevents him from gaining his point. After many adventures. Rags and Billy decide that they were meant for one another. Bessie Love in her first Pathe production, " The Great Adventure," will be seen on the screen of the theatre on of week. Typical Western Picture, Well Done,. Is " Little Red Decides " {Triangle Five Reel Production) Cowboys, shooting, reckless riding — all the atmosphere that should be found in the typical Western photoplay — will be brought to the screen of the theatre on , when Triangle presents " Little Red Decides." As the title would indicate, the central figure in the story is a child, and the producers have entrusted this stellar role to little Barbara Connolly. The youngster's part is that of a five-year-old boy, who is discovered by two cowboys of the AUiso ranch as he steps into the light of their camp fire. He leads them to a lonely cabin to awaken his father. The cowboys find the man is dead and that he has left a note asking whoever takes the boy to bring him up as a Christian. He is taken to the ranch, where he becomes greatly beloved by Col. Alliso and the cowboys and especially by Duck Sing, the Chinese cook. The church people of the neighboring town protest that the child should have a woman's care, but the cowboys buy their silence by donating the " kitty " from a poker game for the purchase of an organ for the chiu-ch. The climax is reached when, following the recovery of the child from an attack of pneumonia, the doctor prescribes " one mama for Little Red, to be obtained at once." Now there are only three marriageable women in the town, two spinsters and a widow, and by the turn of a card it falls to the lot of Tom Gilroy to " go courtin'." Tom meets with indifferent success, and while he is pursuing his " courtin'," Little Red, who, under the doctor's orders, has been transferred to the home of the village parson, is kidnapped by Duck Sing and returned to the ranch. Moved by the devotion of the Chinese, Col. Alliso determines to adopt the child legally. He finally decides to let Little Red decide the mother question himself, and the boy ends it all by running to Duck Sing and saying laconically, " I guess I'll keep the Chink." Coro Kino does some remarkably fine acting as Duck Sing, and Jack Curtis, Frederick Vroom and Betty Pearce are prominent in a large and capable cast. At the theatre on , " Little Red Decides." Tom Mix Scores in "Six Shooter Andy," Romantic Drama of Frontier Life (Fox Five Reel Production) Those who have never seen Tom Mix on the screen will do well to go to the theatre on , when this virile Western star of the William Fox galaxy will be seen in " Six-Shooter Andy," a breezy drama of life on the plains. The story is taken from a page in the history of the gold rush of sixty-odd years ago. Conditions like those shown in the picture are gone and past, but they were times that tried men's souls. Andy Crawford is making for Bannack, Nevada, where he hopes to get rich by panning gold. Near the town he finds Susan Allenby with her eight brothers and sisters. Their father is lying in the road dead, having been killed by one of the " gang " of Bannack, whose leader was no less a man than the sheriff, Tom Slade. AH go into the town, where Andy fights for everything that is decent. He proves to be quicker with his gun than the sheriff, and in the end turns Bannack into a place where men get their just dues. He even balks the sheriff's designs on Susan. To do all this, however, requires some clever acting, some quick gun play. Tom Mix, man of the