Motion Picture News (Oct 1913 - Jan 1914)

44 THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS Making Pig-iron. American. — A subject which always , holds the interest of the audience. We can see iron every day in its hard state, but to see it melting and running like water is indeed a novel sight. The American Company first shows the loading of scrap-iron which is lifted by means of a powerful electro-magnet. Blastfurnaces having a capacity of five hundred tons are also shown full of molten metal. The loading and shipping is also novel. A good release. Making of an Auto Tire. Keystone. (Oct. 27.) — Twenty years ago the rubber industry in this country was in its infancy. A few manufacturers were prosperous, but the market had not grown. To-day, with the great demand for bicycle, motorcycle and automobile tires, the business has become one of the country's greatest. The Keystone Company shows all the processes the rubber passes through, from ordinary Para to "non-skid" tires. The vulcanizing, baking the rubber for three hours at 290° F., and the final tread. The Primeval Test. Universal.— A suggested new method for curing wives of unfaithfulness, and for bringing them back to the husband thoroughly chastened. Whether the method would really work in life is a matter of surmise, but it makes a good story, and that is what we are after. There is plenty of action to the two reels, and the work of Marguerita Fisher and Bob Leonard is of their usual standard. Imagine yourself with an unfaithful wife, or rather a wL"e that wants to be unfaithful, and in order to cure her, you take her to the mountains, far away from civilization, and there give her the clothes of the prehistoric cave dweller, and inform her that until she had learned to love you there she will stay. Would it work? Too much work is the cause of the husband's carelessness and the reason for her seeking comfort from others. But when her would-be lover finds her later when the cure has been accomplished, he is no longer "in the swim." The photography and settings are good. Captain Kidd. Uison. — The life of the historic and notorious Captain Kidd is the foundation of an interesting drama by the Bison Company. It is the second of a series dealing with the lives of celebrated pirates, and is interesting, if from a historical standpoint only. Captain Kidd was a gentleman, his actions to the contrary. How he became the scourge of the high seas, simply because he believed himself to have been jilted by his fiancee, ' is graphically told in this drama. He receives a commission from the King, William III, because of his great powers of persuasion over men, to go out to sea and rid the highways of the pirates that were such trouble to the sailors. In taking leave of his sweetheart, he finds her in the arms of another man, who was really her brother, but whom Captain Kidd had never seen. In anger he goes away, and when out at sea becomes the monster that we now know him. The photography in the hold of the ship was not up to par. The mechanical rocking of the ship was done very well and was most realistic. His first act was to cruelly put to death twomen whom he had caught conspiring to steal the ship by provoking a mutiny among the crew. Peggy all this time was bemoaning her lover, and finally decides to go to America. She is captured by Kidd, and in her dying breath she makes him realize that she is innocent. Widow M-lcr.ey's Faith. Domino. Two reels. — A quaint old Irish tale with a touch of the Irish romanticism showing throughout. The picture seems true to life, and the acting is good. Widow Maloney and her son, Dan, whom she idolizes, live together. Dan is in love and is loved by a girl. Mike also loves her. The latter is a villain and plans to get the girl, so he hires the local innkeeper, Dougherty, to dope Dan and then shanghai him aboard ship. This is done and Dan's ship is wrecked; after a series of mishaps he reaches his native land with plenty of money. The old house is for sale and Dan buys it and then makes his identity known, giving the house to his mother and the girl. Mike is then shanghaied In turn, together with his mates. Full of action from start to finish, with a pleasant mixture of Irish humor. A GIRL OF THE SUNNY SOUTH Four Reels. Adapted from the Play of the Same Name by Travers Vale American Kineto Company. THE story of this motion picture is placed about the time of the Civil War in this country, scenes from which are included in the tale with effect. Searelle and Raymond, a lawyer, are in love w th the same girl, the latter, however, losing to his rival, who marries the girl amid much celebration on the part of the negroes, who are net at all fond of Raymond and his aide-de-camp, Le Roy. The latter adds much humor to the various situations, and one feels that despite his villainous intentions he is worthy of sympathy. The two go away to the war together, but Raymond and Le Roy, in order to disgrace Searelle, forge a letter and so get Harry to desert. He is caught and is shot, immediately after being found by the Federals and rescued half dead. He has lost his memory, and after the war wanders from place to place, finally landing back at his own home. Here, although no one knows him, he sees Raymond and Le Roy kill the girl's father when he had caught them in the act of stealing some money, but as his mind is a blank he forgets it, and as he is on the spot, is sentenced on circumstantial evidence. Le Roy is caught with the money in his possession and is sent to jail as his accomplice. The two escape and go to sea as stowaways. Through the carelessness of Le Roy the ship catches fire, and they take to a raft. Then after a number of exciting and animated adventures, they arrive back home and take part in helping to convict Raymond for his crimes.