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THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY
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"Betty's Dream Hero" A War Drama
IRETTY little EUa Hall RELEASED JULY 7. of holding negroes in bondage. Some
has an appeal all her ^ of them did not go to the extent of
own. Her charm is of enlisting in the cause of the North,
the "different" sort. And _ AEMMLE two-reel story of the many of them lent their silent playing in conjunction I a^„ti^ i« r.Vil W«r timec support to that cause by their abstenwith Bob Leonard, as she | j ™ ^^^^ umes. ^^^^ ^^^^ service with the Southern does, the combination is "^^^ Scenarioized by Calder John armies, irresistible. Miss HaU is not only a stone from the story by Witt Coch There were, however, many young consummate little actress but her rane. Produced by Robert Leonard. Southerners of high intelligence who art is of such a nature that one feels put their love of country above their that she is being photographed un local affections and, believing that awares. CAST. slavery should be abolished, enlisted In "Betty's Dream Hero," a ^^^^ ^^^^ „ „ with the North. Such a Southerner Laemmle two-reel drama, scenarioized „ ^l. ' ' n'-^ ' ^ t " j "^^^ ^oh Carter, a young lawyer in by Calder Johnstone from the story Her Dream Hero Robert Leonard "Betty's Dream Hero," who had studby Witt Cochrane, and produced by Confederate Officer .Aie Mundon -^^ ^^^^^^ p^^^^j^^ ^^^^^
Bob Leonard, Miss Hall is cast as a J^f-tty s i nine) uarry barter jj^^^j ^^^^ conclusion that the
dainty Southern girl of the Civil War North was right and, despite the scorn
period. In a crinoline gown and a of bis fellow Southerners, the young
poke bonnet Miss Hall is positively bewitching, and when one attorney left his native town to enlist in a Northern state and views her with her little white lace cap tied beneath her chin to put down the "rebellion." The story of "Betty's Dream in one of the exciting incidents of the play, she exerts an appeal Hero" is intensely engrossing. The following is a synopsis of it : impossible for merely beautiful actresses to achieve. Betty is the daughter of a Southern planter and her self" Betty's Dream Hero" has been lavishly staged by a master imposed daily task is the distributing among her father's slaves hand. Its settings are historically _ of necessities and food. Betty is
accurate and its lighter scenes have _^ „^ known and loved by all the mam
been executed so deftly that one can mies and pickaninnies on the plan
readily understand why photoplays L \fJ ff^H^^^P^^^^^IH^Vn^l ^! tation. One day while she is dis
with the Universal -^'^'^^J? J lf^^^BBd^B^^P^^^^ll«^B I '^'r tributing her dainties an old mam
stamp upon them are ^ lll^B^CS^^^^'H^^^^^B ll^B k)'^^^-— ^— gives her a queer chain aad
of such a high order. /^^HjH^^^f 1 Hl^^^^felli ^^JulMBinl^B F^^^^^^^to^X ^^^^ ^^^^ Such superb photogra /J^^KJr^l^ M^^^^^^^l^r^^B C^flH^B ^^V^^hH^^X three times she
phy, beautiful scenes / JB^Wp*' -r^KkV P^^^^^^^HBii^kj^^^^^B^^K future hns
the ^^^^^jff^^^^Hu^l^Mjl^^^^^^^^^^^l^^ ^wBbw/ ^""^^ ^^^^ slaTe
the progress made by \^B|ii^«^^B^^^^^^^HPt-^^^ f Bob, a young Southern
the Big U in the last ^ ^^^HIIK ^^^^^^^^^^^ ' lawyer, while talking to
eighteen months has ^'^^^^^B^^?allill|[K' ^ crowd, tells them that
been almost astounding. iBl^B^ "^^^^^^P^ ^BIS — ;^,r"'_^» because of his love for
many Southerners who felt ^^^^^V" ' .'^^^^^^^t^'i^^^S . ^^'^^^^iit^^^ V ^ his hearers and a tight
that the South was in the \ y » ' ' W '^'-'^ ■i^^ * V * ensues. Bob, overcome by num
wrong. At this late day, perhaps it i^T;« ' ^ at , .iriyLj> . | bers, takes refuge in flight. He
.would be better not to rake over V"^^': "fsv 'SM^Hwiu^^ ! < ► ' ^'^^^ safety in a hedge nearby
dead ashes for fear of fanning (cM ' j^^i^ '^^^^f^^^^^M '^^^^^ Betty lives and his pur
a stray ember into flames. How >^ ittlS '^llfc'' suers fail to find him.
ever, the cause of the South, from \ y |^HI^^3K .^.'^ It is spring in the South and
the standpoint of those who de \ I^H^^Bt ^flH i ^^tty, like all young girls, is
fended it so bravely, was a com \ ^£ ^^^^^^B ^ I °* thoughts of love and
mendable one. State rights as V^W^^S^^B Adj^kj^^^^ / romanticism. She finds pleas
opposed to the centralization of X^^^iBWHR Wt/K^^^^ ure in solitude and while she is
power in the Federal Government " 'J s. — — dreaming of her hero, she sud
seemed a worthy cause to fight for Scenes from the delightful Laemmle two-reel feature, denly looks up and finds herself
and when one's home state had an • "Betty's Dream Hero." facing Bob. Both of them re
nounced its intention of fiehtine; „i;., ,.i,„„ u„ ^.u ■ • i i
t^^ i*-^ _ 4.^ ^ . , sil'^e they have met their ideal,
for Its contentions the native son of that state could not be War is declared and there is a pall of sadness over the womea blamed it he put the home town and commonwealth first in his of the South, for they know that they are taking their last look affections When a man like Robert E. Lee, educated at West at many of the laughing faces of friends and loved ones. Bob, • fl !, defend the South, his choice wes according to his convictions, goes to the North and joins the
influenced as much by his love of his home land as by his Federal forces. iMean while the war is on with aU its horrors, honest honorable conviction that the cause of the South was Bob is chased by Confederates and takes refuge in Betty's room, a 3ust one. J-here were other Southerners, however, who be She realizes that if he is captured he wUl be shot as a spy. Aeiieved that the North, in its assertion that the state should be cordingly she hides him in her closet. The searchers leave subordinate to the National Government, was right. Many of Betty makes Bob promise that he will never again take the part these non-slave-holding Southerners also condemned the practise of a spy, and, overcome by mutual love, they plight their troth