Moving Picture Weekly (1915-1920)

36 THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY Stories of the One Reel Photoplays The Honor of Kenneth McGrath Powers Drama. Released July 24. Story by Calder Johnstone. Scenario by H. O. Stafford. Produced by Sydney Ayres. CAST. Howard McOrath Clarence Burton Kenneth McOrath Sydney Ayres Rita Van Ness Dons Pawn Her Mother Mrs. Du Vaul Baron Reinold Von Zeller Val Paul Howard McGrath is a Wall Street broker, a "plunger" with few scruples. His nephew, Kenneth McGrath, the son of a deceased brother, is his chief clerk. Doris Van Ness is an heiress whose fortune is left in the hands of Howard McGrath, her guardian. Mrs. Wheeler Van Ness, her mother, does not share this fortune. Mrs. Van Ness is anxiious that Doris shall marry Baron Von Zeller, an impoverished German nobleman with a couple of debt-ridden castles, but Doris does not agree with her mother. Howard MfcGrath attempts a corner on the stock market and is tightly squeezed. He realizes that a marriage between his nephew and the heiress will solve th« trouble. Kenneth, though he secretly cares for Doris, is, at the same time, incensed at the idea of marrying any woman for money. He takes the latter course and his refusal to enter into the plan arouses the anger of his un«le, who decides upon other measures. Accordingly he sends one of his clerks with a letter to Mrs. Van Ness urging her to permit him to invest a sum of Doris' inheritance on his speculations, promising a big return. He signs Kenneth's name to the letter. Mrs. Van i\es3 persuades her daughter to sign a check for the amount asked. Kenneth and Doris have, in the meantime, become interested in each other, Kenneth refraining, however, from showing his regard for the girl because of his uncle's proposition. The speculation fails and Doris loses a large portion of her fortune. Mrs. Van Ness accuses Kenneth of treachery and he, for the first time, learns of the investment. He is shown the letter with his forged signature and denies any knowledge of it. His uncle in turn accuses him of lying. Kenneth leaves the employ of McGrath and secures a position as reporter on a daily paper. Doris secretly believes in him. She is pressed to marry Baron Von Zeller, whose estates are heavily mortgaged, the elder McGrath promising to rehabilitate the fortunes of Doris on the consummation of the match. He urges Zeller to press his suit, promising him in turn that his fortunes will be rehabilitated by such a union, keeping the financial straits of Doris from him. McGrath's plan is to use the names of both of the contracting parties in the organizing of a new stock jobbing scheme, securing Investments on the alleged backing of the supposedly wealthy pair. Kenneth is sent to iiitorview his uncle and is refused admittance to the office. He calls on Mrs. Van Ness and is told that Doris will not see him. Angered at both his uncle and the girl, he threatens his uncle that he will v.-rite a complete exposure of the scheme. He gives him the alternative of dropping the scheme or being exposed as a fraud. The uncle gives in. Zeller learns from Howard McGrath that Doris is no longer an heiress and takes ship for his country. McGrath is forced to tell Doris the truth about the note urging her investment in the stock deal. Kenneth is thus reinstated in the good graces of the young woman and their marriage follows. His uncle is forced to quit his crooked, dealings. A Happy Pair Rer Comedy. Released July 20. Adapted and produced by Ben Wilson. CAST. The Happy Husband Ben Wilson The Happy Wife Dorothy Phillips A young married man develops the fault-finding habit until every one connected with his home and office finds life unbearable. His wife tries in every way to please him by waiting on and anticipating his every wish. To their friends they are "A Happy Pair." One day a friend visits them and discovers the true state of affairs. She writes a letter to the wife telling her she is foolish to stand such nonsense, advising her to tame the brute. The wife takes a walk to think the matter over and sees another woman taming her husband by throwing frying pans at his head. This gives her an idea and she hurries home to put it into practice. When hubby returns from the office that evening she greets him in her usual loving manner, and he, as usual, is the same gruff brute. When he calls for his slippers she tells him to get them himself, and as he tries to discover the meaning of her changed attitude, she lets fly cook'iug utensils at his head. He discovers the note which has caused her change and decides to use a little strategy. He pleads with her, but fails completely. Then he tries tears, and finally wifey relents and embraces her loving husband. He then produces the note, whereupon the wife upbraids him in earnest, tells him what a selfish brute he is, and ends by having hysterics. Finally the husband sees the error of his ways, and the picture fades out on a really happy pair. Jeanne o' the Woods Victor Drama. Released July 2?,. Written by William Addison Lathrope. Produced by Duciua Henderson. CAST. Jeanne Mary Fuller Her Father Charles Ogle Hugh Tr avers Pedro de Cordoba Jacques Fournir. a Canadian guide, receives word from Hugh Travers that he is coming to spend several months in the woods, as he had done five years before when Jeanne, Jacques' daughter, wa» twelve years of age. It is decided that Jacques is to act as guide to members of the Canadian police, who are on the trail of diamond smugglers. Meanwhile, Jeanne, who is now a wide-awake young woman, runs off with her dog to meet Hugh at the railroad station. The dog runs ahead and while in the woods is captured by the smugglers, who hide the stolen diamonds in thedog's collar. After meeting Hugh, Jeanne and Hugh enter a canoe which glides gracefully along down the lake as a panorama of picturesque views is reproduced on the screen. On leaving the canoe, they take a stroll through the woods, and run across the smugglers, who overpower Hugh. Jeanne, however, succ-eeds in making her escape. During the night, Jeanne stealthily crawls into the camp where Hugh is sleeping. She cuts the ropes with which Hugh has been firmly bound and Jeanne's dog gets loose from the tree, and follows them out of the camp without rousing the smugglers. While resting on some rocks in the woods. Jeanne secures the diamonds from the dog's collar and puts them in her pocket. In attempting to descend from the rocks, Hugh falls, spraining his ankle, and sustaining other painful injuries. The young couple are obliged to seek refuge in a log cabin, from which Jeanne dispatches her dog with a note • calling for help. The dog meets Jac-ques and the mounted policemen who read the message. Meanwhile, the smugglers, on missing their captive and the dog, rush to the cabin and surround it. A desperate fight ensues, in which Hugh and Jeanne return their gun fire until the smugglers break in and overpower them. The mounted policemen arrive in the nick of time. Some of the smugglers are shot dead and the others are captured, the diamonds are recovered, and the young couple are given "a reward which permits them to have a marriage "with frills" soon after.