Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

July 31, 1915. MOTOGRAPHY 225 Brief Stories of the Week's Film Rel eieases General Program Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 57 — Hearst-Selig — July 19. — El Centro, Calif., reconstructs walls knocked down by shock along Mexican border; Lindy Lee, world's foremost chimpanzee, makes his initial bow to motion picture audiences, New York; train wrecked by steam shovel of train on another line at Ranier, Wash.; motorcyclists set new record in races over dirt courses at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; gas well at McKeesport spouts $7,000 worth of gas daily and defies efforts of men to put cap over bore; civil service takes over beach guards in Chicago; first bale of cotton of 1915 crop at Houston, Texas; boy scouts take charge of street car lines of Rome; Ida Elionsky, 16 years old, with hands and feet tied, swims dangerous current of Hell Gate; William J. Bryan speaks at Novel Independence Day celebration, San Francisco, Calif.; locomotives crash into each other at Emeryville, Calif. Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 58. — Hearst-Selig — July 22.— Federal inspectors hold test of life-saving efficiency of big lake steamers at Chicago; big silver fox ranch to grow furs is started at Holbrook. Mass.; Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox pitches a game after Fort Sheridan soldiers raise city pennant at Chicago; scenes along the battle line near Petka, Serbia; scenes along the battle line in France; New York National Guards build bridge and demolition squad destroy it with trotol gelatine; great crowds follow Thaw after he is declared sane in New York; liner Orduna narrowly escapes • fate of the Lusitania and arrives in New York; heavy rains swell the Merrimac river at Lowell, Mass. The Sky Hunters— (Three Reels) — Essanay — July 24. — After the death of her father, "Little Chief" assumes the leadership of the "sky hunters," a notorious band of robbers who live in the mountains. The sheriff of the county has notified the secret service bureau at Washington and Steve Jackson is sent to investigate. "Little Chief" meets and falls in love with the secret service man. When the "sky hunters" capture Jackson and are ready to hang him "Little Chief" intercepts and she and Steve Jackson return to Washington. For further review see page 210, this issue. F. M. E. A Letter to Daddy — Biograph — July 26. — Zoe Bech and Jack Mulhall featured, with an all star cast. Old Townsend, the broker's little daughter, spies a long envelope which her father had put money in and takes it to her room. He had put a return address on the back of the envelope and the little girl superscribes on it "To my daddy," and mails it in the nearest mail box. Townsend's son comes home and his father has him arrested. The boy has just been married with the aid of the girl's savings, and just after his arrest the postman comes and on the top of the sheaf of letters is the missing envelope. The money is safe and daddy asks his son's forgiveness. The Call of Yesterday — Essanay — July 26. — Featuring Bryant Washburn and Ruth Stonehouse. Sherforth, a college man, who is down and out, is mistaken by Dolly Hoodshaw for Mr. Forrester and considers his strange trampish garb a whim of his. Desperate for some change in luck he assumes the part she thinks he is taking and returns to the Hoodshaw home and there sees a picture of Dolly's brother, who had been a classmate of his. Later a fire breaks out in the house and Sherforth makes a thrilling rescue of the girl, imprisoned in the room with barred windows to prevent sleep walking. He tears aside the bars and drops the girl to safety, and then saves himself. Don Caesar De Bazen — (Four Reels) — Kalem — July 26. — W. Lawson Butt featured. Don Jose, Prime Minister, encourages the king in his infatuation for Maritana, a dancer, believing that when the queen learns of his love affair she will listen to his suit. Don Caesar de Bazen, a swashbuckling adventurer, is under the sentence of death for having violated the edict of duelling, and Don Jose forces him to consent to marry Maritana. He goes to the girl and informs her that the adventurer is anxious to make her his wife and she consents. After the marriage Maritana is whisked away, while Don Caesar is led away to be shot, but Lazarilla, whom he had befriended, extracts the bullets from the arquebusses and by feigning death he escapes. He pursues the carriage which is taking Maritana to the Royal Hunting Lodge, where she is told she will meet her husband. Don Caesar and Maritana learn of Don Jose's treachery and start out to enlist of the queen. They arrive at the palace to save the queen from Don Jose's embraces and in a duel which follows the prime minister is killed. They then inform the king of Don Jose's duplicity and in reparation he appoints Don Caesar governor of Granada. The Earl's Adventure — Lubin — July 26. — The young earl of Carnavon meets his ideal, who tells him that the price of her friendship is the Vantine necklace. That night the earl meets John Vantine and resolves to become a thief for the unknown girl of his dreams. He breaks into the Vantine mansion and is discovered by the master, but the earl makes a clean breast of it and tells him how it all came about. Returning from the opera the Vantine limousine stops at the door and a young woman alights. It's the Miss Sylvia Vantine, the bewitching heroine of the railway adventure. She is wearing the necklace, but upon dropping it to the floor, the earl recovers it and after that it's easy. The Unfinished Portrait — (Two Reels) — Selig — July 26. — Mrs. Evans, to please her husband, sits for a portrait, to be painted by Guy D'Arcy. Evans returns home and cannot find his wife. He mounts the stairs and finds her in the company of a strange man. Evans goes to Europe and his wife endeavors to earn her own living. A country girl comes to the city and takes her life and her dead body is mistaken for that of Mrs. Evans. When Evans returns he is told that his wife is dead. Later he asks the artist to find a prototype and the artist succeeds in finding Rose herself and as she is posing for him her husband comes in, but she dies before he reaches her side. Privations had caused her life to suddenly end. Mr. Jarr's Big Vacation — Vitagraph— July 26. — With his vacation money in his pocket, Jarr is knocked down by a bottle of whiskey which is thrown out of a window, and loses his wallet and all of his money. When he arrives home smelling strongly of spirits, Mrs. Jarr thinks he has been drinking and Willie finds the pocketbook, and Mrs. Jarr takes the money and goes to Uncle Henry's, leaving Jarr home all alone. Some time later he manages to scrape up enough money to get into the country, and after some mishaps arrives safely. Reapers of the Whirlwind — (Two Reels) — Biograph — July 27. — With an all star cast. John Howard forsakes his wife when he meets Cora Legrande, a famous dancer. The son, Charles, was coming home from Paris and before he arrives Howard writes to his wife telling her he is going away with Cora. Later Howard is injured in a duel with Voisin, Cora's manager, and when the scandal becomes known, Charlie renounces his father's memory and Cora, hearing of his wonderful work as an artist, goes to sit for him and falls in love with the artist. Mrs. Howard sees the portrait of Cora and recognizing it, asks the dancer never to see Charles again, ibut Charles has found in his mother's desk his father's note and a miniature of Cora. He rushes to her rooms and fires a bullet through Cora's breast. Boys Will Be Boys — (Three Reels) — Essanay — July 27. — Joseph Byron Totten, and June Keith featured. Because he is determined to write for a living Gerard Franklin disowns his nephew, Benjamin, who goes to the girl he is in love with, Violet Thompson, and assures her he will make good. Soon Benjamin's bills are past due and Artie Fishal appeals to his uncle, who agrees to pay Fishal $1,000 if he can rid his nephew of the writing bug. Graham tells Benjamin he is in love with Violet. Both Benjamin and Graham are invited to Violet's birthday party and it is here that Benjamin tells his uncle he has sold a play. Everything ends well — uncle is happy and Violet accepts Benjamin. The Toilers — Kalem— July 27.— A piece of statuary showing a couple of gladiators attracts Mrs. Morton's attention and she purchases the marble and requests that it be delivered at her home. Ham and Bud look at the statue and then look at Mrs. Morton and are then buried in deep thought. Ham and Bud are carted to the Morton home, they having taken the place of the gladiators, and are placed in the reception room. The butler places some cakes on the table and they demolish the eats. The frequency with which the figures change