Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

226 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIV, No. 5. their poses puzzle the guests and finally the deception is discovered and Ham and Bud make their getaway only to fall into the hands of a policeman, who yanks them off to jail. Susie's Suitors — Lubin — July 27. — Sue is happy in Jed's love until she falls heir to a lot of money. She is soon set upon by a choice assortment of. fortune hunters, who later turn out to be jailbirds, and Jed, after some trouble, finally gets the girl. On the same reel with : An African Hunt — Lubin — July 27. — A Yankee explorer clambers into his balloon and soars into the air and starts for Africa. His adventures are very extraordinary. The animals, the pyramids and the sphinx itself combine to make his hunt a series of amazing adventures. The Child, the Dog and the Villain— Selig — July 27. — John Temple closes down his mine on the same day that Burns, a tramp, is kicked out of a saloon by Alvarez, foreman of the mine. The tramp falls in front of Temple's home and is cared for by Mrs. Temple, while Alvarez and his gang overpower Temple and leave to blow up the mine. Temple's little girl is wandering away ■ in search of her dog. She encounters Alvarez and he decides to kidnap her, but the dog saves her life. The Red Stephano— (Two Reels) — Vitageaph — July 27. — With an all star cast. Red Stephano determines to intimidate Jack Schneider, and carries out his threat and steals some of the choicest horses on the ranch, killing one of the herders. After an exciting hunt he is captured and tied hand and foot to a horse and turned loose in the wilderness. Schneider's wife and her two children are captured by renegade Indians. She drives them off and comes across "The Red Stephano," revives him and he expresses his gratitude toward her. He later learns that Katrina's husband is his sworn enemy and is planning" to reap vengeance on his children when the Indians return the attack. Schneider arrives just in time to save the little party from annihiliation, and Red Stephano, who is dead, was the means of saving his wife and children. Poor Baby — Edison — July 28. — Raymond McKee is seen as the tramp who mistakes Mrs. Jones' baby, which is well wrapped up in blankets, for the bundle of clothes he was to receive for chopping wood. After an eventful trip, Pete and the baby arrive in the next town, where baby is passed on from one to another. Pete learns that Mrs. Jones has offered a substantial reward for the return of her baby and he breaks in upon an indignation meeting, caused by the infant's presence in the home of an old maid, secures the now precious baby, and makes his way to the home of Mrs. Jones, where he receives the reward. "Dreamy Dud," He Goes Bear Hunting— Essanay — July 28. — Cartoon by Wallace Carlson. Dreamy Dud tells Wag what a great shot he is. He aims at a crow, but cannot kill it and finally decides to kill a bear. They discover a teddy bear and is about to kill it when the mother bear comes out and chases him up a tree and stands down below shaking the tree. The gun drops and the bear picks it up, pulls the trigger and kills itself. At this time the father hurries out, becomes wrathful and shakes Dud to the ground. He grabs hold of him and is shaking Dud when he wakes up and finds his mother bending over him and telling him it is time to get up. The Disappearing Necklace — ("Mysteries of the Grand Hotel" series) — (Two Reels) — Kalem — July 28. — Featuring Marin Sais. Fulton and his wife arrive at the Grand Hotel, and Duncan, a society crook, ingratiating himself into Fulton's favor, learns that the latter's wife possesses some valuable jewelry. Mrs. Fulton is alone and he holds her up and steals her gems, but the return of her husband saves all the gems save a diamond necklace, which has mysteriously disappeared. The house detectives. Frances and Hilton, are assigned the case and Hilton trails him to a den, where he is captured. Duncan mockingly informs him that he has slipped the necklace into the vacuum cleaner and that he intends to return and recover the gem. After a sensational fight Hilton manages to phone Frances of the necklace hiding place and Duncan is captured as he recovers the jewel. The Dead Soul— (Three Reels) — Lubin — July 28. — A minister is shanghaied onto a ship whose captain is domineering and brutal. He is a victim of many onslaughts by the captain and later when he helps a slave girl to escape from the ship, he is beaten senseless. The ship is stricken with the bubonic plague and as there is only one dose of serum to prevent the plague left, the minister injects it into the arm of the captain, who later regains consciousness, sees the dead body of the minister and prays for the first time. For further review see page 207, this issue. Jimmy — Selig — July 28. — Jimmy Hennessy is a lad of the slums who is a messenger boy and responds to the summons of Rose Hargreaves when she wishes to return her ring to Jack Peabody, with whom she has had a quarrel. In his boyish, frank manner, the boy proceeds to reunite the alieniated couple. The Missing Clue — Vitacraph — July 28. — Harry Fisher and Templer Saxe featured in this story. Gyvus A. Rest, a plumber, suddenly becomes a milloinaire, and no longer considers Bud, the dogcatcher, a match for Pauline, his daughter. His wife loses her pet dog, and Rest offers five thousand dollars for its return and promises Bud if he can restore the dog he can marry Pauline. He gets the dog and also Pauline. The Wanderer's Pledge — Biograph — July 29. — Featuring Isabel Rea and Frank Newburg. A crippled man is found by a trapper and his daughter and is persuaded to stay and work with the trapper. A half-breed encounters the girl in the forest and is driven away by her father and the wanderer. The next day the trapper sets out for a trading post and is reassured by the wanderer of his daughter's safety. He declares his love for her and realizing that he has been false to his trust goes into the woods, bent on killing the half-breed. A fight to death ensues after his meeting with the half-breed, who is hurled over a cliff. The father of the girl returns and misunderstanding the words of the wanderer which are, "I have been false to my promise," believes he has harmed the girl, but the daughter comes on the scene, explanations ensue and he finds himself in a position to claim a real and dear relationship to the girl he loves. Snakeville's Twins — Essanay — July 29. — Victor Potel and Margaret Joslin featured. Slippery Slim, Mustang Pete and the hen-pecked husband all buy a bottle of hair restorer from Sophie Clutts. The hen-pecked husband fills Pete's and Slim's bottles with turpentine. He returns home and his twins drink the hair restorer. He goes to the drug store but is chased by Pete and Slim up a telephone pole, but the twins throw eggs at the two and scare them off. The Gold in the Crock — (Two Reels) —Lubin — July 29. — Chester Grey and his wife, Jessie, living in the northwest, have become misers. Jessie has lost her beauty and Chester becomes a driver of men. Jessie's younger sister comes to live with them and Harry Vane, Grey's assistant, promptly falls in love with her. Chester also falls in love with the girl, and one day takes her in his arms just as Jessie and Harry come in . Both the wife and the young man misjudge the girl and the husband, and Jessie takes the savings from the old crock and starts for the station. After much trouble, the husband and wife realize that their miserly instincts have been the cause of their lost happiness and the money becomes a wedding present to Harry and Grace. He's In Again — Mina — July 29. — Jerry is awakened by an explosion of fire crackers placed under a park bench. Two officers attracted to the scene by the noise take him in hand, but he manages to escape and later comes into the kitchen where the officers have come to see Betty, the housemaid, and finds one of the officers in the refrigerator, now frozen, and the other one in the pantry afire. Jerry fearful of being discovered rushes into Betty's room and Betty faints, whereupon Jerry carries her into the room which is that of her master and here her presence causes trouble. Later Jerry is taken to jail. The Isel of Content — (Three Reels) — Selig — July 29. — Jane and her father, Capt. Spragot. whose wife ran away from him, live alone on the "Isle of Content." One day Jane finds the body of Ralph Ashton, a wealthy young man, who lost his fortune. She nurses him back to life and they fall in love. Ashton finds some diamonds, returns to civilization and disposes of them. Jane cannot make herself happy, so by foul means she gets her husband back to the "Isle of Content" and once more they are happy. For further review see page 207, this issue. F. M. E. Cutey, Fortune Hunting — Yitagraph — July 29. — Nitra Frazer and Wallie Van featured. Cutey, who has heard of the wealth of the widow Audly, but has never seen her, decides he needs her money and corresponds with her, and he rather takes a liking to her photograph. He spends a week in the country and during this time the widow calls on them, but does not disclose her identity to Cutey. He begins to boast of the wealthy widow he is going to marry and Mrs. Audly determines to teach him a lesson. She disguises herself as an ugly old woman. The groom does not see the bride until just before the ceremony and then he nearly has a fit. He leaps for the door, but is caught and brought back to find that the widow has been transformed to a beautiful