Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

272 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIV, No. 6. The Taking of Mustang Pete — Selig — August 3. — A reward of $100.00 has been offered for Mustang Pete, and to play a joke on his sister, who has recently arrived from the east, the sheriff has Bill Daily disguise himself as Mustang Pete and call on Ruth. Later the real Mustang Pete overcomes Bill and goes to the sheriff's and when Bill recovers consciousness and tells the sheriff the boys start after the real Mustang Pete. Jane Eyre — (Three Reels) — Biograph August 4. — Louise Vale and Franklin Ritchie featured with an all star cast. Rochester, a young Englishman, after finding that both the mother and the brother of his wife are demented brings her to England and puts her under the care of a nurse who indulges in drink. He engages Jane E>'re as a governess for his niece, who falls in love with her. He keeps his wife's existence a secrecy and later the house is set on fire by her and she plunges from the roof and is killed. Jane learning of the tragedy brings Rochester the consolation he needs. Not Much Force — Edison — August 4. — Officer O'Tool, the entire police force, is threatened with discharge by the town council unless he arrests the thief who has committed so many robberies. O'Tool arranges with his daughter's sweetheart to make a fake arrest. The officer takes too much to drink and forgets about the arrest. His wife arrests the real burglar and the position of town policeman is given to her. The final scene shows O'Tool scrubbing the jail floor by his wife's orders. "Dreamy Dud," He Visits His Uncle's Farm — Essanay — August 4. — Cartoon by Wallace A. Carlson. Dreamy Dud and Wag are given the freedom of their uncle's farm and go out to investigate the barnyard, where Wag succeeds in getting into a fight with a rooster. While Wag is fighting with the rooster Dud is picked up by the seat of the trousers by a horse and thrown high into the air. He alights near a cow and is hooked high into the air again. He alights on a calf and tries to ride the little animal about the pasture. The bull sees this and he and the cow toss Dud back and forth until finally he is thrown into the belfry of the church steeple, where his body rings the bell. This wakes him up and he gets up to stop the alarm clock. This reel which is approximately 1,000 feet, includes 500 feet of scenic. Mysteries of the Grand Hotel — (Installment No. 3 "The Secret Code") — (Two Reels) — Kalem — August 4. — Francis Ballou and Jack Hilton, house detectives are unable to solve the mystery of who assailed Mrs. Holden, why she was drugged, and who the man found gagged in her apartment was. They later discover a button from which a wire runs to the floor above. They press the button and three knocks are a reply. Later Manning enters the room and is made captive by them. They discover that Pasca, a foreign agent, is trying to steal the United States Government secret code and under the impression that Mrs. Holden had it, drugged and overpowered her and also Clinton who was with her at the time. Pasca is placed under arrest. Country Blood — (Two Reels) — Lubin — August 4. — Featuring Arthur Johnson and Lottie Briscoe. Ben, the village hack driver, buys Sadie Tully all the custard pies she wants, and later starts to build a home for them. Later Sadie's head is turned by romantic Rudolf, an art student from the city, and she goes to the city where she is hired as a model. Ben becomes driver for the hotel bus and one day when a real swell lady comes out, Ben takes her to the hotel and finds it's Sadie Tully and they settle down forever. The Prima Donna's Mother — Selig — August 4. — Myra Barnes because of her degraded mother runs away, and is later known as the "Queen of Song." Myra's mother becomes more pitiable in the old home and the girl's concert tour takes her to the home, but no one realizes that she is Myra Barnes. The mother is finally overcome by her daughter's song and rises and calls to her. The Repentance of Dr. Blinn — Vitagraph — August 4. — George Holt and Myrtle Gonzalez featured with an all star cast. Dr. Blinn's first law is to save life. The disregard of this law results in a mother's death, but the child lives to claim a full and terrible retribution. The Fixer — Biograph — A ogdst S. — With an all star cast. The lonely girl had no beaux, but was always fixing up quarrels for others. One day a footpad snatches her purse and a brave cavalier rescues her and escorts her home. She thinks at last she has a beau, but upon her arrival finds Edith, a friend waiting for her, and she rushes into the man's arms. The fixer did not get a sweetheart after all — but later who knows? Street Fakers — Essanay — August 5. — Two street fakers and their wives set up rival stands and finally get into a desperate battle. They escape to a hotel and there prepare to flee from the village when they are met on the hotel steps by a policeman. An innocent man is later dragged off and the fakers make their escape. The Witness — (Three Reels) — Lubin — August S. — Fred Carlisle is arrested for a crime committed by James Thorne. Carlisle goes to call on Thorne and is shot. Thome's son, Carl, age seven, has seen the crime, and when he tells his grandmother, to keep him quiet, she takes him to Europe. Years later Elise Carlisle, daughter of the late Fred Carlisle, secures a position in Thome's office, who tries to have her abducted to secure his safety, but the girl is saved by Carl, who bestows his everlasting love and protection on Elise. For further review see page 265, this issue. Waking Up Father — Mina — August 5. — Jerry seeing a policeman eating pours tobasco sauce in his coffee and after the officer has caused an uproar Jerry enjoys the remainder of his meal. He applies for a job in a grocery store and is engaged, but he sees the proprietor's pretty daughter and work no longer holds any attraction for him. While Jerry is entertaining the girl at the piano, robbers enter the place and carry out every movable fixture in the place. Angered at this the proprietor has Jerry arrested, but he finds an avenue of escape; The Scarlet Lady — (Three Reels) — Selig — August 5. — Anna Luther and Jean Pallette featured. Doris Gray is engaged to Jim Courtney, and Howard Shaw, a rival for Doris' love, vows revenge. Doris sympathizes with Ethel Hayes, a girl who needs protection, and decides to introduce her as a friend from abroad. Jim Courtney is overcome by Ethel's charms and tells her that he loves her. Ethel realizing she is not being a friend to Doris meets Howard Shaw, who tells her she can use his yacht to return to the city. Shaw has it fixed so that Ethel is put aboard Jim Courtney's yacht and later Jim is taken down with the smallpox. Doris and Howard Shaw come aboard the yacht and Doris backs away from the sick room, while Ethel attends the invalid. After his recovery he sends for a minister so that he may marry Ethel. A Disciple of Plato — Vitagraph — August 5. — Ricca Allen, Templer Saxe and Jay Dwiggins featured. A starving poet flirts with the chef's wife and is heartily sorry for it. After some funny adventures a tragedy is avoided by the poet confessing he was in love with the chef's cooking and not his wife. Her Mother's Oath — Biograph Re-issue — August 6. — Featuring Henry Walthall and Dorothy Gish. "May God strike my mother blind if I ever speak to that man again." This prayer was repeated after an infuriated mother had told her daughter not to see the handsome actor traveling with the medicine show again. Love finally triumphs and she runs away with her sweetheart and her mother drops a kerosene lamp and is blinded by the explosion. Some time after this the runaways reach her side and she sees with inward eyes life in its true colors. Love has triumphed. For High Stakes— (Two Reels) — Kalem — August 6. — Lord Morey follows Marguerite to America. On board the boat is "American" Joe, a crook, who seeing his resemblance to Lord Morey stows himself away and when Lord Morey is taken as "American" Joe, the crook obtains accommodations and succeeds in stealing some of the lord's clothes. Upon the boat's docking in America, Lord Morey is taken away by some of Joe's band and Joe palms himself off on Marguerite as his double title and takes her to the home of the crooks. Later after Lord Morey has overcome the crooks and is watching over Marguerite. Flint, the girl's father, consents to his marriage to the girl. A Day of Havoc — Lubin — August 6. — Ethel Clayton featured as Estelle Adair, who marries Brant Hudson, though she does not love him. She later discovers that Robert Dabney loves her and he is filled with fury at the news of her marriage. He gains entrance to the Hudson home and later Hudson comes upon the two. Hudson is killed and it is some time afterward discovered that Antonio, the chauffeur, had been madly in love