Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

328 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIV, No. 7. Hie Business Obligation At the lowest estimate for weekly program rentals the subscribers to MOTOGRAPHY spend every week the astounding sum of $417,860.00 If they use one feature each week in addition to their service, at a fair price for features, this sum is increased weekly to $893,260.00 If these theaters spend a few dollars each week for supplies, posters, oil, rewinds, heralds, etc., the sum total of the average weekly expenditures of MOTOGRAPHY'S subscribers is OVER $1,000,000.00 exclusive of salaries, rent, light, etc. To talk to this Million Dollar Crowd every roee£ Plant Your Advertisement Motography would take a note to the jeweler, bidding him to bring my necklace and other valuables to the house tonight. I desire to put them in the safe." She gives the note to the maid and accompanies her to the door where she instructs the maid to deliver it to the captain of the police. Mrs. Baker returns to the li wicked impulse melts as he stands with the hang rope in hand. He then frees Tom and the lovers are united. The Exile of "Bar-K" Ranch— (Two Reels) — American — August 9. — Vivian Rich and Roy Stewart featured in this melodrama of the West, showing Burt Towne in love with Milly Donald. Burt saves the life of Dave Burton, when the latter is attacked by a drunken Mexican. The latter promises to do anything for his rescuer. Later, when Burt is killed by the Mexican, he leaves a note asking Dave to marry the girl whom he is unable to wed, and Dave, after many trials, keeps the promise made. A longer review of this picture will be found on another page of this issue. N. G. C. The Little Orphans — Reliance — August 9. — Starring the child actors, Violet Wilkey, and Harold Goodwin. When brary, plays the piano and sings a little, and in due time the officers arrive and drag Brennan from his hiding place. Mrs. Baker gets the reward of five-hundred dollars. Father Love — Komic — August S. — Archibald's wife, Frances, has acquired the club habit. She neglects to take him to the theater, and he must pass the evenings tending the infant. Fay, the chauffeur, falls in love with the slighted husband and begs him to elope with her, but his duty to the baby constrains him to decline. Determined to have him at any cost she kidnaps him in the auto. Archibald's wife gets wind of the doings and rushes to the rescue. Fay's machine breaks down. Archibald escapes and flings himself into the sea. but his wife swims out and saves him. Realizing he has been faithful to her, even to the BT-^8 ipiii mSr **' *< "^ wm 1 | r" *J ' mm m til their mother dies, Donald and Doris fall into the hands of Levy, a pawnbroker, who is a "fence" for a gang of crooks. Levy forces Donald to sell papers for a living and makes Doris his slavey. The gang hire the boy from the pawnbroker, and he is compelled to enter the home of Renwick Morris, while the crooks wait outside for him to open the door. Morris discovers the young intruder, recognizes Donald, his newsboy, and wins from him his story. The thieves are captured. Meanwhile Doris has gone to the police, desperately determined to win help against Levy. Donald and Doris meet at the station. Levy has been arrested. Renwick Morris and his wife adopt the homeless brother and sister. Jimmy on the Job — Beauty — August 10. — Webster Campbell and Neva Gerber are featured in this one-reel comedy point of risking his life she gives reassurance of more affection in the future. Big Jim's Heart— (Two Reels) — Majestic— August 8. — Featuring Teddy Sampson and Charles Clary. Sheriff Jim Taylor loves Elsie, daughter of Ranchman George White. Elsie, however, has given her promise to Tom Smith, driver of the pony express. Tom has a quarrel with Wild Cat, an Indian half-breed, and when the latter is found dead shortly after, Tom is arrested on suspicion of murder. Elsie alone believes him innocent. On the day set for the hanging, Mojave Ed. a worthless character, falls ill of the fever in the mountains, sends for the sheriff, and confesses that it was he who killed Wild Cat. The sheriff is tempted to withhold this confession, and get Tom out of the way, but the that shows how Jimmy, an auto salesman, after losing his position through his failure to sell cars, is able to regain it and wind up in a blaze of glory by selling a car to Mabel, his sweetheart, and Jasper Swayne, a farmer, whom he rescues from holdup men. The story is a sparkling comedy and is sure to get laughs.