Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

October 9, 1915. MOTOGRAPHY 769 New York from France to make her home with her uncle, a wealthy automobile manufacturer.. His son, Etienne, is in love with Gabrielle D'Ornay. They go on a trip and Lili wanders away from the station and is left behind. She encounters Jim Pemberton, who has just been discharged from a garage, and who understands French, and he and the girl start for Buffalo on foot. Jim enters an automobile race in one of the towns they go through and he wins the race and obtains money enough to take him and Lili to Buffalo. They arrive and join the Breyals, and later Henri Breval consents to their marriage. For a longer review see page 697 of the October 2nd issue. Triangle Program Released Week of September 27. The Iron Strain — (Five Reels) — TriangleKay Bee. — Featuring Dustin Farnum, Enis Markey and a strong cast. Octavia Van Ness, a San Francisco social butterfly, is taken into Alaska for her health, where she meets "Chick" Hemmingway. She repulses his advances and he steals the girl, enters into a forced marriage with her, and installs her in his cabin. Six months elapse and the girl, now strong and well, is still antagonistic to "Chuck." Kitty Malloy, the queen of the Arctic cabaret, arrives in the village, and Octavia's jealousy is excited and for the first time she loves her husband. They return to California and are reunited with the girl's parents. My Valet— (Two Reels)— Triangle Keystone. — Featuring Raymond Hitchcock, Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand and Fred Mace. The bachelor goes to the coast on a pleasure trip, taking with him his valet, and after arriving in California they are driving along the highway when a girl rides past on a runaway horse. The bachelor saves her and a foreign admirer with whom she had started out for the gallop returns home and tells her parents what had happened. Just then the girl comes in and shows her parents the man's card. The girl's parents recognize in him the son of an old friend who when young had become betrothed to the girl. They send a note to the bachelor reminding him of this and inviting him to be a guest at their home. The bachelor has his valet change places with him, and when once arrived at the house and he discovers that the girl is the one he rescued in the morning he desires to change back, but his valet threatens exposure. Later when the bachelor saves the girl from drowning and the foreign count and the valet are taken to jail the young bachelor and his fiancee — from youth — pledge the troth of grown-ups. The Lamb— (Five Reels) — Fine Arts. — Featuring Douglas Fairbanks and Seena Owen. Mary discovers a yellow streak in her Lamb, Gerald. Later he goes out to Arizona, where the girl and her friends are enjoying a visit at a ranch. He is left behind out on the desert, and after spying an aviator who is flitting over the country, they are captured by Yaqui Indians and held prisoners. Gerald's sweetheart and an automobile party are captured by the Indians and Gerald and Mary are left alone together, and it is then the real qualities of the Lamb assert themselves. Just when they are at the point of death the American troopers come riding over the sagebrush and cactus and the lovers fall into each other's arms.. Released Week of October 3. The Coward — (Five Reels) — Ince Production. — Featuring Frank Keenan and a strong cast. Colonel Winslow hopes for a great future for his only son, Frank. When a recruiting station is opened in the Virginia village at the outbreak of the Civil War, Frank, admiLting he is a coward, refuses to enlist, but under threat of death the son joins a local company. That night, however, he is terriffied, and after fleeing is given refuge by his negro mammy in her kitchen. His mother, who has been called in by the negro mammy, is comforting him when the colonel comes in and discovers Frank. The colonel then goes to the army and becomes Private Winslow in the company in which his cowardlv son had deserted. Frank hides in the attic and a crowd of Union officers take possession of the house. He throws off his fear, obtains the plans of the Union forces and, after delivering them to the Confederate army, father and son are reunited after the battle and all's well. The Martyrs of the Alamo — (Five Reels) — Griffith Production. — A strong cast featured. Santa Anna, dictator of Mexico, comes to San Antonio, Texas. Later the wife of Captain Dickinson is insulted by one of the dictator's officers and her husband is thrown into jail. Then are introduced Bowie, Crockett and Silent Smith, who later, with an armv, capture the mission and fort.' Afterward, in trying to hold the Alamo, all the defenders, with the exception of Silent Smith, Mrs. Dickinson and her baby, and the old soldier's daughter, are killed. Houston, hearing of the fate of the defenders of the Alamo, gives battle to Santa Anna's army, which is routed by the few hundred Texans and Santa Anna is captured. Associated Service Released the Week of October 4. An Innocent Kidnaper — Banner. — Jones wins an automobile on a lottery ticket while he is away on a hunting trip, and his wife writes Jones that she has a great surprise for him and he takes it for granted that it must be a Jones, Jr. In the meantime Mrs. Jones has gone to attend her sick mother and leaves Bridget in charge of the house. She invites her friends, the O'Reillys, to come, and they arrive with their newly-born babe, which they put on Mrs. Jones' bed. Jones arrives, finds the note his wife left, takes the baby and goes to show it to his club friends. Mrs. Jones returns home and runs into Jones with the baby in his arms, and he gets into an awful scrape, but everything is straightened up when the O'Reillys come and claim their child. Getting the Goods on Father — Empire. — Mother favors the match between Billy and Rena, but father thinks Billy is too young, so the two young people call in the assistance of two young friends. Dad meets Rena's girl friend and is later confronted by Billy's pal, who poses as the irate husband. At this time Rena telephones her mother that dad is in a scrape, and she arrives and takes a Hand herself. Later dad gives his word that the young couple have his full permission if the cause of the mix-up is withheld from mother and the young people agree. Good Out of Evil— (Two Reels)— Santa Barbara.^— The two step-sisters live with their respective parents. The father loves his little girl, as does the mother her's. The skeleton in the closet is the mother's fondness for drink and her hatred of the child of her husband's former wife. The cabin is accidentally set afire, and the father is killed and his little girl is blinded for life. Years later the children, grown to womanhood, are in sordid surroundings, while the mother has become an absolute slave to drink and in her frenzy brutally ill-treats the blind child of the dead man. A young artist and his brother meet the two sisters in one of their rambles and after a romantic courtship they are married. A Woman's Past — Federal. — Featuring Will Rex, Al Ray and Margaret Harmon. Mary Ryan, a woman of the underworld, grows ill from overwork. One night while her companion, Joe Hand. sleeps, she leaves for Arizona, where she meets Charles Fox. They become engaged, Mary concealing her past. Later, Hand has drifted westward and, after robbing the postoffice, seeks refuge in the cottage which is Mary's. Mary introduces Hand as her cousinand he becomes jealous when he sees the affection existing between Fox and the girl. He starts to tell of Mary's past, when the sheriff enters and captures him. The girl denies the story and Fox believes her. Later, however, she confesses to him and he leaves her in disgust. He repents and starts to return, and arrives just in time to take a pistol from her hand and she happily sinks into his arms. The Wolf's Den— (Two Reels) — Navajo. — Major Harper and Alice, his daughter, occupy a small cottage on the outskirts of the town. Arnold Gray, who is in the secret service, is in love with Alice, but she, believing his proposals to be actuated more by charity than love, refuses him. Some time later, when the major loses his last few dollars in a gambling house, they are forced to move to an attic room in the tenement district which is owned by Monsier Loubert. The next day Alice, in her walks in the park, is accosted by an aged Italian and asks him to come to her little attic studio and pose for her. About this time Major Harper's health fails and the Italian asks Alice to meet him that evening and he will give her a wonderful tonic. The evening comes and Alice goes to meet the Italian, and the room she goes to is in the back of Monsieur Loubert's hall. The old Italian goes out into an adjoining room and returns with his disguise off and appears as Loubert himself. Just then Arnold, at the head of his men, breaks into the joint and finds Alice lying in a faint. He takes off his secret service star, and pins it on Alice's breast and tells his men that Alice is his appointee, arid it was through her he had gained the information for the raid. Later explanations follow and a Piercing the Veil — (Two Reels) — Alhambra. — The cripple brother's abnormal mentality leads him to cry out his warning to his mother when "BUILT BY BRAINS" You Can't Show a Beautiful Film on a Poor Screen. When you buy a Minusa Screen you don't merely buy it by the square foot. Minusa Screens are "BUILT BY BRAINS" to suit all the ' particular requirements of YOUR particular theatre. Write for oar literature Minusa Cine Products Co. 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