Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

938 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XIV, No. 18. Day; demonstration of new army transport methods made at San Diego, Calif. : Miss Dixie and Miss Chicago with Governor Dunne attend the opening ceremonies of the Dixie Highway at Chicago, 111.; Pathe fashions; the keel is laid of the Califronia, the first electrically propelled battleship to be built; President Wilson lays the corner stone of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington, Va. ; scenes from the front; celebration of Columbus Day at Chicago. Neal of the Navy — (Two Reels — PatheBalboa — Chapter Eight, entitled "The Sun Worshippers.") Annette and Neal, who have i been made prisoners by Hernandez, are taken to i an old city of Sun Worshippers. Annette is pre ?ared to be sacrificed and Neal is put in a cell, nez is ordered by Hernandez to take Mrs. Har ; din to the city. On their way they meet a detachment from the Florida in search of her son. Neal escapes from the city and from the beach signals the ship. Annette also frees herself from the Sun Worshippers and reaches the shore in time to prevent the Brute Man from killing her . foster brother. On board the war vessel, Neal sends a shot into tht; temple of the Sun Worshippers, completely destroying the place. For a longer review see another page of this issue. through the charms of "The Woman," Stark's mistress, and by a rapid consummation of alcohol, he is soon a wreck. Dulcie comes to his assistance, but is abducted by Stark, and the siren in an attemp to stab her paramour is stabbed by him and dies. Dulcie makes her escape aided by Dick and they flee. Stark and Dick close in deadly combat with the result that the archvillain is hurled down in a crater to death in the flames. Associated Service Released Week of Octob 25. Universal Special The Broken Coin — (Nineteenth Episode) — October 25. — Count Frederick and the native succeed in finding an entrance to the grotto where , Kitty is in time to save her from being thrown into the depths below. In an attempt to escape from the natives the sailor is killed. Sachio informs King Michael that with both parts of the 1 coin he is certain to And the hiding place of the scripts and plans belonging to the King of Gretzhoffen, not knowing that one-half of the coin is a duplicate of the one which Count Frederick had made for King Michael when the puppet discovered the loss of his, which is now in Kitty's possession. Therefore, Sachio does not find the hiding place of the treasure by following the directions on the coin. Kitty and Frederick seclude themselves in a cave on the top of a high cliff and are nearly dead with starvation when they discern a boat on the horizon. After they light a signal fire the episode closes. The College Orphan— (Six Reels)— Universal Broadway Feature — October 25. — Carter DeHaven and Flora Parker DeHaven are featured in this comedy drama of college life that abounds in frat house pranks, football games, plots and counterplots, and ends in happiness for the principals. A longer review will be found on another page of this issue. N. G. C. V-L-S-E, Inc. The Man Who Couldn't Beat God— (Five Reels) — V. L. S. E. — October 18. — Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature starring Maurice Costello as the English peasant who murders his overbearing master. Martin comes to America, where he determines to forget his crime and make a name for himself. Starting as a sandhog, he earns promotion rapidly. Years later he is elected governor. The strain of his official duties and his uneasy conscience causes him a complete physical breakdown. His physician orders a sea voyage. The governor returns to his home in England. Taunted by his conscience, he visits the scene of the murder. There a vision of the man he killed so excites him that he dies from the shock. For a longer review see another page of this issue. World Divorced — (Five Reels) — World Film. — Presented by Equitable Pictures Corporation. Hilda Spong is featured. After the death of her worthless husband Leonore Manson accepts financial aid from Robert Hadley, whose wife has divorced him. Years later her son Eugene's engagement to Madeline Deland is broken because her mother learns that Leonore is Hadley's mistress. Eugene confronts Hadley. To prevent him from telling her son the truth Leonore shoots her lover. She is tried for murder, but acquitted. Madeline remains loyal to Eugene and marries him. For a longer review see another page of this issue. The Reckoning — (Three Reels)— Ramona.— Dick Clyde, in love with Louise, leaves for the west and after writing many letters to her receives no reply, for the letters have been intercepted by the girl's father. After some time, Louise sets a day to marry Robert Howe, a power in the market, and the night of the wedding a dinner is given at her home, and Dick, who has arrived in town that day, is invited. When Dick arrives he recognizes Howe and while smoking with the men tells a story of how a man had left a pathetic little wife waiting for him in a foreign country. Howe leaves the party and some time later the clerk at the hotel where Dick and Howe stay phones the former and says that Howe has killed himself, and left a request that Louise be spared the knowledge of his past, and a happy future is foreseen for Dick and Louise. The Wolf Girl— (Two Reels)— Federal.— Silas Strong and his daughter, Lona, live in the woods, and here comes Broderick, the lumber king, and his son, Fred. Fred plans to do away with Silas and the old man is later found dead, and Lona, knowing the cause of his death, seeks justice. She fellows Fred to the city and there becomes a cabaret dancer, and the boy, not recognizing her, becomes a victim to her. Like a wolf she trails him down, giving him a bad record, and one night he is shot during a raid on a gambling den. The nurse that is called in happens to be Lona, who tells him who she is, and then the boy falls back dead. Lona has avenged her father's death. Shot at Sunrise — Monte. — General Nuisance asks his daughter, Rena, to secure information relative to the strength of the enemy. Once inside the enemy's lines she meets Colonel Nutt, who falls in love with her. Major Fritz, Rena's lover, tries to get the girl, but is ordered to be shot at sunrise. Meanwhile Rena, who has been captured, manages to gain her freedom, and she is nearing the place where they are firing at Major Fritz. She is being pursued by the enemy and just as she arrives on the scene of the shooting a bullet which Fritz dodged lands among Rena's pursuers and they flee. Afterward Fritz is released and Rena takes him back to her father and also brings back the important papers. Released Week of September 25. Breaking Into Society — Santa Barbara. — Stumpy, after getting into a fight in the Bowery lunch room, finds himself jobless. He and a friend arrive in a small town, where Mrs. Justgotrich sees them and offers them $500 each to be her guests. She then invites the women who snubbed her to meet her old friends, Baron Eyeland and Count Yourchange, but two pretty maids at the house raise havoc with Mrs. Justgotrich's plan and her social aspirations are destroyed. Love's Old Sweet Song — (Two Reels) — Deer. — Stella, a New York dancer, tiring of her life on Broadway and after severing her connection with George Sinclair, who will not marry her, goes to Wild Horse, a western town, where she meets and marries Andy Sims, owner of the Bar X ranch, whose favorite song is "Love's Old Sweet Song." Some time later Sinclair stops off at Wild Horse and there is introduced to Mr. and Mrs. Andy Sims. Unnoticed by Andy, Stella scribbles a note to Sinclair telling him she is married and begging him to go away. However, the man tries to get her to return to New York with him and she refuses, and Andy overhears the conversation. The New Yorker is escorted to the train at the point of a gun and Stella is preparing to leave when she comes across their favorite song, "Love's Old Sweet Song," but when Andy arrives he tells her again "Love's Old Sweet Song." The Flame of Passion — (Five Reels) — Terriss. Featuring Tom Terriss with a strong cast. William Lanyon dies and leaves his estate to his nephew, Dick Lorient, and in the event of his death the property passes to Tohn Stark. Lorient is engaged to his cousin, Dulcie Lanyon, a New York girl, and Stark, with the assistance of his mistress, plans to bring about Dick's death and obtain the estate. Lorient goes to Jamaica and SOME NEW THEATERS Arizona. The DeLuxe theater on East Congress street, Tucson, after being thoroughly renovated, a new screen installed and a new ventilation system put in, has been opened to the public. The new theater being erected on Sullivan street, Miami, will be known as the Crystal. Joe. Norcross and William Garrett have leased the theater and intend giving the public first-class pictures. The theater is almost completed and is very pretty. Colorado. Trinidad is to have a new picture show to be opened by E. G. Hower on North Commercial street. The house will have a seating capacity of 600 and cost about $1,500. Georgia. A. Samuels and C. Douglas Danford, both of Atlanta, will be the owners of the proposed new motion picture theater which will be erected in Griffin. Contracts have been let. Illinois. A permit has been issued for a new motion picture theater to be built by A. Woykofka at 1836 South Fifteenth street, Springfield. The new theater will be of hollow tile construction and fireproof and will be built at a cost of $3,000. La"ke Amusement Company, $2,500, moving picture theaters, Jacob Perbohner, Samuel Keller and Morris Kompel. Mrs. E. E. Endicott, who has been in charge of the 1"''ood River moving picture airdome, Alton, is planning to have a new picture theater built for both summer and winter months. The theater will cost somewhere near $10,000, according to the present plans. The work of remodeling the front of the Vaudette theater in Sterling is progressing rapidly, and when completed it will be very attractive. Mr. Tift is manager. Arthur W. Parker is installing in the Star and Crescent theaters in Pontiac, two Wurlitzer orchestra and pipe organs. Robert Kneedler, proprietor of the Opera house at Collinsville, was electrocuted while endeavoring to repair a motion picture machine. Indiana. Dickson Brothers, lessees of the Yarnelle and Orpheum theaters in Wabash, announce that they have purchased the Logan theater, owned by H. S. Logan. The theater will be renamed the Colonial, following extensive repairs. The Allardt Brothers of South Bend have taken a lease on the Boyer opera house at Kendallville from the manager and owner, A. M. Boyer. The new owners propose to use the theater for high-class moving pictures, and occasionally vaudeville. The change became effective October 11. Iowa. Bruno Weber, formerly manager of the Dreamland theater in Waverly, has purchased a theater at Albia. The management of the Idle Hour theater in Leon has purchased new opera chairs and is having the theater redecorated. The improvements will make the theater very comfortable. Kentucky. John B. Elliot, of Lexington, recently became the owner of the Grand moving picture theater, Frankfort, the assets of the Frankfort Amusement company, which operated the playhouse, having been disposed of by master commissioner Walter Jeffers. It is understood it will be continued under the active management of E. K. Lyon.