Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

November 20, 1915. MOTOGRAPHY 1079 Some Current Releases Reviewed The Current Triangle Bill This Week's Offerings From Ince and Griffith Studios Reviewed by Neil G. Caward VER at the Studebaker theater this week Manager Knill is offering his patrons a program of Triangle films that, as a whole, surpasses any week's bill up to date. It includes "Aloha Oe" from the Ince studios, "The Lily and the Rose" o The Wedding of the Lil. ' featuring from the Griffith forces and two Keystone side splitters entitled "A Janitor's Wife's Temptation" and "The Village Scandal." The laughs begin at about the second sub-title of "A Janitor's Wife's Temptation" and come thick and fast from then on. Fred Mace as the janitor of an apartment house has a role that's just to his liking, and the things he does and the way he does them beggar description. Marta Golden as the janitor's wife has troubles of her own, and Harry Gribbon, as the artist who lives on the floor above, proves himself a clever dodger of both his landlord and his bills. The final scenes in the restaurant, when Mace is bouncing about like a rubber ball in the fountain, are guaranteed to cure the worst grouch that ever attacked a man. Del Henderson is responsible for the production. Lillian Gish and Rozsika Dolly are the featured personages in "The Lily and the Rose" and rightfully so, for it is about them that the story centers. Paul Powell is given credit for the direction of the piece and the story is most carefully developed from the opening scene up to the tragic climax which brings it to an end. Mary Randolph is a most innocent, and, as the boy who loves her says, "adorable" Lily, as interpreted by Lillian Gish, and one can scarcely blame Jack Van Norman, played in a dignified fashion by Wilfred Lucas, for falling in love with her. That the Lily ever became so sophisticated as she finally grows to be seems wonderful when you behold Miss Letty Carrington and Miss Molly Carrington, her maiden aunts, who were responsible for her bringing up. Loyola O'Connor and Cora Drew each have a chance for some wonderful character "bits" in these two roles and Elmer Clifton is equally convincing as Allison Edwards, a bookworm who lives next door to the Lily. To Rozsika Dolly, recruited from the musical comedy stage, falls the interpretation of the Rose, and she plays it masterfully. In the wonderfully tinted scenes at the seashore, where she dances on the beach for Jack, Miss Dolly was particularly good, and, while proving her ability to dance, in the theater scenes, she demonstrated also that she can get over an emotional scene by the way she acted upon discovering Jacl: '.; suicide. Mary Randolph, raised from childhood by two maid'.sii aunts, and loved by Allison Edwards, who liyir.o next door, one day meets and is wooed by Jack Van K/onn&n from llji: city. She later becomes his wife, only to learn that, in secret, he is paying attention to the Rose, a dancer in musical comedy. Leaving him, Mary returns to the home of her childhood, where a child is soon afterwards born to her. Jack goes to Rose, but later, in his absence from the city, the dancer entertains other men and is discovered. Jack ends his misery in suicide, and Mary, months later, finds happiness at last with Allison Edwards, who is still faithful. Raymond Hitchcock makes his third Triangle appearance in "The Village Scandal" and is ably assisted by Roscoe Arbuckle and Flora Zabelle, in private life Mrs. Hitchcock. The scenes of this two-reel absurdity are laid in a small country town and Roscoe has the time of his life as the village fat boy, while Hitchcock as a wandering magician appears to even better advantage than in previous releases. Al St. John, who deserves more than his name on the program for his interpretation of "the boarder who understands the art of eating beans with a knife," and demonstrates it at every meal, just about rocked the house on its foundations. Willard Mack and Enid Markey have the leading roles in "Aloha Oe," supported by such favorites as Margaret Thompson, Frank Borzage, J. Frank Burke and J. Barney Sherry. Mr. Mack as David Harmon, a brilliant attorney, gives one of the most magnetic performances that the screen has witnessed of late. In the trial scenes, particularly during his address to the jury, he falls little short of being wonderful. Producer Thomas Ince proves his mettle in the scenes depicting a storm at sea and the result as shown on the screen was so good as to bring hearty applause from all portions of the house. The tropical scenes illustrating life on a South Sea isle and the eruption of the volcano were well handled and convincing, while the accompanying music, specially arranged and adapted by J. E. Nurnberger, added much to the enjoyment of the picture. As the story runs, after winning a big criminal case, Willard Mack. David Harmon, a brilliant lawyer, is shipped aboard a sailing vessel to cure him of a love for liquor, and later is wrecked on the shore of a tropical isle. He rescues Kalaniweo, the chief's daughter, when she is offered up as a human sacrifice to stop the eruption of an active volcano, and later, after winning the girl's love, returns to America to marry the girl of his choice. There he discovers her the bride of his friend and finally is led to return to Kalaniweo, whom he knows is faithful. "The Raven" Essanay Six Reel Masterpiece Released Nov. S Reviewed by John C. Garrett THE Essanay Company will present on November 8 "The 1 Raven," a remarkably superb production adapted from George C. Hazelton's romance of Edgar Allan Poe, whose literature is in every home. This highly dramatic offeringis powerful in conception and will prove a sensational success. Recognition and fame came to Poe, after his untimely death, but the screen version of "The Raven," one of his most famous poems, will bring to the Essanay Company laurels from the world over. It has created a production which will immediately gain world-wide reputation and stand on the supremest heights of motion picture attainments. Henry B. Walthall, the famous screen star, gives a most convincing presentation of Edgar Allan Poe. There is no one who could give a better portrayal of this character than