Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

December 18, 1915. MOTOGRAPHY 1305 Brief Stories of the Week's Film Releases General Program A Scandal in Hickville— Yitagrapii— December 1.— Featuring Anne Schaefer, Alfred Vosburgh and a strong cast. Ben Harkins manages to escape the sharp eyes of his wife and sneak away to meet Eben Dunn and go on a fishing excursion. Cy Denton, who has been ejected from the sheriff's home for courting his daughter, bumps into him, causing him to drop a big fish-knife he is carrying. Cy picks the knife up_ and runs wildly after Ben, and the village gossip sees this and tells a blood-curdling story to the other scandal-mongers of how Cy had chased Ben with a big knife and finally the women march to the Harkins home and tell Mrs. Harkins that Cy has murdered her husband. Poor Cy is locked up on the charge of murder, and then the discovery of the body follows. The doctor pronounces Ben is intoxicated, not dead, and the sheriff returns to the jail only to find that his prisoner has escaped and eloped with his daughter. The Conquest of Constantia — Vitagraph — December 2. — Featuring Flora Finch, Kate Price, Rose Tapley and Dick Leslie, Jr. Constantia Calthrope, an old maid, lives in a semi-detached cottage, with her housekeeper, Mrs. Carter, and maid, Nora. The cottage next door is taken by Cal Marvin's Wife — (Three Reels) — ViTA-ecutive Mansion in Washington, D. C.j Osca graph — December 4. — Featuring Anne Schaefer, Ford's peace ship, leaves on errand of peace. Mary Anderson and William Duncan. Cal Mar „ „ vin's mother has never met Dolly, his wife, but F "" hears how Cal had met her. Dolly had been a ^eat" chorus girl in a theatrical troupe and she later «u~Ja left the troupe to marry Cal. They are happy for ^ . < Grace Melleville, a young widow, and her little son, Teddy, who takes a great fancy to Constantia's cat. Several days later the cat is stolen by a couple of boys and Teddy follows them and manages to rescue the cat and gets lost himself in the woods. He is later found and Constantia upon learning how he had rescued her pet is completely won over. The Home Cure — Vitagraph — December 3. — Featuring Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. Henry Souser has a strong friendship for booze and Mrs. Souser determines to cure him. She pretends that she herself has become addicted to the use of liquor and proceeds to carry out her plan by greeting her husband on his return from the office with the pretension of being slightly under the influence of liquor. The next morning she pretends to have a terrible headache and her husband seriously demands to know how long this has been going on. She carries her idea further by emptying the decanter on the sideboard and pretending to have drunk it all, while at the same time brazenly drinks liquor from her medicine bottle. Henry sees his friend, the doctor, who advises him to destroy every drop of liquor in the house, and he does. His wife later tells him and ne finally acknowledges that she has won — he is cured, and by the "home cure" at that. Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 97 — HearstSelig — December 6. — U. S. Marines leave San Francisco for Topolobampo, where Yaqui Indians threaten the safety of two hundred Americans ; pirates' million-dollar treasure is unearthed in Central America and put on display by United Fruit Company ; Massachusetts Red Cross make warm mittens and caps for men facing winter in trenches ; pearl fishers drag beds of White River with tongs at Newport, Ark. ; Cooper wins hundred-mile race that marks closing of motor season at Panama fair; blaze attacks lumber yard and warehouse in the heart of this city's wholesale season, San Francisco, Calif. ; famous Bersaglieri are rushed to station and entrained for campaign in Goritz region on the Italian front. but after the death of their baby she despondent, and George, who knows the child is not Cal's, is relieved but keeps silent. Shortly afterward the theatrical troupe returns to town and the father of Doily's child is again attracted to her and prevails upon her to elope with him. Cal, learning of this, attacks Harry, and Dolly backs away from the struggling and falls down the edge of a high cliff. She, however, is caught in a tree growing on the side of the cliff, and Cal rescues her and later forgives her and takes her into his heart, as does his mother, when she hears the story. Her Last Flirtation — Vitagraph — December 6. — Featuring Alfred Vosburgh, and Myrtle Gonzalez. Florence, the sheriff's niece, arrives on a visit to his ranch and meets Jim. She is the heroine of many heart conquests and a great flirt, so Jim falls an easy victim to her wiles. The young man finally proposes and is shyly accepted. A few days later Florence quietly starts back East, leaving a cruelly enlightening note for him. He springs on his horse, catches up with Florence and takes her by force back to the minister's and he marries her with the word, "You may treat men that way where you come from, but you can't do it here." Sometime later love finally conquers and Jim wins out. Wasted Lives — (Three* Reels) — Vitagraph — December 7. — Featuring Julia Swayne Gordon, Arline Pretty and Leo Delaney. Marion Stuart, who is crazed because of her husband's attentions to Ann Bogart, an opera singer, attempts to drown herself, but is rescued, and about an hour later she dies in giving birth to a daughter. Ann Bogart forces the people who had rescued Marion to keep the birth a secret in order that she and her son, Reginald, may inherit Graham Stuart's fortune. Later Stuart marries Ann and seventeen years afterwards Graham, Ann and Reginald return to America, where the boy meets Lois, Marion's daughter, and attempts to force his attentions upon her. Bobby Sharp, a young newspaper reporter, discovers that Lois is the missing daughter of Marion Stuart, and later Ann confesses the whole truth. Lois is reinstated as Graham's heiress and marries Bobby. Sonny Jim's Love Affair — Vitagraph — December 8. — Featuring Bobby Connelly _ and a strong cast. Sonny Jiim notices the growing love affair between his Aunt Julia and Mr. Elder, daddy's bachelor friend. He himself falls a victim to the charms of four-year-old Ruth and when he breaks her doll and she tells him she will never speak to him again he is terribly depressed and especially so when his rival, Eddy, usurps him in Ruth's affections. He talks it over with Mr. Elder, who tries to help him, but it does no good, but just in his darkest hour Mother Dear comes to the rescue by buying a beautiful new doll, which Sonny presents to Ruth and after which everything is bright and happy again. Hearst-Selig News Pictorial No. 98 — HearstSelig — December 9. — Steamship Great Northern leaves for Honolulu from Los Angeles ; electrical convention held in Boston ; automobile road from Los Angeles to San Diego opened ; Ways and Means Committee assemble for opening of Congress at Washington, D. C. ; street car strike in Wilkesbarre, Pa.; Dr. Ray E. Hall of Chicago constructs device that catches aerial correspondence and writes it on tape; American steamer Zcalatidia arrives in New York after having been chased by an unknown fighting cruiser off the Jersey coast ; Ohio agriculturists march to Ex Sweetheart — Vitagraph — December 9. — Carolyn Birch, Anders Randolf and lurice. While living with Sam, her , Bab's father dies, leaving her an orphan, d Sam, who is in love with the girl, keeps silent because he thinks he is too old. Bab's aunt in the city plans with Lord Merton to take advantage of the fact that Bab will inherit her grandfather's comfortable fortune. Bab goes to the city to acquire style of living, and there she becomes engaged to Lord Merton. The night before the wedding Bab overhears the lord demand additional settlement, and stunned, she slips away and goes straight back to Sam, where, after a joyful reunion, Sam's ward becomes his sweetheart and affianced wife. Rooney's Sad Case — Vitagraph — December 10. — Featuring Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. Rooney with dreary visions of Mrs. Rooney ordering him to stay out until he gets a job, dares not go home, and plans to adopt the "lost memory" plan. He rents a flashy suit and takes his stand near a park driveway and he is taken to the home of a wealthy man, and there the doctor pronounces his mind a blank and leaves him to the tender nursing of his soft-voiced daughter, Kitty. Rooney's eyes are bandaged so he can't see Kitty's awful face, but he imagines her beautiful. But a charming romance is interrupted by the entrance of his wife, and when he sees Kitty's face he regains his memory in a hurry and hii j)ipe dream is shattered. Hughey of the Circus— (Two Reels) — Vitagraph— December 11. — Featuring Hughey Mack, Flora Finch and Nitra Frazer. Hughey, while strolling down the village street, flirts with a heavily veiled lady and discovers she is a circus bearded lady. He then meets a young girl and finds that she is Miss Powell, who is staying with her aunt, Flora Powell. Hughey sends' a bunch of flowers to "Miss Powell" and Flora, the aunt, gets them and keeps a tryst suggested in Hughey's note. Later Hughey, in getting away from ilora, winds up in the circus, where he tries to pass himself off as Fatima, the fat lady, and when given a chance between marrying Kate, the bearded lady, or Flora, he chooses the latter. The Glory of Youth — (Four Reels) — Kalem — December 13.— Featuring Inez Bauer. Unaware of the fact that Gay loves Hal, the athlete who is helping him regain his strength, Cairns, an elderly invalid, asks the girl to be his wife and when the girl, who is deeply indebted to Delores, her benefactor, is ordered to wed Cairns she consents and Hal heartbroken over the turn of events decides to leave the house. Zarth, the millionaire's valet, learning of the love affair between Hal and Gay tells his master and Cairns plans revenge. He manages to lock them together in a room planning to starve them to death and Zarth, who is secretly in love with the girl, is stationed outside the door. Cairns who has gone to his town house, repents of his deed and after notifying the police he slays himself. Later Zarth enters the room and attempts to embrace Gay, but the police enter as Hal and Zarth are engaged in a desperate struggle. The valet is overpowered and led away to jail. The Moment Before Death — Lubin — December 13.—Featurmg Melvin Mayo, Ada Gleason and L. C. Shumway. Cummings, a crazed scientist, jumps from the ledge of a tall building and as he is falling through space he receives the impressions of his life that led to his crime. He