Motography (Jul-Dec 1913)

19S MOTOGRAPHY Vol. X, No. 6 direst poverty. Her wealthy friends shun her and she is forced to seek such employment as she can find, but her inexperience makes it impossible for her to succeed in any of the positions she obtains. Scene from Selig's "The Invisible Government." Weak and wretched, at last, she wanders out upon a bridge contemplating suicide in the waters beneath, but the sight of another figure, evidently bent on a similar mission, arrests her purpose and she rushes forward to save this other unfortunate and discovers him to be Warren, the former bookkeeper. From the bridge the two gaze out over the distant city with its thousands of lights, and gay life in the cafes and on the boulevards, this scene being the one referred to, in the introduction to this story, as quite out of the ordinary. The second reel finds Blanche and Warren in the Warren aids the police in "The Bridge of Shadows." care of a band of friendly gypsies, who have given them food and shelter. Some weeks later, Warren interferes in a fight and saves a policeman from being overpowered by a band of toughs. In gratitude, the policeman assists him in once more getting work and by his constant devotion to duty he rises to a position of responsibility. The gypsy queen finds a little lost child and with Blanche sets out to seek its parents. The little girl proves to be the daughter of the judge who heard Warren's case, when he was arrested, and in his home Blanche finds a refuge more nearly fitting her former station in life. Eventually, Warren finds her, and the judge recognizes him as the man the police had been unable to convict, and in this roundabout manner learns that Blanche is really the daughter of his old friend Edmunds. It then transpires that the Ohio Insurance Company had not, after all, been wiped out by its losses in the flooded district, as first seemed likely, so the Edmunds fortune is once more restored, and Blanche comes into her old home again. With her happiness and social position now assured, Blanche does not forget the friend she found in the hours of her adversity, so Warren's future, too. seems assured. This two-reel dramatic subject will be released by the Selig Company on October 13. Canadian Releases for 'Warners Ernest Shipman, the well-known Canadian theatrical manager, has secured the Canadian franchise from Warner's Features, Incorporated, for three-reel Canadian releases upon Warner's regular program. The Canadian studios will be portable, and will have transient location all the way from the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, and from Evangeline's land in Nova Scotia, to the last frontier of Alaska. Living reproductions of the characters made famous by Sir Gilbert Parker, and Drummond, the Canadian poet, with historic backgrounds in picturesque Quebec, and the Lower Provinces, will be regular features. The lumberjacks of the backwoods will have their turn, and the world-renowned North Western mounted police will figure conspicuously in a series of "Law and Outlaw" stories. The Canadian voyageur, the trapper, the half-breed guide, and the Indian hunter, will all in turn play their part in these tremendous three-reel feature stories of the Great Dominion. The first release will be entitled "The Hero of the Long Soo," a story of life, love and death along the north shore of Lake Superior, reaching its climax when the faithful Indian guide rescues the white man's bride, in his canoe, and successfully shoots the rapids of the "Long Sault" only to meet his death in its maelstrom of waters. The story brings out in vivid contrast the intrigues of the Cobalt silver mines, which wiped a number of speculators' off the financial map, and brought happiness into the life of a member of the mounted police, who dared to speculate with his heart and pocket at the same time, while in government employ. Ramo Enters Exclusive Program All releases of the Ramo Company beginning September 1 will go through the Exclusive Supply Corporation. A contract putting the Ramo subjects on the Exclusive Program was signed at the Exclusive offices in the Candler\Building, New York City, Wednesday afternn,in, August 27. Acting for the Ramo Company were Horace A. Snow, president; A. G. Leonard, secretary; and C. Lang Cobb, general manager; Harry R. Raver, secretary and Joseph R. Miles, general manager, represented the Exclusive. The Ramo single releases will be discontinued and the Ramo Company will confine themselves exclusively to making two three-reel features monthly.