Motography (Jul-Dec 1914)

654 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XII, No. 20. Entering a saloon he finds Tim and, by a ruse, secures the impression of Tim's hand on the paper. Tim, fearing capture, escapes and a wild chase ensues in which Broncho Billy overtakes him and places the brutal Tim in the hands of the sheriff. Broncho Billy then produces the paper with the impression of Tim's hand on it and, comparing the paper with the impression on the shirt, proves that they are identical. Although Tim denies the charge he is locked up. Broncho then disguises himself as the murdered Fango and confronts Cantle, forcing him to confess. Annie is released and all ends happily. This production is the third of a series produced by Essanay in conjunction with the Ladies' World and the story Avill appear in this magazine for December. A paragraph is left out of the story and prizes are offered for those who can supply it after seeing the motion picture. The cast is as follows : Broncho Billy G. M. Anderson The father Ernest Van Pelt His daughter • • Marguerite Clayton Her admirer Lee Willard The sheriff True Boardman The judge Harry Todd Prosecuting attorney Roy Clements Thanhouser Mystery Deepens Interesting views of the Capitol and other Washington public buildings, together with close-up views of such celebrities as the vice-president of the United States, Champ Clark, the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of war and other Washington notables make the twenty-first episode of the "Million Dollar Mystery" one of the most interesting yet screened. In this same part of the Thanhouser serial, a number of feet of film are devoted to the Broadway Rose Gardens, the celebrated dance hall de luxe recently opened, in New York. The mystery . in the "Million Dollar Mystery" grows deeper with this installment, for the treasure box, about which the whole story revolves, once more makes its appearance, this time the box being hauled up from its resting place at the bottom of a well by a mysterious pair of hands, long enough for the aforesaid hands to receive a sheaf of papers, replace the tin receptacle in which they had rested, close the box, and once more sink it in the well. Whom the hands belong to is not revealed, for nothing can be seen on the screen, but the hands and a portion of the forearms to which they are attached. At the beginning of this episode, Jimmy Norton visits Washington and calls upon various government officials with regard to the mystery. At the Broadway Rose Gardens, where Braine and Countess Olga are visitors, the mysterious pair of hands, which had removed the papers from the hiding place in the treasure box, slides them through some portieres and intends that they shall be received by Florence Gray, who is dining on the other side of the portieres, but Florence's attention being momentarily distracted. Countess Olga takes the opportunity and herself receives the papers. Making her way from the Rose Gardens, the countess returns to her apartments, and conceals the documents beneath a large bronze lion on the mantle-piece. Florence, suspicious that the papers have reached Olga's hands, has preceded Olga to her apartments and, standing behind a huge vase, beholds Olga hiding them, and at the first opportunity afforded she recovers them and hurries to her own home, where she turns them over to Jones, the butler. Next day, while Jones is showing them to the Russian minister of police, who is stopping in New York under the alias of Henri Servan, he is suddenly called away, and Braine and another of the conspirators, who have been watching them from the shrubbery, seize and over-power Servan, take the papers from him, and escape on horse-back. Jones is told of what has taken place and, mounted on another horse, sets out in pursuit. Meanwhile Servan releases himself from his bonds, hastens into the house, and informs Norton of what has occurred. Norton takes up the chase in an automobile, and eventually arrives at a bridge, just as Jones, who has caught up with Braine, is being over-powered by the latter. With Norton's assistance Braine is over-powered, the papers removed from his pocket, and in order to escape arrest, Braine leaps off the bridge into the river below, thus closing episode twenty-one — N. G. C. Dog Stars in "Pauline" Film A dog is relied upon to furnish the unusual in the seventeenth episode of "The Perils of Pauline," and his performance is proof that the confidence was well placed. The canine star is a bull terrier, and in the picture is presented to Pauline by Lucille (Eleanor Woodruff), who is also the owner of it in real life. Miss AYoodruff assisted the director in the making of Harry fights to rescue Pauline from the counterfeiters. the picture, and the dog responded admirably to their commands, acting in many scenes alone. Pauline is greatly attached to a dog lately received as a gift. One day it disappears, and shortly afterward the girl receives a note telling her that it has been found at a certain address. As Owen has arranged, Pauline is made a captive on arriving at the deserted house. The confederates make a great mistake, however, in not keeping a close watch on the dog. It escapes, returns to the Marvin home, and guides Harry back to the scene of the kidnapping. He manages to rescue Pauline, and they take refuge in a nearby cabin. Balthazar attempts to rout them by blowing up the cabin, but the dog runs out in the nick of time, grabs the burning fuse, and jumps from a bridge into the river with it. An outing party follows the dog back to the cabin, and overcome the besiegers, with the exception of Balthazar, who escapes. — C. R. C.