Motography (Jan-Jun 1915)

April 17, 1915. MOTOGRAPHY 605 revolutionists, winning victory after victory with his sturdy little band of peon soldiers. Before Torreon, Villa, now General Villa, commander-in-chief of the Constitutionalist Army, in a desperate charge captures The outlaw eludes his pursuers. the young officer responsible for the death of his little sister and exacts his vengeance. Meanwhile, the American family, who aided him years before, are themselves in trouble, their wagon train being attacked by the revolutionists. The girl, remembering the little cross given her by Villa, sends it by her brother to the man now famous, and petitions his aid. True to his promise, Villa heads a thousand hard riding cavalrymen and rescues the party of white settlers just as they are about to be overwhelmed. He does not stay, however, to receive their thanks nor to listen to their cheers, for in the attacking party he has found the other officer on whom he had vowed to wreak his righteous vengeance, and as the picture closes he is about to avenge his other sister. "The Poet of the Peaks" Reviewed by Neil G. Caward A STORY that holds one's interest to the very end, backgrounds of surprising beauty and photography that is unexcelled, all serve to make the American two Lydia Lovell, a heartless society butterfly, and both in this character and as the mythical Lady Without a Heart, the heroine of Keats' memorable poem, is splendid. Dane Strong, poet of the peaks, is handled skillfully, by David Lythgoe, though in the latter portion of the picture Mr. Lythgoe is a little inclined to rant and wave his arms. Harry Von Meter makes a splendid, likeable chap of Philip Granger, a society man who loves Lydia even though he knows she is thoroughly heartless, and does his best to save Strong, the poet, from falling into her clutches. Lydia is the guest of Philip at his hunting lodge in the mountains, as the story opens, and one day while out for a walk with Philip, the two meet Dane Strong, perched on one of the highest peaks in the mountains dreaming out the theme of a new poem. The following day Lydia pretends to lose her way, knocks at the door of Strong's cabin and accepts his invitation to rest awhile. Her love of coquetry leads her to begin spinning her web to captivate the heart of the unsuspecting poet, and on leaving for the city next day she takes with her a copy of Strong's latest poem and induces him to promise to hunt her up some day when he comes to the city. Strong lias visions of his dream girl. reel release of April 12, entitled "The Poet of the Peaks," a picture well worth booking. Vivian Rich has the leading feminine role, that of The Lady Without a Heart has callers. Granger, learning that Strong is infatuated with the girl, reads to him a poem of John Keats' in which is pictured a girl of Lydia's type, a woman without a heart. Strong indignantly declares that Lydia is as good as she is lovely, and will not banish her from his mind, as Granger suggests. Months later Strong is discovered in the city, whither he has gone in the hope of again seeing Lydiar who has become his dream girl. She welcomes him into her home, and there carries on the flirtation begun in the peaks. Though Granger still insists that the girl must stop her flirtation with the yodng poet, Strong rents humble quarters in the city and there tries to write more of his famous poems, though he soon discovers that inspiration will not come amid the dirt and noise of the city. Returning to Lydia, he insists "You say you love me, then come to the mountains where we can be happy," but Lydia, picturing herself as the wife of a rustic mountaineer, bursts into laughter. Leaving her home, Strong encounters Granger, and goes to his bachelor apartments where Granger unfolds to him the story of Lydia's past, relating how