Motography (Jan-Mar 1916)

March 18, 1916. MOTOGRAPHY Brief Stories of the Week's Film Releases General Program The Lady and the Mouse— Biograph Re-Issue — March 13. — Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Henry Walthall, Robert Hyde and Robert Harron featured. Because he is jilted by his sweetheart the valid sister, awakens his creditors foreclose on hin them off and later marrie lege chum. The girl sues him for breach of promise and Aunt Mary disinherits him, but Betty, disguised as a maid, rejuvenates the old lady, and the other girl, won by Aunt Mary's kindness, relents and acknowledges she has no claim on Jack. Forgiven, Jack weds Betty. Vernon Howe Bailey's Sketch Book of Philadelphia— Essanay — March 15. — A split-reel release, first five hundred feet containing sketches of all points of interest in the quaint old city of Philadelphia. The lemainder of the reel is devoted to winter sports taken in the vicinity of Quebec. ceeds to break' all speed records back t Chasebugs' bungalow. He rushe 3 to the looking he finds Ethel resting contentedly n the ar n Poke sweetheart. Freddy Aids Matrimony — Vitagraph — March 17.™ William Dangman, Daisy DeVere, Jack O'Donnell, William Lyttel, Jr., and Tod Talford featured. After preventing his friend Jim from Hai Agree Witl Sher -Km -Maj _--inge C__ —Essanay — March 13. — No. '. Reviewed elsewhere in this iss — Featuring 5 giving a The Butler— Lubin— Map Davy Don. Mrs. Van Webb. and reception in honor of her daughter wnen a telegram arrives which calls all servants out on strike. Mrs. Van Webber is in a quandary as to who will prepare the dinner and Gwendoline suggests that Otto, their hired man, be allowed to take charge of the dinner. When the striking servants learn that Otto has taken their jobs, they proceed to clean him up. They knock him out and leave him in a heap on the floor, where the guests find him some time later. e Reels) : Harlem, is seized with high social aspirations and decides to carry out his ideas. He hires a full dress outfit and arrives in a taxi at the Biltmore, where he registers as Count Di Woppo. He meets Mrs. Pansy Bullion, a rich widow, and mistaking him for Prince Di Gorgonzola, she proposes and he accepts her. The real prince arrives and he has to fight a duel coming out victorious. Jack returns to the hashhouse and Mrs. Bullion discovers him here. She hurls a dish of hash at him, but Lizzie Potts, the cook who loves Jack, springs for her and pulls off her false hair. Mrs. Bullion dashes out and escapes, while Jack and Lizzie fall into each other's arms. Putting the Pep in Slowtown— March 13. — Featuring Wally Van, Zena and William Shea. Peter Pep, whose middle is speed, applies for the job of Mayor of town, and after his galvanizing presence, g> He puts pep into everything and everyone even into Dolly's flivv __ Jud Dv tured. Ham and Bud enlist in the army and Ham directs the operations of war from a hilltop with his chef and drink-mixer at his side. All goes well until Ham and Bud decide to go up in an aeroplane to look the field of battle over. When the guns of the enemy find their mark Ham and Bud come tumbling down with just enough breath left to mutter "Never again. Sherman was right." Kvdc i Club, fails Gus Through the daugh tship, ; the : boosting himself befoi . te for mayor. He runs into a little oppositei the person of Dolly who takes the stand for father Dolly. A Grip March H.Christy j ; he < out and later Gold— (Two Reels)— Biograph— riaire McDowell, Jose Ruben, Ivan ...J W. C. Robinson. A burglar leaves sand dollars he has stolen from a bank in the care of a girl and then he is picked up by the police. The girl uses some of the money to pay her board bill and then leaves for the city. Sometime later she marries a stock broker and speculating in the stock market, she wins enough to clear her conscience by sending the money to the bank. The burglar discovers her whereabouts and hounds her, but he is finally killed in a Joyce's Strategy — -(Two Reels) — Essanay — March 14.— Featuring Joyce Fair, Lillian Drew, Darwin Karr and Jack Paul. Little Joyce, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, who are separated, lives with her mother in a plain little home. Her mother becomes ill and, running out into the street, Joyce stops the first automobile and unknown to her she is pleading with her own father to help her save her mother. Later Mr. Reynolds asks his wife to allow Joyce to come and live with him and she consents. Joyce, unhappy, strikes a plan to bring her father and mother together and with the help of her little chum and the doctor succeeds in carrying out her plan. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary — (Three Reels)— Biograph— March 15.— Gertrude Barnbrick, Reggie Morris and Kate Toncray featured. Jack Denham gets into all kinds of scrapes, and his Aunt Mary, a wealthy woman, tells him she can forgive anything so long as he never wrongs a woman. While under the influence of liquor Jack promises to wed a girl he met in a cabaret, although he really loves Betty, sister of his col The Eveless Eden—] iring Ethel Teare, Jac. ho is a member of th i his attempt to indue uiac young man to enier for Ethel's fascinatin eyes have convinced Jack that there is nothin dangerous in Eve's charm. Uncle meets Ethel aunt and it is not long before the Eveless Edei ites are threatened with the loss of a membe: Both couples decide to elope and their efforts to keep the s ers leads to humorous situat The Gulf Between— (Three March 16.— Fred Mason, in Service, is assigned on his firs ning down a band of opium o an accident Mason meets Heler ter of the head of the opium enamored with her. Through arrested as one of the opium she knows nothing of he'r fa Her father dies and Helen se< maid in the Burrow's horr. friend, knowing that he ,. makes Mason understand that Helen is bi her heart for him as he is for her. Masoi her out and the gulf is bridged by thei. .„ Allan Forrest, Jim Morely and Helen Wolcott. Nerve and Gasoline — Vim — March 16.— Featuring Plump and Runt. Runt is sent by his wife to seek employment, but he takes care to avoid all places where he may find work. Mrs. Runt^s brother arrives and takes his sister for a ride in a taxi. Their car becomes stalled in the park and the chauffeur is induced by a mob of striking employees at the garage to quit his job. Plump, who has been awarded the position of mechanic at the garage for rescuing Florence, the stenographer, from the strikers, is sent out on the job. As Plump knows nothing about an auto his efforts to drive through the streets are laughable in the extreme. Runt sees his wife with the and he starts to make a general "clean-up." His wife, however, manages to calm her husband long enough to introduce her brother and explain the entire situation to the satisfaction of Runt. A Flock of Skeletor Featuring Rose Melville in the home of the Mazumas. Kvery member of the family has a skeleton and Sis is made the guardian of the family secrets. As it usually ing her to be ready to elope that night, but father intercepts the message. Many laughable situations follow, but finally Jim manages to marry Clara and father gives in and bestows his blessing. Three Johns — Vitagraph — March 17. — Featuring George Kunkel, George Holt, George Stanley, Otto Beninger, Anne Schaefer and Jack Mower. John Brown and John Briggs, strangers to each other, decide to go on a hunting trip to the same place. There is a reward offered for the apprehension of Looney John, a lunatic, who is at large in those woods, and when Brown and Briggs meet and exchange cards each imagines the other the Tohn wanted by the asylum people. A laughable mix-up follows, but finally things are straightened out when the sheriff's wife captures Looney John and receives the reward. Unknown— (Three Reels)— Essanay— March 18.— Wanda Curtis marries Matthew Flagg to save her father from bankruptcy. Later her father dies and Hugh Hai" ectedly returr r hoi isoles h '; furio Flagg at find Flagg cfeterm .U.irtin i rother Mart (Matthew) in his own home, red by Matthew and everybody is leu to rjeneve that it was Matthew Flagg who committed suicide. On the night of the marriage of Wanda and Hugh a man falls from the church balcony and is killed, but the bride and groom go on their way in perfect ignorance of the identity of the victim. The "unknown" was Matthew Flagg in the garb of a tramp. He had entered the church with the intent of marring the wedding, but instead he met his death. Marguerite Clayton, Richard Traverse and Ernest Thompson featured. The Girl Who Dared— Kalem— March H episode of the "Hazards of Helen" railroad featuring Helen Gibson. The smugglers seem in a fair way to _ escape on a stolen engine when Helen, unhitching a team from a nearby wagon, races down the road towards the railroad bridge from which a rope is hanging directly over the Standing astride the two speeding horses An Helen leaps '._ makes a perilous dro tears past. and, ) the stolen e ing Billie „ -_iback foi _.. blunders on a member of the family, Si ~u -nd when Pappa Mazuma • she ! fast , ..jn ana wnen rappa Mazuma receives ;ord that unless he can meet margin payments his fortune will be swept away, Sis comes to the rescue with the bank-roll she has collected for keeping the family skeletons. Mismates— (Three Reels)— Knickerbocker — March 17. — Margaret Landis is featured in this story, which shows the folly of mismating youth and age and the disaster in the life of a youth who is caught by the glitter of the Bright Way. Fred Whitman, Daniel t ill, lb , Sideline Pardee, Myrtle Reeves, Ruth Lackaye, Charles Dudley and Richard Johnson complete the cast. A Pair of Skins — Vim — March 17. — Featuring Pokes and Jabbs. Professor Chasebugs resolves that Ethel, his daughter, shall marry Jabbs, the four-flush hunter. Professor Chasebugs, his wife and daughter accompany Jabbs to the hunting grounds, where he proceeds to give a demonstration of his skill as a marksman, and all is well until a bear creeps out from the underbrush and chases the professor and his family from the place. When Jabbs discovers the bear he pro Bill— Lubin— March 18.— Featurs. While promenading with Betta iviami, a loafer accosts her, and Billy has not the courage to resent the insult. He is kidded to such an extent by his townsmen for his cowardice that he goes West so that he may learn to be brave His letters to Betta are bristling with narratives of reckless heroism and when Billv comes home to prove that he is a man Tom Hale, his rival, " lasks him. There is some gun play and Billy mercy, acknowledges he has been chased out of the house by the men. Toll of the Jungle — Selig — March 18.— Wheeler Oakman, Edith Johnson, Harry Lonsdale and Walter Beckwith featured. John Harper and his daughter, Ida, live together in the lions have just been trapped and Ida penetrates the jungle to see them. Her horse becomes lame and Ida is attacked by the trainer, Jose. She climbs into a tree, supplied with some torches, while the animal trainer is overcome by the lions, ui S3AI.UE puE pauopjEd si 'uiE-19 qiiM psisarjE " ' ''I '-'I''-' I'M ■' 'I:'"""! .' >l| Uiiij ' -I, -Clint 02 UBjxf spdiuoa pus puE[Su3 01 sso3 pus uosud uiojj ssdEosa ruEjr} -si.i3qo)T pioq uiim That night Ida signals with her torches and the light is seen from afar by Fred Hartley, a hunter, and he rescues her. Miss Warren's Brother— (Three Reels)— Vitagraph — March 18. — Joseph Kilgour, Arline Pretty and Robert Whitworth featured. Nan Warren marries Grant Wilson, a worthless fellow who works in the same brokerage office with her brother, Dick. Dick and Nan receive $5,000 each from their grandfather in England, who had disinherited their mother because she married Warren. Two sharpers induce him to join them in a