Motography (Jul-Sep 1916)

September 9, 1916. MOTOGRAPHY 627 son's actions killed the mother. The old man efficiency test, New York, N. Y. ; Mrs. Waldo took his entire savings to the bank president to Pierce passes dangerous tests required of a make good the shortage. As the film' is about licensed aviator and plans to become the first to close, the poorhouse officers come for Ayers, woman member of the United States Army Avi but only find a corpse. ation Corps, Mineola, N. Y. Feature Programs Blue Bird The Unattainable — (Five Reels) — Bluebird — September 4. — Adapted from the story by Elwood D. Hemming. Dorothy Davenport _ and Emory Johnson are featured in this beautiful story of love and righteousness versus treachery and deceit. Lloyd B. Carleton produced the picture. rox Little Miss Happiness — (Five Reels) — William Fox — August 28. — Produced by John G. Adolfi from the story by Clarence J. Harris and featuring June Caprice. Reviewed elsewhere in this issue. Kleine Gloria's Romance, No. 17 — (Two Reels) — George Kleine. — "The Telltale Envelope." Featuring Billie Burke. A review appears elsewhere in this issue. Mutual Masterpictures Youth's Endearing Charm — (Six Reels) — American — September 4. — Featuring Mary Miles Minter. A review appears elsewhere in this issue. The Light — (Five Reels) — American — September 7. — Featuring Franklyn Ritchie, Helene Rosson, George Webb and Eugenie Forde. A review appears elsewhere in this issue. International Film Beatrice Fairfax — (Two Reels) — International.— The third and fourth episodes of this serial featuring Grace Darling and _ Harry Fox are reviewed on another page of this issue. Hearst-International News Pictorial, No. 66 — August 18. — President and Mrs. Wilson meet the members of Democratic National Committee at the White House, Washington, D. C. ; many thrills are furnished by the drivers of baby autos in a novel motor speedway race, San Francisco, Cal. ; Tracy Mathewson, staff photographer of the Hearst-International News Pictorial, sails for South America, where he will join the relief expedition of Sir Ernest Shackelton of the Antarctic regions, New York, N. Y. ; three persons killed and thirty-seven seriously injured when a fast train of the M., K. & T. railroad rolls down the high embankment, Lancaster, Tex. ; latest Lucille creations; depositors swoop down on the financial institution of Shanghai, China, demanding gold instead of paper currency ; bathing girls in one-piece suits are arrested on the beach in Redondo, Cal., and after being covered with barrels are led through the streets of the city. Hearst-International News Pictorial, No. 67 — August 22. — President Poincaire reviews troops of the allied forces, including soldiers of France, England, Australia and East India, Paris, France; Ella Crist, expert swimmer, risks her life in a heavy sea swimming around Seal Rock, San Francisco, Cal. ; horse racing is introduced in Geneva, Switzerland, and for the first time, Switzerland's society attends a racing meet; Ambassador Elkus and his family sail on the Oscar II. for Constantinople, where he will begin his duties as United States representative in Turkey, Hoboken, N. J. ; the giant guns protecting the United States along the Atlantic coast are fired in practice to display their efficiency, Fort Warren, Mass. ; latest fashions; convention of 25,000 Catholic delegates is opened with high pontifical mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth avenue, New York, N. Y. ; thrilling ride with Staff Photographer Ariel L. Varges in a British seaplane, Salonika, Greece. Hearst-International News Pictorial, No. 68 — August 25. — Dario Resta wins the Grand Prix cup in an exciting race here, Chicago, 111. ; Aviator Comenjoz is defeated by Donald Pope in a race between a monoplane and a motorcycle, Readville, Mass. ; latest fashions ; Charles Evans Hughes, Republican nominee for President, addresses an audience of 14,000 Tacoma, Wash. ; in the annual practice of Fort Totten, L. I., the giant mortars guarding the coast are fired in an Paramount The Honorable Friend — (Five Reels) — LaskyParamount. — This story deals with the villainous machinations of a wealthy Japanese curio seller in America to bring a pretty Japanese girl over to America and get her into his power, regardless of the feelings or rights of others. The story was written by Elizabeth McGaffey. Sessue Hayakawa is featured. Col. Heeza Liar Plays Hamlet — (Split Reel) — Paramount-Bray — August 27. — The doughty colonel, who through his ability to move them to laughter, has endeared himself to picturegoers is here found to be in trouble. His fortune goes up in one detonation from the powder factory^ in which it was invested. He makes for the river and suicide, but in passing a moving picture studio is struck with an idea. He makes application and is given a job and his first picture^ is Hamlet, and he has for support no less a celebrity than Charles Chaplin. Together they do a "grave yard" scene whose comedy should prove of the sure-fire type at every showing. On the same reel with: The Giraffe and Hippopotamus — A nature study of the peculiarities of the strange beasts at feeding time contributed by Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars. The Victory of Conscience — (Five Reels) — Lasky — August 28. — Lou-Tellegen in a love romance which supplies him with occasions for the display of his talents. Reviewed elsewhere in this issue. Pictographs — Paramount — September 4. — The thirty-first issue of Pictographs presents the usual collection of interesting subjects for which this weekly release is now noted. being added to the equipment of the border forces, El Paso, Texas. Pathe News, No. 68 — Pathe — August 23. — Railroad heads called into conference by President Wilson after efforts with the managers fail, leave the White House to deliberate on suggestions made by the nation's chief executive, Washington, D. C. ; thousands attend services at St. Patrick's Cathedral which marks the opening of the patriotic-religious convention of the Catholic Federations of America, New York, N. Y. ; huge crowd fills the great Stadium to hear how Governor Charles E. Hughes would administer the affairs of the nation if elected President, Tacoma, Wash. ; Paris fashions ; more than sixty lives are believed lost and untold damage to land and railroads is caused when Gulf storm sweeps Miami, W. Va:; ingenious farmers discover another use for their handy automobiles by making them serve as auto tractors when the fields need plowing, Fort Worth, Tex. ; Princess Louise visits the British Naval Training Ship, the H. M. S. Stork, to compliment the young recruits on their rapid work, Hammersmith, England ; Donald Pope drives his motorcycle at a furious clip to beat Joe Domenjoz in his aeroplane in a five-mile race, Readville, Mass. The Grip of Evil — (Two Reels) — Pathe-Balboa — September 11. — "The Dollar Kings" is the title of the ninth episode of this series featuring Roland Bottomley and Jackie Saunders. John Burton associates himself with a young man whose father has disowned him because of his open attacks upon the abuse of the employes of his large factory. Burton finances the building of a sanitary mill in the country, but the trust forces him to sell out to it. Burton is then surprised to learn that the factory is no longer operated, though he sold on condition that the workers be treated as they were when he conducted the business. There is a love romance interwoven with this theme of capital and labor. "The Dollar Kings" is an interesting two-reel drama, and it will win the favor of those who are following the series. Pathe Pathe News, No. 69 — Pathe — August 26.— Dressed in the quaint Highlander's kilts of their forefathers, boys at Penn Camp learn the ways of _ soldier's life, Valvour, N. Y. ; the latest machine for aviation, a twin motor convertible land and motor biplane, is tested for members of the United States Aeronautic Board, Newport News, Va. ; twenty thousand march in a great woman's suffrage demonstration to urge immediate legislation for their cause, Amsterdam, Holland ; Paris turns out to see the famous cyclist, Largellier Perinac, win the Excelsior classic, Paris, France; the Atlantic Squadron assembles off Newport, R. I., to engage in annual maneuvers of defending the New England coast against the invasion of the "attacking" fleet; the Lewis machine gun, first used by European countries with great success, although invented by an American, is now Red Feather The Narrow Path — (Five Reels) — Red Feather — September 4. — Featuring Violet Mersereau in an unusual drama of the slums, society, and the stage. Triangle Program The Little Liar — (Five Reels) — Triangle-Fine Arts — September 10. — Mae Marsh is featured. Reviewed elsewhere in this issue. The Wolf Woman — (Five Reels) — TriangleInce — September 17. — Louise Glaum in a vampire role which gives her opportunities. A review appears elsewhere in this issue. V. L. S. E. Inc. The Kid— (Five Reels)— V. L. S. E.— August 28. — Lillian Walker appears in the name role in a scenario written and directed by Wilfrid North. Reviewed elsewhere in this issue. SOME NEW THEATERS California The Searchlight Theater, Church and Twenty-eighth streets. San Francisco, has been opened. It is a feature theater seating four hundred people. The Home Theater in Anderson will shortly be reopened by Manager Hainline. September 2 the Royal Theater on "SSkS^P The pinching scene is from the Beauty-Mutual "The Boomerang Goldbrick." The other two pictures are from "Rolling to Ruin, Vogue which is to roll into public view on September io. an unusual ttvo-reel