Motography (Oct-Dec 1916)

December 2, 1916. MOTOGRAPHY 1259 Brief Stories of the Week's Film Releases New I'itagraphs to appear on General's progra m From the left, "The Man Who Weitt Sane," Noz: 17; "The Luck of Jane," Nor. 17; and "Takina the Honey Out of Honeymoon," let loose on November 27. The Influence of the Unknown — Biograph — November 27. — With Mae Marsh, Robert Harron and Hknry Walthall. A young revenue officer engaged in tracking moonshiners in the mountains turns spy, poses as one of their number and learns their secrets. He is about to betray them when they become suspicious. A girl of the mountains learns that he is a spy but discovers that he undertook the mission to support his wife and baby. Her sympathy is aroused and she aids him to escape from the angered mountaineers. In return he leaves the service and does not use his knowledge against them. A Tin Soldier — (32 Minutes)— Essanav — November 28. — With George Beane, Florence Oberle, Bruce Kent and Florence Barr. Mrs. Bridge, making preparations for the mask ball, is not in sympathy with her husband's predicament. He is suffering with a severe toothache. Dragged to the ball in his costume of a soldier, he escapes early and, leaving the uniform at home, goes to a dentist. "Rats" Bridge dons his father's uniform and goes to the ball. Miss Dilly Dally, a coquette of considerable weight, resumes her attentions to the supposed Bridge, Sr., and starts a riot. Mrs. Bridge discovers the deception, but it doesn't make her feel any more kindly toward her spouse. She drags him out of the dentist's chair at the early morning hour and leaving the tooth behind hurries him home. "If a fat woman comes here chase her until she evaporates," Bridge orders his son. Mrs. Bridge's second cousin, somewhat fat, arrives for a visit and "Rats" promptly locks her in an ash pit. But all's swell that ends swell and Bridge gets rid of his aching tooth, his affinity and his other troubles. The Wages of Sin — Biograph — November 29. — With Irene Howley, Walter Miller, Franklin Ritchie, William Jefferson, Frances Nelson and Violet Horner. Ruth Marley is released after serving a prison term for theft. She is denounced by her foster father and his daughter and is cared for by an actress. The man to whom she is married is a thief who had won her after destroying her faith in the man she really loved. But she works against the thief and finally learns that his charges against her lover were untrue. When her husband is shot by the police, she marries the man she first loved. Dreamy Dud Joyriding With Princess Zlim — (18 Minutes) — Essanay — November 29. — Cartoon by Wallace A. Carlson. Split reel with Apache Trail scenic. Dreamy Dud finds himself in Africa, the reluctant escort of Princess Zlim, an ebony lady of pronounced pulchritude. She invites him to take a ride in the Royal Jitney Bus, and after cranking the elephant's tail, they climb aboard. Gasoline is taken on for the elephant and after drinking it he becomes unsteady and engages in various fights with other animals, making it extremely hard for the Princess to make love to Dreamy Dud. The resultant adventures give Dud a thrilling time, but he soon wakes up to find his mother calling him. Half a reel of Apache Trail, and the beautiful scenery of the adjoining locality make up the rest of this offering. The Final Fraud — (48 Minutes) — Essanay — December 2. — With Bryant Washburn, Gertrude Glover, Ernest Maupain and John Cossar. Dick Denton, a young man of uncertain identity, wins the love of Marie Weston. Notwithstanding that Denton refuses to give an account of himself, her father, a millionaire, finally consents to their marriage. Weston is entrapped by Le Strange, the chief of a coterie of international blackmailers. Led to the crook's den, he finds Denton, apparently a crook, also. Weston tells his daughter and forbids the marriage. She is heartbroken. However, when Dick and the blackmailers are arrested finally in a spectcular raid, Marie goes to him at the prison. She tells Dick she will marry him if he will promise to reform. It is then that the chief of the federal secret service enters and congratulates Dick. For instead of being a crook, Denton is in reality a secret service agent who had disguised himself in order to round up the blackmailers. • Selig-Tribune No. .92 — November 16. — New York, N. Y. — Miss Margaret Zoll goes shopping on a midget auto which travels 120 miles on a gallon of gasoline and has a speed range of from two to twenty-five miles an hour. Boston, Mass. — Fifty-four persons lost their lives when a street car plunged through an open draw into the waters of Fort Point Channel. San Francisco, Cal. — Bunji Zuzuki, labor leader and president of the Laborer's Society of Japan, arrives in this country to attend the convention of the American Federation of Labor, in Baltimore, as a fraternal delegate. Somewhere in France. — Thousands of fresh troops are sent to the firing line. Medfield, Mass. — Society folk of Boston and vicinity riding to hounds. — Boston, Mass. — Governor McCall accepts, on behalf of the state, an aeroplane to be used for the training of the naval militia. Longmount, Colo. — American and English teams in dangerous game of auto polo. Mt. Carmel, Pa. — This stray dog is awarded a handsome brass studded collar by Postmaster General Burleson, who officially recognized the dog's services in guarding U. S. mail during the absence of the mail carrier. New York, N. Y. — The President and Mrs. Wilson arrive here from Williamstown, Mass., on the naval yacht Mayflower, and proceed by train to Washington, D. C. Mexico. — While peace parleys are being held in Atlantic City between American and Carranza officers, a new revolution under Felix Diaz gains rapid headway in Southern Mexico. Selig-Tribune No. 93 — November 20. — New York, N. Y. — The new battleship Arizona leaves the navy yard to join the Atlantic fleet. Brooklyn Navy Yard, N. Y. — Dr. David Jayne Hill, on behalf of the American Defense Society, presents a trophy cup to the crew of the battleship New York for the best marksmanship record. New York, N. Y. — The Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Society inaugurates a big educational and health campaign for the crippled children of the Kings County Hospital by taking them on automobile bus rides through the parks. Philadelphia, Pa. — Quaker city is startled by a feminine "up-tothe-minute" chauffeur who handles her commercial delivery auto like a veteran. Long Island City, L. I. — The cross country season is ushered in here with the holding of the junior championship of the Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union. San Francisco, Cal. — The establishing of a new steamship service between this port and Honolulu receives the official sanction of Mayor Rolph, who casts off the headline as the big steamer leaves for the islands. Chicago, 111. — Miss Vivian Reed, Selig star, poses in afternoon and evening gowns. Cambridge, Mass. — Harvard defeats Princeton by a score of 3-0. Chicago, 111. — With the opening of the grand opera season here, Ballet Master Ambrosing permits a peep behind the scenes while he is drilling the dancers. Mutual Pictures in 1 1 1 Up the Flue — (Two Reels) — Vogue — November 26. — McCray, assistant to the oil magnate and in love with the oil magnate's daughter, on seeing a suspicious character hanging around the oil fields, follows him. Lillian, the daughter, goes with him. Rube Miller is the worst of the bunch of bombmakers and he spies Lillian and McCray. The latter is locked in the boiler and a hot fire started under him. He is rescued just in time by Lillian. Later she is seen by the bombmaker's daughter and her fate is sealed. She is tied to a post with a bomb set under her ready to go off at a certain time. The girl is rescued just in time. The sputtering bomb is thrown out of the window and brings to earth a huge smokestack. Everyone is buried in the debris. McCray appeals to the magnate for his daughter's hand and as he is refused crowns himself with one of the many thousand bricks and falls back into a fade out. The cast includes Larry Bowes, Lillian Hamilton, Rube Miller, Roy McCray and others. When the Tide Turned — (Two Reels) — Mutual — November 27. — The woman's husband is jealous of her former suitor, Mai Blevins, and decides he can stand it no longer, sends their only child, a boy, to his brother. Some few days later he is brought to her dead, and it is not long before the woman marries Mai. Years later, the woman, whose husband is owner of a western hotel, is surprised to see a young man resembling her first husband come to the hotel. He registers under a strange name, however, and she does not make known her identity. Mai, learning that the young man has a sum of money on his person, decides to get it from him. His wife learns of the plot and protests, for which she is locked in her room. Later the woman finds, after saving the young man's life, that he is her son. The cast includes Frederick Church, Lillian Hamilton, Malcolm Blevins and Carolyn Higby. The Capture of Rattlesnake Ike — (One Reel) —Mutual) — November 27. — With J. Warren Kerrigan, Pauline Bush and Jack Richardson. Jack Stevens, a young easterner, is spending his vacation on a ranch owned by Mrs. Elliott, a widow whose daughter Elsie is his constant companion. While Jack is carrying the cowboys' pay to them he sees a sign offering $5,000 for the capture of one Rattlesnake Ike. Through a strange coincidence Jack finds the desperado's gun and with the aid of this captures him, brings him to town and receives the reward. Elsie is very much pleased at this exploit and agrees to become Mrs. Jack Stevens. The Wicked City — (Two Reels) — Vogue — November 27. — Ben, proprietor of a small town restaurant and in love with his waitress, presents her with an engagement ring. About this time the waitress goes to the city to buy her trousseau. The cook receives word that a fortune awaits him in the city and he and his wife leave. When the waitress arrives she finds that her aunt is not in town, so puts up at the Chargealot Hotel. Here also a drummer whose room is given by mistake to the waitress. The cook and his wife get the room adjoining the waitress' and that night after the proprietor of the restaurant, who has sold his restaurant and comes to the hotel, where he is hired as a bellboy, arrives there and things happen that sure keep everyone jumping and