Motography (Jan-Jun 1917)

1346 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XVII, No. 25. Brief Stories of the Week's Film Releases Mutual Pictures A Desperate Deed — (Two Reels) — -Chapter 11 of Railroad Raiders — June 18. — Helen Holmes featured. When Helen regains consciousness after the blow dealt her by the raiders she finds herself in a box car which is rapidly filling with water. She has tried every means of getting out and has about given up the quest when a tug smashes into the car and cuts it in two. Managing to climb up on the roof she signals the crew of the tug and they take her on board. Still pursuing the raiders, Helen urges the owner of the tug to try to beat the local freight to the bridge where she can board. They make the bridge just as it opens up. Helen jumps from the top of the pilot house and grasps the lower beams of _ the bridge, working her way up. When the bridge closes down for the local Helen jumps to the top of the train. The crew assists her in chasing the raiders, but they uncouple the last car and escape. They jump a passing passenger train, and Helen turns the nearest switch, just in time to send the passenger into a siding and stop it. A Sheep Among the Wolves — -(Two Reels) — Fourteenth Episode of Jimmy Dale Series — June 22. — Featuring E. K. Lincoln. The story opens showing the underworld maddened with the thoughts of the Grey Seal. Travers, Marie La Salle's lawyer, and for the time being her_ chauffeur, receives papers from Australia that_ will convict the Pretender and the Woman _ in Black. The Pretender is informed of the arrival of the documents, and plans to trail Travers and secure the papers. The Tocsin instructs Jimmy Dale to meet and return by her chauffeur, the ring which she dropped in his car. Jimmy obeys. _ The taxi which meets him and takes him in, is in a collision. The driver whispers just before the accident a few words which are meaningless to Jimmy Dale. On regaining consciousness, Jimmv Dale finds himself in a library. When he bids the host adieu and starts to leave, he is detained. They show him the ring found on Travers, and demand the paper and other information regarding the owner of the ring. Jimmie claims to know nothing about it. The Pretender uses desperate measures to obtain this information, shows Travers dead in the adjoining room, and threatens Jimmie with a similar fate unless he _ gives the desired information. Jimmie says it is impossible, and the Pretender, believing this, allows him to depart. Tillie of the Nine Lives — (One Reel) — June 19. — The villain, greedy for more wealth, consults a n'oted seeress, who in a vision shows him a treasure chest guarded only by a single country maiden. Together they go to search for this treasure and find the country girl in Tillie. The seeress hypnotizes Tillie, who with her pet pig in her arms, is carried away to an old barn loft which serves as a temple for unholy rites. They torture Tillie in an attempt to make her tell where the treasure is hidden. Tillie manages to dispatch the pig with a message to her sweetheart tied to its tail, saying, "I am in the hands of a hypnotist — save me." The pig delivers the message to Tillie's sweetheart and then guides him to her prison, where he arrives just in time to save her life. Terry's Red Hot Trail — (One Reel) — June 21. — Featuring George Ovey. Jerry is "in bad" with a sheriff of a western town and is ordered put off the country. Jerry puts an outlaw to flight who is holding up a wealthy man, his wife and daughter, and is invited to ride with them. Later the bandit captures them, takes Jerry and the girl prisoners, and orders the chauffeur to drive on with the parents. That night Jerry has a lurid dream in which Indians are torturing him when the girl comes to the rescue and throwing herself before him is shot and killed. He is glad to wake up and find it all a dream. The next davjerry and the girl are rescued bv the sheriff. Jerrv is hailed as a hero, is congratulated by the sheriff and wins a wealthy father-in-law. j niversal Program China's Wonderland — (Split Reel) — Powers — Tune 24. — With Dr. Dorsey. Along the river front of Shanghai, which is the most commercial city in the Far East, we see some of the million population, forty thousand of which are Japanese. The Chinese are among the shrewdest traders of the world. Canton, the next view, is the oriental Venice. People here are born, live and die in boats. The ports of China are well protected. At the end of the reel we see the water sports at Singapore. On the same reel is: Young Nick Carter, Detectiff — (Split Reel). — Young Nick Carter determines to become a detectiff. He is going to be the real thing. He has a dog which he calls his sleuth hound. They trace the desperate desperado to his lair, but fail to get him. They have so many exciting adventures in his pursuit that they determine to give up the profession of detectiff after all. On the same reel with "China's Wonderland." The Living Death — Episode No. 15 of The Voice on the Wire — June 18. — With Ben Wilson and Neva Gerber. Shirley and Polly, fascinated, watch the disembodied hand writing. The hand writes that he was a member of the "Black Seven," a psychical and scientific research body of Paris. Five of these men were the five victims of the "Voice," the sixth was Renolds, and the seventh was Emil Laroux. Laroux was positive that he could recall a soul at will and called his new experiment "The Living Death." The story goes on to relate how Laroux was found dead. In his hand was clenched a confession of his insanity and of his mummifying Renolds' wife's living body and sending her to the "Black Seven" to prove his _ theory of "The Living Death." Renolds was bitten by a poisonous snake' and his servant cut off his hand to save his life. Later a human arm was. grafted to Renolds' body and he found that when his astral body was projected the hand was the only thing visible. He had means of revenge, but waited seventeen years for his son's aid, killed all the "Black Seven," one by one. Renolds never found the mummy of his wife's "Living Death." He had killed his own son, "Red" Warren. _ Renolds fires into his own body and falls. Shirley tells Cronin that the "Voice" is dead, and to bury the confession with his son — "Red" Warren. Where Is My Che-ild?— (Two Reels)— L-Ko— June 20. — With Dan Russell, _ Mrs. Moore and Gladys Varden. Mr. Weazelbiffer is henpecked at home, but at his office he is boss. He has a neat arrangement for getting rid of inconvenient people. They sit in a certain chair and are shot through the wall and into a pool of water. The Gilspev household is just_ the opposite; Hubby does all the work and Wife flirts. Gladys flirts with Weazelbiffer. Gladys' husband takes the baby and goes to Dan's, saying, "You took my wife, now take my baby." Dan hides the child in all sorts of places, finally in the stove. The cleaner hides it again. At last the dog finds the baby for them. The cleaner turns out to be Weazelbiffer's bookkeeper and declares himself revenged. Helen Grayson's Strategy — (Two Reels) — Rex — June 21. — With Irene Hunt, Malcom Blevins and L. C. Shumway. Helen Grayson had thought herself in love with Lloyd Bayless until it came to the point of leaving her husband. Bayless attempts to compel her to keep her promise, but she is firm and says that she will remain. Grayson, returning, discovers that his wife was about to leave with Bayless. He tells her that he is going to shoot him. Grayson, while examining a revolver in his own office, accidentally wounds himself and he is taken home. Bayless goes to Helen and tells her that she will go with him or he will kill Grayson. She pretends that she will and he embraces her. At that moment she takes a necklace from her neck and drops it into his pocket. She calls for help and a policeman comes to her aid. Bayless attempts to kill the policeman, but the man shoots first, killing Bayless. Grayson never knew of the real tragedy that was enacted in his own house. Lone Larry — Released Week of June 18. — With Charles Dorian, Percy Pembrook, Kingsley Benedict. William Dyer and Leonard Clapham. Jack Homer, upon arriving in the Western town, is taken for "Lone" Larry, an outlaw. Kitty, the foreman's daughter, does not believe it. Manv thrilling incidents take place. Jack is about to be lynched, when his friend. Cressy. arrives and identifies him. Kitty and Jack find happiness in each other. She Married Her Husband — (Two Reels) — Victor — June 22.— With Jane Gail and Matt Moore. Matt falls in love with Jane, but the girl's mother fancies Lord Fauntleroy for her husband. The couple elope and are hastily married. The parents have the marriage publicly annulled. Matt is in despair, but is cheered by a message from Mrs. Van Emery asking him to give a seance in her home in Tuxedo. By mistake he enters the De Puysters', where he is held up by mother. She forces him to remain in the limine ss butler until her daughter is married to Lord Fauntleroy. fane and Matt succeed in being married over again, and Mrs. De Puyster is reconciled when she learns that Matt is not a Hindu Swami. The Light of Dawn — Episode No. 14 of The Voice on the Wire. — With Ben Wilson and Neva Gerber. Shirley and Polly are still in the home of the professor. The door opens and closes, but no one appears. The "Hand" fires simultaneously as Shirley fires, and Red, just starting to open the window, is hit by the bullet from the "Hand." Red is carried into the house, where it is found that he cannot live long. "Red" re. fuses to say anything and dies. Shirley . answers the 'phone to hear the "Voice" say that he, Shirley, has waited long, but at twilight he shall * know the truth. At twilight they see the "Hand" hovering over a pile of papers. The Voice says, "On this paper will be written the truth." The Honor of Men — (Two Reels) — Bison — June 14. — With Neal Hart and Janet Eastman. The story opens with two men, Dick and Jerry Hatton, struggling in a cabin. Dick leaves Jerry bound to a chair. That same night Dick holds up a rancher and in the fight that follows wounds him. The rancher notifies the sheriff, saying that he recognized the man to be Jerry Hatton. Jerry is captured by the posse and taken to jail. Janice Mercer, the school teacher, who is in love with . Jerry, helps him to escape. His escape is discovered and a search is made. Dick is shot and killed by the posse, who mistake him _for Jerry. Jerry clears up the mystery by explaining that Dick was his brother whom he had sent for in the hope that he could make him go straight. Janice is delighted at the outcome of affairs and Jerry embraces her as the picture fades. A Burglar's Bride — Joker — June 23.— With Gale Henry and Jack Dill. Esmeralda is the maid of all work at the Buffem's. Her ideal is a burglar. When she catches a burglar breaking into the house, she persuades him to stay and marry her. He does so to avoid the police. He thinks she is the lady of the house. When the master and mistress return, he finds his mistake and makes a bolt for freedom. Esmeralda pursues with her marriage certificate. At last, rather than go to jail, he accepts life as her husband. A Pirate Bold — Victor — June 19. — With Pat Rooney, Kewpie Morgan, Mary Haines and Julia Rooney. The Pirate Chief and his flunky are marooned and cast ashore on a cannibal island. The flunkv is caught and made king by the elderly queen. The Chief and the councillor conspire together and the flunky is caught. The Chief is discovered and is given his choice of death or of marrying the queen. When he refuses he is put into the pot. Dynamite blows it up and the Chief lands in the flunky's boat. Everything is just as it was before. The Two-Gun Parson — Big U — June 24. — The Parson of Bear Ridge befriended Louise and helped her take home her drunken father. When the people interfered the parson showed them two guns, and declared that he was going to stay. Slim, one of the disaffected, set out to prove that the parson was yellow. He writes a note and puts it in the parson's coat, but Louise sees him do it. Then Slim informs the sheriff that the parson is nothing more than a horse thief, and that he can prove it. They _ gather around the parson and demand the letter in his coat. Louise hands it to them, telling the sheriff how she saw Slim put it in the parson's pocket. Slim's plan recoils upon himself. Bartered Youth — Laemmle — June 20. — With William V. Mong, Gretchen Lederer. Millard K. Wilson and Molly Malone. John Gallagher, a wealthy retired statesman, has married a woman much younger than himself. Mrs. Gallagher is in love with young Wilbur James. When Gallagher learns that his wife wishes to be free, he tells her to make arrangements for a divorce as he is leaving for Europe. Meanwhile. James has met Dorothy Whiloby, the girl of his dreams. He makes up his mind to break all relations with Mrs. Gallagher. That night at a dance, Mrs. Gallagher sees the two lovers gazing tenderly at each other, and she reads her own doom in their eyes. Heartsick and miserable, she returns to her home, where she tells her husband that as she sold her vouth to him, she is still his if he wants her. He looks at her coldly, measuring her with steel-like eyes, that were once so full of love for her. Puppy Love — Victor — June 21. — With Ruth Stonehouse, Dave Kershaw and Lydia Titus. Jimmv takes the tickets at the picture theater and Ann is in love with Tiim. Her mother tells her it is "puppy love." and she cries. ' On the other hand, Timmv is crazy about a spoiled, pretty crirl who scorns him because he has no money. Ann buvs some pretty clothes and goes out on conquest bent. Jimmy, longing for money to treat the prettv girl, sees Mrs. Kelly drop her purse. His first impulse is to return it, but he stuffs it in