Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

January 12, 1918. MOTOGRAPHY 93 Synopses of the Latest Film Releases FOR EXHIBITORS WHO WOULD KNOW THE STORY OF THE PICTURE ^ Feature Programs Bluebird My Unmarried Wife — (Five Reels) — January 7 — Carmel Myers is featured. The heroine of the story, a doctor's assistant, marries a young writer, temporarily blind, so that she may prevent his committing suicide for his courage has left him. He recovers his sight and the girl runs away. Later she comes back to him disguised as an Italian servant girl. He falls in love with her and after a number of complications discovers that she is the unknown girl he married. The picture is reviewed in this issue. compels Marcia to visit him there. She finds that Frank's identity has been discovered and that he is to be shot as a spy. ; She goes to Von Lentz and offers to marry him if he will set Frank free. Pretending that he will gratify her wish the general turns Frank out in a German uniform into "No Man's Land." There he is the target for the guns of both the Allies and the Germans. The Germans have instructions to kill him at all cost. Frank seems to have a charmed life and escapes, finally landing in _ the Allies' trenches. He returns with American troops to rescue Marcia and "get" Von Lentz. A western story of a man who dominates over the Indians but is made to see the error of his ways by a girl from the east. Goldwyn Butterfly The Cinderella Man — (Five Reels) — December 16 — Mae Marsh is featured in George Loane Tucker's screen version of the stage success. Reviewed in this issue. The High Sign — (Five Reels) — December 31 — Herbert Rawlinson and Brownie Vernon have the leading roles. A romantic adventure story with a dream ending. Reviewed at length in this issue. Fox For Liberty — (Five Reels) — January 6 — Starring Gladys Brockwell. Frank Graham (Charles Clary) goes to Berlin on a secret mission. Frank's brother, Arthur, in Berlin, studying sculpture become involved with Marcia Glendon (Gladys Brockwell), one of the American set in Berlin. General Von Lentz, of the German army, kills Arthur in a quarrel over Marcia. When Frank gets to Berlin he hears of his brother's death but does not know who killed him. He falls in love with Marcia and his love is returned. She believes he is a German officer. Gen. Von Lentz notices that Marcia is in love with Frank. Frank surprises Von Lentz and Marcia in what he believes is a compromising situation. He upbraids Von Lentz. Von Lentz tells him how his brother met his death and attacks Marcia's character. Gen. Von Lentz is ordered to the Chauteau de Vere at the front and is accompanied by Frank as a member of his staff. Von Lentz McCl ure Mother — (Six Reels) — Elizabeth Risdon plays the title role in this production made in England by George Loane Tucker. Reviewed in this issue. Paralta Madame Who — (Five Reels) — Bessie Barriscale in her first Paralta feature, based on a novel by Harold McGrath. Reviewed in this issue. Perfection Brown of Harvard — (Six Reels) — Selig — January 7 — Adapted from the play and book by Rita Johnson Young and Gilbert P. Colemen. Tom Moore plays the title role in this story of college life. Harry Beaumont directed. The picture is reviewed in this issue. Triangle The Gown of Destiny — (Five Reels) — December 30 — Alma Rubens is starred in a rather unusual story, adapted from a magazine tale. Reviewed in this issue. Betty Takes a Hand — (Five Reels) — January 6 — Another Olive Thomas picture in the comedy drama style. Reviewed in this issue. The Man Above the Law — (Five Reels) — January 6 — Claire McDowell has the leading role. Governor Charles S. Whitman of New York in conference with Vitagraph officials discussing the forthcoming patriotic feature which the State of New York has selected Vitagraph to make. From left to right are: Albert E. Smith, president of Vitagraph; Governor Whitman, and John Robertson, Vitagraph director. World Stolen Hours — {Five Reels) — January 6 — Ethel Clayton in a melodramatic story of a gambler's daughter, who is unconventional but at heart fine. Reviewed in this issue. General Program He Loved Her So — Essanay' — (One Reel) — January 5. — The jealous husband suspects that his wife is fickle but cannot discover any actual evidences until the butler hands her a letter one morning. He snatches it from her and only waiting to read "My Dearest Sweetheart," tears it up and storms about the room. The wife pleads with him but he goes out and buys a revolver. The wife, changing her clothes, also goes out. The cook, spying the discarded dress across the mistress' bed, sneaks in and puts it on, in celebration of an evening with the butler. When the husband returns and sees, in the half-lit dining room, the cook with his wife's dress on, in the arms of a man, he draws his revolver and fires. The cook, though unhurt, falls to the floor. The husband turns in the hall just as his wife enters with a man by her side. The wife introduces her father to the trembling husband who then realizes his mistake in not reading all of the letter which told of the parent's coming. The three go into the other room where the cook and the butler laughingly tell of the mistake in identity. One Night — Essanay— (One Reel) — January 12. — The Gentleman Drunk returns to the hotel about midnight, climbing into bed with his silk hat on. Upstairs the Ham actor climbs through the window and down a rope, beating his board bill. Across the hall, talking in whispers, the Girl and her fiance plan an elopement, enraged at parental objections to kissing in the hotel parlor. Hearing the Ham Actor scuffling down the wall on the rope, the Drunk staggers to the window and peers out, his silk hat falling to the ground below. Stealthily he creeps down stairs and onto the sidewalk to regain it. In the meantime the Girl and the Man are ready for flight but the irate parents catch them. The Drunk loses his night gown and to hide from some girls entering the hotel, rolls up in a rug and runs wildly through the halls. The Ham Actor has aroused the guests of the hotel, who think him a burglar. Nora, in the kitchen, is entertaining the Cop. Together they capture the Ham Actor and finally discover the Drunk in hiding under the sofa. Agricultural Opportunities in Western Canada— Essanay— January 12. — The opportunity for those who are thinking of settling on land where the soil is prolific will be unusually interested in this Essanay scenic reel. It shows the tremendous output of the Canadian soil and the open country still waiting to be sown. It reveals how the land is irrigated by the many dams; the Brooks aqueduct, the cutting of alfalfa, the industries of dairying; chicken raising, sheep raising and woolen milling. You will also see the ultra modern methods of sanitary milk handling in the dairies by electricity, which power, as is also shown, even serves in the threshing of the grain. Mutual Pictures A Peach and a Pill — Strand — (One Reili — January' 8. — Jack, who is engaged to Bi'lie. traded by Vera, and makes an appointment to meet her. He pleads a headache in order to keep the date, and Billie gives him a pill from a box which she finds on the table. Billie tells her mother that she has given one of the pills to Jack, and wild excitement prevails when Billie learns that her mother had substituted bichloride of mercury for the real pills. Billie frantically rushes to Jack's apartment, where she meets his chum. Fred, and tells him of the mistake. Fred calls Jack on the telephone at the Gaylife Cafe. where he is enjoying himself with Vera. Jack is to return to the apartment, pretend illness, while Fred is to return disguised as a doctor. Billie, however, has called a doctor, who administers strenuous treatment. Jack pays the price of his faithlessness, but Billie never learns, and all ends happily.