Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1909)

THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 58i. Scene II. — Lucile Refuses William. Scene III. — William's Jealousy is Aroused. Scene IV. — William Plans Jack's Disgrace. He sees Jack's coat on the ground. Here is a chance to be rid of Jack as a rival. At first lie hesitates. Then liis mind made up. he picks up tile coat and drawing money and valuable papers from his pocket he places them in the pocket. Scene V. — Next Morning — The Accusation — Jack Disowned. Jack bewildered, but not angry at his father's little faith in him says, "Yes, I will go never to return." He turns to William, who retreats in fear, then is leaving when Lucile griefstricken steps forward and holds out her hand. He takes it, bids her a passionate good-bye and rushes away, leaving his weeping father heart-broken and William triumphantly smiling. Scene VI. — A Vision of Lucile Turns Jack Homeward. Scene VII. — William's Dying Confession. Scene VIII. — Home and Happiness. It is the day of William's funeral. His wasted body has been laid away in the family vault. Lucile and her father accompanied Mr. Ward home and now after bidding him good-bye they go slowly down the path leaving the desolate old man standing alone as if too afraid to enter his lonely house where he had hoped one day would resound the merry voices of his grandchildren. As Lucile and her father turn from the outer gate they hear a cry and turn to find Jack beside them. Lucile flies to his arms. In a few hurried words they tell of William's dying confession. Jack's lips tremble for he has always loved this brother of his. Now all hasten back to the house. Tbey find Mr. Ward just as they left him gazing out hopelessly with sorrowful eyes. The future holds nothing for him. One son is dead, the other lost to him by his own rash temper. Suddenly he hears the word "father" spoken softly and turns to find Jack standing before him. With a glad cry father and son embrace. Now Jack takes Lucile in his arms and Mr. Ward extends his hand to Major Crandon, for while he still thinks sorrowfully of the erring son he has just laid away, he sees here the consummation of his dearest wish, the union of their two families. LUBIN MFG. CO. MIGNON. — Mignon, a beautiful dark-eyed girl, is the famous bareback rider. Tom, the clown, is In love with her and his feelings are reciprocated, even though Donita, the Spanish girl, her rival. tries very hard to take her lover away from her. Mignon has many admirers wherever she goes. Tired from her work Mignon returns to her dressing room, where she lays down for a rest and is son asleep. In her dream she accepts the hand of one of her admirers. For some time she lives In luxury, but her admirer soon grows tired of her and casts her aside. She has to go back to the show, where she arrives broken-hearted. She lies down and is soon fast asleep. Just then she is awakened from her dream by a scream of her rival who stood over her with a drawn dagger. Her lover had entered, saw her danger and, showing the door to Donita, he embraces Mignon. Length. 575 feet. AUNT LENA'S VISIT.— Aunt Lena is visiting her brother, Heine, together with her little daughter, Louisa. Max and Moritz, instructed to play with Louisa, try their best to get rid of the fat German girl. They play all kinds of jokes on her. When at last the whole family joins in the pursuit of the mischievous boys, they all come to grief. As usual. the scene ends with the boys getting the worst of it. Length, 350 feet. A VISIT TO UNCLE.— Uncle Hiram sends his nephews an invitation to spend their vacation with him and his family. The nephews decide to accept. The country life, however, is too slow for them, so they look for some adventures. Meeting an actor walking the rails they purchase his wardrobe and disguised as tramps get busy with uncle's cow. They paint the white cow black and sell it to uncle. Pretty soon the color comes off and uncle is looking for the tramps who cheated him. The whole town helps in the search, the tramps are covered with guns but before any shooting is done they take off wisrs and beards and the joke is on uncle. Length, 505 feet. A BURIED SECRET. — A young lady, emerging from a store, tries' very hard to dispose of a bundle which she holds in her arm. Whenever she drops the bundle it is brought back to her. Whenever she thinks that she has a chance to throw it away somebody is in the way. Her actions create suspicion and the policeman and a goodly crowd follow her. Now she gets frightened and begins to run. the crowd after her. When she gained on her pursuers she quickly drops the package in an open hole dug by an Irishman and throws earth over it. Her ruse has been discovered, the package is unearthed, she is caught and brought before the police captain, where the package is opened. Imagine the surprise when an old pair of corsets is unwrapped, which the young lady had tried to throw away. Greatly embarrassed, she young lady leaves the police station, while the crowd laughs heartily. Length, 445 feet. MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD.— A poor working girl has a hard time to keep her mother from starvation. The miserly, old landlord never fails to appear promptly for his rent. They are unable to meet it and he forthwith removes the bulk of the furniture. "Emma" has a sweetheart, a husky. young fellow, "Tom," who is drafted for service in the Asiatic Department. During his absence tne landlord vigorously presses his suit. The sight of her mother, is too much for Emma and she gives her consent. "Tom." the lover, receives no letters; lie suspects the worst, and applies for leave of absence, which is reluctantly granted. Arriving home, the moment is at hand when "Emma" will sacrifice her future to the grasping old scoundrel. "Tom" learns this and, digging spurs to his horse, arrives a moment ahead of the wedding party. The lovers are reunited and enter the church, where they arcmade one. The rage of the landlord, and the maledictions which he rains on the heads of the young people, brings on a stroke of apoplexy, from which he dies a miserable death on the church steps. Length, 975 feet. GEORGE MELIES. FOR THE CAUSE OF SUFFRAGE.— Mrs. Duff has invited to lunch the celebrated Mrs. Mary Talker, the champion suffragist, who is to make a speech at a meeting on the same day. The board of suffragists have also been invited and are present. The maid, who waits at table, resembles a man in gait and manners. The unhappy Mr. Duff attempts to take part in the general conversation, but his wife severely admonishes him. In three instances he is told to keep silent, and the guests are shocked at the presumption on the part of Mr. Duff. The meeting admitting of no delay, they hurry over their lunch and depart. Mr. Duff is ready to accompany them, but Mrs. Duff commands him to remain in the house and await her return. Tne unfortunate husband goes into the kitchen and tells the woman cook of his great disappointment. The cook is a large Irishwoman who does not in the least understand what women suffragists mean. She keenly shows her displeasure to the maid, of whose manners she does not approve, and when the latter makes any remarks threatens her with an iron. She gives Mr. Duff advice. He should no longer stand the tyrannical domination of his wife, and should find out for himself what is being discussed at the meetings of the suffragists. Alas! he cannot attend, as men are debarred. The good woman has an idea! She will lend him her clothes and he will go to the meeting. He accepts. The woman's clothes are much too large for him. Mr. Duff is very slender. They, however, fill up the waist with any old things they find handy and the cook takes off her wig and puts it on Mr. Duff's head. There is yet to do away with the whiskers, and although this is a great sacrifice on his part, with a few strokes of a razor he cuts them off. Mr. Duff, minus this ornament which heretofore revealed his sex, leaves for the meeting. Nothing is more laughable than the gathering of the suffragists. The orator, Mrs. Mary Talker, is dressed like a man. She is repeatedly interrupted in her speech by one of the persons present, and the latter is finally called upon to speak. Mr. Duff ascends the tribune and carries the audience to such a pitch of excitement by his theories, which are contrary to those of the suffragists, that he is obliged to escape, and jumps out of the window. Then begins a most exciting pursuit; every moment it seems' that Mr. Duff is to be overtaken by his pursuers; he tries to explain, and in his excitement he does not perceive that he has reached the.end of a pier, and falls backwards into the water. His wife follows. Fortunately, someone in a motor boat catches sight of the couple as they fall, and noticing the excitement of the pursuers, who hesitate to throw themselves in the river, he hastens to the spot and rescues Mr. Duff, who has fainted, and his wife, who is very much alive. The crowd cheers the man who has saved the couple from drowning. Mr. Duff is very sick in bed. He is surrounded by all the suffragists of note and his wife glve»; him some nourishment whilst one of the ladies reads something which will teach him quiet and resignation. PATHE FRERES. THE BELATED WEDDING. — An extremely amusing incident is revealed in this picture, which shows how the plans of several wedding parties were upset by the dilatoriness of the mayor of a little town, where the happy young couples gather at the city hall, to enter into holy wedlock, only to be informed that the mayor is away on a vacation. The righteous indignation and anger of the disappointed assemblage, soon gives way to strenuous merriment, and the whole crowd in passing the time while waiting for the mayor, sing, dance and have a real jolly time. The Registrar sends a hasty wire to the much needed mayor, who is away in the country, entirely forgetful of the fact that he should have returned to town to perform the wedding ceremonies. Upon receiving the message, the absent-minded official who is out fishing, starts immediately for town. After numerous delays and all sorts of accidents, he finally reaches the town hall where he is nearly pulled to pieces by the anxious moli. So effusive is his reception, that he rushes from the place, closely followed by the crowd, who are all trying to be the first couple married. The terrified mayor rushes into a pond to escape his pursuers, but one determined couple follows him. and insists upon being married on the spot. The mayor seeing no other way out of his embarrassing position, rises to the occasion, and performs the ceremony while standing knee deep in the water. BOB'S ELECTRIC THEATER.— This is a beautifully colored trick picture, and opens, showing the interior of the nursery where Bob, who has a miniature electric theater, given him for his birthday, gives a performance for the benefit of his brother and sister. The two little actors give evidence of their wonderful skill in the arts of fencing, boxing, wrestling and ail sorts of clever acrobatic stunts. A HOME WITHOUT CHILDREN.— As an interesting study of human nature, this beautiful picture stands in a class by itself, and is bound to evoke enthusiasm wherever it is shown. The characters are cleverly portrayed by famous French artists, who handle their parts in an intelligent manner, bringing out every detail of the tender, sweet little story, making it wholly inspiring and elevating. The story treats upon the lives of a happily married couple who have everything that money can buy, but lack that which they most desire — the love of a tender, little child. The man has been married before, and although having a little girl who is being cared for by a friend, he has never informed his wife of the existence of the youngster. The good woman is a philanthropist, and makes daily trips to the homes of the rich, collecting money for the orphans. One day she happens into the place where her husband's little daughter is living, and without ever realizing that the child is so closely related to her, she takes a great fancy to the little girl, and the feeling being mutual, it is with great difficulty that the kind hearted woman tears herself away from the child. Immediately after her departure, her husband comes to visit his little girl, and while the latter is telling her daddy of the strange lady, he picks up the parasol which she left behind, and immediately recognizes it as the property of his wife. At this juncture the latter returns for the parasol, and is greatly surprised to meet her husband, of whom she demands an explanation. The bewildered man confesses, but his wife who doubts his veracity, leaves the place after denouncing him for his base deception. The couple arrive home about the same time, and the husband is not long in convincing his wife that all he said was true, for going to his desk he produces the last letter he ever received from his former wife, before she died, in which she requests him to marry again and be kind to their little girl. The good woman upon hearing the truth of the matter starts out immediately, and soon returns with the child, whom she takes to her heart, and gladly accepts the little one into the happy home, where she will be raised under the careful guidance of her father and stepmother who loves her like her own. HUNTING JACK RABBITS IN HUNGARIA.— In Hungaria the jack rabbits are so numerous that their presence reaches the proportion of a common pest in the rural districts, where they destroy agricultural products in such large quantities that the losses sustained by their ravishment is greatly felt by the farmers. For this reason, the latter form a" crusade against the destructive creatures during the Winter months, and in this interesting picture we are shown how the farmers turn sportsmen in their efforts to rid the country of the rodents. The men travel in large groups, going through the underbrush, where they drive the rabbits out into the open, and as the animals take flight, leaping and bounding across the snow covered -farms, the sharpshooters fire upon them. It is all done in a sportsmanlike manner, for in no way is the game trapped their destruction depending wholly upon the sure fire of the hunters. After the hunt some wonderful specimens are shown in large quantities. DRINK.— Fart One: The opening scene shows the interior of the squalid little home, where Gervaise has waited all night for Lantier's return, but when the latter enters the place, he casts the tearful woman aside with a gesture of ill-humor, begging her to leave him in peace. Gervaise takes her bundle of clothes and starts for the public wash house, where, after being assigned to a place, she begins her toil. A young woman named Virginie enters, and taking her place at a tub next to Gervaise, taunts the latter about the loss of her lover, for it is Virginie who has supplanted Gervaise in the affections of Lantier. Soon a little boy arrives at the laundry with a note which he hands to Gervaise. and the latter on opening it reads the following soul-crushing words: "I have had enough of your jealous outbursts, and have decided to leave you. Don't worry about me: I have found consola'tion. Lantier." The disconsolate woman's rival stands by with a triumphant sneer on her face and under her breath makes slurring remarks, whereupon Gervaise turns on Virginie. giving her a terrible heating. Gervaise has still another shock in store for her. for on leaving the place she is horrified to see her rival Virginie enter a cab with Lantier and drive away. The next scene takes place a few months later, when we see Conpeau, who has been Gervaise's staunch friend all through her sorrow, meet the latter in the park and propose marriage to her. The happy Gervaise accepts the generous hearted fellow, and on their way home they stop to inform their friends of the coming event. Gervaise, who lias a strong aversion to drink, makes Coupean swear that be will never touch a drop of intoxicating liquor. The couple are married and live happily together for five years, for Coupeau. who is a tinsmith, workssteadilv ' and u> fievoted to Ms wife and proud of