Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1908)

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POSTERS Pathe Melies Vitagraph 5elig Edison Lubin Essanay Kalem FILn SUBJECTS 5 Cents a Piece TITLE POSTER CO. 231 Bowery, New York 'Phone 4267 Orchard Call For Samples THE VIASC0PE SPECIAL! FIRE PROOF! NOISELESS! FLICKERLESS! NO VIBRATION! Guaranteed forever against defective workmanship or material COMPLETE, $ I 75. OO VIASCOPE MFG. CO. Room 6, 112 East Randolph St., Chicago THE MAN AND THE WOMAN (Biograph).Biograph Story of a Minister and his Wayward Brother — "Lead us not into temptation." What a n there is in this appeal, and this subject awful result of not heeding the warning voice of Divine Providence. John and Tom Wil I in are bro ad must divergent in natures man and a noble, upright fellow. 'ii sci -race, wild, reckless and un iuIous. \' 'i le parental guiadnce sc essential in is fatber beinp dead and bis blind, he drifted into bad company, the ■ mating influence deeply affecting his sus ceptible nature. Despite the earnest pleading ot bis brother John he sank lower in morass of trans m, spending " 31 his time at the ale drinking and at cards. All this John has succeeded in keeping from his dear mother, whose blindness is almost a blessing, for a mother would rather her eyes be sightless than to view the indiscretions of her loved ones. So she possessed the blissful impression that her boys were both paragons of righteousness. God's mercy is unfailing— you will admit this Divine Charity. In the village there dwelt, as neighbors to Wilkins, Farmer To bias and his wife, and their daughter, Gladys. Tom and Gladys grew up together, and were child sweethearts, which grew stronger with Gladys as time went on. So' deeply did she love the hand some Tom that she put her entire trust in him. feeling sure that he would reciprocate her sacrifi eial devotion with the honorable obligation it mer ited. But, oh. bow mistaken she was, and onlj after prayers and tearful entreaties does he agree to marry her. and then only upon condition thai she elope. To this she consents most reluctantly, for which act she is disowned by her parents. The villainy that is wrapped up in the black heart ot Tom. Truly a marriage ceremony is performed, but it is by a rowdy friend of Tom's, disguised as a clergyman — in fact, a mock marriage. For a time Gladys lived in ignorance of tbe truth, but it at last came out when Tom deserts her. Back to ber home she trudged carrying her infant, and at the door she is met by her mother with open arms but when the father appears, he, still obudrate. drives her away. She then goes to John Wilkins, and tells her sad story. He calls Tom and demands he make immediate reparation. Tom treats the matter lightly and the brothers are on the verge of blows when the blind mother, like a ministering angel, appears, and Tom's heart is at last softened. He takes Gladys and their child to his boson,, while they receive the benediction bestowed by their priestly brother. Length, 77G feet. THE GREASER'S GAUNTLET (Biograph).— Though somewhat obscure in the beginning, this subject shows the efficacy of a mother's prayer. Holy is the name Mother, and many who stray from the path of righteousness to the radiantly alluring avenues of sin and prodigality, are rescued from the inevitable end by her prayers. So it is with the hero of this story. Jose, a handsome young Mexican, leaves his home in the Sierra Medra Mountains to seel; his fortune in the States. On leaving, his dear old mother bestows upon him her blessing, presenting him with a pair of gauntlets, upon the dexter wrist of which she has embroidered a Latin Cross. This she intended as a symbol and reminder to him of her and her prayers for his welfare. She cautions him to be temperate, honest and dispassionate: to bear the burden of life's cross with fortitude and patience. We next find him in a tavern on the border, where ij regate the cowboys, miners and railroad con s inn employees — a new line from the States into Mexico having just been started. This tavern is the principal hotel of tbe place, and as a matter of course there is a motley assemblage in the barroom, which also serves as the office. Tom Berkeley is the engineer of the construction company and the affianced of Mildred West, a New York girl. Mildred, being of a romantic turn or mind, and wishing to cheer Tom's life in this sandy purlieu, consents to join him and become his wife. This is the day of Mildred's arrival, and Tom meets her and her father at the train to bring them to this hotel. Bill Gates, an assistant engineer, has long loved the fair Mildred, but lias received no encouragement, in fact his attentions arc to her odious in the extreme, for she has seen behind his veneer of gentlemanly civility the despicable brute that he is. Their entrance at the tavern causes quite a stir, for the pretty face or the girl makes an impression on all, particularly Jose. Me is silting drinking with a friend on one side of the room, while just across the way is a party of cowboys playing poker. One of the boys takes a roll of money, which is done up in a bandanna handkerchief, from his hip pocket, peels off and puts the roll back. Xbe Chinese servant ids and upsetting a glass of liquor ou the" _• down, ostensibly to wipe it up. the money and drops the bandanna at Jose who upon rising thinks it his own. puts it in bis He ba"s hardly left tL. the robbery is noticed aud of course suspicion points to him, which seems well.-grounded. upon his being brought back with the incriminating .na hanging from his belt. At once t Lynch him!" — and although he protests his innocence, and despite the plet Mildred, believes him so, he is taken out to be hanged. Off to the woods they drag him and g the rope about bis neck they give him one more < confess, but still insisting be is lit, he asks for a chance to pray. I eye falls upon the cross on his gauntlet his t I; to her. who. no doubt, is now praying i id for hjm. through a mother's intuition. nib Mildred at the hotel is in the extreme Jose, who she is sure is guiltless. Coming from her room she runs suddenly into the Chinaman in the act of hiding a roll or under the ball carpet, and before he is presence she has snatched tbe money from his bands and gained the admission that he is the blBf. Like a flash she is off after the wouldbe lyinches, arriving just as Jose, taking glance at tbe cross is swung in tbe air. Breaking: through the crowd she causes the startled c to release their hold on the rope, and Jose drops to the ground uninjured. A hurried explanation and return of the money to the owner, and all start after the Chinaman, leaving Mildred and Jose on tbe scene. He cannot express the gratitude he feels for tbe girl, but swears that if ever she needs bis help he will come to her. Taking bis knife be cuts in two the gauntlet aud gives her the wrist as a token of his pledge, and as she takes it her eyes sink deep into his heart, enkindling a hopeless passion for her. She in turn ises. to always keep his token with her. Time runs on, and Jose cannot obliterate the sweet face of the girl from his mind's eye. She has in a measure usurped that of bis dear mother, hence to ameliorate his sorrow, he takes to drinking and goes to tbe depths of degradation. At the of five years the railroad contracts are eompletd and a garden fete is given m Honor of Tom Berkeley, the engineer, by tbe officials. Bill Gates. of course, is present and renews his attentions to d, who is now Tom's wife. She at first mildly repulses him. but when he becomes insult in::!' persistent, she screams, which brings to lie. side Tom. who with one blow sends Gates crashing trellis work of the arbor. Gates swears and going to a low tavern for help comes upon Jose, drunk, of course, and with him and another greaser they waylay Tom's carriage in a lonely road on their way home from the fete A blow on the heart puts Ton: out. and Gates car ries Millrcd. who bad fainted, to tbe tavern, where he takes her. assisted by Jose, to the upper floor Jose then, at Gates' suggestion, goes downstairs for some drink. During his absence Mildred .-e vives and makes a desperate strngsle to escape but she is restrained by Gates, and finally falls exhausted on the cot. as Jose returns with the bottles. There upon the floor is the cross embroid ered wrist of tbe gauntlet, which Mildred has dropped during the struggle. Jose seizes it and the truth at once dawns upon him. "Oh, what have I done. Yet it is not too late to undo it." So with tbe ferociousness of a wolf lie leaps at tbe throat of Gates and after a terrific battle drops him lifeless to the floor, as tbe husband and friends burst into the room. The tables a: turned and Mildred has a chance to than, for his deliverance. Jose at the sight of the cross makes a solemn resolution, which he immediately fulfills— to return to bis dear old mother in the mountains, in whose arms we leave him. concluding a file: story i hat is one continuous concentrated absorbing thrill, and promises to be as big a hit :\s the Redman and the Child." Length. 1027 feet. THE CRUSHED TRAGEDIAN (Lubin) .— Mr. Panda ly after showing some of his art to a theatrical i i' is engaged, lie begins bis engagement as Mark Anthony which also ends bis engagement. Tired and hungry be comes to a farm house. The women folks are delighted with bis art while the men folks hare no use for "them actors." Xext Mr. Dandaly drops into a picnic party. He is made to ride the rails until his ardor is cooled in a nearby pond. While walking the ties he takes a rest, when a train comes and gives him a lift. He lands in a coal pile from where he | THE EAGLE FILM EXCHANGE 1 Machines, Tickets, Carbons, Films, Song Slides, etc., Everything in the Mot King Picture Line. INDEPENDENT SERVICE. ,59 N. Eighth Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 342 Main Street, NORFOLK, V.A.