Moving Picture News (Jan-Jun 1912)

THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS <Giaan)ont> HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS BEST Gaumont Release, March 26 Old Heir Reuter, ^^/♦.U retired bachelor, is ter ^rvf 1 iv^-^ ribly smitten with a X\\>i>M4//^ widow stopping at a ^^^^r ^^^^ fashionable seaside ho v-<^ tel., at which he is also guest, and protests his love only to be re^'^^ Vkr^^ buffed by the lady he 4_^w^ ^irf'V^-* ^° admires. Unbaf^frjf^ "itn. \X fled h's poor sue •^vL/»^ cess, Reuter engages r^W^ the services of a young fellow o f charming appearance to woo and win the widow for him under the pose of his nephew. The supposed nephew makes rapid headway and soon wins the widow's heart, to such an extent that it is impossible to get her to transfer her affections to Herr Reuter. Chagrined and infuriated, the latter orders his employee to leave, only to find that things have advanced too far and that the widow refuses to let her sweetheart get away from her without marriage. Thus the widow, Reuter's supposed nephew and all the other guests of the hotel have the laugh on the old gentleman. On the same reel JIMMIE AND HIS DONKEY Little Jimmie starts off for the county fair with his long-eared donkey only to be intercepted by a thief, who robs him of his faithful animal friend. Jimmie pleads for the beast, but all efforts of entreaty prove futile till he secures the aid of a sheriff whom he happens to meet. Even then Jimmie's argu ments are overcome by the cunning of the fellow until he finally evolves the idea of asking the thief to tell the sheriff in which eye the mule is blind. The first guess is the left and then when found to be wrong, the right, only to learn that the beast has two good eyes — of course Jimmie walks off with his donkey while the _ sheriff goes off with the guilty fellow. NICHOLAS NICKLEBY Thanhouser Release, March 19 Nicholas Nickleby was the son of a country gentleman who died leaving his family destitute. The son, his sister Kate and their mother, went to London, hoping that the father's brother, Ralph, would aid them to secure a livelihood. Ralph, a money lender and a miser, was indifferent to the claims of those of his own blood, but the beauty of Kate impressed him and he thought that she might be of assistance to him in his business life. To get the girl in his power he sent Nicholas to Yorkshire, as assistant to a schoolmaster, Squeers, promising to care for his mother and sister. With Nicholas out of the way, he planned to use the girl to lure rich men to his home and loan them money on excessive terms. The girl, however, was too high-minded and pure to lend herself to any such scheme, although for some time she did not believe that her uncle was to blame. In the meantime, Nicholas found that the "school" was a den of infamy, the pupils neglected, starved and ill-treated, and Squeers a drunken, brutal. ignorant tyrant. For the sake of his mother and sister he stood it as long as he could, but finally the cruelty of Squeers to a poor drudge, Smike. aroused h's just indignation. He thrashed Squeers soundly, and left the school forever. Returning home he finds his uncle, who is reviling the two helpless women and telling them that he will force them to obey his commands. Nicholas enters just in time, declares he will protect his mother and sister, and orders his ungrateful and heartless uncle from the house. In addition he promises Smike that he will have a home with them for the rest of his life. PART TWO Nicholas Nickleby, after his lively but unfortunate experiences at the school of Wackford S;iueers, returns to London determined to make a l^ome for his mother and s'ster. He fails to find work, and his uncle Ralph offers to see that the women are cared for, if Nicholas will go out into the world and shift for himself. Nicholas, with no prospects, consents and leaves London, accompanied by the faithful Smike. At a roadside inn the wayfarers fall in with Vincent Crumeles, a theatrical manager, who offers them employment. They gladly ac cept, and in his new vocation Nicholas quickly achieves fame. He arouses the jealousy of other members of the company and one of the men plots to "take him down a peg," but the vigorous tactics of Nicholas bring the scheme to naught and adds new laurels to his credit. In the meantime, Nicholas' sister Kate has been exposed to insult in the home of her uncle and he does not defend her. His clerk, Newman Noggs, who has kept a watch over her. warns Nicholas and he comes back to London, post-haste. Immediately after his arrival, Nicholas, by chance, meets Sir Mulberry Hawk, who has annoyed his sister with his attentions, and Nicholas successfully defends her honor. Nicholas secures employment with the firm of Cherryble Brothers, his employers being two kind hearted men, who, finding that he is honest, able and industrious, gladly aid him to success. At their establishment Nicholas meets iMadeline Bray, with whom he falls in love. He is able to prevent her from being united to a worthless old miser who has her father in his power and in the end wins her love. THE TAMING OF MARY Thanhouser Release, March 22 They were an old married couple, yet she was jealous. It seemed to her that every woman they met had designs on her middleaged husband,^ although the man thoroughly realized that his days of romance were passed, never to return. Personally, he wished that he did not have the reputation of being a gay Lothario, for the wife scolded and nagged and expressed herself in unpleasant terms from morning to night. They went on a pleasure trip South, but he failed to enjoy himself; his wife would not let him. Then, with the aid of a friend, he decided to make one desperate effort to cure his wife of her foolishness, mentally deciding that if he failed that he would do something desperate. The wife received a lette rone day signed "a friend," enclosing the photograph of ner husband and a beautiful woman, and from appearances they were very much in love w th each other. "A Friend" explained that he would enable the wife to confront the brazen creature if she so desired, and told her, where to meet him. She was promptly on hand at the appointed hour armed with a horsewhip, willing and eager to get her name in the newspapers. She met the woman, but did not lift a hand to her. No, it was not her husband's longlost sister, but under the circumstances the wife could not wax angry. Furthermore, it taught her a lesson and she stopped being jealous, for the best way to cure such a woman is to make her ridiculous, and that was exactly what happened in this case. On the same reel THE GOLF CADDIE'S DOG The man was a beautiful golf player, the woman was a beautiful girl, but so far as her playing was concerned, well, the less said about it the better. The man, however, loved her for the foozles she made, for love is blind, even on the golf links. They were playing over the course in St. Augustine, and although the twosomes were one-sided iMr. Bogey had nothing on them when it came to the love match. Their darkey caddy looked on and approved, for he greatly admired the young man and treated the girl with tolerance, because a good player seemed to be very fond of her. Then came the quarrel. The girl could not get out of a bunker and, in a rage because the man laughed, she decided to get out of her engagement. It was a sad blow for the man and equally sad for the caddy. He had been "carrying double," but now he had lost two patrons at one fell swoop. The girl came to the links one day, hired the caddy and started around by herself. After a short time she met a young man, sent her clubs back to the house and flirted with her new admirer. The caddy did not approve. He objected to the second suitor, first, because he could not play golf, and second, because he was a dude. Lastly, he had a very poor opinion of the girl who would desert a hero to accept the attentions of a man who didn't play golf. On the way back to the clubhouse the caddy thought deeply. He saw his hero "teeing off, ' and decided to start something. So he went home, got his "trifling" dog, and made him rnad. Then he turned him loose on the links, gave the alarm and waited for developments. The outcome was as he had expected. The "dude" deserted the girl and climbed a tree. The "hero," who was not in the plot, rescued the maiden in distress, restored himself to her good graces, and the caddy again found pleasure and profit in "carrying double." How do you make a good natured dog mad? Give a darkey caddy some hot water and plenty of soap and he will tell you, if he feels so inclined. There is nothing magical about it, but it can be worked most effectively, and is proven in this case. THE REVELATION Nestor Release, March 11 ^^^^^ Arthur Colville is a mem ^^^^^^^^ ber of the Stock Exchange. ^■^^^1^^^^ Through luck, coupled with ^H|HH^^^^^ clever, work, he MV|KS^^PB accumulates a fortune estiHl?l^iMMtJ|# mated at several million 'MBMhAhIV dollars. ^^^^^^^^^v The pursuit riches ^^^^^^^r strips him of that love ^^^^^^ which man should have for his fellowmen. The power of gold dominates him to such an extent as to