Moving Picture News (Jul-Oct 1913)

Eight Reasons Every Week In all the confusion of arguments for this service or that service, there are two big facts that stand out pre-eminently. First, General Film offers eight multiple features releases every week. Second, those features have greater merit than any pictures that you can book. Don't cloud the situation with irrele/ant ideas. Realize that there are eight multiple reel reasons every week why you should have General Film in your house. Here are the eight reasons why General Film houses will be packed from October 6 to October 11. Selig. "THE CONSCIENCE FUND" Two Reels. Released October 6 "The Man in the Street" operates against his own father, a trust magnate, who has consistently cheated the government. The detective and his sister, a nun. finally make complete restitution without ruining their father's name. Clear-cut action following a thread of breathless interest. "THE FLOWER OF DESTINY" Kleine-Cines. Two Reels. Released October 7 Jealousy impelled Count Ferdinand to kill the page who loved the Countess, but the murdered boy's sister, determined to avenge his death, made the Count love her and then, disguised as a boy, won the affection of the Countess, too. The rattling climax comes when she makes use of the power she holds over husband and wife. "THE RIDDLE OF THE SOLDIER" Kalem. Two Reels. Released October 8 The engrossing magazine stories of "Madelyn Mack, Detective," by Hugh C. Weir, have been picturized with wonderful efifect. Alice Joyce plays a woman sleuth for the first time in her career. When she calls the police to nab the kidnappers, the fight that follows is crammed full of action — the last word in realism. "TWO MOTHERS" Patheplay. Two Reels. Released October 9 A baby is sent to an asylum when her father is killed and her mother's reason is lost. A wealthy widow adopts her and rears her. Then her own mother, cured in mind, finds the baby, now grown to girlhood. The choice between her two mothers is the problem, solved when the girl prevails upon both mothers to live with her. Gripping, human, powerful. "BREED OF THE NORTH" Lubin. Two Reels. Released October 9 Set upon the trail of a supposed murderer, an officer of the Northwest Police finds he is trailing his own twin brother. They exchange places, the wrong man is held until the guilty half-breed confesses. A remarkable tale of double identity, full of the mystery and charm of the great woods. "DEAR OLD GIRL" Essanay. Two Reels. Released October 10 The story of a college student whose mind is unhinged by the death of his fiancee on the day of their wedding. Every day he goes over the events that came just before he learned of the railroad accident that ruined his life, until one day his unbalanced condition leads him to his own death. Intense, human interest in a most picturesque setting. "IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAINS" Edison. Two Reels. Released October 10 How an Eastern man, broken in business, makes good in the West. The new start leads him to a partnership with a sturdy old mountaineer whose daughter has all that the mercenary girl back home lacked. A story of pluck and nerve and courage, winning against overwhelming odds. "THE TEST" Vitagraph. Two Reels. Released October 11 England and Africa provide the scenes for this stirring army story of two men and their love for the wife of one of them. It takes a call to the fever camp to bring out the real stamina of the two men. The husband proves himself worthy and wins back the love that was wavering. GENERAL FILM COMPANY, (Inc.) 200 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK In writing to advertisers please mention "MOVING PICTURE NEWS"