The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

26 -THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY ^^The Woman He Feared'' GOLD SEAL Three-Reel Drama. Written by E. M. Ingleton. Produced by Harry Millarde. A woman almost ruins her nephew's life to be avenged on a man who tired of her. rare. HE Woman He Feared," a Gold Seal three-reeler, could be produced by very few film companies, as it demands types that are so Even at Universal City, the film capital of the world, Director Harry Millarde found it difficult to get all the types exactly correct. But the finished production of this strong drama of E. M. Ingleton's shows all the pains that have been expended on it as it is masterful in every respect. The part of John Gray, a reformed drunkard who almost slips back into the black abyss from which he has emerged by dint of prodigious effort, is played by Franklyn Farunm, the youngest of the famous Famum brothers. A whole page full could be said of the work of Clarissa Selwyn, who plays the part of Gray's aunt, the one who tempts him into his former ways to get revenge on* her erstwhile lover. She plays the role with all the, shades of meaning that another actress might have lost. Miss Selwyn has created the role of a villainess who is distinct from the traditional vampire, a villainess who destroys by her coldblooded calculations. A brief outline of the plot follows: ' Claire encourages Gray in CAST. John Gray..... Franklyn Famum Henry Clive William Canfield May Clive Vola Smith Claire Clarissa Selwyn Myrtle Andrews Adele Farrington Henry Clive, a wealthy widower, placed his small daughter. May, in a convent when she was a mere child, and now that her education is completed he takes her home. Clive, alone, has amused himself according to his fancy, but now that his daughter has come to live with him he decides to reform. So he informs Claire, his mistress, that their relations can continue no longer. Piqued, she plans revenge. Her nephew, John Gray, is a drunkard. When he loses his position on a newspaper because of this, she sends him to a sanatorium, where his cure is eventually consummate*!, and she promises to make him her heir and draws up her will accordingly. Through her he meets an artist, Myrtle Andrews, who has received a commission from Clive to paint May's picture. May makes the accfuaintance of Gray and soon the two are fast friends. Claire, who has been watch ing the little love god at work, tells her regenerated nephew that she will provide him with ample funds for a wedding if he can win May, but he must keep secret the fact that she is his aunt. While not understanding the reason for the stipulation, Gray agrees. The wedding takes place. To the wedding breakfast comes Claire with her friend the artist. Myrtle. Stealthily she exchanges her glass of champagne for his of ginger ale. Gray becomes intoxicated and shames the woman he married and her father, and Claire tells Clive that because he once spumed her that now she is avenged and also discloses the fact that Gray is her nephew. Clive orders Gray returned to his apartments, whither Claire follows with liquors, and when he recovers somewhat from hi^ drunken stupor tempts him further. May, meantime, has decided that her place belongs beside him. As she arrives Gray, somewhat awakened to what his aunt is endeavoring to do, berates her and orders her from the house. Claire, returning to her own home, intends striking Gray froni her will, but ere she can do this an attack of heart failure ends her life. So Gray and his wife are free to live out their lives in peace. his love. HENRY McRAE "ROLLS THE BALLS. ^LL great men have some boyish hobby as a surcease from their mental labors. Director Henry McRae of the Universal gets his mental relaxation by "rolling the balls" at the various Japanese concessions at Santa Monica and Ocean Park, California. At his summer home in Santa Monica Canyon he has sufficient oriental goods won at the games to stock a Japanese store. Every time McRae returns home in the evening with an odd-shaped bundle Mrs. McRae sighs, clears space for a vase or piece of lacquer ware and observes: "Henry's been rolling 'em again." His latest Bison picture is called "The Lost Lode" and features L. C. Shumway and Edith Johnson. V