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-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY
John fairmeadow Arrives.
r HE forty-third Bluebird photoplay is a red-blooded drama of a mining camp, to which comes a young fellow seeking a refuge from his dissipated life. The rough miners take him for a "parson" and the situation is such that the deception cannot be avoided. Against his will he is forced to play the role of sky-pilot. It is not an easy one, but the end more than justifies the means, and the scene closes on a double wedding. The story was written by Norman Duncan, put into scenario form by Maud Grange, and produced by Jack Conway, in the heart of the redwood forests of southern California. Conway was provided with a splendid cast of players, including Warren Kerrigan and Louise Lovely in the leads; Harry Carter, the supervillain of the Bluebird organization; Ivor McFadden and Marc Robbins. Conway has known how to get the very best from them. The story runs as follows:
To a little Western town comes John Fairmeadow — in answer, so Pattie and her friends think, to her prayer that God will send a parson to say the last sad rites over the body of her father, who has died suddenly. John is not a minister — far from it, in fact. His coming to this small town is for the sake of trying to overcome his habits of dissipation; but
J. WARREN KERRIGAN in
^^The Measure of a Man^^
With LOUISE LOVELY
FORTY-THIRD Bluebird Photoplay. Story by Norman Duncan. Scenario by Maud Grange. Produced by Jack Conway, with J. Warren Kerrigan, Louise Lovely and a strong cast of Bluebird
Players.
CAST.
John Fairmeadow..J. Warren Kerrigan
Pattie Louise Lovely
Billy Ivor McFadden
Donnie Marion Emmons
Jack Flack Harry Carter
Jinny Katherine Cambell
Pete James Horton
Tom Marc Robbins
his clerical looking garb convinces the simple and uncouth Westerners that he is a preacher of the gospel. John, kind of heart, and learning of the bereavement and sorrow that have come to Pattie, cannot refuse.
But that is not all. Now that a parson has come, Pattie is not willing to let him go, and, before John realizes what has happened he has promised to remain in the little town, where he at once is respected, both because of his profession and because when necessity arises, he can use muscular force, a possession which always commands homage in a towii of this type.
Some miners in a nearby town, learning of the coming of the new parson, invite him to pay them a visit. John feels himself a hypocrite, but so great is Pattie's faith in him that he must go on.
Pete conducts the saloon of the town, with the help of his small son,
Donnie, who is beloved by all. He and Pattie are great friends, and while the parson is absent in the other camp they persuade the miners to construct a crude church and cabin. The miners are all rough, but
The "parson" reads Billy's letter