The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

—THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY 9 HARRY CAREY in "THE SOUL HERDER 55 1-' Mary Ami calls leer luw daddy. {Copyright 1917, Universal Film Manufacturing Co.) T HE Moving Picture World, which usually ignores pictures under five reels in length, devoted a special review to "The Soul Herder," the three-reel Bison, written by George produced by Jack Ford, Says Hively and with Harry Carey as his star, the World "An excellent picture in every way. . . . Harry Carey rides down declivities with skill that puts to shame certain parts of Italian cavalry riding stunts. This is an excellent picture for children of all ages. . . . After Harry enters the pulpit, a delicious humor enters the picture. . . . It would -certainly convert those who refuse to admit that Western movies can have a strong moral tone." Cheyenne Harry was a terror of Saturday night, but Sunday morning in jail found him quite tame. The sheriff came to let him out, and Cheyenne sheepishly asked what he had done this time. The sheriff explained that he had tried to shoot up the town, and that he had emptied his guns in consequence. He returns them, now, to Cheyenne unloaded, and tells him that they can spare him. Cheyenne rides out into the desert vaguely, and presently sees a prairie schooner, with a man and a child getting breakfast, beside it. In the distance, his keen eyes spy some vagrant Indians, attracted to the lonely outfit in the hope of picking up something. Harry has no wish to meet them with unloaded weapons, and crouches behind his horse in the brush. The man with the child is the new parson of Buckhom, o;i his way to one of the worst plague spots in the country. He attempts to parley with Cheyenne leaps on Pete. BISON Three-Reel Western Drama, starring Harry Carey. Written by George Hively and produced by Jack Ford. A powerful story wonderfully told of how a whole town was made to hit the trail. CAST. "Cheyenne" Harry Harry Carey The Parson Jean Hersholt Jane Brown Fritzi Ridgeway Mary Ann Elizabeth Janes "Chuck" Rafferty "Hoot" Gibson Topeka Jack Vester Pegg Bill Young William Gettinger the Indians, having told the child to hide. They shoot him. From his hiding place, Harry looks on impotently. When the Indians ride away, he approaches, and tries to comfort the frightened child. She sobs for her father. Harry buries the body, and Mary Ann tells him that if he is to be her new daddy he will have to wear his clerical waistcoat. To please her, Cheyenne puts in on. They set out for Buckhom together. Jane Bro^^Ti is the organist, a fair flower in a rank field. She is eagerly awaiting the parson, her brother-inlaw. When Harry arrives, she impulsively kisses him, to his intense embarrassment. He enters the house, seeing no way out of the predicament. A few days later, trouble begins when Harry meets Topeka Jack, the boss of the town, and his henchman, Bill Young. Bill tells Cheyenne that they are satisfied with the deck as it is. and don't want a new deal. In a few minutes the two men are fighting. Jane comes running up. She is horrified to see a parson so engaged, and it dawns upon her that he cannot be what he pretends to be. When the fight is over, and he has thoroughly defeated Bill, she turns on him and denounces him as an imposter. He leaves her house, but not the town. Little Mary Ann falls ill from the effects of her long trip, and in her delirium she constantly calls for her "new daddy." The doctor searches out Cheyenne and tells him that it will go ill with the child if he does not return. When Jane sees his wonderful gentleness with the little girl, she realizes that he cannot be a bad man. She tells him so, and asks him to stay. He says that if she thinks so, he may be able to do something with the rest of the town. "Chuck" Raff«rty, an old range mate of Cheyenne's, arrives in town, and is much amused at Harry's new job. He is a good sort and offers to help him. Every Sunday for three weeks the two hold a lonely service in the church. The fourth Sunday, Cheyenne resorts to new tactics. He enters the saloon with drawn guns and forces the entire company into the church. He says that they have missed an hour of preaching three Sundays, so to-day they are to have a four-hour sermon. When some of them slumber, he wakes them with some very accurate shooting. He also takes up a collection at the point of a gun, saying: "The Lord loves a cheerful giver, boys, and it's time some of you attracted his attention." Topeka Jack and Bill Young are desperate. Topeka says: "When a fellow like that goes nutty over a regular girl, it's hard to know how good he'll get." (Continued on page 20)