The Moving Picture World (Apr-Jun 1913)

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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD *■ ml 'GENERAL FILM SERVICE 1 Scene from "The Miser's Millions" Scene from "The End of the Quest'.' Four Multiple-Reels Per Week at No Extra Charge is a Bi^ Feature of General Film Service General Film Service multiple-reels are features in every sense. They are of uniformly high quality too— not all good one week and all bad the next. Here are four samples : * l • For Saturday, April 19th "THE WRONG ROAD TO HAPPINESS" Patheplay in Two Parts has chosen the wrong road. She goes back to the little village for a last glimpse of her home. The next morning her father and the country lad who first loved her find her dead body down by the sea. A village girl comes to the fork in the road of life and chooses the path that leads to the attractions of the city. The love of her salesman-husband is a passing fancy, however, and too late she discovers that sue For Monday, April 21st "THE ARTIST'S GREAT MADONNA" Vitagraph Drama in Two Parts An artist, ambitious to paint the greatest of all Madonr world over for a suitable model. One escapade follows another The ooject ot his search is almost within grasp a dozen times. Finally he returns home, heavy of heart and broken in spirit, and there to his great astonishment and joy, he finds his Madonna in the person of his own wife! For Wednesday, April 23d "THE MISER'S MILLIONS Cines-Kleine Drama in Two Parts 99 The miser hoards his wealth, and guards it in cunning fashion. His outler discovers its hiding place, and in the quarrel which ensues, the miser is accidentally killed. After serving a long term in prison, the butler rescues the miser's heirs from poverty by leading them to the hidden wealth. There is a pretty wedding, and although he is not one of the principals, the old butler finds joy in the thought that he has made two others happy. For Friday, April 25th "THE END OF THE QUEST Lubin Drama in Two Parts 99 A story that begins in Italy with Rosa and Pietro happy of their coming marriage. Then it shifts to New York, whence Rosa and Giuseppe, an Americanized countryman, have flown. Pietro is in pursuit but finds the problem of locating Rosa in New York not an easy one! Ihey meet later, after Giuseppe has deserted Rosa. From the effects of Ul-treatment she dies and her child is adopted bv Pietro. Years after ward Pietro ami Giuseppe meet face to face, and when the former would have revenge, the little girl intercedes. But the fright of meeting the man whom he knows has been pursuing him for years is too much for Giuseppe and he falls dead, in the tableau, a vision of Rosa appear* as a fitting climax. GENERAL FILM CO., 200 fifth avenue, new york