Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1913)

THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD HIS LAST CEOOKED DEAL (August 30).— He is the noted gambler of the county and the most disliked, because of his habit of invariably winning. One day a pretty little wom^n arrives and is announced as the ne-w postmistress. The male population is all in love with her, but she ia partial to none, until she meets Dawson, who impresses her as being different from the rest. He proposes, but she tells him she cannot marry a gambler. He finally wins her by making a promise to reform. When he seeks -work everyone refuses bim because of his former profession. He pawns all of his personal effects, piece by piece, telling his wife that the money is wages. One day he is given a real job as laborer at a rock crusher, but he is unequal to the task and is discharged. He returns home to find he has been ejected for failure to pay rent. In cheaper quarters his wife falls ill. The doctor says it is due to impoverishment and prescribes wholesome food. Dawson is in despair. His wife forces him to take her wedding ring to obtain money. On his way home with the money obtained by pawning the ring he passes the gambling hall. He tries to resist,, but the desire to play and, win overcomes him. He wins and wins honestly. One by one the players drop out untli only Dawson and one opponent remain. The cards are dealt. The stakes are high. The opponent "stands pat." Dawson is afraid to take any chances. To play straight might mean no food and death for her; to play crooked is safe and sure. He plays it crooked and fools them all but one. This one tells the loser how it happened, the deck Is inspected and an extra queen is diccpvered. Dawson has fed his vrite a bowl of hot broth and she falls into a peaceful sleep. He hears a sound at the door and opens it when he finds himself looking down the muzzle of the loser's sis-shooter. He is about to be handled roughly by the crowd when the loser sees the sick wife, surmises what the situation is and asks Dawson if that was the reason he did it. Dawson says it was. The loser's attitude changes. He tears up the queen and throws it out of the window. The crowd starts to leave when Dawson calls them back and swears to them that he has played his last crooked deal. HIS CONSCrElfOE (August 29).— Robert Harwood, who has been a successful "Raffles" in England, succeeds after making a big haul in making his escape to America. On the voyage over he makes the acquaintance of several influential people, and upon his arrival In America he is taken into society. There he meets and falls In love ■with a lovely girl. He resolves to marry her and becomes an honorable member of society. With the beginning of the new and honorable life his conscience begins to trouble him. He meets one man and conceives a dread of him, his conscience making hlra cowardly. Finally on the night of the announcement of his engagement he realizes he is being shadowed. He loves Alice Martin truly and decides he will not link her life with his crimestained one. He breaks ofC their engagement, gives himself up to the detective and so secures peace of mind and conscience. ESSANAY. THE LOVE THEFT (August 26). — ^"Old Tom," a clerk for many years in the employ of Mr, Frank Berresford, is very fond of his employer's little daughter, Grace, Grace presents her father with a birthday gift — a picture of herself In an expensive frame. "Old Tom" naturally becomes impressed with it, and while clearing up his employer's desk, abseot-minderly puts the picture In his pocket and takes it home. This act causes poor "Old Tom" so much trouble that everyone Is happy when things are straightened out. HIS ATHLETIC WIFE (August 27) .—Mrs. Strong, by reason of a good right arm, is absolnte manager of her husband and his finances. While on a shopping expedition she collides with a passerby, spilling the contents of her purse. After they are restored to her, she misses her husband's pocketbook, and thinking the gentleman who bumped into her took it, she gives chase and succeeds in taking a pocketbook away from bim. She relates the Incident to her husband. He discovers his purse on the dresser. The restoration of the pocketbook to its rightful owner is very amusing. WHAT CUPED DID (August 27).— Miss Hight, very much in love with her elderly sweetheart, refuses the attentions of a nice young chap, thereby displeasing her mother. Grandmother takes the young girl's part. In confidence, grandmother and granddaughter show each other their fiancees pictures. They are both surprised, as Miss Hight finds grandmother's lover is very young. 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BROKEN THREADS tTNITED (Special— 2 parts — August 29).— Hiram Daniels lives in the country with bis daughter, Ohloe, a winsome little lass who is very fond of her dad. The father, a kindly, simple-hearted old man, is called away to the city on business, and he and Chloe reluctantly bid each other good-bye. Daniels, while walking down one of the city s fashionable streets, sees a woman drop her purse as she is about to step into an automobile. He gallantly rescues it from the sidewalk and returns It to her. She smiles and graciously thanks him as she hands him her card. Daniels is struck with the beauty of the woman and gives her his card in return. Ann Taylor, on arriving at her apartment, tells her' companions of the incident, which amuses them Immenselv. Ann tells tl^e others that he is an easy mark and that if they will help her she will "work" him for all he is -n-orth. At Anne's invitation Daniels calls on her several times. He becomes infatuated with the woman and proposes marriage. He secures a license, and one of Ann's companions, disguised as a minister, goes through the form of marrying the pair. Daniels brings his supposed wife to his home in the country and introduces her to his daughter. Chloe is brokenhearted, and after denouncing the woman and reproaching her father she leaves home with the determination of earning her own living. When Daniels discovers that his daughter is gone he goes for consolation and advice to Jim Halllday, Chloe's sweetheart. Daniels and Jim leave ta search for Chloe. Chloe goes to the city and through an accident gets a position with a motion picture company. Daniels and Jim obtain the service of a detective to help them in their search for Chloe, and when showing him a picture ot his daughter also shows him one of his wife. The detective recognizes her as one of a band of notorious crooks. Ann writes ber friends that "the old fool has gone to the city, and if anything should bappen to him I can let you have that $5,000." Her "tools" waylay the old man and entice him into a closed room of a "shady" cafe, where they try to poison him. The detective has followed them and reaches the cafe just in time to save the old man's life. The two criminals are arrested. In the meantime, Jim Halllday finds Ohloe and takes her to the hotel where she is overjoyed to see her father again. The three, along with the detective, take the next train home where they discover Ann and her real husband, who has come to warn her, ready to make tbelr escape. They are taken to police headquarters. Father and daughter are together again, "Broken Threads United," and the little romance that started in the cornfields Is ended with the father's blessing as Jim claims Chloe for his own. • KALEM. —THE INVADERS (Special— 2 parts— August 27). — Not being successful in his suit for the hand of Helen Sawyer, and to show the father of the young lady that be is made of the same material as he is, John Thrope, a wealthy New -Torker, leaves for the West, but without any predetermined destination. While traveling, however, he meets an old man called Uncle Billy, and upon this man's advice, Thrope purchases a ranch in Buffalo, Wyo. Not long afterwards, the homesteaders are accused by the large cattle owners of stealing their cattle, and they give Tom Horn, commonly known as "The Killer." a list of those they desire to get rid of. Thrope's name heads the list, but The Killer finds that Thrope is his match and Is thrown down. For this Thrope wins the admiration of Cora Sands, the sweetheart of The Killer. As they are walking along the road, they are seen by Helen and her father, he having been summoned there to look after his ranch near Buffalo. Upon the suggestion of Sawyer, the large cattle owners formulate a plan to annihilate the home. steaders, and Tbe Killer goes to Buffalo to get help and warns Cora Sands that he Is going to kill Thrope. Acting upon his threat Cora goes to advise Thrope of his impending death, but finds that he had left. Fearing for his safety, she dresses as a boy and follows him. She is mistaken for Thrope by The Killer and Is shot. In the melee between the homesteaders and the