Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)

320 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD procession f(>im> as tlie cowboys fall into line and take ber to tbe motber. Tbe Eastern family drive away to the train, and the little girl has the satisfiiction of having averted a tragedy, as the two fighting c-owboys, now sobered and softened by the influence of innocent childhood, are shaking hands. CONSCIENCE AND THE TEMPTRESS (Jan. 14). — J^oha Morton, a rising yonng business man, comes under the fascinating spell of Vera Violetta, a burlesque actress, and lavishes costly gifts upon her. His infatuation soon becomes subject for invidious remark, and a fellow employee of his company, writes to Morton's mother that her son is trembling on the verge of ruin, because of the evil influence of this adventuress. The grief-stricken old lady comes at once to the city from the little village where she has lived sa long, to see if she can break up this unholy attachment. Mme. Violetta has played her trump card and induced John Morton to sign a $o,000 cheek in her favor. The next day she takes her automobile anil speeds to the hank to cash the paper. Her chauffeur runs down and iujures an old lady, but Mme. Violetta is good-hearted and takes her in the machine, rushing her to her own apartment, where she nurses her back to life. When the old lady regains consciousness and strength, she tells the woman of the mission that has brought her to the city. Unscrupulous as she is, the adventuress is immeasnrably moved and her better nature is aroused. She rushes into her own room and there, in a dissolve, is shown the vision of her own innocent childhood, her blooming gorlhood. and then the lonely grave where reposes the dust of her brokenhearted mother. She tears up the check to save Morton from disgrace, and leaves him a note severing their union. When he calls on his inamorata, he finds her gone and his mother waiting with forgiveness such as only a mother can give. BLUE BLOOD AND RED (Jan. 15).— Since the days of Joan of Arc, figliting blood has not been confined to the sterner sex, and when danger has called dauntless women have been found at the fore in line with sons and husbauds*. Two women are involved in this silent playlet, Helen Masters. of the West, and Mrs. Henry Raymond, of thf East; the one radiant with rampant red blood; the other cool and aristocratic to her finger tips. The West, rough and uncouth, had filled her with dreatl; but when she and Raymond appeared in the mining camp, Helen, unsophisticated in matters of the heart, merely looked and loved. So fast follows a tale. The woman of the mountains seemed to see in this man from the far East, her ideal, and her whole nature cried out against fate, which had mated him with a "weakling." Raymond himself observed with dismay his wife's trepidation, her observance of petty things, and grew troubled by reason of her childish acts. In some similar measure his admiration grew for the self-dependent, strong and reliant Helen. Then danger came, and with it an alarm. Raymond, cornered and alone, fought for his life, and both the women of Fate's combine heard the call. One might have thought the response would have been single. Helen, aroused, seized her ready gun to fly to the aid of the man she loved — the red blood surging in her veins inspired vigorous action: but this time blue blood flew quickly to the emergency. The aristocrat became the dominant factor as of old, and rushing to the front, wrested the gun from Helen, went straight on Into the bullet-swept zone of danger, and kneeling low over the man she loved, held the enemy at bay until Helen arrived with aid. When Raymond was nursed back to life, his love revived for the woman who had emerged from the shell of artificiality, and honest Helen recognized the justice of the proceeding by silently bowing to the inevitable, A MESSAGE FROM ACROSS THE SEA (Jan. 16). —Two retired Norwegian sea captains, John Lund. and Peter Anderson, live in the little town of Bergen, way up in Norway. The one has a son: the other, a daughter. These two, .John and Freda, appeal to their parents for permission to wed. Old Lund objects to his son marrying a girl of the vil could be had with A. C. at the arc during these five years, he doc; not hesitate to spend a few hundred dollars to improve his picture -As is usual, he wanted his order filled at once— I did it -why don't you sit up and take notice?— There is something doing in this A. C. to D. C. business— Don't let the other fellow get Hallberg TALK No. 10 PROMPT SHIPMENTS You know that when you order anything for this MP . business, you want it P.D.Q. 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The young lovers, liowever, impetuously refusing to be denied, are secretly married and sail to America. While youth is changing, old age continues bent and the enmity of the old captains appears to be intensified by their loneliness, which the flight of their children has brought about, and the lounging ]ilaee by the great anchor down on the heach by the tish market, is shunned by them. John and Freda, in far-away Minnesota, prosper and eventually hecame the fond parents of a husky boy. An Itinerant photographer visits their farm and makes a picture of the chihl. The ancient ones in Norway never respond to their letters, but the father and mother lonclude to send a photo of the grandchild to the old men in Bergen, thinking that it may soften their hearts. These pictures are duly received and through some similar impulse, each grandpa with the picture goes down to the old trysting place and meet face to face, with the photos in their hands. The time, the place and the pictures quite overcome them, and they fall into each other's arms. At this point, a moving picture cameraman, who has been taking pictures of the fish market, by pure accident imprisons the scene of the old men, in his film. A year later, the moving picture, having girdled the earth, as a scene in Norway, is shown in the place where John and Freda live, and they and their cbild attend the entertainment to witness scenes of Norway; and when they recognize this reconciliation of their fathers, their joy starts a fair sized riot in the theater, and it results in their making a reconciling visit to the old home a year later with the heir to all their fortunes. VITAGRAPH. QUANTREI*L'S SON (Jan. 19).— The famous guerilla chief, Qnantrell, disowns his son five years before the opening of the Civil War, because he has married against his wishes. Five years later, Qnantrell is the leader of a band of Confederate guerillas, while his son is a private on the Union side. Continued escapes exasperate the guerilla chief and he swears that the next time a prisoner gets away he will hold the guard responsible. The son receives word from his wife that the baby Is not to live long and that she wants him to get a furlough and come home. He applies for one hut it is denied liim. Soon after this, he Is captured by his father's men, escapes and although he is siiot. gets away to his home. Old Qnantrell, not knowing who the escaped Union soldier is, goes after the prisoner himself, saying that if he suer-eeds in bringing back the prisoner the guard must die for his carelessness. The father traces the soldier to his home, finds out that he is his son, and after a struggle decide.** to make him a prisoner, even though bis beautiful young wife pleads with him to spare her husband and his own son. Qnantrell is turning to call in his men and tell them where the soldier is hiding, when he comes face to face with the baby in the crib, quickly placed before him by his son's young wife. His heart warms up when he sees the little infant. After kissing the baby and caressing it tenderly, he goes slowly out of the house. Riding away with his men he tells them that he did not find' the fugitive. The mother and wife rejoices and goes to her husband in the next room, taking the baby with her. The young soldier's wound is not serious, and does not prevent him from taking purt in their mutual happiness, while Old Qnantrell rides away. LOVE'S OLD DREAM (Jan. 21).— While Professor Simon Sweet, a wealthy bachelor, is superintending the unloading of his baggage in front of bis cottage, he meets pretty Doily. Hia interest in her is equalled by her interest in him. Miranda, Dolly's aunt, falls in love with the professor, end resolves to win him for herself. Dolly goes out HALLBERG A. 0. & D. C. 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