Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)

1298 THE MOMNG PICTURE WORLD ■■lf:i::!:r'r'r:Fi wWiilli INDEPENDENT FILM STORIES UNIVERSAL. IMP. THE FLAMING DIAGRAM (2 parts— March 9). — Eriekson, an inventor of high explosives, manufaotux-es a compound for the U. S. Government, but will not sell the secret of its in£:re(lients, as he wishes his family (which consists of a son and daughter) to still benefit by his formula in case of bis death. The daughter, Lillian, is in love with one of the clerks in the War Department, who is hi reality a foreign spy. Another country tries to buy the explosive, but Erickson's patriotism will not permit bira to sell it. To prevent the secret from perishing with him at his death, be starts to write out the formula, but Lillian's sweetheart. Brack, watches what he is writing. This is seen by young Erickson. who orders Brack from the house. Lillian protests until told what he had done when she. too. denounces her lover. The inventor, to safeguard himself and family in case of his death, writfs out the formula in a way that only his children will be able to read it. It is placed In an envelope and sent to the War Department with the instruction that it is only opened in case of his death and in presence of his family. Brack learns of this and at the instigation of his chief hires two cracksmen to open the safe and secure the formula. Tbe inventor dies suddenly, and the cracksmen are interrupted in tbeir work b.y a messenger sent to secure the formula. They capture the messenger and steal the envelope. Brack takes it to his superior and when the latter opens it it is found to contain nothing but a diagram of some bottles and a blank sheet of paper, with the instruction on the envelope that the key is in the desk drawer. Young Erlckson. judging that they will return for the keys, lies in wait for them. He captures them just as they climb in the window. On obtaining the envelope Eriekson, Jr., is as much mystified as they were for the key (which is a real metal one) has a tag on which is written "burn diagram." While he and his sister are puzzling over this, his cigarette accidentally lights the blank sheet of paper. It burns in a peculiar manner and leaves an intricate design wliich, when fitted over the diagram of bottles, gives them the formula. ECLAIR. INTO THE FOOTHILLS (2 parts— March 11).— Steve Brady, a young prospector, and bis three pals search in vain for months among the foothills for a vein of gold that will make them rich. Steve, while stumbling through the underbrush one day, trips, and. in throwing out bis liand to save himself, accidentally strikes a rich lode. Overjoyed at his discovery he starts for town for some supplies and on the way he meets Barker, a villainous old miner, who is starting off with his wife and beautiful daughter, Rutb, to prospect. Steve tells him of the find. Barker plies him with whiskey until he is drunk and then strikes him over the bead with tlie empty bottle. He is about to kill Steve, but his wife interferes only to be brutally beaten, and he desists only when his daughter threatens to shoot him. Steve gains bis senses and staggers away. Barker sends a shot after him, wounding him in the arm. Barker and his family then move on and he accidentally stumbles across Steve's shack. Fearing the wrath of the rangers he deserts Ruth and her mother and rides off. Meanwhile the wounded man's burro arrives in camp and the startled partners find bloodstains on the blanket. Seeing the bag of rich ore they surmise what has happened and one of them starts off in search of Steve. Ruth accidentally stumbles across the rich vein of gold which Steve unearthed and rushes back to tell her mother, only to find that she is dying from the effects of her father's blows. Realizing how little use the gold is to her now, Ruth casts it out of the window and a prowling Mexican seeing it strike the ground grabs it and rushes off to tell his companions. The mother dies and Ruth is alone in the shack. The Mexicans on hearing their companion's story decide to invade the shack and secure the rest of the gold. Meanwliilo Steve's partners carry him back to camp and after bandaging bis wounds, bis pais start off to find Barker. The Mexicans ride over to the shack and on the way meet Barker. Believing be is pursued he opens fire upon them, but they kill him. Steve's partners arrive at his shack and ent'Ting, learn fi-om Ruth the story of the assault ami her mother's death. While they are talking the Mexicans surround the house and open fire. The white men decide to fight, and while Ruth loads the guns they return shot for shot. Finding themselves repulsed, the drxmken invaders set lue to the cabin. Rather than fall into the hands of the Mexicans the, two men decide to kill each other and the girl, and are sitting with the guns placed against each other's temples when a troop of rangers, who have been crossing the plains, see the fire and ride over. They drive away the plunderers, capturing several of them. Ruth and the partners return to Steve and to bury her mother — and it is decided to make the girl an e<iual partner in the mine which Steve discovered. GOLD SEAL. THE TWIN'S DOUBLE (Three parts— March 10). — Grace, the crook, is acquitted after Kelly, the detective, has brought all his machinery to bear to convict her. In the dive which she inhabits she finds under the influence of opium, Nell, a society woman who is almost her double. In Nell's purse Grace finds a note telling of the costume that she iNell) is going to wear at a fashionable masquerade that night. Grace goes to the masquerade as Xell and there meets Nell's twin sister, Jo, and Kelly, the detective. Neither suspects that she is not Nell. At the height of the ball Grace steals a pearl necklace from a society leader. The ballroom becomes a scene of confusion, and to complicate matters, Nell puts in an appearance. With the twin sisters and Grace in the same room the detective sees that he has been tricked. He is about to arrest Grace when the woman crook makes a clever escape. He traces her to the dive and comes face to face with her. Grace shows him Nell, his sweetheart, sleeping off the effect of the drug. In rapid succession Grace beats the detective three times and again escapes. The detective again locates Grace in a cafe. After closing every avenue of escape he goes to her and presents her with a jewel box. The woman opens it to see the present. It contains a pair of handcuffs. She is taken. The story ends when Nell promises tlie detective to forever forsake the drug of so many sorrows. VICTOR THE HONEYMOONERS (2 parts— March 13).— Ronald Stuart and Florence Ealir, both young and wealtb.v, fall in love and marry. They each had a serious flirtation prior to their marriage. They go to a resort hotel for their honeymoon and while there each meets their former sweetheart, Alice •James and Tom Morton, who are also on their houeyinoon. They part here with profuse invitations to each other to visit them upon their return home. Here is where complications set in: f»r Flo is a lover of music, while Ronald is fond of card playing, and with the other couple the situation is reversed. Alice cares for cards, while Tom is musically inclined. When Ronald asks Flo to play cards, she can find no enthusiasm for the game, and insists on liis bearing her play. Ronald Is peeved: they quarrel and he leaves the bouse and vists Morton, where a similar quarrel has taken place. Tom leaves the house to visit the Stuarts. Ronald indulges in a card game with Alice, while Flo and Tom amuse themselves at the piano. This causes a volcano of jealousy; there is a quarrel. Flo leaves for Reno and obtains a divorce ; but they are both still in love with each other. On the anniversary of their wedding each decides to go to the resort hotel and suend a few days in the bridal suite. They each telegraph to have the suite reserved. The hotel clerk thinks the.v are still man and wife. Flo arrives first and is installed in the bridal suite. Ronald arrives later. Ronald goes up to the suite. Explanations follow, and each finds the other guiltless of flirting and agree to forgive. They are divorced and in a quandary. Ronald remembers a clergyman be saw dozing in the lobby and enlists his services. Flo dresses: Ronald brings the clergyman up to the rooms and the marital knot is retied, with the hotel clerk and the head porter as witnesses. UNIVERSAL. ANIMATED WEEKLY. NO. 103 (Feb. 25).— Firearms Fed to Fish. — New York Police Deiiartment throws into sea the largest number 011 record of weapons taken from gunmen and burglars, consisting of 1,024 revolvers, 1D.~) rifles and 125 "jimmies" — New York City. Society Attends Laimching, — 4_^rowd cheers as the oil tank steamer "Frank H. Buck," the largest of its kind under the American flag, takes to the water — San Francisco, Cal. Hobo's Funeral, — .■i.t unique charity funeral of young tramp slain in search of food, other members of the chaft recite their experiences and thousands of unemployed follow hearse to grave — Cincinnati. Ohio. Aeroplanes for the Czar. — Six of the latest air boats are shipiied from the Curtiss factory, to bo used in the Russian military service — Hammondsport. N. Y. World's Largest Concrete Bridge. — ^The Lackawanna Railroad is nearing completion of viaduct .'i.OOO feet long, bridging two mountains and towering 250 feet above Nicholson, Pa. Fashions. — Smart afternoon dresses of summer fabrics. (Made from Ladies' Home Journ.Tl patterns). Memorial to French Heroes. — Veterans of the War of 1S70 decorate the "La Defente" monument in memory uf soldiers killed In the siege of Paris, France. Open Air School. — Enthusiastic students attending the Elizabeth MeCormack School for Tubercular Children are seen at a flag-raising and in a Norwegian mountain dance. Indians Carry Off Honors. — Junior and Senior sections of marathon race from Los Angeles to Culver City are won by the redskins in endurance contest with their white brothers — California. Lifting the Embargo. — Mexican rebels are jubilant as first shipment of ammunition crosses the International Bridge— Juarez, Mexico. Winter Sports. — Tobogganing, hockey, bob-sledding and ice swimming are favorite winter amusements, (a) Toi.)ogganing at a mile a minute — ■ Ithaca, N. Y. (b) Columbia beats Cornell in first hookey contest held at Ithaca for several years, (c) Suffragette crew wins iti thrilling bob-slei) races at Huntington, L. I. (d) Polar Bears and Snow Birds frolic on frozen sands of Coney Island, N. Y. Cartoons by the World Famous Caricaturist, Hy. Mayer. KOMIC. THE IMPOSTOR (March 5).— Bob Marks is an impostor, and fakes blindness as an excuse to beg. His most profitable stand is at the entrance of a (.burch. The parson suspects be is a fraud and orders him away. Marks goes home and finds in the squalid rooms next to his that his neighbor, Mrs. Haze, is seriously ill, and attended only by her little daughter, Runa. Marks at the woman's re^iuest hastily goes for a parson and a doctor. When he arrives at the parson's house the servant will not admit him, so he writes a short note, saying that the dying woman wishes to see the parson and gives it to the servant to deliver. At the same time the parson receives a letter from one of bis rich parishioners, stating that her father would probably contribute to his foreign mission fund if he would call at the house at once. Parson ponders over the two letters — the poor be knows he has always with bim. but the chance to get a contribution for the fund does not come every day, so decides to visit the rich parishioner. Meantime Marks brings the doctor to the poor woman, and at the doctor's retiuest Marks hurries to the nearest drugstore to get a prescription filled. The parson is disappointed when he arrives at the rich parishioner's house and discovers that the parishioner is very ill and cannot attend to him. He then decides to visit the poor woman. As he passes the drug store he sees and recognizes Marks, who has now discarded all pretense to blindness. H'e informs a policeman and they pursue Marks. When Marks gets back with the medicine the poor woman Is dead. He promises the doctor that he will quit his dishonest method of making a living and take care of the .little orphan. As the doctor looks to see that the truth is in his eyes he discovers that Marks has simulated blindness for so long that his eyes are actually in danger. He is applying a remedy when the parson and police enter. They sec tlie doctor attending his eyes and go away thipkIng that the parson was mistaken. NESTOR. THE MEXICAN'S LAST RAID (March 11).— An early Southwestern <lrama set at a time w-hen Mexican bandits held forth in mountain strongholds and hurled defiance at gentlemen and miners alike. Bill, a young miner, loves a storekeeper's daughter despite the objections to the match by the girl's parent. When the irate father leaves the store for the town, the girl is to fire two shots, which shall be a signal for Bill to come to her. Before these plans are consummated, however, two Mexican bandits take the father captive. The girl escapes and one of the bandits tires two shots after her. At his diggings, Bill hears the shots and thinks it is the girl signaling. Bill reaches the store in time to save the father and stop the robbery. The father still discourages Bill's advances toward bis daughter. Shortly after this, another member of the Mexican band finds the daughter in the store alone and kidnaps her. The father offers Bill the girl in marriage if lie will save her. Hill rides into the Mexicans* camp and rescues the girl. WHAT A BABY DID (March 14).— Eddie sees her trim figure, looks into her smiling brown eyes and fiu-thwith realizes that he has met his Waterloo. He vows never to rest more until she promises to be his. However, the next time he spies her, to his chagrin, be observes that she is wheeling a small baby. Life looks black to Eddie. She stops at the door of a department store. He is at her side in an instant. She trusts him and leaves the baby in his care. The baby cries. He takes it in his arms and goes in search of the girl. The girl returns and misses the child. He checks the baby in the store nursery. When he ultimately finds the young lady, he explains and offers to get the baby. Instead of giving him the original baby, the nurse gives him a colored child. He covers the face of the black baby and gives it to the young lady — then runs. She discovers the mistake and goes into hysterics. After a hot chase the young man is captured. The mis II