Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1915)

376 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 10, 1915 THE PARSON WHO FLED WEST (July 13). — The Rev. John Grant receives a letter from his sister, Nell, in which she tells him that her husband has speculated with and lost the $10, iL' church funds he entrusted to him. Arthur Evans, his brother-in-law, contemplates, suicide, but John Grant enters just in time and saves the man's life. Grant tells Arthur: "As you have my sister and child to care for, I will take all the blame for the loss of this money." He writes to the church vestryman that the $10,000 subscribed for the church and entrusted to Grant has been lost in speculation and that he is forced to go away. The vestrymen order the Rev. John Grant's arrest. The parson arrives at Ten Strike, Nevada, where he opens a little church and works among the rough westerners. His acquaintanceship with Bess, the Organist, ripens into love, but he tells her there is a stain upon his name and he can never marry. Later, the whereabouts of Grant are discovered and orders are sent to arrest him, but the westerners resolve to rescue him from the sheriff. The parson, however, agrees to go with the sheriff. Just as he is about to be rushed into prison, a telegram comes that the guilty man has confessed and Grant is freed. PUP, THE PEACEMAKER (July 14).— Jake Adams and his wife Sarah cannot agree in anything. The wife says, "You can have the boy, I'll take the girl and go." Jake tries to dissuade Sarah, but she is determined. They part. Until Mrs. Adams can arrange matters satisfactorily, she and her little daughter, Mildred, make their home with a nearby friend. Both the children are lonely, each without the other. The little girl sighs for her dog, and the mother tries to pacify her with another one, but Mildred insists upon her own little dog. Adams, in his lonely home, has fond memories of the days of their honeymoon. He seeks consolation with his little boy. Mildred wanders away from her mother and finds her little brother and the beloved pup. The children and the pup play together. The mother, following the trail of her missing child, meets the two children and their father. Adams convinces his wife of her folly and they are reconciled. THE OCTOPUS (Special — Three Parts— July 15). — Archie Sheldon, determining to go to New York City, is given a letter by his mother to Thatcher Thole, Gotham's most unscrupulous financier. She tells her son that Thole is an old friend of the family, and will undoubtedly give him a start in life. Archie rises in the business world under the unscrupulous financier's tutelage until he becomes known as T*hole's righthand man. Early in his start Archie becomes acquainted with Violet Reinhardt, an artist's model, who has become afflicted with the great white plague. Violet Reinhardt has been told by her physician that a year in the country will restore her health. Archie Sheldon sends her $500 with boyish liberality and the Octopus— the great city — retains Violet in its clutches. Instead of spending this money in the recovery of her health, she again seeks the bright lights of Broadway. In the meantime, Thole is coaching Archie, who frequently proves the intermediary for Thole's shady deals. Mrs. Slade, a prepossessing widow, has invested in Thole's worthless stocks. Thole, in the meantime, becomes entangled with a chorus girl, who being insanely jealous, writes Thole a letter telling him that she will not be supplanted by another woman, and that she will make known hjs shady deals. This letter is inadverdently left in the home of Mrs. Slade by Thole, and is read by her. Planning to marry Thole herself, she becomes enraged and asks for an explanation from the financier. Thole cannot afford to lose Mrs. Slade's investment. At one of the midnight revelries at his palatial home, he orders Archie Sheldon to assume responsibility for the letter, telling Archie that he. Thole, has informed Mrs. Slade that the letter was intended for Archie. Archie refuses to surrender his manhood in such a manner. Then it is that the insanely jealous woman, supported by Thole, cries to Archie: "You cannot refuse. He is your father and everybody on Broadway knows it." Archie is stunned by this news. He looks questioningly at Thole, who acknowledges the fact. The women leave and they are left alone. Thole then tells Archie of the old life, when he had promised to marry Archie's mother, but how the poison of the great city had compelled him to forget his determination ; of how Archie's mother had returned to him unopened his letters and drafts, and of how mother love finally conquered and she had sacraficed her pride and asked that her son be cared for by Thole. Archie refuses a reconciliation with his consciencestricken father and informs him that he will return to his mother who needs him. MINA. A NIGHT'S LODGING (July 8).— Jerry is unable to pay his board bill and because his landlady makes insistent requests for her money he decides to leave without the customary adieus. The landlady, however, divines his plan and sets in wait for him. But her THE SPOILERS WITH AN ALL STAR CAST COMBINING THE BEST ACTING and THE MOST REALISTIC ACTION WILLIAM FAENDM A3 GLENI8TEB EVER SHOWN Oil A SCREEN THOMAS SANTSCHI 18 MeNAMAlA HAS PROVEN BY KATHLYN WILLIAMS AS CHEERY MALOTTB ACTUAL TEST BESSIE ETTON AS HELEN TO BE THE BEST FBANK CLASK AS DEXTBY MONEY GETTER WHEELER OAKMAN AS "BBONCHO w EVER l»Cg UrOONALO iKvUUvtll 48 "BLAMACK" For Bookings In Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, WlKtmin and Illinois (except Cook County) Write or wire FA N I CI Or II 60911 Schiller Bldj. . U. HILLoCn CHICAG0.ILL efforts go for naught as Jerry escapes after vanquishing all interferers. With trouble and worry thus banished from his mind, Jerry blithely strolls into a cafe where, by a process all his own, he acquires a bit of money. This he proceeds to spend immediately by selecting a room in a hotel in preference to a dreary lodging house. The hotel halls are mysterious to Jerry who, in an effort to locate the bathroom, wanders by chance into the room occupied by a young couple. Screams from the woman and blows from the man make Jerry realize his mistake and he bolts away at top speed only to rush into the arms of other guests whom, because of his negligee attire, he wishes to avoid. A bathroom door is conveniently unlocked and into it Jerry ambles only to confront a very queer looking old maid who promptly faints. Horrified, Jerry hurries away by way of the fire escape and after a few interesting incidents en route finally reaches the street. Here he is nabbed by a squad of police who have been chasing him for hours. The final scene shows Jerry behind the bars which he strums appropriately. Universal Film Mfg. Co. VICTOR. CIRCUS MAKY (Three parts— June 21).— Mary Elton, a wire-walker, marries John Hammond, a lawyer and politician. After her marriage she bids farewell to the circus. After the honeymoon, Mary finds that she is a detriment to her husband s political career and, after coming upon a letter addressed to him in which he is informed that his marriage to a circus girl makes it impossible for him to receive a congressional nomination at the hands of Michael Haggerty, a prominent politician, she writes a letter to her husband informing him of her discovery. Mary returns to her old life in the circus, and receives a cordial welcome from Marsac, the head clown; and her former associates. John Hammond pursues his political ambitions and makes no effort to find his wife, not knowing that a daughter has been born to them. Mary dies in child-birth, having previously extracted a promise from the clown that he will look after her baby. Little Mary grows to womanhood and becomes the joy and pride of the circus. She makes the acquaintance of Hugh Graham, the district attorney. The district attorney and John Hammond, who has been elected governor, view the circus parade. Mary is seen coming down the street on horse-back followed by the clown. After the parade the various outside attractions of a typical circus are pictorially reproduced. We see Pedro and a crowd of men gambling while Mary visits the* snake-charmer and plays with the snakes. The manager objects to Pedro's gambling and threatens to notify the police, whereupon Pedro and the other gamblers assault the manager. Instantly there arises a cry of "Hey, Rube," and a fight ensues between the gamblers and the circus employees. Pedro pulls out a revolver and kills one of the tent men. The police arrive and the district attorney is summoned to investigate the murder. Mary tells the district attorney that she had seen Pedro fire the shot, and the murdered man is taken away in the patrol wagon, Mary and the other employees following In an auto. Pedro and his followers attack the auto, gag Mary and the district attorney, and take them to a den. Left alone, Mary and the district attorney manage to rid themselves of the ropes that bind them. Mary, being an expert wire-walker, goes to the window and, with the aid of an open umbrella, walks across the telegraph wires and climbs down a telegraph pole. After her escape from the den, Mary telephones to the police station and the captain sends policemen in an auto to the address she gives over the telephone. While the gamblers are carousing in their den, they are notified that policemen are arriving. They try to escape by running to the top of the house. The district attorney has barred the attic door with furniture to prevent the gamblers from entering. The gamblers break in the attic door and while they try to get the best of the district attorney, who is vigorously defending himself, Mary and the police arrive. Pedro manages to escape by swinging along a telegraph pole to the ground, but the other gamblers are captured. Mary takes an umbrella and goes through her remarkable wirewalking act, being closely watched by the governor from a private box. Next we see Pedro entering at the back of the box. He has a knife in his hand and Mary, catching a glimpse of him from her elevated post on the wire, shouts a warning. The detective seizes Pedro and the governor is saved. . Mary loses her balance in the excitement and is seriously injured by her fall. The governor sees a remarkable resemblance in her to the wife who deserted him yeara before, investigates, and discovers she Is his daughter. Later Mary marries the district attorney.