Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1916)

November 25, 1916 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1219 WashlDKton. D. C. — Mrs. Belva Lockwoocl, iiomiDHtt^ In ISSi In San Francisco bjr tbe Woman's Equal Rights parly for President of the Ignited States, celobralcs her olghty-sixth birthday and her forty-third year as a lawyer In tho District of Columbia. Walker Valley. Tenn. — Work on the new Dixie Highway, which when completed will run from Chicago to Miami, Fia., proceeds under difficulty. Cambridge. Mass. — Harvard defeats Cornell by a score of 23 to 0. Fashions In Furs. — Excellent examples of the furrier's art have Damo Fashion's seal of approval this season. New London, Conn. — OfBcer ! She's In again! The undersea merchantman Deutschland, Captain Koonig commanding, after diving under tbe British fleet in the English channel, arrives quietly in this port and ties up. THE SHERIFF'S BLUN'DER (Two parts— Nov. 20). — The cast: Hal Whitcomb and Steve Whitcomb (Tom Mix) : Mary Turner (Victoria Forde) ; Sheriff Randall (Sid Jordan). Written and produced by Tom Mix. Hal Whitcomb. a new bank messenger, Is given a large sum of money for delivery, by way of the stage coach route. As the stage goes alone, Whitcomb discovers the Mexican bandits on the trail of tbe money. He induces the stage driver to give him the money, and he ©scapes on horseback, while the stage is overtaken and the driver held up by the Mexicans. Tbe driver reaches the town with the news of the hold-up, and is surprised that Hal has not yet appeared with the bank funds, which he was to save Later. Hal. under suspicion of stealing this money, is captured by the sheriff and posse. Just as he is about to be summarily executed. Hal Whitcomb Is allowed to tell a story. He tells of a twin brother, named Steve, and that it was Steve who really took the money He says that he. when captured, was on his way back home in another country, in response to a letter from his sweetheart, who is dying. The sheriff's heart is touched : he believes the man's story and releases him. When the sheriff arrives at his office he finds a letter from offloera In an adjoining county, telling the sheriff to beware of one Hal Whitcomb, a notorious cattle rustler and outlaw, who tells a plausible storj" of a dying sweetheart and a twin brother. Then it is that tbe sheriff realizes that he has been deceived. HEDGE OF HEARTS DESIRE (Nov. 25).— The cast: Betty Chester (Virginia Kirtley) ; Mrs. Chester tEuEenie Forde) : Arthur (E. J. Brady) : Peggy McCann (Lillian Hamilton) : Denny ( Robyn Adair) . Written by Marc E. Jones. Produced by Burton L. King. Arthur, a ne'er-do-well, receives a letter from his father stating that no more funds will be sent to the son who has disgraced the family name. Arthur reads in a paper of Betty Chester's entrance into society. He tells the saloon keeper that he once knew the Chesters in the old days, and that if he had sufficient money he coutd win the girl. The saloon keeper furnishes tbe funds and Arthur sues for Betty's hand, A hedge separates the Chesters' home from If your newsdealer cannot or will not supply you every week with a copy of Ukii paper^ send your •ubtcription direct for one year or • ix months to address below. You cannot afford to miss a single issue. See Title Page for Rates. MOVING PICTURE WORLD 17 Madison Avc^ N. Y. City the home of Peggy McCann, who has a sweetheart named Denny. Betty appreciates the sincere love tbe two have for each other, for she questions the sincerity of her own suitor. Ono day la a brawl Arthur kills a man and endeavors to fasten the blame upon Denny. He also. In the struggle that ensues, accidentally shoots and seriously wounds Peggy McCann. Bftty then discovers the true caliber of the man who seeks to wed her ; she leads a search for him and is instrumental in bringing retribution. BIOGRAPH. FISH I Reissue— Nov. 20) —After laboring for a couple of hours digging a "mess" of worms for the afternoon fishing trip, Bert Williams returns home for his flshing-pole only to find there is a big load of wood to be cut. Why should he cut wood when old "Pappy" and the younger brothers are there to do it. So while they are all working and "Mammy" is busy with the wash, Bert sneaks off with his pole and worms down to the fishing-hole. Scarcely has he "charmed" a worm and baited the hook when he pulls up a "tenpounder" and thinking it Is a good day's catch starts home. As he goes along, he sees a house on top of a big hill and starts toward it with the hope of selling the fish for the Sunday dinner. The proprietor tells Bert he does not want his fish and after a long argument sends the dog after him. It does not take William long to go down the hill. When he reaches the bottom he looks up for a last look and sees the man of the house calling him back. Hopes now run high in his chest for selling the fish — but after laboriously climbing the hill again, the proprietor tells him that he does not want any fish next Sunday either. In the meantime Bert's mother has missed him, and traces him to the house. She leads him home and to the wood-pile. OIL AND WATER (Reissue — Two Parts — Nov. 21).— The cast: Mile Genova (Blanche Sweeti ; the idealist (Henry Walthall) ; his friend ( Lionel Barrymore) ; the idealist's brother (Walter Miller). His friends had always called him "the idealist." He was occupied in writing a set of books on the arts and sciences of history. His brother had taken up the ministry. There was a new sensation for the public in the city. Mile. Genova had been engaged by the management of the Olympic theater in a series of classical dances In which she had made great success in European cities. The idealist went with his friends to see the act. It was a dance of much meaning to him and seemed to follow exactly his own interpretation of life. It was called "The Dance of the Fleeting Hours" and was laid in Greece In Us youth. Mile. Genova as Venus, the goddess of love, symbolized all that life and love had meant to him. Then came Jupiter, the Crod of Earth, holding aloft the Rpses of Happiness. The mortals bound their allegiance to him. but unobserved by them the sands of time ran on ; but mortals are mortals the world over, and on they danced for the impossible, while Time, the silent reaper, shadows their excesses. Then old age creeps upon them and the reaper reaps his fruitful harvest of death and ashes. This conception was the young Idealist's own Idea of life and he could not help but feel that the actress playing the leading part must be in full sympathy with her interpretation. After the performance when he was introduced to this lady at the cafe, he proceeded to tell her of bis feelings and a proposal followed. She was taken to his quiet home as his wife. Some years later tbe fact of mixing oil and water was learned. The actress, repressed by her surroundings, began to feel the need of her old e-Tcltement. The goddess was no longer present in the actress lady. She became the actress lady In everything she did. At last she began to revive her old associates and they excited her old desires by telling her of the latest dance. She indulges In a few stray cigarettes and wine with them. The husband entering at this time, sees that he can no longer hold her in thp lifp that she has been living. His ideal of the goddess that had been was completely shattered. After the friends had gone, he told her such people could no longer come into his bouse. A quarrel ensued, in which the woman told him that she must go back to tbe life that was hers, but in justice to him she would surrender all claims to her child. Shortly after this she departed with her maid. Once more she became the fickle public's favorite. She was no longer Venus, the Goddess of Love, but the leading lady in a comic opera, doing the latest song sensation. The goddess of the years before was forgotten. Her old friends and associations were revived tompletely and one night after the performance 39 they started out for their usual dinner at the cafe, the automobile failed to put In an appearance and they decided to walk. In the meantime, at the home, her child's nurse had left the child In the care of her father. He. still the Idealist, occupied with his writing, lost track of the child, and slip ping from bis embrace, she wandered out of the bouse Into the night. Here she was found by the actress and her friends as she was on her way to the cafe. She brought the child home. While the father, alarmed at the child's departure, was seeking everywhere for her, he camo upon the two in the drawing-room. Even now ho was willing to take her back again and give hor another chance to be goddess of his dreams and a fitting mother to his child, but her only answer was, "My ways are not your ways." Thus, oil and water each returned to Its own element. ESSANAY. HIS MORAL CODE (Three Parts— Nov. 18,. — The cast : Estelle Bland (Lillian Drew) ; George Elwjng (E. H. Calvert); Dr. Armstrong (Edward Arnold). Estelle Bland, a nurse, is engaged to Dr. Armstrong, an interne. George Ewing, a wealthy idler is injured and comes under Estelle's care. He falls in love with her. He pictures to Armstrong what he can do for the girl as against tbe struggle she must experience as a young physician's wife, and the doctor In his love for her, gives her up and leaves for the west Thinking he has left her, tbe girl marries Ewing. Thinking he has left her, the proves himself unworthy and in revulsion, Estelle divorces him, returning to her old position at the hospital. Armstrong has establlsoed himself as a physician of standing in the west. On a visit he finds his former love, and takes her with him on his return. UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE (Two Parts — Nov. 21) . — The cast : Helen Brown (Mary V. McAlister) ; her mother (Frankie Raymond) ; her father (John Cossar). Little Helen's father is at work on an Invention, which he expects to make him wealthy. He requires funds. Tbe child befriends an old man, a miser, and on his deathbed he sends his accumulation of money to her. With the funds the father develops his invention and attains the wealth he expected. Then neglect by her parents, who have many social obligations, strikes woe into the heart of the child, who finds herself constantly under the guard of a governess, while all her little plajrmates of the days before the money come continue to enjoy themselves with their childish games. Her parents, as so many others, are unaware of the misery into which they have plunged their little girl by their neglect. SOME BRAVERY (Nov. 22).— The cast: The brave bell-hop (Ben Turpin). The bell-hop gets a job In an eccentric family hotel, where every guest seems to have a penchant for ice water. Amid numerous other . experiences, he manages to saturate everyone with ice water. Then a fire breaks out and the hell-bop sees his chance to deliver bis water in wholesale lots to tbe guests with a hose. Instead of winning their indignation, however, he is acclaimed a hero. THE BORDER LINE (Three Parts— Nov. 25). — The cast: Jeanne Dolbert (Nell Craig); Dick Grant (Edward Arnold). Jeanne Dolbert Is a member of a group of blackmailers. Her accomplices pick out Dick Grant, a reckless son of a wealthy family, for their victim. The girl enters bis home employed as a maid and the youth succumbs to her charms. She tricks him into a rendezvous and her accomplices, posing as detectives, give him the alternative of being arre^^d or marrying her, expecting him to offer a large bribe. To their surprise he marries her. This proves to the glr! that his love is genuine and she resolves to give up the old life and be his wife. VIM. PIPE DREAMS (Nov. 16).~The cast: Maggie (Kate Price); Babe (Babe Hardy); Maid (Edna Reynolds); Butler (Joe Cohan). Kate, the prize kitchen mechanic of the Goldros home, has always envied the fair maids she has seen promenading the avenue, and resolves that, no matter what the cost be. she, herself, is some day going to enjoy the life of a society leader. Babe, the driver of one of the city's garbage carts, also has day dreams of the life he would like to lead. In the park one day Kate, adorned in her best, encounters Babe, also attired In his Sunday best. The two entertain each other with stories of the thrills and bores of the lives they pretend to lead, greatly to the delight of tbe other. When the Goldrox are away for a day, Kate seizes the golden opportunity to indulge in the joys of living the life of the social grand dame of her dreams. With the help of the family servants she invited Babe to the house, where she proceeds to entertain him. Babe Is greatlv impressed and the affair is progressing rapidly, but on the following morning. Babe, dressed In his overalls, drives up to the back of the house to empty tbe garbage cans. He meets Kate coming out of the kitchen with the scraps of the morning meal, and each learns of the deception of the other.