Moving Picture World (Oct-Dec 1916)

1224 subtitle : "Wigwagging. THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD November 25. 1916 GAUMONT. KEEL LIFE NO. 26 tOct. 29)-Tbe «rst item in this i-eK^aso IS entitled Ol«i^J^°|,t,y immarine Mine-Layer As it i jj^ns „1 possible to get mouon P^ctures^^op ^^^^ rn1ma'te';i^''d^a4ing"'"'These bays been done by »^.??ai?i1.V"rHnnting Dog; IS a -elation^to people Who do not know the _;hflnit_^^_P^^ required. Only '''>:^,'" , ,,je Another section puppy '5, ^''""'^..Su^S, Potash From Seaw^eed.' ol this nlm IS MaKing ..S„i Lite" No. 25. but This was announced tor Reel Lite ™%:owded out of that hmnber^ ..Develop The longest article i? ^^^^^^^^^^ were taken ing Truant Boys. The P'"ures kt the larg^t, '■'=''';j,"°,°r raining boys „n„ world, a model school for "a""^^^ ^^e idle will not go to S"^"""' a^^Vare a" ""'^" "'"' when they 1°B?i„JSiake their own clothes in teen years, yet thf> "^"r ^ for their own and the tailor shop, ,»'a''Jl,„, milUons ot forms tor two o,t''"/;4'">;=<;a?d o, Education, and carry ra^most'^Jvery^ process required to make the school self-supporting^ decisive battles ot '"^e '^°";'%'™|e Over halt fSf hL/'^SiS't-p-s :5 -frE/SSfir^."wo?;^ %:rSid;;^ctu^d^in^ — as ot Historic merest. Thes^Jp^.^'cemetery tures ol Big and I. "Ic KounQ 1^ pjcketts ^'''^' i'"',h'^r'JalTant cbaJle. Oene?al Meade's men made their fa 'a"' cnarge. u president IZi^^^Soori^'en r'm°rdenfs^ immortal ""'Sr^^l'st^Tre.^ is an animated Gaumont Kartoon Komic by Harry Palmer. Dufi IIPF NO 27 (Nov. 5).— The picture RtLbjLi uif E. i^'J .-' ^' „,in„j "Thp Inter CS^aT'^''eveTag:;^%tee..^^r bil,£p'olds nt coffee are grown annually in Brazil. me Stri?Lt%s^r?^^^JsrLs| !Ed-4e''lliraVsa'.:{os%e-|r7at|-^l«K mart in the world. j The efforts being made to rid the state oi New Jersey of mosquitoes will prove of interest to every community which is a Qicted wUhthe°e pest's which carry both malar.a and vellow fever This section of the fl™. £f?. n^ its seneral title '-Our Trench Warfare. U shows^ Sow the state employes are pourms oil on the untroubled waters in an eSort to kill the larvae from which the mosquitoes de ""^The third section of this issue shows how The Au oped has developed from the boys' pushmobiles As this new method of locomotion is Tst now engaging the attention of cartoonists iaudeville artists, screen comedians and the general public, its development will prove ver> entertaining. ,.. t-avin" A fourth section shows ?■ , ^^w life savm^ <:uit which utilizes the principle of the thermos botle Not only does the shipwrecked person eS oy bis usual warmth, but there is a «,inpartment in which he carries his lunch, mak ing his outing a veritable excursion. MUTUAL TOURS AROUND THE WORLD -NO 1 (Nov 7).— In the pictures of England and Germanv, of Southern France or Holland and SwTzerland. the cameraman has su^eeded In catching the real atmosphere of the locaimes nirtured and the costumes of the peasants Sr Salicia are no less /'-^ith fully reproduced than are the ravishing costumes ot the Viennese erand dames, apparently unaffected by war or famme or the gay army and naw ball crowd at VladWostocU where the enormous munitions PXDorts from Europe for the Russian army Sve been handled until recently for transsbinmtnt over the Trans-Siberian line. Amongst the places of interest shown in the first re^Sse of Mutual Tours are: La Rochelle Prance scenes In the harbor, the ancient town haU and other buildings, and tlie wharves^ The scenes change from France to the heart nf olden Egypt, where we are shown the Assouan Dam^Sne of the world's greatest feats nf eneineering. the famous River Nile and Cleopatra^ Baths Cataracts. From Egypt you arc taken to a Galician town in the midst of fhP war zone. Here views of Kamenetz. rnflnl?k are portrayed, scenes ot the fortress ^nd also man"^ of the native Galician types. SEE AMETRICA FIRST XO. 61 {Nov. 8) .— The success of -'Along the Columbia River m Gaumonfs "See America First" Number 5J is responsible for a return to this beauurui stream nine weeks later. These different views of the same country are called "Oregon's famous River." The pictures are bound up intimately with the Columbia River Highway. Among the pictures for which spectators who have made the trip over the celebrated highway will look eagerly are Cascade Rapids. Eagle Creek Bridge, the Devil's Punch Bowl. Catching Salmon in Eagle Creek, Eagle Point. Horse Tail Falls. Waukeena Falls, Latourell tails and Beacon Rock. Attached to the scenic is an animated cartoon by Harry Palmer. , . ,, The Columbia River is noted both historically and for the salmon which is taken from it This famous river was discovered in l.X. by Captain Gray. In ISlH the Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the mouth of the Columbia River and opened up the great fur producing region of the country. MUTUAL TOURS AROUND THE WORLD. No •1 (Xov 14) — First comes the ancient French town of La Rochelle. The pictures show the harbor, the quays, the fishing fleet as it sails and at sea and the town hall built in 1006. The second section shows the Nile at Assouan. Here is located the wonderful dam which is one of the world's greatest engineering feats. 1 he granite formation responsible for the cataracts fs shown, as well as the great mass of masonry which now holds back the water (or better distribution during the dry season. A view shows the water rising to cover the Isle of Philae upon which are the ruins of the beautiful temples of isis and Hathor. There are pictures also of native industries. The third section of the reel takes one into the war zones before peace had fled. It shows pictures of the ancient Galician town of Kamenez-Podolsk. The streets, the t>azaar the fortress and the moeque pre-empted by the lurKS in the seventeenth century, provide quaint pictures of a life remote from our own. The native type shows -give one an idea of the refugees who fled into this Country before the Russian advance. THE VAMPIRES (Episode One, '"The Detective's Head"— Three Parts— Nov. 23).— The cast Philip Guard, cub reporter (Edmund Matlie) ■ Mrs. Guard, his mother (Florence '^imon) ; Normandin (Marcel Levesque) ; Baron Mortense and Doctor Nox (Eugene Eyme). The terrible crimes of a mysterious band ot law-breakers nicknamed the Vampires have made all France fear these desperate men. No one has been able to discover who they are. \ young reporter on Mondial, a newspaper, Philip Guard, has been receiving anonymous notes in a feminine handwriting. He is publishing what clues he has found when Detective Durlal's headless body is found at St. Clement. The officer had been sent there to follow a Vampire clue, and his death is a warning from the band. Philip Guard asks his paper to send him to St. Clement. ^ Philip's mother tells him that near at. Clement lives an old friend of his father's. Dr. Nox. She fears for her son's life and makes him promise that he will seek Dr. Nox's protection. He does so, and meets there a Mrs. Simpson, an American woman, who is thinking of buying Dr. Nox's chateau. Philip is distressed the first night to find that a picture hides an empty space in the wall which could be used to conceal a bulky package. In the pocket of his dressing robe he also finds a message from the Vampires, warning not to seek further clues. The next morning Mrs. Simpson discovers that during the night she has been robbed of both jewels and money. Philip discovers that her jeweled cigarette case has been placed in his pocket. He hurries to the authorities with latest news of the Vampires, and is followed by Mrs. Simpson and Dr. Nox. who accuse him of the theft. His accusers are detained in a room at police headquarters while Philip returns to the chateau with the magistrate to investigate. In the hidden closet behind the picture is found a box containing the head of Detective Durtal It had been put there only a few hours previous, for, when Philip discovered the place, it was empty. _ ^ ^ ^ , Philip returns with the magistrate to hnd that Mrs. Simpson left a note acknowledging that he was a Vampire, and that six months previously the band had murdered the real Dr. Nox. The newspaper reporter hurriedly returns to Paris, feeling the next developments will be in the city. . The Vampires discover that Philip Guard is learning of their movements from Marfa Koutiloff. a Russian dancer. She discloses her identity to Philip, who hastens to meet her. At the same time, in her dressing room at the theater, she receives a visit from a friend. Baron Mortense. The Baron gives her a ring, accidentally scratching her with one of its sharp points as he places, It on her finger. He then goes to his box to watch her dance. Marfa attempts to dance, but falls dead on the stage. Philip, who has met Baron Mortense in the dancer's dressing room, immediately suspects him of being a Vampire. He does not wait to see what happens to Marfa. knowing that the Vampires have finished her. He follows her executioner, the man who is the grand Vampire, The band is too sharp for him. In turn he is followed and captured. The decree of the judge of the Vampires is that he is to be killed at dawn. The man left to guard Philip is Normandin, a Vamr^ire working for the Mondial. He recalls how Philip has helped him and decides to liberate him. When the judge returns. Philip and Normandin bind him and cover his face. They then escape. It is their aim to capture ais many of the band as possible. Under their leadership the police surround the cellar In which the execution is to take place. Before the Vampires can uncover the face of the bound and gagged man. they bear the police breaking in. As they make their escape through the underground passage, they determine that Philip shall not be rescued. They shoot the bound man. not knowing that it is their own comrade they are executing. Miscellaneous Subjects CONSOLIDATED FILM CORP. THE CKIMSOX STAIN MYSTERY (Episode .No. I-. -The Restless Spirit "—Two parts— Nov. b).— While in his laboratory one day experimenting in the hope of discovering some element to counteract the activities of Pierre La Rue and his gang of super-criminals. Dr. Montrose IS interrupted by Pierre La Rue. who demands the drug. The doctor refuses, and puts La Rue out. The doctor then takes an oath to exterminate the gang and. pocketing a gun, follows Pierre La Rue. Dr. Montrose trails Pierre to Tanner's apartment, where, after a brief wait, his vigilance is rewarded by the sight of Pierre. Tanner and Kiel coming out of the house. The three gangsters drive off. Dr. Montrose follows. Presently they reach a notorius dance hall. Dr. Montrose, following the gangsters in. sees them entering a private room. He seats himself near the door. A moment later a waiter carrying a tray of drinks to the gangsters, stops at the doctor's table and during the instant that his back is turned, the doctor drugs the glasses. A moment afterward the gangsters come out of the room and as they pass him. Dr. Montrose looks inside to see whether or not they emptied their glasses. Tanner catches him at it. Following stealthily. Tanner draws his pistol and with the butt end stretches the doctor senseless to the floor. When the doctor comes to he finds he is bound hand and foot in a chair and a gag in his mouth. Tanner puts on him a black mask which covers the doctor from head to foot. Tanner has no sooner done this than Pierre enters carrying Florence. Just then Kiel bursts into the room saying that Clayton and three policemen are at the door. Pierre drops Florence and dashes out into the hall, followed by his henchmen. Florence released, sees her father's pistol on the floflr and as the door opens she fires blindly, the bullet striking Robert Clayton. Realizing her mistake. Florence faints. Pierre comes hurtling back into the room and, picking up one of the drugged glasses forces its contents down Florence's throat. Gagged and bound. Dr. Montrose struggles to tell Pierre that the whiskey is poi'^oned, but Florence drains the glass and slips out of Pierre's arms to the floor. In the midst ol it all some one screams "Police!" Tanner and Kiel cut the doctor's bonds and make good their escape. The doctor drops on his knees beside Clayton and Florence, ami picks up the gun just as the police break into the room, finding him in this compromising situation. And then like a thunder bolt out of a clear sky a startling revelation is made. THE CRIMSON STAIN MYSTERY (Episode No. 13, "The Despoiling Brutes" — Two parts — Nov. 13). — Baffled at every turn in their attempts to be revenged upon Harold Stanley for his unyielding efforts to bring them to justice. Pierre La Rue, the master criminal, and his gang become seriously concerned with their future. Vanya Tosca learns accidentally that Florence Montrose, daughter of Doctor Montrose, discoverer of the element which is responsible for the Crimson Stain Gang, is going for a ride in the park. Accordingly Pierre La Rue lays elaborate plans for her destruction. The gang is increased by a new member, a cripple. That afternoon as Florence and her father jog along in the park, Florence suddenly catches sight of an automobile speeding toward them. She recognizes the occupants as members of the Crimson Stain Gang, and she and her father spur their horses on, hoping to escape, but the