Moving Picture World (Nov 1915)

November 6, 1915 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1187 and love return to her American lover. When the real Count arrives he finds he is very much de trop, but can only sputter in helpless fury. A MOTORCYCLE ELOPEMENT (Nov. IS).— The cast : Jewel Hunt, Arthur Cozine, Bruce Montague. Jack Dare and Bessie Norwood decide to elope after father forbids Jack to call. Both the young people are fond of motorcycling, and often steal out for a spin in Jack's little tricar, one of those motorcycles with a little tonneau attached at the side. Father is going to carry off his daughter to boarding school in his big car, and Jack, on learning this, tells Bessie in a note to extract all but a quart of gasoline from Dad's car, while he will follow in his motorcycle to pick her up and whisk her off to the parson's. Unfortunately, the note gets into Dad's hands, and he turns the tables on Jack. Father and Bessie start for the boarding school, and in a lonely spot Dad pretends the gas has given out. He leaves the car, Jack comes up, steals her away, and a short distance beyond the gasoline in his tri-car gives out. Poor Bessie is left in that dark and spooky road while he goes after gas, with the result that an hour later, when Dad shows up in his car, she weepingly begs to be taken home, to boarding school, or anywhere, away from that dreadful Jack ! So Jack's motorcycle elopement is a flat failure, and he has to walk 10 miles back to town. LETTERS DIPLOMATIC HENRY (Nov. 19).— The cast: Sidney Drew, Mrs. Sidney Drew, Florence Natol. Henry Newlywed prides himself on his ability as a diplomat, and feels confident he can handle any situation. He receives word from his wealthv Aunt Becky of her return from Europe and some excellent suggestions as to the kind of wife he should have married, and feels worried. Fearing his wife will not come up to the strict standard set by Aunt Becky, Henry "diplomatically" writes her a letter to the effect that his wife certainly has faults and that no one can sew like Aunt Becky ! His wife gets hold of the letter, and, highly indignant, she adds a postscript stoutly maintaining she is an expert housekeeper ; then replaces it in Henry's coat pocket. That night Henry finds a model household when he returns, and his wife is excruciatingly particular. Things get so that Henry fears to move, and his wife is so busy fussing over the house that she has no time for him. Aunty arrives on a surprise visit and Mrs. Newlywed explains the note incident, then Aunty and she, with the aid of a pair of home-made trousers, get Henry into a ridiculous predicament and teach him a lesson in diplomacy. Aunt Becky then leaves the Newlyweds to a reconciliation. HEREDITY (Broadway Star Features— Special— Three parts — Nov. 20). — The cast: Carolyn Birch, Katherine Lewis, Rose Tapley, Thomas Mills, Anita D'Este Scott, Templer Saxe, Katherine Franek, Jay Dwiggins, William Humphrey, Denton Vane, Frank Bunny, Frank Kingsley. Mrs. de Marigny, a widow, without funds, leaves her little daughter, Grace, at a foundling asylum. That same day, an unidentified waif is found by the riverside and brought to the asylum, and tnrough the carelessness of a nurse the babies are wrongly tagged. Several weeks later Mrs. Marigny returns for her baby, but learns it has been adopted by the wealthy Van Dorns, an decides to let her stay with them. The real Grace has been adopted by a couple named Whitfield, who set her to work in a dressmaking establishment when she is fourteen. The Van Dorns have named their adopted child "Beatrice," and at fourteen she Is already beginning to show signs of inherited criminal tendencies. She steals from her foster-parents, who are willing to return her to her supposed mother, Mrs. de Marigny, now Mrs. Burleson, but through the absence of an identifying scar on the girl's arm. it is discovered that Beatrice is not her daughter. Meantime, the Whitfields are having a hard time and Grace is the sole support of the household. Beatrice goes from bad to worse, and spreads ruin and misery amonsr those who came in contact with her. She finally runs away with a crook, Spider, and becomes a woman gangster. Greenfield, a political crook, recognizes in Eeatrice the daughter of his dead wife who had run away. Determined to reform the girl, Greenfield, on finding he cannot, kills her, then shoots himself, while Mr. and Mrs. Burleson learn from Mrs. Whitfield and the Foundling Asylum authorities that Grace is their own daughter. ESSANAY. FIFTY-FIFTY (Special — Three parts — Not. 1). — The cast: Harry Dunkinson, Lillian Drew, Edmund F. Cobb, Vida Ramon. To prove he is master of his home, Mr. Blake invites Jack Collins to his house, where he proceeds to humiliate his wife. Mrs. Blake plans revenge, and by a clever scheme, in which Collins aids, her husband is made to believe ba~SL®jit&H$r« SELF MADE EXHIBITOR No. 5. New York City, October 31, 1915. My Dear Bill: The other evening I managed to steal away from business for a couple of hours and your mother and I dropped into the Strand, at Broadway and Forty-seventh St. Lots of big restaurant men delight in strange cooking, you know, and I think it must be this same peculiar twist of human nature which makes me delight in motion pictures which I see projected in some theatre other than rry own. The program proved only mildly interesting, and while I sat there I got to thinking of this old problem of equipment. As you know, the Strand has had them coming ever since it opened its doors — and with good reason. Remarkable attertion for the finer details of the exhibiting business has put the proposition over. Everything is of the best — service, pictures, and equipment. As I thought of this it struck me that perhaps the greatest argument in favor of the RADIUM GOLD FIBRE SCREEN which you have recently installed in your house in Providence is the simple fact that that same screen is admittedly the piece de resistance of all of the Strand's wonderful equipment, which makes for projection results second to none in the world. People who'd never think of going to the neighborhood picture house are regular patrons of the Strand here in New York, and most of them go because the pictures shown are so soft and velvety to the eye. You know and I know that the RADIUM GOLD FIBRE SCREEN is the answer. Your RADIUM GOLD FIBRE and mine are giving us the same results and I think we're perfectly safe in sitting back comfortably to await the day when the manufacturer of some other screen can show us something nearly as good. As you know, we are sailing for Bermuda next week and you will probably not hear from me again for some time. Be good and things will come your way. Yours, DAD. RADIUM GOLD FIBRE SCREENS ARE MADE AND SOLD BY RADIUM GOLD FIBRE SCREEN, INC. 220 W. 42d St.. N. Y. City he has married another woman when intoxicated. Through his lawyer he pays this supposed wife $10,000 as "hush money." The neglected Mrs. Blake, for the first time in years, blossoms forth in many new gowns. The worried Mr. Blake finally discovers he has been the contributor instead of some other man, the mythical wife being the real Mrs. Blake. DESPAIR (Special — Three parts— Nov. 2).— The cast : Edna Mayo, Bryant Washburn, Anna May Walthall, Mary McAllister, William H. Eurns. Lois Tanner is brought up among crooks and quite naturally ioins in their criminal exploits. The ~ang plans to rob the house of Robert Spurier, editor of a newspaper, but Lois is caught in the act by Spurier, who is so impressed with her beauty that he gives her a chance to live honestly. She becomes a member of his newspaper's staff and incidentally falls in love with Spurier. One day she sees Spurier come out of a church with his bride. Lois decided to end her life, but is prevented by a former, crook admirer. She returns to the old life, and once more Spurier's house is picked for a robbery. Lois again is discovered by Spurier, but she is shot as a burglar, dying in Spurier's arms as he Kisses her, to his bride's dismay. THE FABLE OF THE ESCAPE OF ANTHONY AND THE SALVATION OF HERBERT (Nov. 3). — The cast: Charles J. Stine, Camille D'Arcy. Once there was a lonelv man who married, thinking to find a home, but instead running into an experiment station. The other end of the team was an original recipe shark and family doctor. She loved the private clinics, and every time Arthur showed up with a cold she would light on him like a bee on a flower with some of her home remedies. She gave him vinegar tea and lumps of sugar soaked in kerosene until he was driven to drink. Arthur didn't enjoy a real let-up until little Herbert arrived. Then she worked on him. When Herbie was 6 years old he joined a gang and shied bricks at a teamster's child. The experimental mother threw a back twister and wondered why her system failed. Moral : As the father is bent the child is inclined. THE NIGHT THAT SOPHIE GRADUATED (Nov. 4). — The cast: Margaret Joslin, Victor Potel, Harry Todd, Robert McKenzie. On the night that Sophie is to graduate, Slippery Slim and Mustang Pete make a mad rush to escort her to the exercises. Slim arrives first and he and Sophie get as far as the railroad crossing when the horse refuses to go farther. Mustang Pete happens along and, seeing a train on the siding, ties the horse to the train. The train starts and Slim is sent sprawling in the road. Sophie remains in the buggy and is hauled for miles. Slim gives chase in Mustang Pete's cart, and after a rocky ride over the railroad ties rescues her. They return to the exercises, but the audience is thrown into a panic when Pete sets fire to the building. ON THE LITTLE MILL TRACE (SpecialTwo parts — Nov. 6). — The cast: Nell Craig, Hugh E. Thompson, Thomas Commerford, John Cossar. May Curtis, finding her husband untrue, leaves him and goes into the mountains, arriving at "Little Mill Trace." Shortly after a boy is born to her. Five years later the boy is kidnapped by his father, John Curtis. May becomes a school teacher and is idolized by the rough mountain people. After thirty years in this place she becomes ill, and only the skill of a famous surgeon can save her. The surgeon arrives, and when he looks into the face of the dying woman she recognizes him as her son. The operation is successful and May lives to enjoy the comforts of a son. SELIG. HEARST-SELIG NEWS PICTORIAL NO. 83 (Oct. 18). — New York. — Freshmen and Sophomores of Columbia have annual "tie-rush" in spirited hand-to-hand struggle. Bayonne, N. J. — Little tots hold center of stage for afternoon in Bayonne's baby celebration. New York. — Marquis and Marchioness of Aberdeen, former viceroy of Ireland, comes to America for social study. Cambridge, Mass. — Harvard battles Carlisle in first big battle of the season. Big crowd sees Harvard win game. Chicago. — Temperance advocates hold monster demonstration when Chicago mayor orders all bars to close on the Sabbath. San Diego. — U. S. regulars experiment with 75-horsepower caterpillar wheel machine that hauls heavy field gun batteries up steep grade. Ballincura. Ireland. — Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland with Lady Wimborne is formally received on official visit and inspects troops. Italian Lines in Trentine Mountains. — Italian soldiers break camp in early morning and push on toward Austrian strongholds. Boston Red Sox win world championship flag