Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1910)

143° THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD Independent Film Stories. POWERS PICTURE PLAYS. THE RIDE TO DEATH. -White Doyc, a beautiful young Indian maiden, la In love with Gray Eagle, • ilea to ber people. Wah notee, a rival irprlaea him with White Dove and a. terrific knife combat follows. Wab-notee is siiiui. White Dove aavea Gray Eagle from io( by ber own people. For this they punlsb her by " tin' ride to death." Tied i<> the back of "Mazeppa" was, the girl is carried through the woods, over liills. expecting every mlnbe killed. Gray Eagle follow* In a moat exciting ride, Be atopa the Seeing horse and rescues ins sweetheart. Time passes, Gray Eugie and White i>ow are married, one day White Dove's people capture bet and take ber back to her father who hi about to pronounce a death sentence upon her when Cray Eagle comes In carrying t ln-ir child. At the sight of the babe the old chief softens and declares that peace shall henceforth be between their peoples. A PLUCKY WESTERN KID.— "No Account" Flodgson leaves his live motherless children In the care of the eldest, Ellen, a girl of fourteen, and goes to the nearest town for a spree He Rets drunk and Is seen gambling his money away. His faithful horse with almost human instinct runs back to Hodgson's cabin, pushes open the window. Little Ellen suspecting something Is wrong with her father, mounts the horse and dashes to the town. Hodgson catches "Poker" Bill cheating him and as a result a knife fight between the two men is about to take place; Hodgson won't fight and "Poker" Bill Is about to knife him when Ellen enters, smashes POker with her whip and saves her father and takes him home. The acting of the five children in this picture is, we are sure, the very best that has ever been shown. The girl's rides are thrilling. THE TRAMP BICYCLIST.— Percy Snobb is troubled with his wheel. A tramp comes along, shows him how to ride it and then shows Percy how to get a wheel without paying for it. The tramp on the wheel now begins his adventures each one of which will bring roars of laughter. He chases a Chinaman into a house. He knocks over all kinds of people on the street and when they protest he comes back and runs over them. He holds up street cars and captures a lady's bicycle and gathers in a gentleman's silk hat, a policeman's club and a farmer's saehel. He enters a saloon on his wheel, makes a flying grab at a glass of beer and Is out before the astonished bar tender can hit him. After a series of very funny adventures the tramp runs into an old maid who captures the wheel. Later she returns it to him. The tramp proposes marriage to her and the two ride off together. This film will be greeted with roars of laughter. THANHOUSER COMPANY. LOVE AND LAW.— Sue Jennings and Tom Egan have been sweethearts, but Sue decides to marry another man, and holds a secret meeting with Tom, in which she returns his love letters and demands her own. On the same night, Jack Deming, a friend of Tom's who has lost heavily in speculation on Tom's advice, calls at the latter's rooms, very much Intoxicated, brandishing a revolver and vowing vengeance. Tom calms the excited visitor, who falls asleep on the couch, after which Tom writes a letter to his former sweetheart and dispatches it by bis servant. When the servant returns, he discovers his master dead on the floor of his apartment and Jack just leaving the room revolver in hand. Jack Is arrested on suspicion, and young Miss Marsh, a bright young woman in the detective department, is detailed from headquarters to investigate the case. She does some clever work in the case, and proves Jack's innocence in a novel war. incidentally falling In love with the man whose life she is working to save. On the strength of her evidence, Jack is set free; and with her love to live for, he starts out to make a new record in life for himself. THE MILLIONAIRE MILKMAN.— Clara Moore is a society girl who has won the affections of Jack Cass, a young millionaire. He thinks she loves him; but it is really his money that she adores. Prompted by a letter of warning, Jack decides to prove his sweetheart's love. One reason is that he privately disapproves of the way Clara and her mother have treated a poor relation, an orphan girl. who h.' s been left to their care. Instead of giving he:' a heme, they make a servant of her. Jack's plot works like a charm. His faithful valet rives the newspapers a story of the failure of .rack's mine, and that young man's ruin. Clara reads it ant! when Jack calls and he admits that the leports arc correct, she returns him his ring and says that all is over between them. In fact the only pern mi in the house who shows any sympathy for Jack is the poor relation. May Dnstin. and naturally he compares her with the heartless society girl. Jack wants to see more of May. and invents a unique way of doing so. He buys out the milkman who serves the family, and In that way Is able to call on May every day. Their liking soon ripens into love, and May agrees to wed Jack, though thinking lie has nothing in the world but a meagre salary. After marriage she is told the truth and finds that her husband has money enough to supply her every wish. As for Clara, she has lost her only chance to win a prized millionaire. REVIER. THOUGHTFULNESS REMEMBERED BY THE UTE. — The hoi s from the ranch go down to old man Collin's "Angle Salun" for refreshments. Bear Claws follows the cow-punchers in and drinks with them, while two Indian giris enter, full water lie runs anoiek and hick to embrace thj sister. Nick Jtamscy interferes and p red girls. Whereupon a quarrel takes place and the Indian engeanci that nlgbi Bear Claws robs the saloon, and as if placed there by fate, be Etamsey'a gun nearby. Making his escape be 16 little Indian girl looking in the window. After a pursuit he captures her and, throwiInto a barn sets it on Are. At the ranch Nick wants another drink, and so leaves the bunk bouse and rides to the saloon. The Indian sees bim, and recognizing bis chance to blame the white man for his deed, tells the cowboy* of the robbery and murder. They quickly saddle and rush to old Collin's place, where they find Nick and accuse him of the crime. Caught in the trap of circumstantial evidence, he is led out by his pals to suffer the extreme penalty. The Indian girl, missing her sister, falls upon her trail, tracks her to the burning barn, where she rescues her from the flames. The little girl tells her of the crime, and mounting a horse they start on a race against death to save their friend. Over rocky hills, through dark ravines they gallop, while near the shady ford of the river Ramsey, a lariat a tout his neck. Is about to forfeit his life for the crime of his enemy. The rope Is thrown over a limb, when just in time the Indian girls arrive. They tell their story and the noose Is speedily adjusted over the neck of the redskin. IMP. A CLEVER RUSE.— Miles Darragh and Matthew Daly are two old cronies who have reached that stage of life where, having plenty of money, they decide to take things easy and enjoy themselves. Darragh has a daughter named Maud and Daly jas a son called King. King and Maud are engaged to be married, much to the Joy of tlw who see in the union of the two families the culmination of their fondest dreams. One day, while the two old gentlemen are peacefully playing cards in the Darragh library, King and Maud aave a violent lovers' quarrel in the drawing-room, over King's refusal to give up cigarettes. The quarrel finally reaches such proportions as to attract the attention of the two fathers, who stop playing and rush to the door of the room just in time to see King leaving the house "forever." The two old friends, fearing the end of all their dreams, hold a brief conference and decide upon a ruse to draw the young lovers together again Hastily drinking a glass of wine apiece, they pretend they have been poisoned and soon arouse the house by their pitiful cries and groans. Maud, frightened out of her fit of anger by the noise, rushes into the room, and learning the cause of the trouble, becomes terribly alarmed and das'ies for the telephone for aid, and to whom should she call in her hour of need but to her faithful King? Learning the dreadful news, he runs for a doctor. In the meantime, the old gentlemen have enjoyed listening to Maud's end of tbe telephone conver sation. but when she returns to the library with a maid, the old schemers are again writhing about in apparently mortal agony. Taken to a bedroom by the two girls, they fall helplessly on the bed and continue to call madly for help. King soon arrives with a physician, who is escorted to tie bedside of the sufferers and after a brief glance at the old men he orders the young couple from the room and begins his examination. Being soon convinced that his patients are merely "faking," he proceeds to frighten the truth from tjem by a liberal display of deadly looking surgical instruments. His artifice proves entirely success fnl. for they immediately lean from the bed and confess their duplicity and the cause of it, but, nothing daunted, secure his assistance by presenting him with a liberal fee. The doctor then visits the yonng folks, whore be finds clinging lovingly and sorrowfully to each other, t'.ieir recent quarrel completely forgotten. Telling them that they may have one last look at their fathers before the end comes, the two follow him, and entering the room, gather sadly about the seeming deathbed. The two old reprobates fjen ask the children to promise they will never quarrel again. As the young people fondly embrace and solemnly promise to love and cherish each other as long as life shall last, the old gentlemen leap from their bed of suffering and boisterously dlsclcre their clever ruse. FAITHFUL MAX.— A post-rider of the old Colonial days owns a large, jandsome dog, called "Max." that accompanies him upon all of his triiis. running alongside of his horse and acting as his bodyguard. One day the post-rider is given some valuable jewelry by a wealthy country gentleman, with Instructions to deliver It most carefully at the other end of his route. On the way, as was his custom, the post-rider stops to refresh his horse and eat ids noon meal, which he shares with his doe. Feeling sleepy, he decides to Indulge himself to the extent of a brief nap. and lying down, endeavors to stretch out and feel comfortable. But his postbag, which he wears slung across his shoulders, annoys him and he takes It off, and laying it be side him, orders Max to watch it. He oversleeps, but Max soon realizes this fact and proceeds to waken him. Starting up in great haste, he mounts bis borse and rapidly rides away, forgetting bis post-bag entirely. Max does not forget it, however, but runs swiftly after bim, and circling about him, springs at his horse's bead, barking and growling In his endeavors to get bim to return. The dog's actions finally become so extravagant that bis master regretfully decides that he has gone mad, and pulling his pistol from his belt, shoots him and rides away to make up the time lost through his delay. Poor, faithful Max. wounded and dying, rlsea weakly and crawling painfully back to their recent bivouac, lies down beside the treasure he had been told to guard, and here he Is later discovered by his deeply sorrowing master, who has been made aware of the loss of his post-bag and returns to recover It. THE CRIPPLED TEDDY BEAR.— John King and his wife, Dora, with their little girl. Ida, live plainly but contentedly upon his small salarv. Little Ida has few playthings, her father not being able to purchase more, but to her mind they are the finest ever seen, ber favorite being a Teddy bear, with one bind leg missing. In order to make the animal as interesting as possible, her father makes a tiny crutch for It, wblcb fills ber childish heart with joy. One morning, as King Is on his way to the office where he is employed, he sees a man suddenly taken 111 and nss'sts him to return to his residence. This man. William Daly, a wealthy old bachelor. Is very grateful for the service, but sees no way of returning the favor at the time. In consequence of this delay, King is quite late to bis work and bis employer, an irascible old skinflint, gives him a terrific scolding and in spite of King's explanations, discharges him from his service. King returns home greatly cast down and not knowing which way to turn, ne tries to find other employment but without avail and they finally find themselves without sufficient food to keep tbem alive. King then decides to pawn his best suit of clothes and taking little Ida with him, goes to the pawnshop and gets some money. But the lack of decent clothing makes It still harder for him to obtain employment and he grows more and more discouraged. His wife realizing how handicapped King is without his best suit, slips out of the house with her little girl and going to the pawnshop, exchanges her engagement ring for the clothing and returns with it to King, who is deeply grateful for the sacrifice. Things still go badly with the family and they are at the end of their resources again. Then little Ida has an inspiration — she will pawn her teddy hear. So wrapping it up. she steals soflty from the house. On her way to the pawn shop, she meets Mr. Daly, the innocent cause of her father's discharge. Her bright face attracts the gentleman and he stops and speaks to her and as she leaves him. he watches her. not knowing, of course, whose child she is. Ida enters the pawnshop and tries to pawn ber treasure, which, while it amuses the pawnbroker, he does not know what to say to her. Mr. Daly then enters the shop and comprehending the situation, takes the child away and inquiring her address takes her home, where he meets King with much pleasure and is introduced to his wife. As Daly is about to leave he asks for the Teddy bear, which Ida gladly gives him. He then, having learned their circumstances, offers King money, but King refuses it. Stooping to kiss Ida "good-bye," Daly forces a bill of a large denomination into her hand and goes away. Daly places the Teddy bear on his desk at his office and thinks often of the child who gave it to him. The day before Christmas. Daly, who is lonely. is Messed with a beautiful thought: he will give the little girl a Christmas tree at his own home and invite her parents. Buying nearly the entire contents of a toy-shop, he has his servants deck out a tree and. when his guests arrive, he gives them a royal welcome. And one of the most precious gifts taken from the tree is a letter for John King, offering him a splendid position as confidential man with Mr. Daly. LITTLE NELL'S TOBACCO.— Cr.indpi Turner lived happily with his daughter Ella and her husband. Boliert Fuller. Little Nell, his grandchild, was his inseparable companion, the love between them being touching and beautiful. Ella is finally taken sick and dies, and after a s''ort lapse of time. Robert Fuller marries again. The new wife Is a hard hearted young creature, who makes things very unpleasant for Grandpa and Nell, but especially for Grandpa. She deeply resents the fact, that he. the first wife's father. :s allowed to remain under the same roof with herself. She begins her persecutions by forbidding him to smoke and taking his pipe and tobacco away from bim. throws them out of the window. As soon as her stepmother leaves the house with her father. Nell, her grandfather's little champ'on. climbs out of the window and finding his smoking outfit, returns it to him and he enjoys another smoke. But. alas, the stepmother returns and catching him a second time, she takes the pipe and tobacco and throws them in the stove. She then orders him to go up to an attic room and remain there. After the old man has tottered up the stairs, the husband and wife sit down and enjoy themselves, the former taking out a cigarette, which the wife lights for him. ,