Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1912)

1 156 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD kisses her. The following day the knight and his bride ride forth to the city. On the. great steps in front of the palatial mansion many persons are grouped. Bertalda is there. The knight explains to her why he has been absent so long and points out his wife. The Lady Hertalda shows her anger and jealousy. The men congratulate the knight. The happy pair proceed to their home. From the fountain that continually plays in the garden the Spirit of the Brook arises to bless them. The Scene from "Undine" (Thanhouser). news extends through the fountain to the caverns beneath the sea, and there is great rejoicing over the happiness of Undine. • Lady Bertalda has not given up hope of winning the knight in* spite of his marriage with the former water sprite. She lavishes her attentions <>n Huldbrand. He begins to neglect Undine. In the beautiful garden of her home, standing by the fountain, banked in ferns, the Spirit of the Brook, mysteriously informed of the turn domestic affairs were taking in that household, appears to Undine. Undine flies to his arms. The Spirit is in a rage. To protect her husband from the wrajh of the Spirit of the Brook, Undine directs that the fountain be sealed. She entreats the knight not to venture on the water. Urged by Bertalda, the knight disregards the warning. In a great boat he and Bertalda set out. They are no sooner away from shore than from alongside the boat many pairs of hands extend out of the water. It is an un Scene from "Undine" (Thanhouser). canny sight. The knight and Bertalda shrink in horror into the stern of the boat. Undine in her anguish returns to Old Neptune and the Spirit of the Brook. In the absence from her earthly home of the former water sprite, Bertalda receives a char field. She makes full use of her opportunities. It is not many months before the betrothal of Bertalda and her old lover is announced. Undine, disconsolate in her cavern beneath the waves, sees in a vision the change in the affairs of the knight. Bertalda, sesure in her position as the future mistress of the knight's mansion, orders the fountain unsealed. Then, through the waters of the restored ornament, word is carried to Undine of the approaching marriage. She prepares for a journey. Surrounded by great masses of roses, Bertalda is joined in marriage to her old lover. There is a large party present at the ceremony. While the assembled guests have been following the responses of the bride and bridegroom, Undine comes out of the fountain and walks about the grounds of her old home. Just as the marriage ceremony is concluded she appears in front of the knight. Huldbrand slowly goes to her as if drawn by an irresistible attraction. A moment later he falls, dead. Undine goes out by the fountain. Slowly she fades from view. She reappears in the caverns of the deep. We see her kneeling in prayer. A solemn procession escorts the body of the knight to the tomb. Undine, unseen, is there. She falls behind as the cortege enters the granite structure. She leans on the window sill and gazes into the building. As night falls Lady Bertalda is led away. For a moment Undine goes to the door of the tomb. Then she returns to the little fountain which has played so important a part in her tragedy of life. She stands in front of it and then gradually fades. Mist gathers. Slowly developing from it appear massive fountains, the water rising from them in great undulating waves. PREPARATIONS FOR N. Y. EXHIBITORS* BALL. The Reception and Ball Committee of the Moving Picture Exhibitors' League of Greater New York is still busy on the job of rounding up features for the second annual entertainment and ball to be given at the Palm Garden on Thursday evening, Nov. 14th, by the Exhibitors' League. As previously announced in these columns, Mr. A. Coleman, chairman of the committee, has secured the promise of the Hon. John A. Dix, governor of New York, to be present. Senator Jos. B. Foraker, of Ohio, counsel for the National League of Exhibitors, will surely be in attendance, Mr. M. A. Neff, president of the Moving Picture Exhibitors' League of America, will also be on hand. It has also been stated that a number of the Selig acting forces will come on from Chicago to take part in the olio proceeding the dance. Pop Lubin and party from Philadelphia will come over, including Arthur Johnson and others of the acting department who will appear in the olio. Mr. Coleman desires to announce, through our columns, the additional features he has secured, consisting of the Vitagraph collection of notables who will appear on the bill or at the ball or both. Those who will be there are: Miss Florence Turner, Edith Storey, Lillian Walker, Flora Finch, Kate Price & Co., Mrs. Mary Maurice, Adele De Garde, John Bunny, Ralph Ince, Leo Delaney, Van Dyke Brooke, Kenneth Casey, Harry Mayo and others of the Vitagraph players. The grand march will be led by Mr. Maurice Costello and Miss Florence Lawrence. Other famous photo players will be announced later. Exhibitors and others should bear in mind that this affair is being given partly as a means of raising funds to defray the expenses of the national convention of the Moving Picture Exhibitors' League of America, to be held' at New York during the summer of 1913. All New York State exhibitors are invited to participate in and feel that the function will be just as much a state affair as it is a local one. BILKALEM VISITS "UNCLE JOHN." A few weeks ago Bilkalem journeyed for a week's vacation up to the classic precincts of Haines Fall, N. Y., where "Uncle John" Rusk runs the Wauwanda picture theater. Readers of the World will recall the description of this unique rural house owned by Rusk and Andrews. Bilkalem was delighted with the locality and equally pleased with the Wauwanda theater. The accompanying cut is from a photograph taken by Bilkalem and shows a picturesque view of the house.