Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

September (>. 1916 HE MOVING I'll I URE WORLD 1683 The big situation of the play occurs when the "Kid" uncovers the murderer of Mrs. Robinson, whose Interest! are with the anti-trust faction, and Is at the same time Instrumental In revealing the double part played by i>,-r own father In c 1 1 « question of the meat market. The revelation made to her i>> her foater father causes her to appeal to the authorities thai his disgrace be not made public, A pathetic situation arises near the close of the picture when the girl clings to her foster father, refusing to pay the homage that the relationship calls for to the father whom she has Known, hut a tew brief ho Scene from "The Kid" (Vitagraph). The story of the production was written and produced by Wilfrid North. The only point at which the construction might be attacked is where in the first reel of the picture much film is utilized In presenting of points of interest about New York City, such as the Woolworth building, scenes on Riverside Drive, and in Central Park, and also Fifth avenue. While this Is all of interest especially to the outsider, the fact remains that in a picture of this class it strongly resembles padding. The production is a flood one and will be enjoyed by all classes. "The Almighty Dollar" Interesting Drama Produced by Paragon for World Film — Frances Nelson and E. K. Lincoln Featured. Reviewed by Lynde Denig-. THAT it is unwise for a husband to attend to business so conscientiously that he neglects his wife, is once more set forth in this ParagonWorld Film picture, made by Robert Thornby from a story by E. M. Ingleton. It is a safe theme on which to base a photoplay — as a number of authors have found in the past — and there is enough originality in the development of the details of the production In question to prevent its being regarded as a mere repetition of an oft-told tale. The picture is interesting in subject matter and smoothly presented. Scene from "The Almighty Dollar" (World). with Frances Nelson as the somewhat foolish little wife, June Elvidge as her more sensible sister, E. K. Lincoln as the moneymaking husband and George Anderson as the dangerously deceptive young doctor. Then quite apart from the plot and the acting. Director Thornby's production makes one strong bid for attention. An accident in the New York subway is shown as — to the best of our belief — it has never before been pictured on the screen. The scenes are not studio imitations; but actual photographs of the underground railroad when something goes wrong 'with the third rail; th< the cai dlsappeai and the i cken passengers light their waj through the smoke and flami i in i ■ i ii. .11 This part "t i in pli accomplishment, Intenselj thrilling and bl< In adi the plot to the point where Masle, thi heroine "i i meets the man she Is destined to raai rj ii. ■ burning os r, thei i icqualntance In a ti ill mantle fashion. Before all this happens, nfasle and h< ini a convent and living alone, aftei the death ol their mother) .i the attentions of a young phj ilclan whosi purp sinister. The Inexperienced girl is In a fair n trapped when Harv< i tes to her rescue, morally a physically, But after their marriage, Mule grows restless because her husband is always at the OfBCC earning money. This homing doctor another opportunity, but hi thwarted by the clear-headed, self-sacrificing sister and tinman she is about to wed. The last reel rises to a strong dramatic climax, well handled l,v tin: four players already Inentloned. In the opening reel there is one startling fall certain to thrill an audience. Save for static in nea that could not easily he retaken, tin-re is no f;nill to be found with the phot ography, Two "Fairfax" Episodes Shown Chapters Three and Four of International Serial Contain Exciting Incidents and Sustain Interest. Reviewed by George Blaisdell. THE International Film Service last week showed Episodes 3 and 4 of the "Beatrice Fairfax" newspaper serial. The former is entitled "Billie's Romance" and the latter is "The Stono God." Tin subjects contain interest in good measure, Scene from "Beatrice Fairfax" (International). especially in "Billie's Romance." The serial is the product or tho Wharton studio. "Billie's Romance," which was released August 21, is written' around a messenger boy who admires the still younger daughter of a judge. Billie figures not in a large way, the chief roles going to Harry Fox and Grace Darling. The former his the part of a reporter, the latter that of Beatrice Fairfax, the woman who gives "advice to the lovelorn." The story deals with the escape from prison of a man who has a good-sized grudge against the judge who sentenced him and of his attempts to gratify his revenge by kidnapping and drowning the daughter of the judge. The reporter is on the hunt for the convict who has escaped. By a clever dovetailing of incidents Billie is right on the rescue job when his presence Is most needed and the reporter is there, too, when Billie is captured by the kidnappers. "The Stone God," released August 28, shows how Jimmy Barton, the reporter, tries to make good on an assignment to interview a supposed Indian prince and gets mixed up in a feud dating from the time the "prince," really a former army officer, forcibly added a Hindu god to his collection. James Gordon gives a fine interpretation of the role of the accumulator of other's property. The "prince" meets his death at the hand of one of the avengers, who a moment later is struck down by a bullet fired from a pistol automatically discharged upon the opening of the door to the closet containing the relic. Beatrice Fairfax is drawn into the action through the letter she receives from the love-crossed daughter of the army officer. It is the fiance of this daughter who is for a few moments accused of the murder of the officer, but Jimmy and Beatrice, through their work in an exciting and dangerous atmosphere, are able to straighten out the police and set everybody aright. These two episodes are in fact independent in themselves. The idea of the serial is novel; if the successors of the two under discussion match with them, the group should be successful. The field is of the widest and practically unlimited.