Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

September (>, 1916 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 1749 secret service bureau unci which I10 have bwn made by iiu< counterfeiters, as Cleo stands beside him at the desk. The clerk notes the spurious currency, refusal it tad staiimau's actions lead Cleo to suapect that he also Is engaged in pasting had money, ion Bequently, siu belles Staltanan hoped) that he might be Ol use to the K-uifc. When he attempts to make her acquaintance later she accepts ins advances. Time passes ami Stalltimn baa learned to know Cleo. He telle her in a burst or eonfldenoe that, through the unjust OOnvlaUon of himself for a crime of whteh lie was not guilty, he luis become an enemj to loolety. Cleo tall story, a story which really wins his pathy. Moreover, believing she h.is tounil a kindred spirit, Cleo conndee that she is oonnected with the counterfeiters and often to Introdnce Btallman to the gang. He accepts. Stallman meets the sang and la acoepted on probation Upon a later visit to their place ho waits in the outer room lor connection with them. Jamison, the leader oi the gang and In love with Cleo, fears that his bold upon her will be gone Once she leaves them and refuses her request Stallman is more than pleased al attempt at reformation, Jamison, anxious to pacify Cleo, tells her that if she will carry their plates through to another location Which they have ehosen the gang will ivo accepts. As this decision is reached, stallman is discovered In anteroom listening. Jamison orders Stallman to be searched, and Cleo'a apartment key which Stallman managed to obtain from the door of the apartment is found on him. Jamison accuses Cleo of being Staiimau's mistress. Cleo resents his accusation and breaks with the gang. Stallman overhears her denunciation of Jamison from the outer room in which he lies bound. He himself to the table in the center, braces himself against it from behind and plac. bound feet underneath the rugs on a stool standing nearby. This he throws through the window out on the street below where it barely misses a passerby. A moment later a chair follows. While Cleo and Jamison rage in the inner room the passerby calls the police and notifies them that there is some trouble in the house from which the stool and chair were thrown. As they arrive Cleo leaves Jamison and the others of the gang and passes through the room in which Stallman lies bound. She ignores him. At the door she sees the police and rushes back. To her surprise Stallman advises her that if she wants to escape to hide in the closet. She secretes herself just as the police rush in. The police free Stallman, who immediately slips his secret service badge to Cleo, who is still in the closet. He then goes to help the police. Jamison and the entire outfit are captured. The police search the room for anvone in hiding and then pass back through the outer room. As they start to enter Stallman stands talking to Cleo. He introduces her to the officer in charge of the squad as a confederate of his and the girl who made it possible for him to break up the gang. On her coat she wears a secret service badge, which Stallman slipped to her. The scene fades out and back into the library. Stallman finishes telling his story, as Cleo, now his wife, enters the room. VOGUE. THE STOLEN BOOKING (Two Parrs— Sept. :«>.— The east: Rube (Rube Miller); Ben (Ben Turpin) ; Kelsey (Larry Bowes) ; Ryan (Ed Laurie). Directed by Rube Miller. Unknown to Kelsey and Ryan, two prominent actors, the show troupe to which they are sent by their booking agent, was driven from town by the Constable and his deputies. While waiting for their train the two actors stepped into the depot lunch room and are seen by Rube and Ben, both out of employment. Rube and Ben steal the actors' suit cases, their wallet containing two dollars, their railroad transportation and their contract to join the troupe for which they are leaving. The actors finding thair suit cases and wallet gone and being unable to pay for the food they have eaten, are detained by two roustabouts of the lunchroom long enough for Rube and Ben to leave on their train, and are then thrown out. Rube and Ben arrive in a small town. Thej pose as Kelsey and Ryan and are informed that the troupe has been driven from town, but in ^T)|3eeclco rfrc (ontroller A PEKFECTLY FED ARC CLEAK PROJECTION ACCURATE AS THE SUN HOLDS THE APX WITHIN A TENTH OF A VOLT LET USJTELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE AND WHO USES THEM Speed Controller Company, Inc. 257^259 William Street New York WILLIS AND INGLIS Wright and Callender Building LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA NEW YORK AFFILIATION: ARTHUR S. KANE 220 West Forty-second Street, New York City Call attention to their new electrical and equipment department. 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HrHt 11. | Muling BOS, tho villain of tlir • ■ mortgage on tin old man'i borne. Unable t.» receive pay111. nt, Ben ..n. i the mortgage to the old nun nil fur bis daughter's baud. Sin being In hove with Rube, tba Lading man, refuses bis offer. Tbu ol.l man Insists and BOS Carries ber away, leaving Rut., broken hearted, 'I . ■• •will a dials ind dlaappolnted audience. I be lover of tba girl, playing the part ol 'h< daughter, is sore and sneaks behind irtaln to watch tba Anal act. The managar also comes to tba stage to view tin tinal act. second act marts. Two years have passed and the daughter having left ber buaband, returns borne with the baby, meetldg her father and her former lover [tub*. While Rube .institutes bis make-up box for the box of money, but la seen by Rube. Itube and Ben goes on. While he is working, Rube substitutes his make-up box for the money box which Hen has tak. n Ban In on the stage demanding that the t'iri return to him, but the refusal causes Ben to to the house. Rube then returns to the stage and the girl's real lover takes the money from the box which Rube and Hen have stolen, and imts it in his pocket. Rube and Ben a duel, hut are interrupted by the real Kelsey and Ryan, who have finally walked into town. Rube and Ren run off stage and grab the lire torches In an effort to hold the two actors off, but the ton lies are knocked out of their hands, starting a real Are. Rube and Ben both run to their dressing room, grab their make-up thinking they still contain the money, and run from the opera house, being chased by the two actors. They run up a ladder to the top of the opera house and jump through a skylight to the Btage. The actors And them on the stage and demand the money from them. They discover that their boxi a are empty. The lover returns and hands over tbe money to the manager. Rube and Ben run off, grab the fire hose and play it upon the crowd, cbasing them away. The two actors still on the roof, throw down two large boxes, striking Rube and Ben upon the head, and knocking them unconscious. The hose which these two comedians are holding is thrown upward, and the force of the water knocks the other two actors off the roof. BEAUTY. TWO OF A KIND (Aug. .'10). The cast: Mr. Henpeck (Orral Humphrey) ; bis wife (Jo Taylor) ; Bilkins (Joe Massey) ; Tootles (Hazel West). Directed by Orral Humphrey. Mr. Henpeck was the unfortunate possessor of a bridge-playing wife and a squalling baby. Deft at home to take care of tbe child, his misery multiplied when he received a note from his friend Smith, asking him over for a little game of poker. Desire finally overcomes discretion and he goes to Smith's taking the infant along. There this baby is placed In the hands of Bilkins, the butler, who takes it to the park for an airing with a wry face, as he does not like the job. At the park, Bilkins flirts with Tootles, a maid in charge of Mrs. Billing's baby. It Is at Mrs. Billing's house that Mrs. Henpeck is spending her afternoon at bridge. Bilkins and Tootles finally part, but as they do so they mix the babies. The exchange results in mad confusion for two families, but Mrs. Henpeck at length sees the humor of the situation and much to Henpeck's delight smiles and forgives him. GAUMONT. REEL LIFE NO. 17 (Aug. 27). Boy Scouts at work and play is the chief feature of the seventeenth issue of Reel Life. At the present time there are approximately 200,000 youths and boys affiliated with the Boy Scouts movement and the work this nonmilitary organization is doing has received the highest endorsements from many quarters. 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