Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

1888 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD September 16, 1916 (.Continued from page 1885.) Rev. Ab. Bergold. It is to this island that the boat containing Dick drifts. The fishermen pick his unconscious form up. No clew to his identity is on his body. He is removed to the pastor's home. A week later Dick recovers consciousness. When asked lor his name he recalls the light in the dressing room. Fearing he is being hunted for murder he pretends to have lost his memory. In a short time a love interest develops between Dick and Undine. Dick, his conscience heavy with his crime, cannot bring himself to ask Undine for her hand. Among debris cast up from a passing steamer Undine finds a newspaper. This paper contains the news that the countrywide search is on for Dick Stanton, heir to his lather's fortune and that Dick is believed to be in hiding because he thought he murdered a man. It appears the man was only injured. Dick has become interested in church work. Realizing he can never ask this innocent maid to become the wife of a murderer, Dick resolves to leave the island secretly at night. I ndilic, afraid to tell Dick the truth for fear he will leave her. keeps secret the newspaper. Dick is stealthily leaving the house at night when Undine sees him. She begs him to remain. He tells her he loves her, but there is a reason why he cannot ask her hand in marriage. Convinced Dick really loves her, Undine produces the newspaper. Undine consents to marry Dick and go to the city if her father may accompany them. This is agreed. The aged pastor calls a meeting of his flock at the little church. So affected is he by their grief at his leaving that he refuses to go. Undine, through love for her father, declares she must remain with him. That night, as a good night and a good-bye prayer is being said at the Eergold home Dick, who is to leave on the morrow, receives a call to take up the work of the aged clergyman. An epilogue shows the beautiful church erected by Dick in memory of his late father and as atonement for the actions which broke his father's heart. CENTAUR. TANGLED HEARTS (Two Parts— Sept. 16). The cast: Margaret Gilbert (.Margaret Gibson) ; Al Drake (Alva D. Blake) ; Nan (Nan Christy) ; William Clifton (William Clifford). Margaret Gilbert, a student at a seminary, is more devoted to love story novels and clandestine meetings with Al Drake than to her studies. Her many capers at school bring forth protests from the president of the institution and the climax comes when Margaret is caught in the act of eloping with Al and expelled from school. Nan, Margaret's older sister, is devoted to her father, and the promised bride of William Clifton. Nan exerts herself at great length to develop the good in her sister, she having taken the place of her mother who passed away while Margaret was but a youngster. Al is the son of a millionaire lawyer. His father's will is that the youth follow the same course in life as he and he showers his boy with every luxury, including unlimited finances and a racing automobile. His father's profession does not appeal to him and Al neglects the study of law, spending his time perfecting a new automobile device, it being his desire to pursue a mechanical career. The youth's habits become known to the father, who informs the youth that his income has been stopped until such time as he proposes to resume the study of law. Disregarding his father's wish, Al starts out to find employment for himself and applies lor ;t position as a chauffeur. He is engaged by William Clifton. William arranges a week end visit at the home of Nan, his fiancee, and is driven there by Al. It is then that Al sees Margaret again and they are later detected in a love scene by William and Nan. William discharges Al on the spot and the older sister rebukes Margaret for her conduct. William and Nan notice the change in Margaret and wonder at her brooding. William tries to console Margaret, who informs her prospective brother-in-law that she is the wife of Al and that it was a romance of several weeks previous. With pity for the girl, William folds In i in his arms, assuring her that he win rectify matters. At this point Nan approache! the couple, and she gathers the impression thai William and her younger sister are having a love scene. William's protests fall on deal ears, but with a mission to perform he goes off satisfied that time will adjust matters. William goes to Hie illy and seeks Al. He hears Al's story of having been cut off financially by his father and decides to ko lo the lather and attempt to bring about a reconciliation. This proves unsuccessful. William is not defeated, however, for He telegraphs Marearel to come to the City al once, it being his plan to bring the girl face to face with her father-inlaw Margaret leaves her home rather mysteriously and later Nan finds the telegram from William, She is Ilea rtbroken and tells her father, who urges her to forget. rgarel goes to Al's father, and after much . oaxine he finally accepts the girl as his daughter-in-law, forgives his son and there is a Hallberg Equips Your Theatre Completely Hallberg Engines and Generators for Gasolene, Kerosene and Gas Fuel Send for Free Builetrn No. 2 Hallberg 20th Century Motor Generators, $217 a^ Free Bulletin No. 1 -T| HALLBERG'S Switch Boards for all Purposes $30 and Up. Arc -Controllers Feed Carbons Automatically, Free Circulars POWER'S 6B "SIMPLEX" I »m distributor of all makes moving picture machines and furnish everything complete for the theatre, new and used apparatus. 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She finally raises her head and recognizes Al and realizes the folly of her thoughts. Asking forgiveness of her sister and William, Xan falls into the embrace of William. CUB. JERRY AXD THE BLACKHANDERS (Sept. 15). — The cast: Jerry (George Ovey) ; Father (Jefferson Osborne) ; Mother (Janet Sully) ; Daughter (Claire Alexander) ; Gardner (George George) ; Chief of Blackhanders (Abe Lincoln i ; Butler (Gordon MacGregor). Directed by Milton Fahrney. Jerry's sympathy is aroused by a blind man. who is playing an accordian. He is about to donate to the unfortunate's tin cup when the musician winks an eye and Larry gets suspicious. He informs a policeman about the fakir and as the guardian of the law arrests the beggar Jerry runs off with the accordian. He serenades his sweetheart. The discord of Jerry's singing and the weird sounds of the instrument attract the father and he investigates. At the same time, Hank, the gardener, rushes to remonstrate with Jerry. In the meantime the father has armed himself with a large vase and just as he drops it from a third story window, directed at Jerry's head. Hank appears and he is the target and is knocked unconscious. Jerry tries to revive the stunned man with music from the accordian, but before he has administered much treatment the father has summoned the police and Jerry takes to his feet. His flight carries him to a secluded spot where there is in hiding a band of blackhanders. The "lookout" spies Jerry and at the point of a gun orders him to enter the "shack of mystery." The chief of the band is getting ready to send an anonymous letter to a wealthy merchant and plans are being perfected to install an infernal machine in the man's house. The band decide to force Jerry to carry the letter and the machine to the house. Jerry is astonished when he finds that the merchant is the father of his sweetheart. Urged on by two blackhanders. Jerry arrives at the house. He fights his way past the butler and when he sees his sweetheart he fears for her safety. The father appears and .Jerry hands him the letter. A general mix-up follows and Jerry rushes up stairs and he locks himself in a room with the daughter. Suddenly he remembers that he has a dangerous infernal machine with him and he rushes out to the hall. The father, butler and mother give ehase and Jerry, not desiring to injure the girl he loves, runs out of the house, carrying the machine with him. He hurries back to the blackhanders" shaek. escaping the police as the two members or the gang who were guarding him are arrested. Gaining an entrance to the shack. Jerry places the machine in front of the chief and starts to run when he is hustled back bV the other members of the sans. The chief remembers the hour of the expected explosion and with his henchmen rushes out of the building, leaving Jerry alone. A moment later there is a terrible explosion, the building is blown to pieces and Jerry sent sailing through the air. only to land in the path of the two policemen who are searching for him. GAUMONT. FANTOMAS (Episode No. 2, "The Man in Black" — Three Parts— Sept. UK— The cast: Dr. Chalek, the man in black. Loupart (Victor Navarre) ; Inspector Juve (.Tames Breon) : Fandor i Louis Melchior) ; Lady Beltham (Renee Carl) : Josephine (Yvette Andreyorl. All Paris was still talking of the clever trick by which Fatomas had cheated the guillotine. In the shadow of this grim instrument of death, he had substituted for himself an actor. Val-. grand. However, the quick eye of Juve, the ive who had trapped Fantomas. had fortunately recognized that something was wrong and saved the actor from death. hive found no clue to Fantomas until the body of a woman who had been crushed to death in some mysterious fashion, was found in the office of a mysterious "Dr. Chalek." It was supposed to be that of Lady Beltham. whose husband Fantomas had murdered. Accompanied by Fandor. his journalist friend. Juve watched Dr. Chalek's apartment after he had found it impossible to identify the body as that of Lady 1!. Itham. Dr. Chalek got into his automobile