Moving Picture World (Sep 1916)

September 30, 1916 THE MOVING PI( I l RE \\ I >kl.l> 2101 throu slapstick, but through contrast and n of human nature In the contest, the little [II . \ . V ,-r.V III. •Ml, Ml -. II "II .1. .1 U.I . ainii i. ut it dependi too much upon i.i sterl ng still holds Interest thou pel >'.i to consta ntlj repea i not suppoi ted In i he "Her Surrender ' Five-Part Ivan Production Features Anna Nilsson, With a Competent Cast of Well Known Players. Reviewed bj Margaret I. MacDonald. A|.'li,M production based on the sex problem to be wholeBomel) attractive must appeal to the intellect, \t be I such tilnis are scarcelj to be recommended for the vl consumption of the masses, consisting In the lai lority of inert, susceptible minds, winch treat wifh credulltj anj Scene from "Her Surrender" (Ivan). aspect of the case which the screen may suggest, devouring with avidity the more sensuous or unclean morsels. While t lie tilm iii question cannot be said to be unclean. it is neither Wholesome nor does it appeal to the intellect.. On the contrary, it attempts to treat with seriousness an idea too inane for serious discussion. This it does in a badly constructed story, with a cast far above the average, consisting of Anna Nilsson, Rose Coghlan, William H. Hooker, W'ilmuth MerkyI, Harry Spingler, and Frankie Mann. The story, when dissected from among' the numerous sideissues which have too slight a beating on the main theme, treats of how a young woman, lured to the den of a gangstei through the machinations of a jealous rival, is assaulted, and is finally Stabbed in the fray that follows. Taken to the hospital she is about to die from loss of blood, when an employee of her father's, just released from prison, where lie has tieen serving a term on an accusation of theft, offers his blood for transfusion purposes. Recovered, the girl finds ever before her the vision of the man who gave his blood for her, and finally sends for him, stating that his blood within her continues to call him. This state of affairs is termed by the authoi "transfusion of love." "The Flower of Faith' Jane Grey Featured in Five-Reel Drama Produced for the International Film Service, Inc. — First of the Golden Eagle Features. Reviewed by I!en H. Grimm. NOTWITHSTANDING the strength and interest of story found in "The Flower of Faith." a five-reel drama produced by the Superb Pictures Corporation for the International Film Service. Inc., the production is somewhat weakened by a rather illogical climax. This is more or less compensated for by several hundred feet of beautiful night scenes. Which are enhanced by excellent photography, and the picture as a whole is worthy. It is the first of the International's Golden Eagle Features. Throughout the five reels runs the pure romance of a God-fearing girl and a man who is an unbeliever, with touches of melodrama that compel interest. Ruth Judson, the embodiment of purity and goodness, is placed in a false position when she is found in the cabin of Hugh Lee, and will not explain her presence there because doing so would divulge the hiding place of her young brother, who has been shot in an attempt to steal back money he lost at cards, and who has taken refuge in Lee's cabin. Ruth's father, an itinerant evangelist, is so tortured by the belief that his daughter has sinned that his calling becomes less to him than his feelings as a father, and he becomes a member ..f ih. group o munlty. Ruth i,Im com] ■■ bj i ■ Mob I... V. bolt of 1 led ii ih. i. n i,o an. I kill him. lotted i •. hei , and k on ii. in, ,n ii I, K ii "Fantomas?1 Second Episode of the Gaumont Serial Unusually Thrilling and Urges Interest at a Breakneck Pace. i :,-s lew .-.i bj Vlarga i .-i i Mai i tonald. That the foreign made Gaumont serial, "Fanto one "f t he bee i on 1 1,, ma rl .\ mi no doubt I,, agreed to i>\ those who are following the fortunei the mysterious criminal upon wh adventures the storj of the serial is bare. I. "'I'll, Ma li III I I I a . I, . " I I , -I i I I , olid episode, sug I one of the diBgulses ol Fantomaa, who at oqe moment is a bearded g in In evening clothes, and at tinnext maj represent anj of the various walks of life. A horrible spotted serpent In this number poses as oi i the ald< Pantomas, creeping Into the bed of Juve, the detective, In the Beltham mansion, when he and Fandor have stationed themselves to watch the movements of Fantomas and Lady Beltham. in this episode Incidents follow thick and fast, including a thrilling train wreck and an explosion that shatters the rendeZ \ ..us of Fa ntomas. "The Intrigue" Melodrama's Hero in Pallas Picture Invents Contrivance That Would End European War— Kills All in Reach Over Miles. Reviewed by llanford C. .Judson. THIS is not th<. picture to make the critic enthusiastic, but I had with me in the projection room a man who has seen very few pictures of any kind. He found it Interesting. It is acted well and there are parts of it that would interest anybody; but a good deal of it runs pretty close to the commonplace and its short glimpses of trench warfare seem hardly worth a place in a Pallas picture — they certainly fail to convince. The picture, in five reels, is called "The Intrigue," and the important role in it is played by Lenore Ulrich, a countess in some European country, whose king sends her to America Scene from "The Intrigue" (Pallas). to keep an enemy government from getting possession of an invention. The inventor, an American, is the hero, and he has guaranteed to sell to it his wonderful death-dealing maChine. In America, is the emissary of the enemy government, and this character has the heavy villain work to do. II,suspects that the Countess is spying on him and he has a woman he thinks is she watched. The Countess' maid is playing a part, too. Meanwhile, he has picked up on shipboard a pretty immigrant .and taken her home. She is the real countess. As his sweeper and duster, she discovers that he intends to kill the hero as soon as he gets the invention in his hands. The hero has been good to the forlorn little foreign maid. She sends him a note, warning him. Together they turn the tables on the villain, than she makes him promise not to sell the deadly invention. After which she will follow him to the ends of the earth. Cecil Van Auker plays the hero and Howard Davies the villain. ■Ussssl ■■m