Moving Picture World (Apr 1916)

140 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD April I, 1916 VICTOR. A MODEL HUSBAND (Two Parts— March 29). — The cast: Mr. Cherub (Harry Myers); Mrs. Cherub (Rosemary Theby). Written by Samuel Greiner. Produced by Harry Myers. Mr. Cherub is considered by all the world to be a model husband. Housewives hold him up as a shining example to their husbands. In truth, however, Mr. Cherub is anything but a virtuous husband. He mistreats his wife and orders her around like a slave. As for liquor, it is true enough that he never saw the inside of a saloon, and pretends to be an apostle of grape juice and pasteurized milk. But he makes up his continence on the sly, by enjoying every once in a while a few teaspoohfuls of a cough medicine, which is really nothing else than Scotch Strong. The Prohibitionists, however, know nothing of all that. So highly do they think of him that they determine unanimously to nominate him for Mayor. They send a committee to his home to bring him the good tidings. Unfortunately he is just engaged in a pleasant altercation with his wile concerning the food, the affair reaching its climax in a crockery duel. But when Mr. Cherub sees the committee approach his home be loses no time in patching up things and grouping himself, his wife and his children into a touching picture of family affection, which fairly brings tears to the eyes of the committee. The ladies on the committee urge Mrs. Cherub to communicate to them by what ways and means she has succeeded in making as perfect a husband as Mr. Cherub. Her good cooking, Mrs. Cherub replies, turned the trick. Unfortunately, one of the Prohibitionists pays a visit to Mr Cherub's office Just as the latter is out, and, being attacked with a fit of coughing, is helping himself to Mr. Cherub's cough medicine. This is the first step towards Cherub's downfall. A special committee of investigation is organized and surprises him in a very embarrassing position. A young girl, who is reallv the sweetheart of this model of a husand. be introduces to them as his sister. The cough medicine he explains away on the ground that it was but so much bay rum, of which he made use after shaving. The committee decide* to Interrogate hi as to his sister. The truth comes out with a vengeance. Is to them her entire life and packs up b. r thins-, firmly resolv. d to leave him. When Mr. Cherub enters matters come to a done In spile of en treaties Mrs. Cherub rushes away with her children. GOLD SEAL. LADY RAFFLES RETURNS Civ. March 28). — The en (Jack Connelly) ; Lady Raffles (Grace Cunard) ; Phil Kelly (Francis Ford): Crook (Harry Manni. Written and produced by Grace Cunard and Francis Ford. In the home of Mr. Mronson. a wealthy banker, a strau of incidents occur. There have rtj valuable articles missed and the d. I I to the ase Unas a man going through lue safe one day. The man has a box of valuables which thi takes. While they are talking a woman comes tn claiming to be Mrs. Brownson. She picks up the box and leaves, supposedly to 'phone to headquarters of the capture. Brownson returns later and the butler Is found dead. The woman has disappeared. When lirownson states that he I a bachelor and that tne man the detective Is holding Is his secretary, headquarters recognizes the work of Lady .les, and Phil Kelly, a famous detective. Is assigned to the case Phil's chief tells bim taat Brownson has just been robbed of ten thousand dollars, and is ordered to recover the money. Lady Raffles writes a note to the detectives, deriding the police and branglng that she will rob the Brownson safe that day at noon regardless of the numoer of police on hand. Having learned of the butler's death, Lady Raffles sends one of her assistants to take the butler's place. The assistant claims to be a brother of the dead butler and thus secures the position. The crooks make their plans carefully. The new butler knocks a picture off the wall and takes it supposedly to have it fixed. The chief orders that no one be admitted or allowed to leave the house without his instructions. Some time later a man brings the picture to the house. Lady Raffles and her confidence man get inside the house, pretending to be relatives of the dead butler. She and the butler together open up the picture, which proves to be a collapsible safe. They move the real safe behind the curtains and substitute the fake one. Lady Raffles, thinking she is unobserved, takes i.er time about opening the safe and getting the valuables from it. Phil Kelly, cleverly anticipates how the crooks will work and, disguising himself in the clothes of one of the band, sees Lady Raffles opening the safe. The safe Is returned to its original place, the fake one folded up and one of the crooks starts out with it, stating that the wrong picture has been sent. Kelly with the gang. A short time later the robbery is discovered and the police are unable to figure out how it was done, although Kelly had warned them that Lady Raffles always kept her word. In her private room she and Kelly are left alone. Kelly handcuffs her. discloses" his identity and after a short search, locates the missing valuables. -»e leaves Lady Raffles handcuffed and restore* tin valuable! to the owner. While the girl is ravins at her bonds she looks on the table nearby and sees the keys to the handcuffs which the detective had oblleinsly Whfn his chief asks him why he did not capture the crook, Kelly replies that he was only commanded to get the money and nothing was said about capturing the crook. LAEMMLE. TUB DISASTROUS DARDANELLES EXPEDITION Special Release -Man . 5). ned at Gallipoll? Did the British trooos ite the peninsula with the loss of but one man'.' Or did they suffer the loss of .'JO per cent, of their effectives when they withdrew their Ill-fated expedition against Turkey? Perhaps the most spectacular campaign of the whole war was that at the Dardanelles. The sinking of gnat English dreadnoughts as they attempted to force the ; -.. Con stantiople, the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of English, Col nlal and Turkish troops rd of the East." and the final rious wlthdraway from the costly venture by the French and English forces, all make the war film, "The Disastrous Dardat edition," a feature of the most soul-stirring lilt were secured by Ashmead I.artlett, the famous war correspondent, who was able to penetrate Into the p. ninsula with oops The scenes show thrilling Suvla Bay operations, the repulsing of a Turk) tack, the destruction of the position occupied by the famous Australian and New Zl contingents (the Anzacs), the terrific sla famous Fort Sed-ll-Bahr and other pic showlng the transportation of troops from Leinnos, the British hospital station ana militn ' -i the various landings on the peninsula These landings were the most costly ventures t rlenced. Thousands of men were mowed down as thev disembarked from the pontoon barges. The Turks, as they lay entrenched on the tops of hin the troops from the boats Into the water with their withering tire. It M for t.e extraordinary bravery of the British that able to land at all. A FOOL'S GOLD (Three Parts— March SO).— The cast: Dick Webster (Richard Stanton); Molly, His Wile (Myrtle Gonzales) ; J. J. Whittier (1\ M Weils) ; Doris Van (Gretchen Lederer) ; Bruce Higgins (Hayward Mack). Written G. L. V. Jefferson. Produced by Richard Stanton. Dick Webster is confidential secretary to J. .1. Whittier, a capitalist. Dick and his wife, Molly, find it hard to live on the small salary he is receiving. Bruce Higgins is a clerk in Mr. Whittier's employ, and one day, noting Webster's brooding tries to cheer him up. Webster tells him of his troubles and Higgins invites him to meet some friends. He makes the acquaintance of Doris Vane, a "social vampire," and she attracts him by her charms. Doris and Higgins are partners in a scheme to make money easy and Webster agrees to furnish tbem with tips on the market. He does this and Doris places the information in the hands of Higgins. The trio make quite a large sum of money. According to the agreement Webster receives one-half of the money. He takes it home with childish pleasure, but when his wife learns how he got the money and realizes that It was dishonestly, she will have nothing to do with it, and pleads with him to return it to his employer. This he refuses to do and a quarrel en Webster returns to the office, ever on the alert for new tips, but this time does not share the Information with his partners and plays a lone band. His luck is phenomenal and his wealth grows by leaps and bounds. His two partners, angry because he will not share his wealth with them, tell his employer and Webster is tired. The crowd of parasites which surround bim, tell him how wonderful he is and cause him to believe that he is a master of finance. He believes that if he could marry into a family of established wealth he could inert ase his power. Accordingly h. divorce from Molly and begins to look about him for a new wife, Whlttler and Doris have spread the news of the methods he used to secure his wealth and none of the people whom hes to associate with will have anything to do with him. Doris, however, wins his conto their marriage. Their house becomel a gathering place for a swift set. Doris spends his money freely and Higgins, her companion, helps her. Meanwhile, Mollys child Is born and. really loving Dick, she pleads with his old. employer B him hack to her. As the old man really at heart likes Dick, he agrees, but the "lily waj tO save him Is to utterly crush him. Accordingly all the force Ol Whittier's name is thrown Into tho battle and the climax is reached when Webster Is ruined. \\ turns to his sumptuous which he finds filled with people, eating and drinking, and Ills wife openl] Higgins amid the cheers of her companions, him and he sets tire to the apartment holding the crowd in the room at the point of a revolver. He is finally overcome and tl I alls her sin a .hair with his head on the table. The faithful old butler, however, drags him out and he the balance of the night waiting for morning and his final fate. Next day marks the complete ruin of Websti r Shunned by the parasites, who were his Whi ii he had money, he goes to his wife, who aj In name only, but she d< him. He returns to the ruin of his home and sifts the ashes of his home through his fingers. Whlttler has called upon Molly, told ber about isband's misfortune and, overruling her slsts upon her taking the which be has taken from her husband. 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