Moving Picture World (Apr 1916)

642 fHE MOVING PICTURE WORLD April 22, 1916 mean order, an attendant in the shotting gallery, a shoeblack and heaven knows what else! In the shooting gallery one of the marksmen mistakes Musty's face for the target and shoots him in the jaw. After violent efforts and contortions Musty succeeds in coughing up the bullet — just like that! A cripple, who berates Musty for using white paint instead of blacking on his shoes, Is mollified by a whack on his sound leg with his own crutch. The escalator used to convey patrons upstairs to the theater and the manner of its working furnishes wild merriment. So does the manner of bouncing the unwary customer who attempts to beat his way into the show. "Coming Down" is the tenth and last of the series, and it is one of the merriest of the lot. The scene is the same as in Xo. 9, with the same principals, only that H. H. McCollum appears as Woof Woof, the wild man, while Wm. Thomas, Jr., appears as Iyeonarde, the lion, the merry antics in which the wild man. the lion and Musty take part cannot fail to evoke prolonged laughter from young and old. I think that this film will prove the most delightful one of the series for children. Adults will make merry over it. too; but the children will go into ecstasies over it, and it should be especially advertised for them. I have seldom laughed more heartily over anything than at the Hindoo Spot Remover in this reel. I shall not spoil the laugh it will brin^r by any explanation. The review of Noa 1. S and 3 appeared in the issue of Jan. 22, ) i Noa 4, :., G and 7 in the issue of March Is, page 1848. picture deserving particular mention. In Its entirety, the production was capably produced and intelligently acted by Mr. Kerrigan, Lois Wilson, Maud George, H. Holland and Bertram Grassby. "The Gay Lord Waring" J. Warren Kerrigan Is Starred in Bluebird Version of Story by Houghton Townley. Reviewed by Lynde Denig. WITHOUT being in any respect a notable picture, "Thi l.oi,i Waring," mad. into a Bluebird Photoplay by Otis Turner from 0 by 1". McGrew Willis, is acceptable entertainment. Perhaps u would be jrei more acceptable if the sub-titles were fewer in number and less wordy, for the meaning of the scenes t and does not call for an extraordinary amount of printed explanation. At all evj there will be no cause for an au complain of a plot not easily comprehend The most exceptional twist In the story concerns an aK ment between Lord Arthur Waring and his half-broth' whereby Lord Arthur offers his lit. rfty for a loan of $100,000, the understanding being that if he is unable to return the money with interest at the end of six months, he will 1 mit suicide, thereby transferrin ,1 till. to Mark This odd contract is accounted for by Lord Arthur's determination to raise money for the care of an injured girl, whose father is thought to be unable to afford expensive me. Ural treatment Obviously, the predicament of a penniless man, who set -s way of escaping the forfeiture of his life, is likely material for the creation of suspense, that with a little skillful handling may be main' Imoat to the concluding scene. Not until the last reel la well underway does the and.. at the sventa devised for the salvation of lx>rd Arthur, and then the spectacular force with which everything hap Scene from "The Gay Lord Waring" (Bluebird). prohibits a lessening of interest. With the expiration of his contract only a few hours off, the young lord tries his fortune in a gambling house and loses; he rejects the offer of Countess Imanl to sell herself to a money lender, and is prepared to fulfill the bargain when kindly providence comes to his aid. He rescues the crippled girl from a fire in which her miserly father Is killed, and later receives the not unpleasant news that Mark has been hurled from a carriage and mortally wounded. Scenes in the burning building and the accidents resulting in the injury of Helene and the death of Mark, are parts of the "The Eternal Grind" Mary Pickford Is Seen in Interesting Five-Part Famous Players Subject Treating of the Toilers. Reviewed by George Blaisdell. THE Famous Players released on 1 ternal Grind," a five-part subject written by William H. Clifford and featuring Mary Pickford. John O'Brien has well Masked this story of the tenements — of toil and struggle and temptation on the one side, of avarice ami worse on the other. It is a simple human story of today, and as such will have interest for those on both sides of Hie line separating the very Scene from "The Eternal Grind" (Famous Players).' pool and the very rich. The characters and the situations have been drawn with uon. Mi •! has the role of Mary, one of three sisters, all employed In a sweatshop, which is reproduced on no small scale. Maty follows tin Straight path. She tries, and for a time fails, to keep Jane from going contrary to it, and also tights to keep alive Amy, who has fallen a victim to long hours and lack of ventilation Miss l'ickford has a part In which she There Is a light* 'o this story of grind. That Is the love of Mar) and Owen Wharton, the latter "f whom, a settlement worker. In disagreement with his grasping father, secures work In the shop where M.w\ is employed. Wharton Is played by John Bowers, a youngster of wholesome appearance. 1 Whai ' ■ Ider brol plaj ed i>> Robert 1 Mr. Cain makes an lnt( I' 1 eventu ally to see the light through the on of the revolver Mary has taken from the hand of .lane, t h. 1 . 1 . precipitating a marriage ami preventing a murder. This la 1 the sterner situations; anothir is the oollOQU] between Mary and ider Wharton, who when n.< with the young woman to come to his hon ive 'he life of his son Is met with a refusal, Justified by Wharton's previous disregard of Mary's plea to loip her Invalid sister. The employer promises a new factory and higher Wages and Mary p«s to her lover's side. J. Albert Hall is Wharton, the unpopular capitalist, and he gives a strong performance. "Bonds of Deception" A Three-Part American Based on Story of Unusual Character Features Winnifred Greenwood and Edward Coxen. .! by Margaret 1 M.-.cDonald. Till! story of this production was written by Kenneth Clarke and is an Interesting one ami considerably out of i with 1 lie eharIzation Including Wiffnifred Greenwood, lCdward Coxen, ■ Id. As the story runs the son of Major Baring, after having been sent west io stmt life anew, commits a crime for which he is need to a long term in prison. The pretty wife of Will Baring and beloved of her father-in-law is kept In ignorance of her husband's disgrace. The solicitation of the old man for the happiness of the innocent party who. If she knew the truth, would be a sharer In the unhapplness caused by her husband's crime, Is splendidly portrayed, and much credit is due Dick I,a Reno for his impersonation of the character of Major Baring. An opportunity to blot forever out of the woman's life the Shadow that menaced her happiness presents Itself when it) the