Moving Picture World (Apr 1916)

822 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD April 29, 1916 The theme of this play is not entirely new. The fact of the matter is the plot originates in the same situation that has been frequently used in western dramas. There is a favorite cowpuncher, "Silent Selby," and a villainous ranch foreman, both of whom are in love with the pretty daughter of the ranch owner. It is in the development and treatment of the latter portion of the story that production wins out. The young woman is discovered in a love scene with her hero, who has been discharged by the jealous foreman, and overheard to promise a meeting in the morning, kidnaps her and carries her Scene from "Silent Selby" (Mustang). off to bis Bhack, where h< ropes her to a chair. In his drunken state he fails to keep watch and Un young woman eei morning after the «iri has told her father of the insult, the foreman is found murdered. The only clue Which the authorities find points at the discharged cowpuncher, An hour later, however, the father of the young woman confesses that he killed tin man of the insult to his daugrhtei He Is of course acquitted, and a bappj situation closes the picture. The players are Timmas Chatterton in the title toie. anna Little, i>i'k La Keno and Jack Richardson, who, by the way, plays a double role effectively. " Molly Make-Believe " Marguerite Clark Portrays a Girl of Romantic and Fanciful Disposition in Famous Players Subject. Reviewed by George Blaiadell Tin: i'it if Players releaaed on April it "Moll) U Believe," an adaptation of the story by Eleanor Hallowell Ahi.ott Marguerite dark ha. the name role, that of a girl who in her effort to help her Impoverished gi Scene from "Molly Make-Believe" (Famous Players). mother takes her little brother and in the night slips away to the city to earn her own living — and for a while succeeds in an unusual way. The picture Is well staged by J. Searle Dawley. "Molly Make-Believe" will have marked interest for children and feminine grown-ups — it is an ideal matinee attraction. For an evening house it might be described as a pretty story. It is more entertaining than plausible, if it be judged by the stern rules of probability. Miss Clark is delightful as the young girl of the country who plays with her child friends or as the budding young business woman who is the "whole works" in the singular correspondence concern she establishes. J. W. Johnston is strong as the railroad man who extends aid to the two freight train stowaways. Mahlon Hamilton has the role of Carl Stanton, the young railroad official who under circumstances of trial meets Molly, and later learns to know her better and to love her. Gertrude Norman is a motherly Grandmother Meredith. The scenes of the railroad wreck lend atmosphere to the trip of Molly and her little brother to the city. They are deftly woven into the story. The strongest situation, one filled with pathos, is where Molly, in her suit of squirrel skin, goes to the bedside of the dying little girl, one of those to whom she had brought sunshine. The scenes of the ball, of Molly in her Oriental garb intruding among the dancers and, masked, chancing a number with her "prince," the young railroad man, are filled with interest. There is a romantic conclusion, one in which Molly wins her "prince," to the discomfiture of the unbending young woman and the still more frigid mamma who had aimed to corral the young man as their own. "One of the Pack" A Physiological Photoplay in Two Parts, Produced by the Lubin Company. Reviewed by Kdward Weitzel. MBRIEUX, the accomplished author of "Damaged Goods," , is credited with having turned the searchlight of his profound knowledgl upon certain forms of physical \ Ice and exposed to public view In the playhouse the consequences of breaking the moral law that governs such transgressions, "even unto the third generation." Tom Gibson, the author of "One of the Pack," has used a similar theme in his reel screen drama — but with circumspection. He does not Scene from "One of the Pack" (Lubin). dwell for any um rj length upon the physiologic as pects of his transgressor's condition, discreetly referring to It as a case of "tainted blood." Piem Moret, the leader of a band of criminals, known as "The Pack," is the owner of the Impure corpuscles. He wants to marry Helen Marston, but has a dangerous rival In Fred Hayden, a young clerk. When Helen's father suffers a breakdown and a transfusion of blood becomes necessary, young ii . den offers himself as a subject, and Moret Is forced to do likewise. A blood test of the two men is taken, during which Moret ni. the samples, and Hayden is told that his Mood is infected. He at once gives up Helen, becomes reckless and Joins Moret's band. Dr. Dangham, who knows the truth about the leader of the pack, prevents him from consummating his marriage with Helen, although the physician's professional honor stops him from divulging the secret to the wife. A safe robbery that Fred commits puts him In possession of the truth about Moret, leads to the death of the criminal, the reformation of Hayden and his union with 1 lelen. Granting the author's premise, it must be written down that he has constructed a quick-moving and Ingenious melodrama. It is acted in good style by George Routh, Jay Morley, Louis Fltz Roy, Eleanor Blevins, George Berrell, Robert Gray and A. H. Hayn. "Conductor 786" Rides Again. After a well-earned vacation in Florida "Conductor 786" comes back to New Rochelle to don the blue suit and brass buttons again in Falstaft comedies, it Is Relly Chamberlln. originator of the character; as emperor of the rear platform, with number 786 on his hat, Riley has won a big following.