Pictures and the Picturegoer (October 1915 - March 1916)

PICTURES AND THE PIC^MREGOER 116 L>!:"0 AN! gives real WAR NEW DO NOT MISS OUR CONFIDENTIAL GUIDE Films you should make a point of seeing. UNDER THE RED ROBE.An admirable ptation of Stanley J. YV'eyman's great novel. Tin.' Clarendon Film Company nave never done anything better than this picture, oes in which were taken in a charming English village. ■■ Hire ■ VENDETTA IN A HOSPITAL — A comedy h Billie Ritchie is a thing of laughter and joy ior evi H thcr screaming hospital comedy, which i> funnier even than Cupid in -/ Hospital— which i eaying Give Billie Ritchie a funny situation to handle, and he will turn it into a gold-mine of laughter. Hi< adventures in hospital when he i placed in the adjoining ward to liia deadly rival, who is an anarchist by profession, provid ;one long round of riotonamii-th. L~ 72 .29). THE 6!FT. — .Tack and Eva < ouldn t marry because father objected. Eva was ill; the doctor called. "She rmist have a surprise. Ho went away, and returning with a trunk disclosed dark. A " Jack-inthe-Box" which did the trick. -.V, ning). DRAWING THE LINE. — Do yon ever sit in a seat at a cinema and hold your breath from sheer excitement ': If not. go and see Walter Spencor and Jack Richardson fight in thi> feature-drama. Th.-tv, ■ men are in love with Edith (Vivian Rich). How love proves tinvictor in the end is the tale which tin h'lm unfolds. —Fit/in r'A ' dra rwi, 1,9 NIPPER'S BUSY HOLIDAY.— Lnpino Lane, the comedian from the Empire Theatre, as " Nipper, a schoolboy on his holiday, will make yon forgot for at least fifteen minutes the dark streets ontside and why they are dark. Mr. Lane seems to have found his feet in this the second of his John Bull films. He is genuinely funny. — DaviSon, the British Agent, 1,082 WiARlTANA. — Everybody knows the story of thi> famous opera, and asa Kalem film it loses none of its plot interest. Thecareless, gallant adventurer, Don Caesar de Bazan. blessed with nothing but poverty and a. good sword, is played to perfection by W. Lawson Butt. The setting is well arranged, the sword-play is good, and the direct; -the plot highly interesting. M.P. S i ing). THE ETERNAL CITY. Hall Caine himself praised this wonderful screen production. Pauline Frederick plays the female lead, and she has the honour of being the first woman to play for films produced in the Vatican Gardens." the Coliseum. St. Peters, the Castle Angelos, and many other historic and impressive spots in the Imperial City which have been used as backgrounds. — Fa ,.(•<'.• Phi (Hon, five pa ■ N .2 CHARLIE AT THE BANK. -Charlie is janitor at the bank. He loves the stenographer, so does another Charlie, the cashier. The lady shows a preference for the latter, until robbers break into tinbank and endeavour to push her into the safe. Charlie number one conjes to tho rescue, and. killing the burglars, claims bis ladylove. The bank scenes in this newest Chaplin picture were taken in a real bank on a Saturday afternoon. — Essanay c ■ ng). JIMMY. — Have you ever laughed with a lump in your throat, while little thrills of Joy swept over youl That's what "Jimmy-" will make you do. He is a keen-witted lad of the slums, and. Icing a messenger, is called upon by Rose to return her ring to Jack with whom shelias quarrelled. Jimmy sums up the situation and reunitethe alienated couple, but not until he has been made a cripple in his efforts. Edith Johnson plays LI Rose. ' and Roland Sharp is the hero •Jimmy." . Seligdrama, 1,030 feet{Nov. 29). THE BEDOUIN'S SACRIFICE. Bigelow Cooper always compels admiration in his heroic Oriental character-studies. In this subject he makes the Bedouins deed a screen epic in which he is featured with Bessie Learn as "Mary" and Edward Earle as her J Mary is stolen by Bedouins in the heart of a desert city. Site a] to the tender side of the chief's heart, and after great difficult} (on account of the enraged Bedouins) he. with the aid of then" her escape, but is killed in the attempt. — K.i :■: . THEATRE ■■ Unforgettable." The Eveking X TWICE DAILY 2.30 and S.