Reel Life (Sep 1914 - Mar 1915)

Twelve REEL LIFE STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS which he may take no active part, he goes to find the Judge and excuses himself on the pretext that he has promised to be home early. Meanwhile, an ex-convict, whom the Judge formerly sentenced, has entered the house meaning to avenge himself. Will reaches tne library barely in time to save the Judge's life. In his struggle with the convict, however, his leg is broken. An eminent surgeon discovers tha't the operation which must be performed will cure Will of the old trouble. The young man induces him to keep this a secret from the Stevens family. Later, Will returns and proposes to Ruth, who realizes that she loves him. THE SHERIFF OF MUSCATINE— Kay Bee (2 Reels) The Clever Plot of Two Desperadoes By Gardner Sullivan and Thomas H. Ince • :".l/:>-: . Oct. 9, 1914 't ' i; -tt?.| -v £ 'CAST Bill Eagan Richard Stanton Anne, alias Bill's mother Fanny Midgley The Sheriff . '. Louis Morrison BILL EAGAN, a bandit, with a price on his head, calls at the Muscatine postoffice for a letter which is advertised for him. Starting back to the hills, he is pursued and captured by the sheriff and his posse. As a last request he asks that the sheriff read the letter' aloud to him. The missive is from Bill's mother, telling him that she is on her way -to Muscatine to see him. At the same moment the stage drives in, and a sweetfaced little old lady comes forward with outstretched arms. The kind-hearted sheriff takes off his badge, and pinning it on Bill's coat, tells her that her son has just been elected sheriff of Muscatine. They are then shown to two of the best rooms in the hotel. When the path is clear, the "mother" takes off her disguise, proving to be Anne, a cowgirl, Bill's pal. That night they rob the bank and postoffice, and escape to the hills. BILL SPOILS A VACATION— Komic Being the Eighth of the Famous Bill Series By Paul West ©ct. 11, 1914 . CAST Bill Tammany Young Ethel , Fay Tincher Mr. Hadley Tod Browning The millionaire Baldy Belmont BILL'S boss decides to give Ethel a vacation. To show his appreciation of her services, he advances her a month's pay, and Ethel immediately starts off to show Newport what^ life really is. She is not long in bringing down a millionaire, who quickly proposes. She accepts, and wires her boss that she has no intention of returning to dictation. ' He goes wild and Bill is sent to find Ethel and bring her back. Bill locates her all right — just as she is about to dine. He decides to butt in on the big feed. The millionaire begins to doubt whether Ethel is a wise choice after all, and excusing himself for a few moments, makes up his mind he will not" return. The waiter must have his check, and Bill being dead broke, the big haul comes on Ethel, who is left with just her fare back to New York. Millionaires lose their savor, and she gladly returns to the office with Bill. THE RESCUE— Thanhouser A Drama of Forgiveness Thrillingly Won Oct. 11, 1914 CAST Alice Mildred Heller Harry, her brother Harry Benham Ann Mayre Hall Sinclair Arthur Bauer Harry's friend Billy Noel ALICE thinks the world of her brother Harry, who always has been her companion in all her out-ofdoor sports. When he falls in love with Ann Sinclair, she becomes intensely jealous. Harry partly wins her over, but when he tries to affect a reconciliation between the two girls, Ann is obstinate. One day at the beach Ann is caught out in a launch which gets on fire. From the shore Alice sees her danger. As there is no one within call, and the engineer of the boat, panic stricken, has deserted Ann, she jumps into the water and puts her reputation for swimming to good account. Harry arrives just in time to pull the two exhausted girls into his speed boat. And then he has the happiness of seeing his sister and sweetheart kiss and pledge friendship. THE SANDS OF FATE— Majestic (2 Reels) In Which the Villain Proves Himself the Hero in the End Oct. 11, 1914 J" CAST , < Helen Dorothy Gish Lee Robert Harron Holden... Raoul Walsh Mrs. Robinson Cora Drew THROUGH a foolish mistake, and a deceitful ruse on Holden's part, Lee leaves Helen Robinson, who becomes the wife of his rival. Helen never ceases to love Lee, and her husband fails in winning from her the least affection. Several years later, the three meet in a mining district in the West. Lee, athirst for revenge, plots to send Holden to his death in the Arizona desert, but at the last moment he learns that Helen has accompanied her husband on the ill-fated expedition. For her sake he goes to their rescue. There is barely water enough to get them all safely back. But Holden, realizing that his attempt to make Helen care for him has , failed, and ' that he stands in the way of her happiness with Lee, pours his portion of water into the sand, and | wanders away by night across the trackless waste. i THE DIAMOND OF DISASTER— Thanhouser (2 Reels) The Story of a Diamond Which Rivalled the Famous "Spanish Opal" in 111 "Omen Oct. 13,1914 Vi ; CAST ;' Davis, an Englishman Irving Cummings His wife Carey L. Hastings Hindoo merchant J. S. Murray The Fakir Ernest Ward Hindoo servant David Thompson The bandit chieftain Justus D. Barnes A FAMOUS diamond, which has caused death and dishonor to a Rajah and his captain, is given by a dying Hindoo to an Englishman. The Englishman, (Continued Overleaf)