Reel Life (Sep 1914 - Mar 1915)

Eight REEL LIFE STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS WE have already printed a number of telegrams from exhibitors in different sections of the country, telling of the immediate success they have won with Runaway June, the big Reliance serial, and we would like to be able to carry them all in Reel Life. Unfortunately, however, our space does not permit this, and we must content ourselves with presenting only a few of the many cangratulatory messages, selected at random from those received. The following telegrams are fair samples of scores of others, which can only be replied to in the regular course of business : Comet Theatre, St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 26 First Episode Runaway June very good. House packed. Patrons spoke very highly of it. Am sure it will continue drawing crowds. E. Zimmerman, Prop. Grand Theatre, Jacksonville, 111., Jan. 27 Runazvay June best picture I ever ran, splendid photography, nice scenery and fine clothes. Stands at head of all serials. Harold J. Johnson, Mgr. Grand Central Amusement Co., St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 27 After running three episodes Runaway June, without doubt best serial ever seen. Drawing great crowds. Edward Stevison, Mgr. RUNAWAY JUNE (Episode 6) (Two Reels) By George Randolph Chester and Lillian Chester February 17, 1915 CAST June Warner Norma Phillips Ned Warner J. W. Johnston Gilbert Blye Arthur Donaldson Tommy Thomas Marguerite Loveridge Marie Evelyn Dumo Charles Cunningham Charles Mason Edwards Ezra Walck Al Groggs Arthur Forbes Lou Groggs Ida James Father Joseph Fay Neighbor Grace Ady Mrs. Villard Elizabeth Drew Daughter Mildred Cheshire Director, Oscar Eagle AS June is fleeing from the gambling house, she is glimpsed by Ned from a street car. But the conductor refuses to stop in the middle of the block, and by the time Warner has alighted and rushed back, the runaway bride is nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile she has reached in safety the home of Mrs. O'Kcefe, the hotel bell boy's mother, and her protector. Mrs. O'Keefe, being the widow of the most popular patrolman on New York's police force, instructs some of her departed husband's friends, whose beats are in that neighborhood, that Marie and June are good friends of hers, who do not wish to be found. Enough ! When Blye and W arner appear in 'the vicinity and question the policemen about a young girl, they are deliberately sent on a wild goose chase. But, as so often before, Blye at length calls upon Tommy .Thomas. She drives around to the neighborhood, in which the man with the black vandyke has reason to believe his quarry is in hiding, and is lucky enough to see June coming out of Mrs. O'Keefe's. Already Tommy Thomas has arranged with a Mrs. Villard, who wants a companion, to let her bring June to her. She invites the runaway bride into her car, and they drive to an employment agency with which Tommy Thomas has had an understanding. The farce is put through, and June is taken to the magnificent estate of Mrs. Villard, a young and handsome woman of clearly good intentions. That same evening June has an adventure. She overhears some tenants of Mrs. Villard's quarrelling, and hurries over to the squalid home of the Groggs'. She finds Groggs in a drunken frenzy, his wife beside herself, hurling pots and pans. And then June lets herself go and her fiery denunciation of the drunkard soon sobers Groggs. He promises to reform, and the runaway bride realizes that here was but another symptom of the man-wife-money problem, which so besets her. Returning to Mr. Villard's house to dinner, June meets Charles Cunningham. Tommy Thomas also is one of the guests. Once, she fancies, she sees through the velvet curtains of the room the sombre visage of the man with the black vandyke. HOW HAZEL GOT EVEN— Majestic (Two Reels) A Prize Fight Comedv February" 14, 1915 CAST Hazel, the cashier Dorothy Gish Patsy Eugene Pallette Johnson W. E. Lawrence HAZEL, a cashier in a restaurant, is engaged to Patsy, a bus driver. Patsy earns some extra money by going in on preliminary bouts at the Athletic Club pugilistic exhibitions, and gains a local reputation as a boxer. When a big fighter is suddenly taken ill on the eve of a public contest, Patsy substitutes, wins the match, and suddenly finds himself in line for a bout with the champion of the world. On receipt of an offer for a long tour, he gets a swelled head and repudiates Hazel, who is forced to go back to work in the restaurant. She plans to get even with Patsy. With her savings she hires a coming western fighter, who arrives in town, to clean up her faithless lover. This he does in great shape. When Patsy comes to, he sees Hazel and his victorious opponent strolling affectionately off together. WHO GOT STUNG?— Princess The Amusing Tale of a Mother-in-law-Interrupted Honevmoon February 19, 1915 CAST Bill Bray John Reinhard Bess Bray, his wife Ethel Jewett Her mother \ m Boyd Marshall Harry, Bills friend j' Jim K. Clarendon The maid Rene Farrington THE bliss of the Brays, two newly weds, is turned to bitterness by a telegram to the effect that Mrs. Bray's mother will arrive next day. Bray carries the old lady's {Continued Overleaf)