Reel Life (Sep 1914 - Mar 1915)

Fourteen REEL LIFE STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS IN THE MANSION OF LONELINESS— Beauty A Touching Little Drama of Mother Love March 16, 1915 CAST Mrs. Lane Virginia Kirtley Mr. Lane, her husband Irving Cummings Mr. Hendricks Joseph Harris Betty Teddy Lynch SURROUNDED by every luxury, young Mrs. Lane's life is empty, for her husband cannot endure children. When he is called out of town suddenly to the bedside of a sick friend, she sends out invitations to all the children in the neighborhood to come to a party at her house every day for a week. As a last request, Lane's friend implores him to accept the guardianship of his six-year-old daughter, Betty. The little girl climbs upon Lane's knee, puts her arms around his neck and endorses her father's choice by a kiss. The child-hater experiences a change of heart. The unexpected return of her husband finds Mrs. Lane entertaining a houseful of children. She is terrified, until he leads her into his study. There sits Betty. Lane explains, and Mrs. Lane, hugging the child close, realizes that "the mansion of loneliness" is no more. THE EMERALD BROOCH— Majestic Wherein a Clever' Clerk Gets the Better of a Shoplifter By Paul West March 16, 1915 CAST Walter Hayden W. E Lowery Hannigan Tom Wilson Mrs. Delavan Billie West Slick Charley..; Eugene Pallette Denny, the dip. Venter Perry WALTER HAYDEN, diamond salesman in a fashionable jeweler's, seizes a man who has stolen a diamond ring from the stock and hauls him to the manager's office. To his astonishment, the proprietor lets the thief go, saying that it is better to lose many rings, than to let the public dream that such a theft is. possible in the establishment. He. warns the clerk to remember this in the future. A few days later, a woman calling herself Mrs. Delavan, and bearing a forged letter of introduction, calls to buy an emerald brooch. Hayden sees her, While looking at other jewels, slip the brooch into her handbag. Remembering the proprietor's policy, he lets her go, but follows her. On the street a pickpocket tries to steal Hayden's watch. He seizes the man and compels him to relieve Mrs. Delavan of the brooch. Hayden makes Denny, the dip, yield up the valuable, which he takes back to the shop. Then he coolly apprizes Mrs. Delavan by phone of what has happened. THE BALANCE— Reliance A Dramatic Parable With a Strong Lesson March 17, 1915 CAST Madge Mae Gaston Mr. Merwin ..v Mr. Stone MR. MERWIN, a rich manufacturer and a pillar of the church, fearing that the end is near, and wishing to atone for a life of selfishness, donates $50,000 to the heathen. Two crooks read in the paper of this liberal act, and realizing that they are heathen and able to use some of the money, they scheme to rob the house of the Rev. Mr. Smug, who has the contribution in his keeping. « Mike is betrayed by his jealous sweetheart and falls into the trap laid by the police. However, at the last minute, his sweetheart repents her action and comes to his rescue. He does not get the money, but he manages to make his escape from the officers. Running for his life, he comes upon a poor little flower-girl, who has been able to sell nothing that day and is afraid to go home without at least half a dollar. He gives her a dollar bill, and the slight delay permits of his being overtaken by the police. There is a battle in which Mike is killed. Merwin, the rich man, also dies. The recording angel weighs the sins of the two men — they about balance. Then he puts in one scale the check for $50,000, donated by Merwin to the heathen, and in the other, the crumpled one dollar bill which Mike had given the little flower-girl. And the thief's last act far outweighs that of the rich hypocrite. COMPETITION— American A Humorous Rural Romance March 17, 1915 CAST Jim Daley David Lythgoe Cyrus Stubbs Harry Von Meter Mrs. Stubbs Louise Lester Myra, their daughter Vivian Rich Josh Jones Jack Richardson, Ranch Owner Perry Banks FARMER STUBBS is much put out because Myra, his daughter, recently returned from a city school, refuses to marry Josh Jones, the most grosperous farmer in the country. .When. Jim Daley, a sweetheart from the city, arrives, to propose to Myra and win the old folks' consent, he is sent packing. Things look dark, until Daley is seized with a bright idea. Disguising himself as a farmer, he leases a farm some distance away, and proceeds to make inroads upon Jones' and Stubbs' dairy business. At last Stubbs and Jones, who are ignorant of the identity of their competitor, offer to buy him; out at any price. He brings them to his terms and then adds that Stubbs' consent to his' marriage with Myra, also is essential to the transaction. The old man is not altogether displeased. But when,' later, he discovers how the young chap from the city has got it over him, he is completely bowled over. A CASE OF POISON— Broncho (Two Reels) A Matrimonial Comedy, Featuring Louise Glaum in a New and Serio-Comic Role By Thomas H. Ince and Scott Sidney March 17, 1915 CAST Mrs. Barr Louise Glaum Mr. Barr Jack Nelson Edith Virginia Philly Servant Edna Heffer MR. BARR is inclined to neglect his wife for the society of other women. Seeing him one day at -the matinee with a strange damsel. Mrs. Barr determines to commit suicide. She tries to die on the railroad track, but is repeatedly scared off the rails by the thunder of the train. In the drug store her nervousness betrays her. So when she asks for cyanide of potassium, the clerk gives her a bottle of water labelled "Poison." Meanwhile, Mrs. Burr's friend, Edith, has seen the faithless husband and his fair campanion enter a cafe. 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