Reel Life (Mar-Sep 1915)

Twenty REEL LIFE STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS (Continued from Page Fourteen) of the society girl, mad with jealousy, enters Adair's studio and fires at him. The little model flings herself between Adair and the weapon, receiving the shot in her hip. She is made lame for life. But the artist, cured of his infatuation for the other girl, marries Jean and devotes himself to making her happy. THE SPIRIT OF THE BELL— Kay Bee (Two Reels) A Thrilling Romance of the Mexican Struggle By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince April 2, 1915 CAST Dolores Di Oro Enid Markey Pedro Romez Charles Ray Miguel Galvez Jack Nelson Don Pasquale Di Oro Herchal Mayall MIGUEL GALVEZ, a sympathizer with the Federal cause, loves Dolores, whose heart is with Pedro, sl young rebel captain. Miguel, at the head of a company of Federals, rides to the hacienda of Don Pasanale Di Oro and demands that the don's daughter be surrendered to him. But the house has been warned, and Dolores has been taken to a mission for protection. Thither, after killing the don, Miguel goes, demanding the girl. The Fathers refuse to deliver her over. At night, however, the mission being in great danger of attack, Dolores disguises herself in white and hiding herself behind the great bell, rises from it like a spectre, thus frightening the superstitious soldiers. Pedro arrives in time to save his sweetheart and the misson from the Federal blackguard, who is killed and his band routed. A CORNER IN BABIES— Royal Wherein Two Pairs of Twins Prove Too Much For a Couple of Crooks April 3, 1915 MRS. JONES and Mrs. Brown each have twins. They meet one evening to prepare a paper for their Mothers' Club, and their husbands also convene to play cards in the opposite apartment. Two burglars enter the house. The women are warned by the cries of the twins. Rushing to the rescue, they are held up by the thieves, who then escape across the way over an ironing board, carrying the babies with them. They stuff the infants into the kitchen cupboard, but their* cries penetrate to their fathers, who, in their turn, are held up by the crooks. The women follow their children over the ironing board. Policemen are called to the rescue by the yells of the twins. The burglars are arrested, and twins, fathers and mothers are reunited. SYMPATHY SAL— Reliance (Two Reels) A Western Romance by Anita Loos April 3, 1915 CAST Sympathy Sal Teddy Sampson Charley Latimer Frank Bennett His father -..Thomas Jefferson Seth Tom Wilson CHARLEY LATIMER from the East wins the affections of Sympathy Sal, who keeps the eating house at the station, and is besieged by admirers. They plan to be married secretly by the circuit minister. Seth Shelby, who also loves Sal, determines to stop the wedding. He sends word to Latimer's father that his son is about to marry an eating house girl, and the proud old gentleman starts West by the next train. Nearing his destination he is taken ill, arriving at the station in an almost unconscious condition. He is put into a wagon and the driver told to take him to the nearest doctor. On the way the driver meets an acquaintance, who tells him that his passenger has smallpox. The two men unhitch the horse and escape, leaving Latimer, Sr., in the cart by the roadside. Just then Sal comes along on horseback on her way to be married. Though the fleeing men warn her, she cannot leave the helpless stranger. She gets him into a deserted shack nearby, where she is found by Latimer, Jr., who, seeing her with a strange man — for she and his father have their backs turned — shoots at his rival. He hits Sal. Charley Latimer nurses them both back to health. And Latimer, Sr., is entirely converted to his son's choice of a wife. DOCTOR JIM— Majestic (Two Reels) The Thrilling Love Story of a Young Physician April 4, 1915 CAST Doctor Jim Fred Burns Molly Catherine Henry Sheriff Farley Vester Perry DOCTOR JIM HILTON gets involved with Dave Farley, the reckless son of Sheriff Farley, in a gun fight with Steve Boyle. Steve is shot, and Doctor Jim helps Dave get away with him to the hills.* There is much conjecture in the town as to which man shot Boyle. Mary, the sheriff's daughter, helps Doctor Jim, with whom she is in love, to leave the vicinity. Later, her father, following the supposed murderer into the wilderness, uses Mary as a bait to catch Doctor Jim, by spreading the report that she is very ill at his camp. The girl worries so for the young doctor's safety that she actually develops a high fever, and her father, frightened for her safety, goes out in earnest to hunt a physician. When he returns he finds Doctor Jim caring for Mary. Under the circumstances the sheriff shields the doctor from the vigilance committee. The next day he goes with him to his camp where they find Dave caring for Boyle, who is far from being a dead man. THE WINNING HAND— Reliance Wherein a Little Girl Ruins the Chances of Her Would-be Step-father April 5, 1915 CAST Evelyn Runa Hodges Grace Moore, her mother Winifred Burke Tom Fleming George Daglenn Maid Violet Spencer Flynn Alfred Fisher TOM FLEMING, at the end of his rope financially, lays siege to the affections of a fair widow with a snug fortune — and an only child. They become engaged. Little Evelyn, however, from the very first, strenuously disapproves. On one occasion, when she catches Fleming embracing her mother, she flies at him like a small fury. Partly on her account, the mother puts off the wedding. Meanwhile, Flynn, a creditor, presses Fleming unmercifully who, in desperation, steals his fiancee's jewels. Evelyn holds up Fleming with a pistol, and on Mrs. Moore entering the room the true character of her lover is laid bare.