Reel Life (Mar-Sep 1915)

Twelve REEL LIFE STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS hunting the rancher's gun accidentally explodes and he is stricken blind. After this his only consolation is his baby girl. When the child sickens and dies Vera is distraught between her loss and fear of its effect upon Robert; so when she finds on the doorstep an Indian baby she stifles her grief and puts the foundling in her husband's arms. The red mother dies, and the Indian girl grows up as Marsh's daughter. Years later, a great specialist comes to perform an operation upon the rancher's eyes, and the girl, who has recently discovered that she is an Indian changeling, tries to go away forever. By feigning that the doctor's experiment has not been a success, Marsh, who loves Nita, as the girl is called, and guesses her intention, causes her to stay with him. Soon after this, he finds her praying, and clasping a wooden crucifix which years before he had given Nona. He tells her that she is in very fact his daughter. THE WINGED MESSENGER— Domino (Two Reels) Wherein a Young Man Unscrupulous in Love Loses the Girl | , By Thomas H. Ince and William H. Clifford April 8, 1915 CAST Jack Dow Richard Stanton Nell Rolfe Elizabeth Burbridge Jim Harris Howard Hickman JACK DOW and Jim Harris, two wireless operators, both are in love with Nell Rolfe. Jack goes to sea as an operator. The ship takes fire. He flashes a message back to the mainland, and it is received by Jim Harris, who withholds it. Nell, believing that Jack has lost his life on the burning ship, some time afterward consents to marry Harris. On the day of the wedding Jack and the captain of the ship appear in the village. They accuse Harris of withholding the message. The umscrupulous suitor is arrested, and Jack and Nell are married. THE PROBLEM— American Telling How a Vivid Dream Solves It April 9, 1915 CAST Fred Rees ' Ed Coxen Edith Shanlon Winifred Greenwood Mrs. Shanlon Josephine Ditt Grandfather John Steppling Howard Grey Al Fordyce Leona Charlotte Burton FRED REES, a fine young man, but only moderately well off, asks consent of Mrs. Shanlon to marry her daughter, Edith. The mother informs him that as she has sacrificed a great deal to give Edith an education and social position the least the girl can do in return is to make a wealthy marriage. Rees leaves, heavy hearted ; and Mrs. Shanlon falls asleep. In a dream she sees her daughter married to Howard Grey, a very rich man. It is not long before he tires of Edith, and his name becomes coupled with that of Leona. One scandalous incident follows another, until, one night, Grey returning home in an intoxicated state, and trying to embrace his wife, Edith shoots him. Awakening with a start, Mrs. Shanlon sees before her her daughter and Rees. At the suggestion of the girl's grandfather, they have returned to plead their love together. To their astonishment, the mother eagerly gives them her blessing. THE ROUGHNECK— Kay Bee (Two Reels) Featuring William S. Hart By C. Gardner Sullivan and Thomas H. Ince April 9, 1915 CAST Dave Page William S. Hart Avis Hilliard Enid Markey Franklin Hilliard. , George Fisher Jerome Roy Laidlaw Lord Cecil Oakleigh Howard Hickman THE wealthy father of Avis' and Franklin Hilliard wills his entire ' fortune to Dave Page, superintendent of his mine, because, in years gone by, he had cheated Page's father out of his rightful share in the property. After Hilliard's death this information is delivered to Page in a sealed packet by the family lawyer. Page decides to let Hilliard's young son and daughter go on enjoying the money, and he keeps the contents of their father's will a secret. Avis is engaged to Lord Cecil Oakleigh, a fortune hunter, whom she is marrying for his title. The nobleman becoming concerned lest Avis's fortune be not so large as he has supposed, obtains a search warrant, and he and the Hilliards go to Dave's room demanding to see the papers which they are aware he holds. Dave resists, but the papers are seized and read. Lord Cecil breaks his engagement with Avis. Both the girl and her brother for the first time realize the unselfishness of the young superintendent. Later, Avis and Paze are married. THE REFORMATION OF PETER AND PAUL (Princess) In Which the Tables Are Turned on Two Boys April 9, 1915 CAST Betty Eldine Stewart Bessie Dorothy Wallace Peter Morris Foster Paul .Arthur Ashley Betty (grown up) Mignon Anderson Bessie (grown up^ Miss Hurley PETER and Paul were "regular boys" and they loved to tease the extremely proper little girls, Betty and Bessie, who lived next door. But as the children grew older their dispositions changed. The girls went away to college, which livened them up considerably, and the boys stayed at home and got into a rut. When Betty and Bessie returned to town, however, Peter and Paul could not help noticing that they were unusually attractive girls. So they began to "chirk up" and to realize that life was not all sorrow. They got better fitting clothes and began to go out among the other young folk. The two college girls took them in hand, taught them how to dance, how to enjoy autoing at fifty miles an hour, and a few other upto-date tricks. But when they proposed — as young men will — they were sternly put on probation. Only after they were thoroughly satisfied that Peter and Paul would retain the effects of their training, did the young women consent to make them happy for life. (Continued Overleaf)