Reel Life (Mar-Sep 1915)

Eight REEL LIFE THE announcement in Reel Life and the trade press of the coming Flying "A" serial, The Diamond From the Sky, which is to be handled by the North American Film Corporation, has occasioned wide comment among exhibitors everywhere. The high artistic standards, in regard to plot, photography, acting and, indeed, every one of the intricate details which go to make : perfection of screen production that have made the brands , of the American Film Manufacturing Company notable in i the past, are a guarantee that The Diamond From the Sky will make a record for itself in the field of film serials. This fact, coupled with the statement printed in Reel Life last week of John R. Freuler, president of the North American Film Corporation, whose name, with that of President S. S. Hutchinson of Flying "A", stands for distinctive quality in all branches of the silent art, means much to exhibitors and to the public as well. The first chapter of The Diamond From the Sky, which is to be released May 3, will be awaited with unusual interest. ( BY FAIR MEANS OR FOWL Komic One Reel April 11, 1915 RUNAWAY JUNE Two Reels {Episode 13) April 7, 1915 By George Randolph Chester and Lillian Chester „' CAST June Warner Norma Phillips Ned Warner J. W. Johnston Gilbert Blye Arthur Donaldson Karma Ida Schnall Hierophant Charles Mason Treazy Arthur Forbes JUNE, returning to the hotel with Gilbert Blye, immediately after witnessing the tragic end of Durban, the artist, is conscious that the man with the black vandyke has become suddenly a dangerous companion. She flees from the protecting arm with which he has encircled her all too tightly, and running down to the shore, takes refuge under a net in a fishing-boat. Blye loses track of her. But, from a distance, Ned Warner witnesses the incident ; also the arrival of a strange fellow, long-haired and in rags, who jumps into June's boat and pushes off with her to sea. Hiring two sailors to go with him, he gets a small craft and gives pursuit. Blye also is soon scouring the bay. Meanwhile, June struggles with her boatman, who turns out to be a half-witted barbarian, and the boat is capsized. She is rescued by a girl, attired like a dryad, who takes her to an island, where Hierophant, a charlatan mystic, celebrates weird orgies. June joins the dance of his captive maidens. Some time later Hierophant attempts to put the newcomer through an initiation dance of a kind which outrages her modesty; and with the help of one of the other girls, she flees the island. She succeeds in rejoining Ned on the bay and he boards her raft. But the man with the black vandyke also comes alongside. He fells Ned unconscious, and dragging the fainting June into his boat, heads his rapidly moving craft for shore. Wherein At Last Things Go Willie's Way CAST Judge Short Bobby Feuhrer Susie Fay Tincher Willie Elmer Booth Marshal Chester Withey THE town marshal is in love with Susie, daughter of Silas Crank, who has another admirer in Willie, a friend of Judge Short, who is running for election against Crank. The town marshal makes life miserable for Willie, who resolves to get even. He buys a chicken and then pretends to steal it. The ostentatious marshal arrests him, but is much taken aback when Susie comes to Willie's rescue, proving that the chicken never was stolen at all. Silas Crank invites his political followers to a banquet. On the guests assembling, however, his wife informs him that the icebox containing the repast has been stolen. Meanwhile, Susie and Willie, in the park, have seen a tramp walking away with the refrigerator. They notify the marshal, who, having been fooled by them before, refuses to take the matter seriously. So they tell Crank and his friends, who start in hot pursuit of the thief. The marshal meets the hobo, takes the good things away from him, sends him packing, and then sits down to enjoy the toothsome loot. He is caught in the act by Crank and his constituency. The marshal is disgraced ; and the disappointed banqueters forsake Crank and rally to Judge Short. Willie and Susie are left to make love in peace. HIS BACHELOR DINNER One Reel Reliance April 12, 1915 A Clever Playlet of Hoodoos and a Welsh Rarebit By Albert S. LeVino CAST John Thornton Bradley Barker Edna Preston Miss Gear AT Thornton's bachelor dinner, the unexpected arrival of Lan old friend makes thirteen at the table. While Thornton defies the superstition of the unlucky number as silly before his guests, subconsciously he carries the unfortunate impression to bed with him. Meanwhile, Edna Preston, his fiancee, has been entertaining some of her girl friends. Though she has no more dread of a welsh rarebit than Thornton has of thirteen, she has a curious feeling that she would rather not eat any of the chafing dish delicacy which her mother has prepared. However, she is persuaded to do so. That night Edna and Thornton have dreams — which are perturbing, to say the least. However, everything at last works out happily. {Continued Overleaf)