Reel Life (1914-1915)

Eighteen REEL LIFE STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS HER FIGHTING CHANCE The Story of a Woman’s Struggle With Herself as Told by the American Players April 27, 1914 CAST Jim Corbin, the novelist . Edward Coxem Edith Corbin, his wife . Josephine Ditt Nell Dare, a young writer . Winifred Greenwood Carol Corbin, Jim’s 9-year-old daughter . .Audrey White Jim Corbin, Jr., Jim’s 3-year-old son . Albert Cavens Jim Corbin and his wife have drifted apart during Jim’s upward climb as a writer of fiction. Edith spends most of her time at tango teas and leading the life of a social butterfly. With the possible exception of her chil¬ dren she apparently has no serious purpose in life. Jim can find no way to close the growing breach be¬ tween himself and his wife. He daily receives dozens of letters from admirers of his work, however, and from out of hundreds of such letters he chooses one which especially appeals to him. Some time afterward he meets the author of the letter, Nell Dare, a young writer of much promi=e. The ac¬ quaintance develops into love, but Jim, realizing that the course he is pursuing is one fraught with grave pos¬ sibilities in so far as his little family is concerned, leaves for a trip abroad. Nell spends the summer at the same hotel where Jim’s wife and her two little sons are staying. They accident¬ ally become acquainted and soon are fast friends. Nell discovers that Edith has uncultivated literary talent, and urges her to make the most of her gift. Edith at first doubts her own ability, but finally ac¬ quiesces in Nell’s unselfish advice, and sends her book to a publisher. It is accepted and published before Jim’s return from Europe. Jim returns to find that his wife has become as famous as himself. Nell, fully satisfied in having brought husband and wife together again, leaves the city, to make a start in another field, where she will not be reminded of the sacrifice which has cost her so dearly. A FLURRY IN HATS A Beauty Comedy of Complications in Easter Bonnets April 28, 1914 CAST Knox Dunlap, the husband . Harry Pollard Hattie Hood Dunlap, the wife . Margarita Fischer Capt. Hood, the father . , . Fred Gamble Mrs. Hood, the mother . I . Mary Scott Bridget Stetson, the cook . & . ..Jane Shafer Hattie Hood wants an Easter hibnnet, and asks her husband, Knox Dunlap, to buy her one. Knox, however, thinks he can use the money to better advantage, and refuses to part with the currency. Hattie complains to her father, who induces Knox to “buy the wife a little Easter present.” Hattie’s mother is much pleased with her daughter’s choice of a hat, and immediately wants one like it. Her husband, Capt. Hood, refuses to listen to her plea, so Hattie, in order to dry her mother’s tears, gives her parent her own hat. When Knox learns that his wife has given the hat he bought for her to her mother, he demands the money paid for it from Capt. Hood. The Captain “comes across” reluctantly. Hattie immediately buys another hat, this time on credit — 2x/2 cents a day for three years. Mother Hood regrets taking Hattie’s hat, and returns it by Bridget Stetson, the cook. The same day she buys another hat of the identical shape and color. Bridget takes a peep into the hat box when she arrives at Hattie’s, and sets out to buy a duplicate. Capt. Hood, repentant at his refusal to buy his wife a hat, goes out and purchases a replica of those already bought by Hattie and her mother. Knox also takes a similar view of his own conduct, and does the right thing by purchasing his wife another bonnet. All march into Capt. Hood’s home with their purchases at about the same time, and, to cap the climax, Bridget struts in with her “creation,” which is precisely like the ones already bought. The seven hats, the band boxes and Bridget go flying out the front door as the scene dissolves. THE MAN WHO CAME BACK A Beauty Release Disproving the Modern Adage April 21, 1914 CAST Donald Baxter . . . Harry Pollard Mabelle Arnold . Margarita Fischer Hawkins . . . .Joseph Harris Helen Porter . Edith Borella T. Hardy Porter... . ....Fred Gamble Mrs. T. Hardy Porter . Adelaide Bronti When he loses his fortune, Donald Baxter, a young broker, soon discovers that his fiancee, Helen Porter, en¬ tertains little regard for him. Stung by her indifference, Baxter resolves to “come back” and leaves for the Klon¬ dike gold fields. At the end of five years he succeeds in making a “clean up” and returns to his home town in¬ cognito. Although he buys back the old family home, Baxter manages to convey the impression that his valet, Haw¬ kins, is the “Klondike millionaire.” Hawkins is supplied with plenty of money to enter society. Mrs. Porter and her scheming daughter are not long in seeking out the supposedly wealthy Klondiker, and Hawkins is made quite uncomfortable by their atten¬ tions. Baxter meanwhile meets Mabelle Arnold, the ward of the Porters, and a pretty love affair develops. Eventually, of course, Baxter’s true status is disclosed, and Hawkins is dropped like a hot coal by Mrs. Porter and her daughter. Helen Porter is much chagrined when she learns that the family ward, Mabelle Arnold, has cap¬ tured the prize of the local matrimonial market. Mabelle and Baxter, however, are too much wrapped up in their own happiness to notice the envy of Mrs. Porter and her shallow-pated daughter. THE SILENT WITNESS A Broncho Drama of Modem Office Life in Which the Dictaphone Plays an Important Role By William H. Clifford and Thomas H. Ince April 22, 1914 CAST Edith Marsh . ...Anna Little Tom Perry . Jack Nelson James Perry... . Harrington Reynolds Bill Claire . Chet Withey Tom Perry, who is working for his father in a broker’s office, is discharged by the general manager, John Fownes, when he takes the part of Edith Marsh, a stenographer, who has been annoyed by the attentions paid her by Bill Claire, another employee of the firm. ( Continued Overleaf )