Reel Life (May 1914 - Dec 1916)

Ten REEL LIFE STORIES OF THE NEW PHOTOPLAYS man tours the country. In a remote village he falls in love with a delightful girl who is visiting her aunt. They are in the act of eloping, when they meet Jameson and Winslow. Then Boyd learns that his sweetheart is Kate’s sister. HER BIG BROTHER— Thanhouser By Lloyd F. Lonergan Aug. 16, 1914 CAST Roy, “the big brother” Roy Hauck Doris, his little sister Doris Farrington Alice, Doris’ chum Alice Turner LITTLE SISTER was much looked down upon by brother Roy, two years her senior. He was always telling her what little girls could not do. Worst of all, he would not teach little sister how to swim. But Doris found another instructor, where only a very bright little girl would have thought of looking for help. She watched her pet dog in the water, and by imitating the “dog paddle,” became an adept, unknown to big brother. When the school swimming contest came around, Doris “swam rings” around Roy. And after that big brother had to admit that little girls could do lots of things even better than boys — sometimes. FALSE GODS — American (Two Reels) Aug. 17, 1914 CAST Mary Kirk Winnifred Greenwood John Kirk, her husband John Steppling Tom Fitch, a ranch hand Ed Coxen Dick Baird, a lawyer George Field Estelle Wilson Josephine Ditt TOM KIRK succeeds mainly through the self-sacrificing devotion of his wife, Mary, and an old friend, Tom Fitch. When he has become a millionaire and money has brought him a United States senatorship, he grows ashamed of wife and friend. After that, destruction comes on apace. Becoming infatuated with a brilliant widow and lobbyist at the capital, Kirk divorces Mary to marry Estelle Wilson. Later, she sells him out on the exchange and elopes with the man who has helped her to ruin him. McCARN PLAYS FATE — Thanhouser (Two Reels) August 18, 1914 McCARN, a veteran police detective, has a protegee, Anderson, a young patrolman. Anderson captures “Bull” Klein, a noted crook, but through the influence of friends, Klein is released. Later, however, McCarn arrests Klein and he is sent to prison. When he gets out, he plans to revenge himself. McCarn is advised that Klein intends to fake a fight in the saloon so that when Anderson interferes they can put him out of the way. By a clever ruse, McCarn succeeds in turning Klein and his accomplice against one another. Anderson escapes the trap laid for him, and the two crooks are brought to justice. THEIR WORLDLY GOODS— American Aug. 19, 1914 CAST Frank Mason Betty Mason, his wife Mat Dorgan Fred Roberts Mrs. Vonburg Mrs. Bell Mrs. Smythe William Garwood Vivian Rich .Jack Richardson Harry Von Meter . . . . Louise Lester Charlotte Burton Edith Borella' FRANK MASON is so wrapt up in business that it never enters his head that Betty, his young wife, may need a new gown. On the evening of the Vonburg party, bitterly humiliated, she appears in the same old costume. The next day she goes to the safe and deliberately takes out part of the money her husband has put there. Five minutes later the terrified Betty is hiding from a tramp who has entered and spied the bills in her hand. When Frank comes on the scene, he finds the police with a captured ruffian — and Betty and the money safe. At her tearful confession, the young husband is roused to the error of his ways. IZZY GETS THE WRONG BOTTLE— Reliance Izzy His friend . . . The druggist Aug. 19, 1914 CAST Max Davidson Mr. Crawford Richard Cummings IZZY goes fishing, and catches nothing except a terrible cold. He stops at the druggist’s for a cure and the clerk, who is half asleep, gives him a bottle of laudanum by mistake. Izzy is intercepted by a friend who tells him that laudanum will kill him, but that hot whiskey is the cure for a cold. Izzy goes to bed soused. Meanwhile, the druggist has discovered his clerk’s error. He rushes to Izzy’s rescue with the doctor and a stomach pump. Izzy gets a thorough emptying out — but, anyway, the cold is removed from his system. THE DEFAULTER— Domino (Two Reels) By Thomas H. Ince and Richard V. Spencer . Aug. 20, 1914 CAST Mary Latimer Enid Markey Jim Latimer ..Webster Campbell Morrison Walter Belasco The Child Thelma Salter JIM LATIMER, a typical rounder, cheats at his bookkeeping and absconds with his employer’s money. Detectives find a dead tramp, wearing Latimer’s coat, which the tramp has stolen, and believe that it is Latimer who has been killed. Mary, the thief’s wife, marries again, but keeps her first marriage a secret from her husband. One night she comes face to face with her former husband, who is in the act of robbing the house. She shoots him in self-defence. A LESSON IN MECHANICS— Majestic By Berton Braley Aug. 21, 1914 CAST Ruth Dorothy Gish Joe Robert Harron JOE MERRIAM can’t make up his mind to propose to Ruth Wilson because he fears that the daughter of a wealthy landowner scarcely has in her the making ( Continued Overleaf)