Revised list of high-class original motion picture films (1908)

COMEDY. the purchase of eggs. Putting the bag in his pocket he almost loses them, as the pocket is torn. He places them in his hat for safe-keeping, and with unsteady tread starts for home. The wife is anxiously awaiting her supplies, and when he enters she experiences some difficulty in restraining her temper. Placing a frying pan on the table she demands her eggs, and as he is slow to respond she beats him over the head with the pan. The eggs are demolished, and father presents a fine sight. The laugh is on him and the wife proceeds to enjoy it. In a few moments, however, her temper again rises and the series concludes with husband and wife pulling each other's hair vigorously. SENSATIONAL. P. D. 517X. EMBEZZLER. Price, $84.00. Approximate Length, 700 feet. A very pathetic film, very beautifully rendered. The innocent pleading of a little girl secures leniency for the father, who, in an unguarded moment, has listened to the promptings of negative faculties and, as a result, brought disgrace upon himself and family. The opening of our story shows one of the principal characters, the father of two of the sweetest little children and husband of one of the most honorable and faithful women on earth, at work in his office as a cashier of a bank. The President of the bank leaves and, during his absence, the sight of exceptionally large funds on hand rouses unwholesome passions in the heart of this otherwise honest and respected man. Listening to the -tempter, he soon is not only interested in the proposition, but, on the impulse of the moment, is acting, and, with excited gestures, he is pocketing large quantities of notes. Out on the street he hails a carriage and is driven off to a resort. Here he drinks liberally — and all others as well. One of the ladies of the party soon works into his good graces, and when he indiscreetly flashes a large roll of bills she, of course, is with him "for all there is in it." Giving her friends the cue, the woman is off with the man, and we next see them in an automobile, in which they are taken off to a palm garden resort. In a private dining room the man soon succumbs to the inevitable results of the quantity of liquor he has imbibed. His pocket is relieved of the contents and, donning her street garments, the woman leaves the place and drives off in the auto, leaving her victim sleeping at the dining table. At the bank we see several patrons enter, and soon a number of people have gathered, but get no response, and when they investigate they find the premises without a representative. Soon the President appears, and he is astounded when he learns conditions and realizes his loss. The police are immediately notified and every measure to apprehend the embezzler adopted. Returning to the former cashier, we find him entering a hotel, his mental faculties still dull and stupefied by liquor. Lying on the bed with his clothes on, he goes to sleep, but has a dream, and in it he sees his family seated about the table in his home anxiously awaiting their parent. This scene brings him to his senses and, jumping up from the bed, he holds his head in despair and for the first time realizes what he has actually done. He is of quick judgment and prompt to act, so, hurfiedly don ning his hat and coat, he rushes out and reports to the first police station, where he gives himself up. He is now cast into a cell, and as soon as the news of his being apprehended is published his wife and children come to see him. Very lovingly the latter greet their father, but the woman wishes to have nothing to do with him for the disgrace he has brought upon himself and family; however. 175