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

TRAGEDY. the lieutenant, but an encounter is avoided at this time. Later. Wolmar calls upon the lieutenant and challenges him to a duel, but the latter refuses because of the higher rank of Wolmar. Martha interposes and intercedes for the lieutenant, but to no avail. Wolmar destroys the insignia of his superior rank and repeats the challenge, but the lieutenant again refuses, giving evidence of his sense of honor. Wolmar, now provoked to the highest degree, and in a frenzy, shoots at the lieutenant, but Martha, stepping forward at this moment, intercepts the bullet and falls a victim. The father now tenderly raises the head of his daughter, who, with her dying breath, impresses a kiss upon her lover's cheek and relapses into the slumber from which there is no awaking. Wolmar then disdainfully points to his dead child and commands the lieutenant to "behold your handiwork!" Well dramatized, excellent staging and perfect photography. P. D. 510X. FERRYMAN'S DAUGHTER. Price, $80.04. Approximate Length, 667 feet. This subject very dramatically relates the double tragedy enacted at a small village on the banks of an inland lake. The old ferryman and his wife are fondly watching their daughter as she is joyfully skipping along at the side of a young man going out in the field to do his work. The work accomplished we see the two young people seated at the base of a straw stack enjoying a few moments in giving unrestrained expression to their mutual admiration. Taking up his implements, which he carries over his shoulder, they start back to the house and directly the mail-carrier brings the young man a letter, which apprises him that he is summoned to do army service. Regret fills the hearts of all, but as there is no alternative the young man cannot evade the summons. A happy thought strikes the man, and he proposes to the maid. Mother and daughter are delighted and now the young folks hurry off to gain the father's consent. The latter is found seated in the garden, reading his paper. Very timidly the man makes known his predicament, and the father readily grants his consent to the union, which is to take place upon his return from service. The pact is sealed and all drink to the health of the maiden. The next day we see the young man take affectionate leave at the boat landing, and the ferryman, seated in his boat, takes the recruit across the water to the point where he must report. A few months have passed, and we see the ferryman's daughter engaged at the bank of the river. Another young man finds his way to her side, and directly they start down the path through the woods. The maiden has apparently forgotten her noble soldier swain, now serving his country. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," but in this case for another than the soldier lad. Several months after, the soldier secures a short leave of absence, and he hurries home to greet his sweetheart. The ferryman calls for the soldier and we see the man as he lands, the lustre of his eyes fairly beaming in anticipation of greeting his sweetheart. He is in the home, where he has been received with outward protestations of joy, when the postman delivers a letter to him. In this communication he is apprised of the fact that his sweetheart is deceiving him. His features undergo a series of changes, and as the maiden appears he tucks away the message and joins her, apparently as happy as ever. The note contained the advice that the next morning would give evidence of the veracity of the intelligence. At the appointed hour the maid and her second lover are seen to wend their way along the lane to a little hut in the backwoods, the soldier following at a distance. After the two have entered and bolted the door the soldier concludes to confront his affianced with her duplicity. Knocking at the door, to which there is no response, he bursts into the place and soon emerges with the maid; he then reenters and brings the man. He now commands the girl to choose between the two whom she would have, and she rushes to her lover, 178