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

MYTHICAL. F. D. 521X. TOWARDS THE MOON, OB Price, $66.00. A CHILD'S DREAM. Colored, Extra, $66.00. Approximate Length, 550 feet. A very thrilling story, beautifully illustrated, is the dream of a child. On a busy thoroughfare we see the central figure of our story in the company of his mother, walking along. As they pass a book shop the mother's attention is drawn to a certain book on display and both enter. Directly they emerge and the boy, all radiant with smiles, has a large book tucked under his arm. At the home that evening we see the family partaking of supper. This concluded the table is cleared, and while the father is engaged in reading the evening paper the boy is perusing his book. Finding something of particular interest he interrupts his father to show the article to him. Mother now returns with a lighted candle and, placing the book on the buffet, prepares the little fellow for bed. Bidding all good-night the book is . sneaked from its resting place and, with candle, he starts for his room. In the bed he assumes a sitting posture and, interestedly reading his book, he is soon overcome by sleep and off to dreamland. His experiences on this rather extended tour are of such weird nature that we follow him and, with him, enjoy the thrilling scenes and weird spectres. Slowly the bed rises, up through the roof, over the city and high into the clouds. Here the atmospheric conditions are so different that the law of gravity acts upon the bed and the framework drops to its proper place in the sleeping room. We keep a seat on the bed with the boy and soar about in the beautifully stellar display. A grand panorama of clouds and stars. A short distance away we see the moon. This is our destination, and as we go beyond this the inquisitiveness of our hero causes him to lose his seat, and he drops off and lands on the cheek of Luna. We now deter further progress to watch the further experiences he encounters. On hands and knees he creeps about, and as he looks into the large orbits he seems to feel that his visit is not at all undesirable. Crawling around to the mouth he looks down into the large aperture and directly he enters and disappears within its depths. Here he meets a number of fairies, who entertain him delightfully with the graceful dancing. After awhile his Satanic Majesty announces his arrival in a cloud of smoke, and a more horrifying personage one could scarcely imagine. The fairies are dispatched, and as he dances with glee in anticipation of the feast he is to have on our little explorer the latter is thoroughly alarmed and rushes off through the dark passages. Failing to overtake the little fellow he calls to his aid a number of goblins and now the game is on in earnest. The little fellow rushes on over rocks and hills, occasionally looking back to see his pursuers. Thus it happens that he falls into a crevice, which, luckily for him, is a shorter route to the exit. Causing the goblins to vanish his Satanic Majesty continues his pursuit, but arrives at the exit a moment after our hero has plunged out into space, and he chuckles as he contemplates the fate of the former. Down and down the little fellow floats, clad only in his little gown, but he finally reaches earth again, and as he restlessly rolls out of bed on to the floor he awakens and, rubbing his eyes, he comes to a full realization that he has been dreaming. Jumping into bed he puts out the light, and, oh, what a relief to know that he is safely tucked away in his own little bed. The rendition of the subject is perfect and no doubt will meet with universal approval. Stereoscopic effect is grand. 180