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Ambrosio Films
These subjects are also products of Turin laboratories and meet with the same general approval accorded the Rossi make. Photographic detail and perspective are perfect.
COMEDY.
A. D. 523X. MIDDLE AGE TELEPHONE. Price, $29.64.
Approximate Length, 247 feet.
A very amusing demonstration of the telephone in the middle age, the result of the ingenuity of an amorous swain.
The scene is that of a palace and courtyard centuries ago. The lord is escorting his two daughters and the swain follows at a distance, playing on a stringed instrument as he goes. Whenever the father turns, the player seems to look in another direction, and every opportunity he sets he steals up behind the party and kisses the outstretched hand of one of the maids. As they near the palace the father looks back frequently, and finally offers a few remarks uncomplimentary to the lover. He looks lovingly at the palace doors, as they close from view the object of his adoration. Lingering a trifle he notes that his attentions are not indifferently received by the maid, as she makes her way to a window and opens the lattice work to speak to him. Looking about he finds a length of two-inch tubing, one end of which he passes up to her, and, taking a seat under the window, the two proceed to talk to each other through the tube. Thus occupied the father comes upon his daughter and, securing a decanter of water, he takes from the dumfounded maiden the tube and pours the water into it. The effect of the action is amusing — in fact the entire subject is well rendered and of exceptional photographic value.
SENSATIONAL.
A. D. 522X. GRATEFUL DOG. Price, $78.00.
Approximate Length, 650 feet.
A very pathetic subject, illustrated in a striking manner. A number of children are playing in the woods, when a dog makes his way up to them with a splinter in his foot. One of the children withdraws this and bandages the foot with a handkerchief, whereupon the dog returns to his master, a peddler. Seeking the hiding place of a squirrel the oldest of the three children falls from a tree and lies there unconscious. The shades of night are gathering fast and the other children are making every effort to locate their brother, but in vain, and with heavy hearts and teardimmed eyes they return to the anxious mother and relate their experiences. The neighborhood is all agitation in a few moments and all join in search of the missing lad. A peddler happening along seeks the cause of the excitement and offers his dog as assistance. The other little ones recognize the dog and, showing the animal the handkerchief, the dog is off in quest of the one who served him so kindly. All follow into the woods and, with lighted torches, they seek the lad. The dog, however, is the successful one, and soon leads the anxious father to his son. Returning home with the lad all are overjoyed, and the father wishes to reward the peddler, but he accepts nothing, as he maintains that the obligation rests upon him for the kindness of the boy towards the dog.