The Billboard 1909-10-09: Vol 21 Iss 41 (1909-10-09)

7 : OCTOBER 9, 1909. The Billboard 17 New Films Reviewed Charming Love Story is Told in Betty’s Choice, Produced By The Vitagraph Company—Lubin Introduces A Fine Film Showing Discovery of The North Pole—Fools of Fate and Pippa Passes Are Two New Artistic Successes. VITAGRAPH RETTY'S CHOICE.—A charming idy! of Engsh life, but telling the story that is the same world over. Betty Kenyon meets Basil Howard, a country gentleman, who has re ‘ but Betty is a sad little @irt, and she ks it never would do to let him perceive | impression be has made. To hide ber feelings she is inclined to hector him a and delights in putting his love to the teat, They are walking by the lake when Bett ides that she desires some water lillies, well xpowing that there are none within reach of | the shore and that no boat is at hand. Basil, liken also has a circus which she watches eee on Se Tom, ae = FOOLS OF FATE.—Parcae, the trinity of ; othing daunted, strides into the water and with great interest. Everything is so funny ta tan cemnas I'm wi aon chet aity. | Fate, is bound to hold sway, and fools we be Ae ‘ers a double handful. All would have been | thst. our little girl can hardly refrain from and he rushes away iw 4 direction of the | if we become the toy of those three goddesses ie we but, in returning to the shore, Basil has laughing. Now Billiken is tired performing | corrall “Here! What in thunder! You'll | —Clotho, Lachesis and Atrophos—for resisti} the misfortaume to step upon a sunken Jog,| *tnts, he jumps back in bed and the little | ,. shot: let them have the horse,”” but Tom,| 22° is in vain when we by daring incur their a wiich turns under his tread and causes him | S!fl awakens. The doctor enters. The crisis; 13+ waiting to hear Harrington’s protests, has | °PProbrium. Clotho spins the thread of life, My to lose his balance. He is a sorry sight when | 588 passed. The little girl is on the way! viounted and gone. ‘Durn the we half 4 and Lachesis designs our lot according to the ie reaches the shore and triumphantly presents | t® recovery. Billiken bas saved her life. | dosen of you get “veur hersée and tide 0 at law of ethics, and woe betide he or she who hie s lilies to Betty. As they turn toward the | | him: you ‘can — to Engle’s in time to help| *°e*s t© diverge, for Atropos wields her bisi | wee Cecil Gilman, a visitor to the Kenyons, -s = 7 him. if those devils Pann. what 1 think thee | toury, clipping the thread, and we dangle helptit s presented to her and accepts his escort, a P A —— ‘oy ——. wife = do.” tess in the vortex of belligerent inclinations. ' 45 +t bit a < > ‘ap. | dangerously . Naturally bis oughis are a ; P —— | Fanny is the wife o en febster, a trapper, ste | ae Saati ae Py home. Next to him works Ferd., a dissipated me, a o are Pigg ms I ~} Boge and while he is an affectionate and dutiful hustea by mildly flirting with the newcomer, Men | YOU2S man, who is gambling a good deal end) | iia zt @ pepper tree by the roadside ee | band, she yearns for something which appears a | from the city are particularly attractive to | '%!mg more money than he earns. pes to ther ald mill in Blake’s Ich: if } | D@tter than her lot. She reasons: ‘‘Have I not } nose who live apart from the whirl of town Some day the proprietor asks Bob how much aa wet back fa belé an heer aes ame =e | youth and beauty and attainments far above iH fe, and Gilmap makes rapid progress in his | ™oney be needs for the pay roll. Bob can not | “to, «phe boss was right, boys; them | ‘!* environment?) Why should I be compelled firtation with Betty, who delights in tor| tell as yet, so the proprietor signs a blank devla ane oing to trim Tommy.” Tom’s| °° toil and struggle in this wilderness?’ Truly, Hi menting tha Geem abe really loves At the | Check. Just at this moment Bob is called home foresight come bis Nie for the Ty ih she did not know just what she yearned for, ty Ball she ignores the evidence of her| t° the bedside of his wife. As soon as he low bis orders enh anvive just oY adaaeaa can | still a change of any sort would have been oY rogram to dance Basil's single dance with | "sches home Bob sends a note saying om ac-| »ined the ace of spades over big Tom’s| *cepteble. Discontent is stamped upon her rm the Londoner, and a quarrel is the result, Ba-| C°Unt of the sickness of his wife be will not) 1 oie stepped back aad. was carefully aiming | CONMtenance, as Ben bids her good-bye for hf sil vowing that he never will speak to go| Come to the office in the morning. Ferd., who) (“dio +g Sieur sanitr te, aie mom | co | hunting trip in the North Woods. Webster Fi fickle “es woman again There has been ay is again in need of money, fills in the amount a his hands and Pe tied and securely | embarks in his canoe, and sighting game, i ‘ of burglaries in the vicinity of the | Of $3.500 to the blank check, and disguising | joing to a chair, had looked feerlessly into the | 3tamds to fire. The light craft is overturned, : k extate, and when Squire Kenyon is himself with a wig and beard, cashes the | saurderens barsel. murmared Sieiia*s name, aud | throwing him into the water. Weighted down , d London on business he is glad that t eaves for the protection of his household so brave a man as Gilman bas declared himself t be That night Basil, strolling through rounds and taking a mournful delight in zg at the light in Betty's window, sur tl housebreakers entering the Kenyon bom Ile follows them and arrives upon the scene just as Retty and her mother, have been b aside by the thieves, who are throting Gilman. Basil's opportune arrival turns tables for a moment, but one of the intrud y subject, with abundant action and furnishing constant provocation for laughter. Mrs. s passionately fond of fruit and keeps | a sup; n her room. On arising she munches an apple, while her maid prepares ber bath. That morning ceremony concluded, she prehave ber hair dressed, but she has BILLIKEN.—A little girl Hes in bed with typhoid fever, The crisis is near. tor’s face is very serious. The mother breaks down; the father tries to console her. Nothing can tempt the little girl. who seems en er returns with dolls of all descriptions. The little girl does not care for them. Now he unpacks a “Billiken.’’ The funny face of this doll brings a smile upon the little girl's countenance. She reaches out her hand for the Billiken | In ber dreams she , and is soon fast asleep. sees Billiken making many funny stunts. Bil check without difficulty. The working men cought to be paid out. When Bob returne he is asked for the money for the pay roll. He can not find the check. He will not accuse his fellowman, but as he can not explain how the check was cashed he is held as a thief. He explains to the detectives how he wetehed all night at his wife’s bedside. One gees to investigate and finds his story true. The other detective ts watching Ferd., who enjoys the fruit of his ill-doings. He is go no one claiming it, she goes to the drug store to have a prescription filled which the doctor sald was absolutely necessary to spare the lit| tle one’s life. She is watched by an informer, who swears out a warren for the arrest of this | poor woman. The kind-hearted policeman is the one who ts | unties the horse and gets away. Tom was hopelessly in love with pretty Stella, and although he had never had the nerve to tell her of his secret, Stella, with a woman’s intuititiou, read his beart and enjoyed his confusion. Little did either of them dream that through the giving of this present Tom was to find his volce; and win the girl he loved. Our secoud scene shows Stella leaving the house mounted on her new filly, going on an errand of mercy to the bedside of a sick woman, who lived on a neighboring ranch. Operating ia this section at the time of our story was a daring Macklin, bad cast envious eyes on the mare the boys had given Stella, and laid his plans to have her. A favorable occasion soon offered. Seeing the girl pass alone, he rounds up several companions to keep watch, and while the unsuspecting girl is in the house, he stealthily Poor Stella Is distracted to find her pet gone, and wildly seeks for help. The elderly ranchman goes in search of the horse and comes upon the gang The doc| unawares. He is set upon and badly beaten, but manages to get back to Harrington and give a description of the rustlers. Then begins a wild hunt for Pet, in which every man in the place able to mount a horse joins. “Send the foreman alone with one hundred dollars to-night to Engle’s Crossing, and we will give him the borse.’’ Mr. Harrington doesn’t like the idea, for his foreman, Tom Deering, has made several bitter enemies among the rustlers, while guarding his employer’s interests, and the whole thing looks like a frame-up to get Tom in their clutches. sald good-bye to all earthly affairs, when the erack of a Colt’s just back of his head, gave him a new lease of life. Navajo had broken Macklin’s wrist, and the rest of the gank were soon on the way to the county-seat for an early trial, for out in this big country justice moves swift and unerring, and it doesn’t take long to select a competent jury to try and eonvict rustlers. The next day we are present at an interestng scene. Stella, holding Pet’s halter, is CONVICTING EVIDENCE.—Opening scene is laid in the courtyard of a wealthy planter of Spain. strains of a mandolin in the hands of his daugiuter. The new faces and background with the exceedingly natural acting make this a band of rustlers, the leader, a desperado named | A number of belles are dancing to the | URBAN-ECLIPSE (George Kleine.) YACHTING OFF COWES.—Racing for the King’s Cup. Fine weather and a good breeze favored this unusually interesting marine contest, of which we were fortunate in securing a brilliant kinematographic reproduction at close quarters, With jackyarders aloft over full mainsails, the twelve competing vessels cut smartly through the water, passing and repassing each other, at times heeling almost completely over, thrilling scenes and grand water effects being presented. Meteor IV. and White Heather secure the lead, the latter ultimately beating the German Emperor's yacht by fourteen minutes. GAMBLING tiful Italy. A strong story, depicting the evils of the game. Tracing in artistic sequence the effects of the craving for excitement upon the home life of a refined man. The home is finally despoiled by the gam PASSION.—Scenes from beau i Toward | bler, while his wife and little son seek refuge tly inherited the fertile acres that adjoin | tirely Indifferent to her surroundings. Father | evening the searchers return in despair. Aj| in a forest hut, miles from their former a 4 e handsome estate of Squire Kenyon. ‘She | 824 mother exit while the nurse keeps a) half breed rides up with a note: dwelling. cetly approves the clean-cut young English| watchful eye on the little patient. The fathFortune again favors him and after huge winnings he returns to find them gone. Flowers dropped by the youngster as he and his mother ride along the highway, leads the now thoroughly reformed father to the little family where reconciliation is effected. BIOGRAPH by his heavy clothing and cartridge belt, he would have drowned, had not his plight been witnessed from the shore by Ed. Hilton, a Canadian hunter. Hilton leaps in and succeeds in dragging the half-drowned trapper to land, where a strong friendship springs up between the two, and as night falls, they make camp and sleep under one blanket. Next morning they part, with a vow of eternal friendship. Fanny goes to the village grocery, and by chance meets Hilton, and it’s a case of love at first sight with both. each, of course, ignor the man, and Hilton learns that Webster’s wife is the woman. Hilton proves his innocence by commanding Webster to shoot; but no, Ben can not kill the man to whom he owes his life, and so he staggers out and back to his ewn home. Hilton, on the other hand, drives the heartless Fanny from him. She goes out ‘ ._| thanking Big Tom for her recovery. ‘‘And if | ~a te ean ‘ s uses his gun. Basil’ is wounded and things | 115, "Chote of his guilt have been found, the | tRe¥ bad killed you, Tom, I—I think I would | f'contrived, and Hilton, taking her asa site . eR! look dark again. but the shots have gambling den is raided, and Ferd. made a have died, too. What! Gee Whiz! Do you) gle girl, suggests an elopement, to which she q ‘ alarmed the = Who come to the rescue of prisoner care like that for a big, awkward—I mean do | consents. A meeting place is planned, and the household. he last scene shows Basil a one » 7 , rou love me?’ “Of course I do, stupid. Pet.) panne jc . aves. with ’ ¥ | sbie to be about again, and Retty sisty com scung ‘wife Son On rons eee. Bob's | you're witness,” and Tom clasps the blushing | Pimiy 1 there and teaves wtt a note to Bes 7 feases that he Is her choice and that ebe flirted = ° . | girl in his arms. A simple story, told in a/| saying ak ote “te teed: and Se going away.” ' vith Gilman merely to arouse his jealousy, the | big way, and in an environment that exists | Poor “Scluanres! “Geest Bece 3 os . scene closing om a pretty tableau of the bePHOENIX nowhere else, way out West. Selig’s western | reads this short but cutting letter. Grief at 1 trothal. The simple little appeal to heart in. He MAN AND THE LAW.—A story of Pictures in the past have had no equals, and) gegt possesses him, then revenge. Taking up . terest possesses real charm and the tale is told one of the trials that occur more or less in the | the “‘Pet of the Big Horn” will live “er “4 his gun he starts after her. He hits a trail a song” ea me by some of the Vita| tite of a policeman. Our hero, a kindhearted -_ please, because it’s real. A sure, ey | and with the aid of a couple of villagers who if en lene “age ‘a interior settings are uDpoliceman, is called upon to serve a warrant onle success. | had witnessed unseen the clandestine meeting na ao o—— et aa delightful landscapes for the arrest of a poor woman, who is the | of Fanny and the Canadian. Tracking them eit f a part of the picture. only support of a sick child. | to the cabin, he bursts in, a few moments after 8 AE She did not really steal, but found the purse GAUMONT | their arrival. You may imagine the amazeA NEVER EAT GREEN APPLES.—A ripping dropped by a rich woman on the street and (George Kleine.) ment on both sides when Ben finds Hilton ts ‘ cen too impatient to await e ne delegated to serve the warrant. When he, ig : : | and for a time is undecided, when she resolves ys 2 copies, Galt fas Giese eae Cewtns be cain | comes to the delapidated garret of this pov| ep — ec —— Hipp . iva) | 10 face her husband and beg bis forgiveness. ” the usnal results. In a few moments she is | eTty-stricken woman, his heart goes against | he merry making 8 ae yt > val | Night has fallen, and the cabin is in darkness ; ae in agony and the terrified mald wildly screams | him and he can not issue the warrant against | of the men from the fe . nis orty, the yay when she enters. Going to the next room she ow for Le The patos increase and Mrs. Haw-| her. He offers to make up the amount missing, | ®T*® daughter, es bs t s Foe mag | gets the lantern, by which light she sees her “a i trey ber cries to those of the maid. The | but the accuser refuses to allow the lady to ac-| @part from the reve pee or they are as! husband sitting with his head reclining on the . teh housrhold is alarmed, and even passers-by | cert It. His feelings finally get the better of The girl's ——* arrives, a semen em. | table. She assumes it is his grief. but on +. we suse before the house. in the bellef. that a| him to euch an extent that he throws the| ‘discharges the youth, and | eae mse the 800 | touching him his inert form falls to the floor— ae murder is being committed. The attention of | warrant into the villain’s face. | AP neighbor to his daughter as i he oan ene ga egy a a a. shock a: »" the pollee 1s attracted and there is a burry call The next scene, in the judge's private office, | ; PE eT Be ecg todd meaelthaseba aspen 3 2p hap Riggers.” gpmae™ -alegag d r ambulance. All the time the paia| ie one filled with dramatic interest, where the | a. = — hy po 7 oo the lantern, extinguishing the light. There in sTows greater, and the advent of the surgeon | 's balled with joy by the anxious husband and | villain shows that the officer did not serve the | warrant, and our kind-hearted policeman is He plans vengeance, murders the girl and places the shaft of moonlight we leave her kneeling beside the awful result of her discontent. ‘Ob, } sus ver. ” * score of friends. He prescribes the appli: | brought before the judge and asked why the | empicies epee her eapeun sovee j thou fool! ‘tion of a hot water bag, and in a few mo | writ was not served. He explains the case | The innocent man {s captured, brought to the | * velee, ‘He exprewsions of agony give place to| to the judge, who does not think he is justi. ; Srene wx Fmt gem g ht a tal PIPPA PASSES.—The mere suggestion of e} ond the grateful patient passes the| fied and our policeman takes the stand: “If | new Pn ny he on bis coheed ana is | portraying in motion pietures the poetile sppies shout te others, who accept the fruit, | ‘of, werned by her example, they do not eat. It Is not the first time that the combination “woman and an apple has made trouble. that !< the law he is serving, be would sooner be a man, than a policeman." He throws his | hat, cont and club on the judge's desk and | goes back home. When he comes home and telle his wife what he has done, she feels very placed in a dungeon at the town prison. Later the watch of the murderer is found | elutehed in the hand of the dead girl. The | guilty man is brought to justice and the mad | thoughts of that eminent English poet, Robert Rrowuing, is indeed startling, and yet there never lived a writer whose dramatic force and psychological analysis was more pronounced than he, who was unquestionably among the KALEM bed and tries to comfort him. dened man, after having his mind restored bY! -roatest’ of English writers. In appreciation — i hi *s . Is gi his liberty. ~ pn 4 THR HAND ORGAN MAN.—In this pleRack tn the jadge’s room, the judge is medi| " Faye ae rapidly. ‘The gtery ‘s clear, | ‘h¢ Biograph has taken for inspiration his ar is toll the story of how a hand organ) tating whether he has done the right thing or | The acting perfect : ° masterpiece, Pippa Passes. His great love nar } = of onr childhood days, repald the kindSees of a little girl, _ Scene 1—Pletre Leaving Home. Scene 2— Metro Playing Scene 3—Ranker Guoffanti's on arene 4—Pietro Shows Little Rettina’s tt—The Plot. Seene 56—The Threatening Let“tT Scene 6-—iMetro Sees the Detectives, “be 7--Litthe Rettina ts Taken. Scene 8— a Recogaizes Bettina. Scene %—Pletro atermns the Parents. Scene 10—RBettina Res LUBIN DISCOVERED THE NORTH POLE? ie tople of the day is very much discussed y twe friendea One Is for Peary, the other | tor Cook. Eact ome is sure that the other one | wo The nat He finally concindes that he has done an injustice to the officer, who ts, in fact, a noole man, and decides to help him The last scene is In the policeman’s home, where the jndge enters and gives him a letter showing that he has been recommended for pro| motion. + PET OF BIG HORN RANCH.—Another ple| ture, made under natural conditions, on one of the biggest and best run ranches west of the Mississinp! rington, owner of the Big Horn Ranch, was a very generous man, and allowed bis cowboys many perquisites. the boys a certain number of colts (at the Where else on the globe could one | find anch riders or such scenery? Samuel Har| Ove of these was to allow | + | PRINCESS OF THE SEA.—An artistic production of marvelous beauty and strong dramatic worth. | The scenes are laid along a beautiful sea | coast and within the walls of huge old castles, built on the high cliffs overlooking the ocean. Reanutiful grounds, old ivy covered walls, | richly costumed knights and ladies, perfect acting. with a clear and interesting plot, serves to make this one of the strongest reels of comparatively short length ever released. | On a boating trip a young prince sees a beautiful princess, attended by an undine, emerging from the sea. for Italy induced many of his works being lo cated there, for it was to him the clime of po etic romance. Our story opens with Pippa awakening in her room, with the morning’s light pouring through the window, for the “day's at morn: morning’s at seven; the hbillside’s dew-pearled; the lark’s on the wing; the snail's on the thorn; God's fn his heaven—all's right with the world.’’ To-day is a holiday jr. Asolo, the whir of the spindles of the silkmill is silenced, and Pippa. the little silkwinder, saunters forth with her lute to brighten life’s ordeal with song, little realizing what good she is doing. Her song of peace, ‘‘God's in His Heaven—all’s right with the world,’’ indnces Faith, Hope and Charity—Faith in God’s justice, Hope for our welfare, Charity towards mankind. The workman goes to spend recovered the Nort ole. | vearly round-up), which, when grown to matur-| He fs fascinated. and manages to gain her| his time and earnings at the tavern. neglecting Frows hotter every Eng *, S| ity. ther sold and divided the ae Samuel | attention long enough to tell her his love and/ bis despairing wife, with his little child, to * revched. Om thelr way home they put the | was a widower with one daughter, a thorough | find it reciprocated. grieve at home. In the midst of roistering at ‘eclsion up te thelr friends. Whomever they | western girl, and a lover of good horse flesh.| They are later married with great pomp at/ the tavern, Pippa passes, singing ber song meet is made an arbitrator In the discneaton, | Among the horses the boys owned was a beauhis castle, where for a little time only she is; of peace. The words sink deep into the heart ee discovered the North Pole? but not one | a, . to throw any light upon the aubdfect | hae siready been done by others. Dey | _eht the twe friends figure out whe disered the North Pole. They have not as yet ee the prolem., ‘They have gone eragy over | matter. und the world still wonders who | tiful chestnut Ally, kind as a kitten and genthe as a lamb, which she admired very much. So, Instead of selling the filly, the boys decided to make the owner's daughter a present of the antmel Nig Tom, the best cow puncher of the Divide, was elected to {toform ber of the fact. Our opening scene finds Tom, awkward conteat. When she decides to return to her ocean home the bridegroom tries to dissuade her. Falling in this he follows her to the sea shore to say adieus. Here he becomes so enchanted by the stories of the world below the sea that he follows to the submurged castle in which she resides. of the workman. and force him to return to his sorrowing wife. with a resolve never to err more. The next episode fs that of the marrying of Jules to the Greek model, whom he believes an innocent young girl.. Upon learning he_ true character, Jules would have struck her down, scovered the Nerth Pole, (Continued on page 42.) and bashful, making the presentation speech. i