Views and Film Index (1908)

VIEWS AND FILMS INDEX. gaged at the game the wife signals to the young man that she will wait for him at a table outside. He under¬ stands and soon the husband becomes so engrossed in the game that he does not see that the man has departed, but continues to figure out the board with his eyes glued on the pieces. The other player meanwhile is kissing the wife to mutual satisfaction; and when he sees through the window that the husband has at last made his move he dashes back to the table and makes his move as if he had been sit¬ ting there all the time. This done, he again leaves the chair vacant and goes out to make love, first instructing the waiter to tell him as soon as the hus¬ band moves a piece. The waiter watches, and when he sees the lone player about to stir he runs out; but the couple have gone somewhere else to spoon. The waiter understands but does not know what to' do. Final¬ ly, in distraction, he throws himself into the chair; but so engrossed is the man at the game that he does not see who owns the hand which moves the opposing chess man. By the time the waiter has to make another move the couple have returned, and the young lover makes the last move, winning the game. The old fellow congratulates him, and the trio depart, the husband suspecting nothing. Pathe’s “UP-TO-DATE REMOV¬ AL” shows how a clever fellow who is served with a notice to move gets an idea by which he outwits his land¬ lord. He runs a line and pulley from his back window to a tree in the yard, and making bundles of his clothes and household effects passes everything out of the house, including his wife and children. Then wrapping his hat up in a sheet of paper, he goes down to the street. The janitor stops him, fearing that he is trying to escape, and asks him to open the package. This he willingly does, places the hat upon his head and is allowed to de¬ part. Just as he leaves the landlord, with a gang of men and the legal notice, arrives to move him by force, but when they reach the room they find a sign which reads, “My landlord loses, not I.” “REGATTAS IN LONDON” is a fine sporting film by Pathe Freres in which the college boat races in Lon¬ don are depicted. The gay holiday crowds on the Thames and the prepa¬ ration for the race is first shown. The crew are seen carrying their shell from the boathouse, seat themselves in it and pull off from the shore. The start of the race, which is between two eight-oared crews, comes next, and then the contestants are seen in full swing, their bodies bending in unison to the graceful, powerful sweeps of their slender oars, which cut the water without a splash. Views from different points along the course are given, the last being the finishing point, where one of the boats sweeps into victory about ten seconds ahead of the losing crew. The last picture shows the swans which have lent | A Dealer i » m p ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft d*. (W dSk. tw ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft about to place an ad¬ vertisement in onr col¬ umns asked: “Whom does your paper reach?” We told -him then that we have on our mail¬ ing list Every SUMMER PARK , NICKOLETTE, ARCADE and THEATRE , and also every little town hall where, possibly, mov¬ ing pictures might be used even once a week if the owners were told how to make it pay. Chat’s Something for Vour Information, IHr.fldocrtiscr These are the people you want to reach, Mr. Renter, and the best way to reach them is Through This Publication raws mw 36 E. 23d St, New York City beauty to the scene being pulled out of the wafer and placed in a flatboat. “WHAT A RAZOR CAN DO,” by Pathe Freres, will interest them all. A gentleman who happened to have a hard time shaving himself loses his temper, and bursting into the room where his wife and mother-in-law are seated he wrecks the furniture, breaks the windows and dashes out of the house. At a restaurant a dish arouses his ire and he uses his cane with the effect of a cannon ball. When in rush¬ ing along the street he collides with a gentleman and strikes him with his cane, there is an exchange of cards, which means a duel and our friend rushes to the office. Here he throws things around in a slam-bang style, striking his terror-stricken clerks with his cane, when the door opens and in walk two men who come to arrange for the duel. There is pandemonium for a little while and the seconds are forced to take refuge behind the fur¬ niture; but meeting the two clerks they impress them as seconds for their employer and the duel is ar¬ ranged. The next scene shows the arrival of duelists, seconds and physicians at the place of combat. The contestants choose pistols, and in another few seconds both have proven their poor knowledge of the weapons, for sev¬ eral lookers-on are lying on the ground. They then try swords, but do not seem to have patience with the weapons and are soon locked in a hand-to-hand struggle. The spirit of combat seizes all others present, and as a result there is a grand mixup in which everybody is fighting everybody else. Our friend of the bad razor man¬ ages to make his way home and goes promptly to his room, where he pulls dpwn portiers, smashes the furniture, upsets the bed and succeeds in mak¬ ing himself a fitting candidate for a hospital. “LAUNCHING THE ROMA,” by Pathe Freres. The launching of the Italian battleship “Roma” is shown, the first view being that of the king and queen of Italy going to the quay. Several views of the procession are given, after which the queen is seen pulling the string which releases the huge ship which is seen on the ways. A back view of the ways follows, showing the war vessel sliding down until, with a tremendous splash, it gains the water. The film ends with a series of views of the harbor. “IT IS NOT THE COWL THAT MAKES THE FRIAR” is another Pathe film. This film opens with an after-theatre supper scene ; the bottles of Wag Down East 1,000 Feet (KALEM) America’s Greatest Rural Drama in Motion Pictures Heacly Saturday When writing advertisers, kindly mention Views and Films Index.