Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 33, 19 December 1914 — Page 3

PAGET) FTREJ MOVIE" NEWS OF RICHMOND

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 1914.

Thrilling Reels I at Arcade

Nothing so sensational and thrill ins has ever been attempted as "The Hazards of Helen" which shows at the Arcade. Monday. Each story Is complete Jn Itself. Blake, fireman of the light engine "Which Is being taken west to Daleton, recetTes a message informing him that Iris wife is dangerously ill. Benton, his engineer, allows Blake to catch an aetbound passenger train. It is Benton's intention to pick up a fireman at the next station. A hunter shooting at a partridge just 9M the light engine is passing, wounds Benton. The engineer drops unconscious. Having seen the result of his shot, the sportsman rushes to a station nearby and reports the accident. Helen, telegrapher at Downing Junction, receives word of the runaway shortly after the Eastbound Express has pulled out. Standing on the siding is a locomotive, the crew of which has gone to lunch. Climbing into the cab, Helen Jerks the throttle wide open. Leaping forward, the engine rushes afthe endangered express. Although her locomotive is almost derailed in rounding curves, the brave girl never slackens speed. Discovering his train is -being pursued, the conductor of the Eastbound Express gives the signal to stop. Helen plows her engine down and tells of the danger which threatens. Then, while the Eastbound locomotive goes to meet the runaway, Helen's engine draws the tars to safety. The runaway is halted In the nick of time. Helen's superb heroism again results 1n her being showered with offers of marriage. But the brave girl enjoys her hazardous adventures too much to marry anyone just yet. "WINDOW THAT MONSIEUR FORGOT." This film shows at the Arcade, Wednesday. At her death. Lady Barrington, whose dissolute habits had caused her to break with her husband, placed Robert, one of her twin sons, in the charge of Father Journet, who apprenticed him to Old Jacques, the clock maker. Several years later, Robert, having fallen into bad habits, became associated with a bund of anarchists and was chosen, by lot, to kill Chevalier de Lausan, the Minister of the Interior. At the samo time, the Chevalier became incensed at the dissolute conduct of young de Brissac. and an open quarrel took place, in which the Chevalier forbade Claude to pay further attentions to his daughter. Mademoiselle Clarice. On issuing from the house, after the scene, the Chevalier was shot down on Ii is very doorstep and the gendarmes arrived on the scene just as Claude came upon the body. Seeing him standing there with the revolver in his .l.ind, they at once arrested him on the charge of murder. There was, however, a witness of the crime, Lois Norton, from her house across the street, saw the whole thine;, but. to her horror, the culprit, was the perfect image of Richard, her sweetheart. Realizing that young de Brisfro was entirely innocent of th crime, pho appealed to Richard to clear him. Itirhnrd, however, was completely puzzled by the whole thing and could do nothing. Driven to desperation, Lois went to the Cardinal to appeal to him to save Claude and to ask for advice. After telling him what she had witnessed, phe gave hi ma locket which had been given her by Richard. On opening the locket, the Cardinal was struck with the resemblance of the enclosed portrait, with that in a locket given him by Lady Barrington several years before. Realizing that, he held the threads of the mystery in his hands the Cardinal took liis with him and visited the shop of Old Jacques. Ucr recognition of the real culprit was immediate. On her accusation, the detectives attempted to take Robert in charge, but he broke away and escaped.

The Escape on the Limited YOU cant escape a mustache. You may share it off, but the memorj lingers. At a critical moment the habit of twisting it fondly will bring your fingers to your barren upper Hp, and. then the detective will get you. ' Thls moral is plainly taught in the story of Harry Brandt, the defaulting bank cashier of AVilliamsburg. Brandt made his escape minus his mustache to the remote hamlet where Helen Holmes was telegraph operator. The detective who was put on his trail arrived at Lone Point on the very train which ran into a farmer's wagon, causing every one to run back to help the Injured man- Brandt, who was loitering at the telegraph office, started to pass the hat. The detective watched him closely, and when he saw him fingering bis new shaved upper Hp his suspicions were aroused. Brandt became aware of his suspicions and started to leave town. Helen, after receiving instructions from the police, tried to hold him at the point 01 a revolver. He made his escape after a terrible struggle. The detectives and police under Helen's direction pursued him in a handcar. As they began to overtake the limited on which Brandt had made his

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escape he covered the flagman with his revolver to prevent his stopping the train. In the fight on the rear platform Brandt lost his balance and fell into the ditch. His still body, showered with the money for which he gave his life, nras found by the pursuers. This is the story of "Tlte Escape on the Limited," which the Kalem Company is producing as the latest, of the "Hazards of Helen" series. Miss Helen Holmes, the girl telegraph operator, is again the heroine. In the great scene when she tries to prevent Brandt from getting away on the train she has a wonderful chance to portray a woman of stern integrity whose sense of duty plashes with her tender feminine pity. Brandt's plea for "just one more chance" stays her hand for a moment. This is all he needs to knock the ;istoI from her grasp, and in the hand to hand fight that follows she is thrown lo the floor unconscious. She rallies in time to lead the chase on the handcar, however, and is the most daring of all the force in speeding over the rough mountain tracks. Miss Holmes has seldom bad a play which gives her more opportunity for the display of her varied dramatic talents, to say nothing of exhibiting her (kill as pilot of a handcar.

"MAN OF IRON." Thursdav the Arcade flashes this film. A hard man is Lucius Stanley. I'n-

compromisingly upright, he lacks sympathy for characters weaker than his own. Thus, when his son John asks for money with which to pay some debts, the stern father refuses the boy's request. John is to inherit a fortune on his twenty-fifth birthday. Hard pressed, the boy takes money from his father's safe, salving his consicence by promising to return it when he receives his inheritance. Stanley discovers the theft. Despite the pleas of his wife and their daughter Margery, the father sends his son to jail. A year later, John spurns his father's advances. Discharged from prison, the boy hastens to New York. The blow prostrates Mrs. Stanley. Margery quarrels with her father, blaming him for the change that has taken place in John. As the result, the girl leaves home. Proceeding to New York, Margery vainly endeavors to secure a position. John, meanwhile, is squandering his fortune in riotous living. Margery, failing to find a position as a chorus girl, excites the sympathy of a couple of actresses. They later invite her to accompany them to a dinner party. John is to be the host. Ignorant of this, Margery accompanies the girls. Thus, brother and sister meet. Unaware of the circumstances, John is appalled to find Margery in the

company of his shady friends. The boy ; takes her to his apartments. ! While he learns the story, John receives a letter which warns him to come homo if he desires to save his i mother's life. Brother and sister start homeward. They arrive in time to hear their father's tearful admission ! that his stern conduct has caused the j misery which has beset him. When I Mrs. Stanley opens her eyes she finds 1l IV e- 1 1 1 i li i rlticTifai. t lin! i- i fi 11

iii-i ouh (i ii ii , i a itfi, u y. i , Lueii tiling about their father, kneeling by her side.

"The Christian" at the Murray On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the Murray theatre will present "The Christian." Glory Quayle, a natural-born mimic, leaves her country home, reaches London, goes on the stage, gains fame and affluence. John Storm, her country sweetheart, believing he has lost Glory forever, enters a Monastery, tries to forget her, cannot kill his love, returns to the world, becomes a famous slum worker and friend of the poor. Lord Robert Ure, a social vampire, a beast in human form, betrays Glory's chum, Polly Love. Glory tells John of Lord .Robert's wicked treatment of poor Polly. John demands that Lord Robert marry Polly to save her from dishonor. Lord Robert refuses, as he intends to marry a rich American heiress. Terrific clash between the Right of John and the Might of Lord Robert. John expsoes Lord Robert, who swears revenge. Polly dies of shame and a broken heart. Lord Robert plans fiendish revenge on John. He spreads broadcast that John predicts the end of tfie world on Derby Day, the greatest day of sport in England. John becomes an object of hatred. All Britain wrought up by Jonn's alleged prediction. His former friends become bitter foes. The uneducated and weak are in mortal fear. Thousands and thousands incite riots against John. Widespread and awful

panics in the slums. Derby Day be-! comes a day of terror. (Wonderful j scenes of the world-famous Derby i Race, with its great horses and its ' terrific crowds, taken in England i especially for these scenes.) John is j a target for the vengeance of every- j

one, both rich and poor. He stands alone with all the world against him. Glory rushes to his aid, quells the angry hordes and saves him from them. Through persecution, John's mind becomes unbalanced. That night, fearful for Glory, John goes to her home, tries to kill her to save her from a fate like the one which befell poor Polly. Glory rises supreme, makes a magnificent defense, recalls John to his senses, helps establish his innocence, proves Lord Rober's guilt, accepts John's love, joins him for life.

Scene From "The Christian"

Lyric Brings Real Shrillers

The reporter replied that there were

hundreds of 6uch "Joints" not far distant from police headquarters itself, but that if the Rex director wanted to see one which had plenty of "local color" he would take him to it that evening.

Acting upon the reporter's hint

Lloyd garbed himself in a frayed suit

and tern cap. Taking William Worth-

ington. who plays the role of Thomas Carter in "A Page From Life," Lloyd mtt the reporter at the Times office.

Passing through the Los Angeles

Chinatown the reporter finally led them into a basement hallway mildewed and dripping with moisture. A turn

in the hallway brought the party up

short against a door loosely swinging on leather hinges.

"I pay these exconvicts and gang

sters $5 for every good story they tell

me. fiction or otherwise," explained the

reporter. "Consequently, I am quite welcome." "That gives me an idea," replied Lloyd. Beckoning to a forlorn figure pale with the prison pallor upon him, the Rex director drew a ten dollar bill from his pocket. '"I am a moving picture director, my friend." explained Uoyd "and am on

j the lookout for a good story for a pho- , ; toplay. Here's ten dollars; now give

chain man in preparing to enact the

role "opposite" Miss Fuller. Tn every-

me one. The derelict huddled

down in his

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Takes Cold Easily.

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; to a sensitive skin? That is the usual i : cause. If so, take a cool but not cold, j I sponge bath every morning before ; breakfast and rub with a dry towel un-1 til the skin is dry and warm. Then j

; when you take a cold get rid of it as ; quickly as possible, and to accomplish ! this you will find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy mots excellent. Its remarkable cures of bad colds have won for it a ! wide reputation and immense sale. For ! sale by all dealers. Adv.

THE NAKED TRUTH. On Christmas the Murray offers, "The Naked Truth." In the Latin quarter of Paris lives Lolette, who is known throughout the artists' colony as the handsomest girl in Paris. In spite of the fact that her services as a model are sought after by the leading painters and sculptors of the city, she goes only for Armand Bouchard, a mediocre painter who befriended her when she was left a penniless orphan several years before. Under Bouchard's humble roof she lives the life of the Parisian studio dweller, happy and content, the idol of her benefactor. Pierre Bernier, a close friend of Bouchard's and an artist of unusual promise, has seen a number of his best ideas fail in practice because of his lack of a model in whose make-up both beauty and intelligence were combined in goodly measure, and finally he succeeds in persuading Bouchard to consent to his employing Lolette. And during the days when his masterpiece is in the making a passionate love affair springs up between him and his pretty model. Then marriage quickly follows. When his picture wins the grand prize at the Salon and is sold to a connoisseur for a fancy price, the two establish themselves in a fine house in a fashionable part of the city. Poor Bouchard is soon forgotten.

The Lyric on Tuesday shows "Ambition." The vanity of a woman has upset kingdoms from time immemorial. Given a woman inordinately eager for adulation and the plaudits of the crowd and there are few things to which she will not stoop to achieve her ambitions. The love of a faithful husband, home ties, parents, religion, even honor itself, go by the bauble of fame.

Feed such a woman upon plummery,

i ways shown himselg a master of de- ; tail, and as the young surveyor In "The j Heart of the Hills" he exhibits the ! technique of a youthful George Wash

ington plotting his first governmental survev.

dollars and told the tale, which Director Lloyd has produced under the title, "A Page From Life."

LEAVE NEW ORLEANS. Florence Nash, star of the Alco re-

"A PAGE FROM LIFE." j lease, bprinmime. nas nmscea ner

This film is shown Friday at the Ly-' flIm work ,n -New Orleans. During the ric. I stay of the "Springtime" company in While producing the two-reel Rex the southern citv. Miss Nash was given drama, "A Page From Life," Director ,it.- ,,- . T , , f .. , , . ' ,. : the freedom of the city by the mayor. Frank Lloyd visited Ixjs Angeles police , . headquarters, where he met the re- she was escorted to all places of bisporters of the various papers. After be- toiic interest by municipal orders.

lip honor and blandiloquence and she i in& introduced all around, Lloyd asked j ... . ..... ' nna V "Krta" 4 v f Vimir V I n . An 1

will welcome one s attentions, pernaps honor one by using him as a stepping stone to her sky-aspirations. Marion Davis was such a woman, with the saving grace that at heart she still re

tained the affections of a mother and a j wife. Without these restraining influ- j ences, however, Marion Davis might easily have become an unscrupulous Cleopatra, a Queen of Sheba eager to j have the world worshipping at her i feet.

one of the "boys" to show him a real, i Delicious brown cakes made from live gangster's "hangout." ! Mrs. Austin's Bag Pancake Flour.

"HEART OF THE HILLS." Wednesday, the Lyric will flash Mary Fuller excelling in "Heart of the ! Hills." ; Val Reid's three-reel feature photo-j

drama, "Heart of the Hills." in which Mary Fuller plays the stellar role, is to be released under the Victor brand on December 17. Mr. Reid has written an out-o'-door drama which fairly breathes of the piney woods. The role of 'Lisbeth Ann, written especially for Miss Fuller, fits her like the proverbial glove. In a gingham gown and bare feet she presents a bewitching picture in the earlier scenes and later, when society has made her its pet in the great city, she displays her versatility and consummate artistry by carrying into the action of the haute monde role the same charming simplicity of the mountain lass, softened by contact with the refining influences of her surroundings. Fuller and the locations chosen by Director Walter Edwin reveal the discriminating hand of a producer who knows how to work hand in hand with his author and principals. Charles Ogle as Roger Matthews, a young surveyor, has evidently thoroughly familiarized himself with the duties of a rod-and

RETURNS FROM FLORIDA.

RELEASE PICTURES.

Private showings of the Alco release 1 Mme. Olga Petrova in "The Tigress," have so impressed film men that Popu- j lar Plays and Players, Inc., has engaged the noted Anglo-Polish actress for j other film dramas. j

Jane Cowl and the All Star Feature Corporation's company which supports her in the Alco release, "The Garden of j Lies," has just returv.-'to New York1 from St. Augustine, Florida, where the exterior scenes were filmed. Miss Cowl took a vivid interest in the duel and the three fights in which her bogus j husband and her Prince-husband participated for her favor.

PALACE TONIGHT. (THREE PARTS) THE CRUISE OF THE HELL SHIP Adopted from Jack Lon don's famous novel "The Sea Wolf."

Margaret Hears of Birds of Prey Who Live In the Haunts of Pleasure

' i for Q

WILLIAM FAVERSHAM fetfs fteTfewAtwy ft) OUR MUTUAL (HRL,

Margaret never had met William Faversham, the noted actor. That morn tng she and Aunt Abbie had been shopping, and after luncheon they decided to see "The Hawk," the new play in which the English star is appearing thk eason. A friend who met them in the theater offered to take them baca Itage to meet Mr. Faversham, and, of course, they eagerly accepted the proffer. Mr. Faversham's play is based on the ability of a man and his wife in food, society to live on nothing a year, not quite In the way that Becky Sharj; managed it, but by card playing. Of course, as card playing in honesty has Its chances of loss as well as gain, these two had to make an uncertainty a jure thing. So they had intricate secret signals, and they passed cards to each pther and did various things that are not done. The man called himself a "hawk," a human bird of prey, who took his toll rberever it might be obtained and in almost any channels, however devious, And Mr. Faversham narrated to Margaret a story of two' men who lived by iheir wits and of how they used the beautiful daughter of one of them as a Becoy. Of course the men finally came a cropper, and the daughter, through frer honest lov for a decent young chap, was emancipated from the thraldom f her parent. This very exciting chapter, No. 48 In Margaret's life -with Mr. Faversham'a ytory told In pictures, wm be seen here shortly.

TODAY Two Reel Keystone HIS PAST With Chas. Chaplin

FOUR DAYS: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

SUNDAY Third Episode Zudora

Each Number a Complete Story

Tine V5tti(0jrapllu Pllayeirs

Present

THE

Hall Caine's Superb

Love Story

CHRISTIAN

A Stupendous Production in 500 Scenes, in 8 Reels, with an All Star Cast of Vitagraph Players, including EARL WILLIAMS and EDITH STOREY

M?Sr Ann Seatts, HOc 7:ooe."'3S

LTRK

THEATRE Main Street Near Ninth

TONIGHT (TWO REELS)

The GUlliSI Stream

(ONE REEL)

Their Ups and Downs

SUNDAY SERIES NO. 5.

The Roaster CSey (TWO REELS.) The Ghost of SmiSing Jim

MONDAY WEDNESDAY (Two Reels) Mary Fuller in a Big Three "A GAME OF WITS" Reel Drama- . (one Reel.) "Heart of the Hills." Adv. of a Nimble Dollar. TikTv THURSDAY TUESDAY. (Two Reels) "ambition." "The C!rtr?1 Sp5riL" , v (One Reel.) (One Reel.) "The Fatal Hanson." "His Doctor's Orders."

FRIDAY CHRISTMAS

(One Reel.) HIS DOG GAVE LUCK.'

(Two Reels) "A PAGE FROM LIFE."

TONIGHT. (TWO REEL EO.)

The Perils of Lory

(Blograph Comedies) 'His Wife's Pet' and 'The Deadly Dispatch'

SUNDAY (Two Reel Selig Drama)

"WHEN HIS SHIP CAME IN" (One Reel) "Magazine Cooking"

MONDAY Third Episode in the Hazards of Helen Series "The Girl at the Throttle" (TWO REEL DRAMA) "Ann The Blacksmith"

Coming, Saturday Dec 26, Alice Joyse.