Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-19
final AIT IN THRILLING TRAGEDY
STAGED On HONOLULU WATERFRONT

A womau's a, d apps. 80 ~"
- q beautiful five, exc rI.'t l:..".
!. cruel and LuIIl,l- "rrl,a. "hp Wis
s In the acr. Of EidnspJinu ia" 49,. enc.
the ray of SUNSHINE If 4 "ly. haPpy
home, apparently a.5cd t" ~"aH"n "
z responsive chord ~ I'll" %.upathI..
& OF perhaps a Eam hundred 10y ISLANDERS
@-who gathered along III" lower portion
: OF the city, AT time tn" h'- Toy"
Kisen Kasha liner. came ~ h":lH
at the Alakea wharf.
A we'll dressed .rutuau InAd, s'|.
eraI frantic attempts to lci,>" 'h,' YES
sci, but on one or nor" 0"raaIJhS AS
frustrated through tnr apparent brutal
Interference from nnc 01,tWo !ucn VIII"
+ Again and again would til" child
with upturned and tcar-staiHcd face
appeal for release from bondage"
At last resort the frenZied woman
turned to an officer, but in this dlrec
ton her entreaty for assiStanC" proved
:. fruitless. With arms plulon"I, and
mouth mufflcd, the woman was
dragged back to tn" Geek Of n" Teny"
Maru, and the child carried of by
several men before the gaping crowd
could comprehend what had really
happened.
q Honolulus picture SOU" Waterfront
with it's cosmopolitan crowd gathered
at Alakea wharf will BE- prrpetuated
in yards OF spinning film that is TO
! serve in the presentation Of stir
ring drama Astounding in love, pathOs
and winding up by joyous home
coming.
The Nitagraph OF America, repre-
scented by a company of a dozen
artists, men and women. young and
elderly, staged the finale of a photo
play. with the giant liner TeHyO Marn:
and the big Alakea wharf figuring con-
spicuously in several Of the scenes.
A romantic background was found in
the nodding cOcoanut palms that
: peeped over the horizon of shipping
and buildings, as the camera installed
fror. a considerable height recorded
the pantomine ofe an arriving trans
Pacific liner at tropical Honolulu.
Perhaps one of the most photo
graphed men in the business is NJ.
Costello, who was easily recognized
by the delegation Of port officials who
= awaited the arrival Of the Tenyo
Maru from San. Francisco thiG morn
: ing, Mr.. Costello, Mrs. Costello, and
1.-TWO remarkably pretty little girls are
kall familiar figures TO attendants Of
THE local picture houses.
4 With a view OF adding a dramatic
finish to the hundreds of yards Of
film that had been exposed during
the six day voyage from San Fran
icisco to the islands, special prepara-
ton was made for the final setting.
"a The Vitagraph people were accord
ed many privileges in the arrange
ment Of subtle and vivid setting for!
their series of canned dramas"
The company will continue the trip
e TO the East IN the liner sailing at
five o'clock this evening. 1t is be
lieved that on the return trip induce
= ments may be offered for a consider
able stay at the islands
A series of moving pictures were
7, made as the big Japanese. vessel
pulled away from the San Francisco
wharf Later during the progress of
8 the Teyo in the direction Of Homo
lulu a thriller was staged wherein the
"agoniZed" mother is depicted heart
broken and driven to the verge of
raring maniac, over the loss Of her
only child who is supposed TO have
fallen into the angry sea.
Il For the first four days out from the
Golden Gate Old Neptune assisted in
: making an animated BACKGROUND fo"
the moving picture dramatists. The
Japanese liner ploughed her way
through some rough seas and the first
part of the trip was aI!jhing but d
pleasant one.
As the Tenyo reared til" islands, a
4 aharon the u, ttpI OH