Las Vegas optic., 1913-09-03
THIS ONE SURELY
Will BE REAL
THRILLER
LuBlN,s aTHE HARMLESS ONE" IS
ONE or FiELDlNc's BEST
PRODUCTIONS

one Of the most thrilling and excit-
ing Of moving pictures that have been
STAGED by Romaine Fielding in the west
is now being finished here. This play,
entitled "The Harmless One" not on
" is an excellent production from an
artistic standpoint but portrays mo-
raj as well,
The Lubin company will have fin
fshed the production by tomorrow pro
viding the weather conditions remain
favorable.
The play features character to be
found on any street in an ytown, who,
although seeming not insane, yet Is
not sane in every way. It depicts a
boy. who, through the petting of a
fond mother, has grown to be in a
way feeble minded. or weak willed.
Romano Fielding carries the lead In
this production.
The picture opens showing the boy
milling the ears Of a little baby in
an inhuman way. He seems to enjoy
seeing the child cry and stops this
treatment only when he is forced to
by passing pedestrian. He is then
seen pulling a cats tail and doing num-
erous other things showing pervert-
ed nature.
A young ady-this part taken by
Mics BrockwelI- appears on the scene.
She is an employe Of department
store and claims as a lover a street
car motorman, with whom she rides
to her work each morning and home
again at night During the course OF
events the witless boy, "The Harm
less One, becames attached to this
girl. He determines to marry her.
Through stealing he obtains money,
and boards the car on which is the
girl, seated on the front seat and talk
ing to her motorman friend. "The
Harmless one" takes seat and finds
himself the only person in the cal
with the exception of this girl, the
II otorman and the conductor.
His fiendish spirit arises and wher
he is approached by the conductor fol
his fare, with lightning-like swin2
he knocks the conductor from the car
lie then climbs to whero the motor
man is and with a stiff blow knocks
him from the car.
He then takes the controllers anC
throws them from the car. The scene
grows exciting here. The runaway
car, with no occupants but the crazy
boy and the clerk runs amuck.
The girl is granite but sees no way
to escape, as the speed that the car
is making is over 40 miles an hour.
The motorman and conductor who
were thrown from the car by THE
Harmless One" are picked up by an
automobile which happens along the
road Then starts an exciting race.
The automobile, being high pow
cred machine, rapidly gains on the
street car and while running beside
1t the motorman and conductor jump
from the speeding automobile to the
the street car. THE Harmless One"
seeing his predicament, has climbed
to the top of the car. The motorman
starts up one side Of the car while
"The Harmless One" goes up the op-
posite side. They meet on the top of
the car and then begins a terrific
struggle during which the girl jumps
from the car into the automobile. AT
ter an exciting struggle the car is fin
nally stopped by removing the troll
ley from the wire and "The Harmless
One" is overcome and thrown to the
ground Immediately upon being TAX
en- from the top of the car "The Harm
less One" suddenly grows pettish
again and is his real self. He
knows nothing Of what has happened,
apparently.
The motorman and his sweetheart
are brought together while The
Harmless one" is committed to an
asylum.
The picture is intensely interesting.
The thrills presented there are not
soon to be forgotten and it shows
the power Of the writer, Mr.. Fielding
to hold the American public during q
series Of reels even when conditions
are pointed directly against the pic
fure. In this picture Mr.. Fieldinl
uses a number of local people as wei
hs local business houses. The p. Ro
Henwald store on the West side Il
Being used for the department stor'
while the trolley car used is the oil
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