The Washington herald., 1913-11-18
FTRsT.TIME REELS SHOWN TODAY

Picture Editor. Washington Herald.
FTRsT-TIME REELS SHOWN TODAY.
Almost an Actres':-Empres
Caught at His Own Game"-Emresa
| I'm the End"-EmpresA
| The Two Fathers" Oubinl-Pickvic&.
cause for Thankfulnes" (Edison)-Piokwick
"His Last Fight Vitagaph)-Pickwick.
The Lost Chord" (Essanay)-PalAce.
| The Sea Eternal" Uuhin)-Palace.
''Baby's jog Ride (ThAnhcuser-CoSonial
| Article e." (Matesie1- Colonial
"cAprics'' featuring Mary Picdordl-esrden.
Fritzi Brunette, of the Universal forces
recently spent q few days in the hospital
as a result Of a taxi accident in which
she narrowly escaped serious injury. Miss
Brunette had urged the chauffeur to
make good speed, and he was taking her
at her word when a driving gear went
wrong, the machine careened on the
sidewalk, smashed through an iron rail-
ing, and plunged into a cellar. Realizing
her danger as the car veered OF the
street onto the walk, Miss Brunette
threw open the door, and jumped out,
narrowly escaping severe injury and per-
haps death. 'As 1t was, she badly hurt
her side.
The EclaIr Film Company has made a
ten-strike in securing the rights to re-
produce in motion picture form the novels
OF Jules Verne. 1t is clever that the
works OF this famous novelist offer won
derful opportunities for film work. The
rights cover the entire world.
Among the first of the Verne subjects
to be released by the Eclair. Company
will be THE Children OF Captain Grant,
in seven reels; The Black Indies" in
six reels. and the famous imaginative
M, Il
Under the Sea-" In the latter film the
Eclair Company is to make a supreme
effort.
The Helen Gardner Picture Players have
just completed "A Daughter of Pam for
the three-a-week program of Warmers
Features Inc. Miss Gardner is, of course, |
the central figure in this three-reel pro- |
duction, which was written and directed |
by Mr.. Charles Gaskill This feature will |
be followed by a tragic story of Russian |
life, entitled Olga Treskof," and this in |
turn by an up-to-date comedy, The Girl |
With a Hole in Her Stocking" Miss |
Gardeners admirers will no doubt be sur
prised to know that she has a delightful |
sense of humor and that she is quite as /
clever mimic as she is q Stragedienne.
Helen Holmes. the popular Kalem
ing in the new Kalem drama, "In Peril
of His Life" AS the asweetheart of q
cowboy who is falsely accused of an at
tempt to murder, she secures evidence
which, presented to the mob demanding
the boys life, causes them to reverse
their attitude and hail him as a hero.
A jump of thirty feet, down the face Of
A 22S-foot cliff, on a projecting rock about
seventeen feet square, was the difficult
and dangerous feat undertaken by Lind
say ]. Hall, to assure realism in a GER
.ain scene in over the Cliff,'' thrilling
Western Eclair drama This narrow
'pace of seventeen feet was all that stood
between Hall and eternity, and, t is,
perhaps, one Of the most daring risks that
las yet been essayed by a photoplay ar
ist The camera operator confessed af-
erwards that he was unable to watch
he man jump, fearing that he would
'e dashed to pieces. When the scene was
inished the company was so unnerved
hat operations were suspended for the
est of the day.
In this same picture VIII E. Sheerer
oes a character OF an indian that will
e a revelation to his admirers So real
site was his portrayal that several peo-
lie witnessing tho showing of the film
fere puzzled TO know whether or not
q
ian acting. Sheerer's physique and fea-
lres adapt themselves admirably to this
ort of a part
THE War Correspondent" a two-reel
ivil war drama, produced by the Bronco
ompany, is full of action. lots of fight
lg by the rival armies, and an interesting
lot. There are several minor flaws in
lie staging, but on the whole It is a
leasing production. Tom, a war COR b
ingratiates himself with the
cal telegrapher, who is later DISCHARGED
i'll, the war correspondent on the rival
aper, is in love with the same girl as
ON. Tom is favorite and she finally
romises to marry Tom on the condition
lat he will stop drinking. Bill plots to
-eak Toms resolve to this effect, and
res two thugs, who assault Tom and
ace him in freight car with a demi-
hn of whisky.
When Tom regains consciousness and
able to get out of the freight car he
at the scene of the final battle between
Ie North and South. He has resisted
.e temptation to, touch the whisky. and
'oceeds to get the only newspaper story
the battle. But he Is later detained
: the troops and thrust into the same
ON where Bill and the other corre-
ondents have been under guard since
ng before the battle. At first Tom re-
ses to tell them the story of the fray.
It he fnds out that the telesrapberI
nom he befriended is in the next room.
: thereupon relates the story at length
the other correspondents, the man at
e ticker listening through the wall and
nding the story as Tom relates It.
When the correspondents are fnaIIy re-
Lsed and try to send in their story Of
E battle, they learn that 1t is old news,
m goes home and wins promotion and
BRIDE Bill being killed by the same
1gs he formerly hired to assault Tom
Life Valued at $500.