El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-22

LuIlllut DLoLg Aoiu IN AGEme Lual
are Consonant With The Life Of The
Day We Are Now Living.
e'The Octoroon," Dion Boucicaults
greatest play, is about to be flashed upon
the motion picture screen. A superb two
part production Of this immortal drama
Of the South has just been completed by
Kalem and is scheduled for release on
December 1st.
'sThe Octoroon" has gained consider
ably in being adapted for motion pictures
and the Kalem production is even more
powerful than the stage version, which is
classed as one Of the choicest gems of
the American stage. The thrilling steam
boat fire, Wshnotee's relentless pursuit Of
the villainous McCloskey and other vital
Incidents, are portrayed with q realism
impossible OF the stage.
Those who have seen the play remem-
Der that George Peyton, upon returning
home from a long stay abroad, meets Zoe,
an octoroon, and falls in love with her.
The girl is his mothers companion and a
former slave.
George asks Zoe to marry him, but be-
cause OF the. Negro blood in her veins the
RirI refuses. Zoe also knows that Dora
Suanyside, the daughter of a neighbor, is
81 love with George. The OctOrOOn tries
hard to have George reCiprOcate Dora s
afection for him.
Mrs. Peyton is heavily in debt to Nc
c1oskey, her former overseer. The man
tries 20 make love to Zoe, but Caleb
Scudder, the present Overseer, comes to
the OctoroOn's rescue. McCloskey later
discovers the paper which gives Zoe her
freedom. and steals il.
Paul, little quadroon boy, is sent for
The mail. Mrs. Peyt0n expects q draft
nom abroad which VIII hquidate her debt
to McClOskey. Wahnotee, an Indian,
loves Paul devotedly, and accompanies
him to the pOst-Ofice. Returning, they
meet Scudder, an amateur photographer,
and Paul poses for him. 1t is a camera
mat requires time exposure. Scudder
and WahnOtee are absent for a short
time and in this brief interval McClos-
key kills Paul and steals the draft When
he renews his demand on Mrs. Peyton
she is unable to pay him and the estate
and slaves are sold for the debt. Zoe, to
George Peyton's horror, is included
among the slaves, and MeCloskey bids
her IN for $4,000.
Zoe begs for one night more with Mrs.
PeytOn. In that interval McClOskey's
crimes are discovered and he is taken
aboard q steamboat under arrest. he
sets the steamboat afire and escapes, but
Is followed and slain by WahnOtee-
Meanwhile, Zoe, ignorant Of what has
occurred, takes poison and dies, after
placing Dora's hand in that of George
and begging him to marry her.
Here for the first timG is presented the
plot of the Cry of the Blood, the Lubin
masterpiece phOt0-drama written and d.
rected by George Terwilliger, known IN
every quarter of the elm world as 1.-The
Shakespeare Of the Silent Drama"
Andrew JamisOn, wealthy and aristO-
cratic longs for an heir to his name and
fortune. When he departs for Europe on
q long business trip Mrs. JamisOn de-
cides TO adopt a baby and so arrange
matters that he viii never know but that
It is his own. Mrs. Jamison finds the
male child she is looking for in the baby
belonging TO a Mrs. Ambrose who is almost
destitute, having been deserted by a
drunken husband, and she leads Mrs. l
JSmisOn to believe that the child's father
is dead, but was a good man when hv-
ing. Jamison returns and Mrs. JamisOn's
fears and conscience are for the time al
l6yed through his complete and unre-
own. HencefOrth his sole mission in life
IS to build up a great future for his boy.
Twenty odd years pass and we find the
boy at college, the faint of his fathers
blood beginning TO show itself in his fast
living, drinking and gambling. Despite
hrs. JsmisOn's objections, JamisOn
minors the boy, thinking 1t a matter of
Swing his wild oats, and gives him |
ie@erythiEg he wants. The boy. Bob, is 1
r---rNnTIcd from COLLAGE Now15eor1 Te IN q
Rge, but Bob wins out with a demand /
20 90 TO work, and is given responsible I
position in his fathers Office, to the great
Disgust Of the other clerks. Mrs jam |
fson goes to Mrs. Ambrose to set at rest
a. ng-harbOred suspicion about the boys /
zeal father. The two women have a /
stormy scene and Mrs JamisOn learns /
mat Ambrose finally returned and is at /
present a political ward boss Of a low /
type. They see no way out Of the mess
md decide to let matters drift.
Jamison is asked to run for Governor
On the reform ticket and he accepts for
Efforts Of Ambrose, decide TO disgrace
Bob, 10 ruin JazaisOn. They entice him
70 a gambling house and let him win for
. while Ambrose then leads him on and
one night when he is drunk takes him to
ms house to induce him to rob his father
50 That ne may play the system ne mas
Gzfhered at the gambling house. Mrs.
Ambrose, realizing that her husband is
trying, unknOwingly, to ruin his own son,
tries to prevent the disaster, but is pow
erless. Bob robs his supposed fathers
Office and loses the money in the gamblingl
house. At the same time a raid is ar
ranged and Bob is caught in the net In
8 frenzy Bob learns the truth and kills
his father, Ambrose. At the trial Mrs.
Jamison, to save her husbands name,
tells the truth about Bob's parentage,
and Mrs. Ambrose also takes the stand in
an effort to save her son from the chair.
JamisOn, his name cleared, acts upon his
wife's suggestion that he devote his eff
forts to the reform party, and Bob, in
prison on a light sentence, finally accepts
Mrs. Ambrose as his mother and under
her love, sympathy and guidance shows
promise Of a better life.
Stanley Twist. for many years iden-
tiled with all that is best in pictures,
AID who is noted for his brilliant ideasl
and magnetic personality, is scoring
big success in his new field Of endeavOr.