The Washington herald., 1914-07-31
LATEST PHOTOPLAY NEWS

Motion Picture Editor: IT am a ire
quent patron OF the motion picture the
ter, but there II one feature Of thIs
class Of entertainment that, I feel as
sured, could be improved upon, namely,
the displaying on the screen, Of an
nouncements giving the title Of the pic
ture, and the description OF what Il tax
ing place. / have seen many an ex-
celient picture shown without any pre-
vious announcement OF its title and In
many instances. announcements are dis
played in such haste. that one doesn't
have time to read and understand them;
especially is this the case when a histori-
cal picture is accompanied by lengthy de-
scriptions of persons. localities, etc;
casts Of characters are also shown with
undue haste At q picture theater on
Rhode Island Avenue. which I recently
attended. q comedy picture was shown;
Il was Of short duration. yet no an
nouncement whatever was shown, con-
eerning IL; not even the title.
Il think II behooves the managers OF
the picture theaters to correct this fea-
ture Of their entertainments. a step
which. on their part. I venture to say,
will meet the approval Of the better class
Of motion picture goerA
Il would greatly appreciate II II you
would give this letter space In your
columns. where II viii be seen and read
by numerous movie patrons. who, I
believe. will be In entire accord with
this expression OF opinion.
"R. F. o'DONOGHUE-"
The ninth picture of the Lucille" Sc
ries- After she II abducted from the
ocean liner on its arrival at San Fran
cisco, Lucille Is hurried to Hugo Lou
beque's home by his aecomplice. Al
though Loubeque treats his pretty cap
tive kindly. she is never left unguarded.
Again the extreme prowess of Loubeque
Is impressed upon the unfortunate girl
His house, even. has been specially con-
structed TO trap his victims and deceive
the police. ordinary-appearing staircases
sink into the secret chambers at his
wish. The side walls Of rooms contract
as II were with dungeons of the Inquisi-
ton. and even the floors of rooms move
upwards and downwards, from story to
story. Never had a successful outcome
of her mission looked more hopeless.
While Lucille is held incommunicado.
friend, Is not idle. He locates the house
where the girl is held prisoner. and has
it surrounded by detectiveA
In the meantime Loubeque becomes q
victim OF his own cleverness. He stumbles
into a pitfaI of his own making. One
OF the moving floors comes down upon
him by accident and crushes him into
unconsciousness Before he has regained
his senses Lucille is in his pocket. and
Is again in possession of the papers.
Fearing the consequences Of her act.
she hides the papers in the Dashboard
OF a wall. When Loubeque awakens he
misses the documents, and. although the
girl denies all knowledge of them. he
knows that only she would take them.
His plans are interrupted. however, by
the arrival of Capt Garrison and the
police. Loubeque allows them to search
every nook and corner of the house. The
house was built for just such an emer-
gsRcy, and they do not ind Lucille, al
though they are sure she Is there. Shortly
afterward Lucille communicates with the
detectives. The omcers OF the law fight
their way into the house and a terrible
battle with Loubque's henchmen follows.
Collapsible rooms close in and crush the
fighters. Traps open and receive the un-
wary. and the floors of rooms move from
one story to another. In the midst of
the fight q rope is dropped to Lucille
and she escaped to the roof. Loubeque
Is hot on her trail. however. He dis