The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-05
OF FAMOUS
FRENCH DETECTIVE
SHOWN ON SCREEN
Monsieur Lecoq," Picturized
From Emile Gaboriau's
Famous Novel.
is WONDERFULLY A
William Morris and Florence Ia
nRdic. Head of Cast OF Talented
ThnnlsOuecr PLAYERS.

ThnnliOuef,r i1aNcfr. |
Monsieur Lecoa. Emile Ga6oriausl
master detective fictlon. D. the hero
81 q four-act Mutual Masterpicturo
OF the same name. screened 81 the
Thanhouser studios. in which Will
lam Morri. ana Florence Ia Badie
are the feature players. \ detective
extraordinary whoso methods OF de-.
duCtion have won for him worldwide
fame and who by many b. conceded
the superior of Sherlock Holmes in
ne detection OF crime. N. Lecoq, Ia
this exceptionally Interesting Mutual
Mas.crpicturo. presents one o. The
most interesting characters ever
shown on a screen.
Every one OF the four acts abounds
In interest. The many and strange
adventures that bcfall his extraori d.
norily clever criminolosist holds the
spectators s%pelibound throughout
Mr. Morris. IN the role OF NJ. LccoQ.
delivers u performance or exception.
al merit. the part furnishing him
with an opportunity To- display his
many talents.
Miss La Badle as tho Duchess de
Siarmuse. IL also at her best. Long
recognized rs one o. scrceulaud's
most versatile young players. Miss Ia
Babe In this all important role de-
Ivers what many critics have leclnr-
ed To be one Of the cleyerest in.erprc-
| tatlons ever presented on "a screen
For the screening Of Monsieur Le-
! Coz Edwin -Thanhouscr, under whose
personal supervision 10 was filmed.
gathered together a cast of exception
al merit. which includes. besides Mr..
1 Morris and Miss La Badic. Alphonse
! Either as the Duke DC Sairmuse Reg
innld Barlow az otto. HE ever faith
mI valet. Julia Blanc a. Mother Chu-
pin and Morgan Jones as the First
Judge.
Probably no more interesting AM
realistic scene has ever been mined
than hat representing the ~PeppcrhoN
In. "A notorious Partisan dive con-
Quoted uy Mother ChupIn. In which
the duke. disguised OF q luaoring man.
] shoots and Kills two underworld
characters who had threatened i0
exposc tho early history of his
charming wife. Throughout this Mu-
tual Mnstcrpicture b. stagel on an
elaborate scale. Mr.. Thurhouscr hav-
ing spared neithof pains nor expense
I'm an effort to make 80 one ~ the
most realistic from every standpoint
ever screened
". I.ccoq. tho PLAY reveals and as
an the many thousand e. readers %.
Gaborlau's world famous novel know
ls stroIlinT through the underworld
b.. OF Paris when he D. startled hoy scN.
erai shots In qulCk succession. IT. 81
an easy matter for him 'o trace then
ito the popperbov inn. where ON on.
tering ne finds two men dead ON th'
noor. standing near them ia "a mar
who. despite the coarse attire NE
wearing. Leo0u i~mmediatclv decide
= is a person OF rank and distinction
q lie readily admits the murders. hu
refuses "a motive other tnan that h'
n shot In self defense.
n Under the body OF one OF the Wc'
D Lecoq nnds "a womuu's ring. pu's'd'
. he nnds ana traces her footprints %
a point where she had met "a ma.
whose footprints show that he wa.Eo.
, with a decided limp Ey uDusu'
methods OF deduction and a giIhD
\, book OF which De secures possession
Lecog is conGdcu, that he has leUInt'
, the identity OF the slayer.
BY a clever ruse the master de-
81 tectivo traps the luke. who, reaIil.n.
= he has been caught confcsscs all. tn
De Sairmuse name, he PLEADED h".
been at stake Tho duchos' %
g SLAYER declared. was Il woman 90 hum
l. BILE birth. but their marriage ha
been happy until he had come upon
A Matchmaking letter c"OmmaudInE 90
duchess TO bring a large sum OF none
j. To Mother Chuplu's inn under p"n'l'
@ that her husband learn an. ON tn
r appointed night the duke declare
that he had followed his wife, react
e ing the inn Just In time 10 see Oh
I'D two men when he later killed at,dc
v her and snatch one OF her eartinE
n Immediately he rushed TO her az
Al iaistauco and iu defending her wi
himself attacked. Then 81 was th.
g. he drew his revolver and fired. Bot
n of he assailauts were instantly kille'
,r one OF the slain mon was late
% identified as q brother of the dh'hes
le who for many years had been co'
he lined lu "a French prison from Whle
hc had escaped The lame ma.
whose footprints Lecoq had observe
In the dirt. was otto, the duke
faithful valet. who hai aided him
shielding the name of tho duchess
Touched by the "a STORY, j.
coz destroys the evidence il hi So"
session and then holds out hts hht
to the duke.
q Monsieur Leco1' will bc shown
the Lyric .hcutcr on Friday and Sa