The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-02
ADJUSTMENTS.
Hippod rome.

For several years 1t mas been rev
ognized by all students of the phoso-
dramatic art, that D, w. Grfhth,
producer of THE Birth OF Nation
sets the pace; and for several months
| it has been apparent that Mr.. Grit
| 18th has been aiming to broaden the
scope of his work by departing from
the field of mere narrative and max
ing wider use Of what might be
termed Thought interpretation
That is to say, he has been produc-
ing for the screen not only the
things that people do and which are
naturally the basis of narrative, but
also the things which they think and
| which are the basis of more tntellec-
tual pleasure.
Such work as this, of course, re-
quires a tremendous fund of magma
ton and an equally tremendous
knowledge of all Photographic posi-
| bilities and effects. Thus he has
made out of the vision" a part OF
his photo-dramatic work. no less I'M
portant than the fundamental plot
construction.
Mr.. Griffith is well aware Of the
fact action can be struggles Of the
mind as well as the motions of the
body. Those mental perturberaeons
which the actor on the stage can
convey only by the manner in which
he delivers the lines of the author
Mr., Griffith Is able to convey with
Infinitely more force by picturiza-
ton.
The worlds greatest example OF
such work is undoubtedly "The
Avenging Conscience" which is to
be the six reel offering at the Hippo
drome theatre on next Wednesday
afternoon and evening and which
takes it's inspiration from Edgar Al
len Poe's story "The Tell Tale
Heart" and from his poem "Annabel
Lee" The most imaginative OF all
American authors, Poe affords excep-
of Griffith's new'y discovered fiefa of
work.
"The Avenging Conscience has
the subtitle, "Thou Shalt Not Kill,
and aims to show how the sinner is
pursued not only by the actual conse-
| quences of his crime, but by the
agony OF tortured conscience.
Slight Increase In Prices.
| Owing to the contract entered in
! to by the management Of the Hippo
drome theatre. with the agents of the
| D. W. Griffith Photoplay Producing
| company. it is imperative that we
raise the price OF admission. How
| ever the increase will be so slight
as not to reflect upon our successful
and long-standing policy. Prices for
the afternoon performances will be
as usual, 5 and 10c and for the even
! ing shows will be 10 and 15c,
Tomorrow we will show pictures OF
The Eastland Observation-Disclosures
| ment.
Orpheum Tonight.
| Conscience -four parts)-GeorgG
Grant has inyetned a device which ~
being financed by his partner, Joha
Benson, who receives an offer of
100000 for the patent rights of the
valuable invention. The offer Is &C
cepted with Grants approval. Grant
enters a barroom where an old man
reprimands Dave Wilson, young
man out of employment, for wasting
his time in bar rooms. Dave strikes
the old man, and Grant tnterferes,
giving the young man a black eye.
Benson sees the encounter and Grant
returns to his home office with Ben
son. AS Benson Is leaving, he meets
Dave, who tells him he has been per-
suaded by his mother to apologize to
Grant. The apology is accepted.
Then Grant suddenly drops dead.
Dave hears a police whistle blown
outside, and runs into the next room
where he crawls under the bed Po-
| licemen and members of Grants
| household arrive and discover the
body of Grant. One of the policemen
| telephones to the police station, and
| Detective Doyle is assign ed to take
| charge Of the case.
Dave is present when Doyle ar
rives on the scene Of the murder, and
explains to Doyle how Grant dropped
dead. Meanwhile a policeman nnds
a pistol in the yard, and hands it to
Doyle. Benson telephones from his
home that he wishes to speak to
Grant. Doyle answers that there has
! been an accident and he had better
come over at once. When Benson ar
, rives DAVID urges him to tell the de-
tective that Benson knew of Dawes
mission to the house, but Benson an
swers, 81 know about the fight, but
l know nothing about the apology"
Dave collapses and is dragged off to
the police station. The scene then
shifts to the courtroom where Dave
has been tried for murder and the
jury have found him guilty. Shortly
after, Dave is electrocuted.
See it tonight at the Orpheum.-,
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