The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-04-15
"The Family Cupboard. .

nThe Family Cupboard" a power
ful fve-part photoplay adapted from
the successful stage drama of the
same name, will be the offering at
the Gem Theatre today. While the
story cannot be fairly described as
altogether pleasant one, i is full of
dramatic power and moral -signif-
canoe, as the following brief outline
will show:
Charles Nelson is self-made man
and has amassed a fortune. His fam
ily consists of his wife, son, Kenneth,
and daughter, Alice. His wife has
become absorbed in society, requir-
ing all the money her husband can
make to support the large establish
ment she maintains. The wife, son
and daughter are out night after
night, leaving Mr.. Nelson much
alone; while he pays the bills, he has
little of the society of his family.
He turns to Kitty Claire, vaudeville
uerformer, for consolation and COM
panionshlp.
His son Kenneth gets into an ar
eument with a friend at his club and
hears that his father is keeping a
woman in an establishment up town.
Kenneth returns home, under the in
auence of liquor, and insults his
mothers companion, Mary Burke.
Mr.. Nelson enters, sees the situation,
and asks what it all means. Kenneth
turns on him and tells him every one
knows he is keeping woman in an
apartment up town. This conversa-
ton is overheard by Mrs. Nelson,
who asks Mr.. Nelson if the charge is
true. He replies, "Yes." They agree
to part. Kenneth clings to his moth
en-, Alice, the daughter, sympathlzes
with her father. She realizes it is
their own fault: they have given him
nothing in return for all his labor IN
their behalf,
Mr.. Nelson is now living at the AL
pine apartments, to which comes Kitty
Claire. He tells her the end has come.
Meanwhile Kenneth, the son, has
come to see his father, Kitty, going
out, hears him ask if his father is in,
and seeks an acquaintance with Ken
meth, who becomes infatuated with
her and moves to the same hotel.
Then Kenneth begins to live Boz
hemian life with Kitty Claire and
Dick Leroy, another vaudeville per-
former.
He finally asks Kitty to become his
wife. She replies that it is impossl-
BILE, there is another man, The
boy. crushed and broken-hearted, de-
mandg the name of the man. Mr..
Nelson enters at this point and Kitty
points to him.
Humiliated and ashamed, Kenneth
decides to end his life. He is about
to write a letter when his mother ar
rives. She sees the pistol and tries
to keep him from carrying out his
plan. They are interrupted by a
knock at the door; Kenneth is called
down to the office by the clerk; and
while he is gone Mrs. Nelson seizes
the opportunity to telephone to Mr..
Nelson. He arrives, with Alice, the
sister. Kenneth and his father are
reconciled, also Mrs. Nelson and her
husband, and the family are reunited.
Holbrook Blinn plays the part of
the errant husband; and the exquisite
young Frances Nelson is the vaude-
AlG oleti SbO CISLtlSEo t'pbIl IAbliSi
and son.
Superb Screen Star in New Role.
The many admirers of Clara Kim
ball Young will have an opportunity
Of seeing this exquisitely beautiful |
and fascinating motion picture ar
tiste in a somewhat different role at |
the Gem tomorrow, when she will |
play the part Of the heroine in the
thrilling five-act photoplay, 'The
Heart Of the Blue Ridge" There
are number of exciting incidents
In this picture, which is one of aahe
most dramatically dangerous films
that Miss Young has ever appeared in,
and the production is splendidly act
ed and staged.