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SAVOY
UNIVERSAL PRODUCTIONS
AUGMENTED BY
THE FAMOUS PLAYERS CELEBRATED FEATURES
ALAMO No. 1
“The Little Playhouse With the Big Show”
To-morrow— Monday
First Run Pictures
v t«ji - “Jerry’s Mother-in-Law”
VliaaraOll A Two-Reel Subject Featur-
^ 3 F ing Sidney Drew and
Clara Kimball Young
“The Fickle Freak”
AdlOII “Hypnotizing Mamie”
Also FRANKLIN FOUR
/
Harmony and Comedy Singers
“Mexican
Revolution”
A realistic masterpiece made on the real
battlefield, showing the
Death of Madero
This great picture can he seen Tuesday
and Wednesday only at
THE ELITE
THE VAUDETTE
“Mid Kentucky Hills”
Featuring Edith Storey
and Ned Finley
THE MONTGOMERY
Monday.
“The Padrone’s Plot/' a Kalem
Feature In Two Parts. That Ex
poses the Padrone System Existing
In This Country. This Is Really a
Great General Film Company Pro
duction.
Good Orchestra; Good Singing.
THE ELITE
Monday.
“A Son's Devotion,
Two-Reel Eclair.
Splendid
ALSO
“The Brothers,'’ a Great Western
Drama.
Positively Last
Week of Anri
VAUDETTE
Monday.
"For Another’s Crime." Special
Two Reel Reliance. Which Was
Billed for Saturday, but Did Not
Arrive in Time.
“Race for a Bride,” a Thrilling
Keystone Drama.
The Steinway Four.
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SAVOY THEATER
Monday.
"Mike and Jake In the Wild
West.” This Joker Comedy Will
Delight You.
"When Pierrot Met Perrtette,” a
Two-Reel Eclair Drama.
ALAMO No. 1
Monday.
Vltagraph, "Jerry’s Mother-In-
Law;” Kalem, “The Fickle Freak,”
“Hypnotizing Mamie.” Franklin
Four.
VITAGRAPH
ALCAZAR THEATER
Monday.
Great Feature Pictures Are
Shown at This Theater Every Day.
The Program Has Not Been An
nounced Yet, But the Pictures Will
Please.
MOVING
PICTURE
SHOWS
ALAMO NO. 2
Monday.
Biograph, “The Capturing of Da
vid Dunnei” Kalem, “The Strike;”
Vltagraph, “Mid Kentucky Hills.”
Last week of AURIEMA.
“The Strike”
bfj IRfflirn m Lesson in Big Picture Play
! i'Lnl Lu HI *•* +•+ ❖•+ +•+ +•+
|[ Deals With ‘Soft Drink’ Evil
Death of Madero Is
Shown in Picture
Revolution in Mexico Special Fea
ture at Elite Tuesday and
Wednesday.
I Accidents Frequent in Big Pro
ductions — Great Hazards
Taken by Actors.
During the last week 75 cases were
| -. ated at the hospital In Universal
|, vj(y Cal. Although the Universal
v; ,, s pverv precaution to in.ure the
of actors, if sensational battle
| s and scenes of adventure are
Ito be convincing they must be done
| realistically. In the realistic pro-
Iduction of these big scenes almost
I nil of the accidents occur.
Of the 75 cases last week at the
liiospital, four were gunshot wounds
A-nflvc.nl with blank cartridges, four-
■ iccldents such as broken
Begs, sprained wrists and saber cuts.
■ Few people realize the great num-
er of accidents that occur around
I,, studio when directors are realty out
|for the "punch” in a picture. This
f[f ird serves to illustrate the great
Lazards taken.
Misfortune upon misfortune has
i.eset the director In the Powers pro
duction of the remarkable Roman
pi 'lure, "Into the Lions' Pit.” Phy-
cians attending Ethel Davis, who
Iwas accidentally Injured when she
[was thrown into a lions’ pit, thirteen
et deep, have reported that the
oung lady Is more seriously Injured
than was at first supposed.
Mnse. one of the largest lions In
ptivity and acquired for this pro-
iduction, has gone on the rampage.
]; was supposed that the competent
i trainers could handle him as
■y hare handled other untamed
( ists. However, this was not the
When two trainers began to
Muse in shape for the produc-
n. he broke all bars and bonds and
ji.ucked them. Henry Sanders, the
l' f trainer, was knocked senseless
the assistant trainer only saved
life by firing a blank cartridge
|into the animal's mouth. It is now
lieved that it will take fully two
f eks of careful handling to get
dose into an amiable mood.
As a result of firing the blank Into
he animal’s mouth, the assistant
rainer was reported to the humane
iociety and arrested. This has caused
wiore delay.
"The Revolution in Mexico” will be
shown at the Elite Theater Tuesday
and Wednesday, in which will be
shown the murder of President Ma
dero.
This picture was made on the bat
tlefield, and is an exact portrayal of
the great revolution that Is now tear
ing Mexico asunder. It show* the
methods of attack and defense and
the manner in which prisoners are
dispatched after tney are captured.
This great production is considered
a masterpiece in motion picture cir
cles, and will give an idea of the real
conditions in the republic.
Director Marries
His Leading Woman
Wallace Reid and Dorothy Davenport
Wed at Hollywood,
Cal.
The marriage of Wallace Reid, di
rector and actor of ryite, and Miss
Dorothy Davenport, his leading wom
an, both of the Pacific Coast Univer
sal studios at Hollywood. Cal., took
place at Christ Episcopal Church, Los
Angeles, on October 13,
Mr. Reid Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
,T. H. Reid, his father being a noted
playwright. Miss Davenport is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Davenport, well-known actors, and a
niece of the late Fanny Davenport.
The young couple are held In the
highest esteem by their professional
associates, and their reception, when
they returned from their honeymoon
to the Hollywood studios, attested to
their popularity. There was the pop
ping of guns and cheers as the couple
were heralded down the street, until
the locality presented the aspect of an
insurrecto proceeding
Warren Kerrigan
In Irish Romance
Motion Pictures Defended
By GEORGE R. ALLISON.
“n i5
POWERS SCREEtt PLAY
Boy Becomes Victim of “Harm
less” Drink Manufactured
by His Father.
This photoplay which deals with a
timely subject is not merely enter
taining, but is intended to accom
plish something in the uplift of hu
manity, In the regeneration of socie
ty. You have heard considerable
about the evils of some soft drinks.
Edwin August, the producer, has made
this subject the theme of his play. He
is shown in a new role, that of a fa
ther who Is crushed with the un
changeable moral that “crime, like a
chicken, comes home to roost.” The
story, gripping in its heart Interest,
vividly shows one of the great evils
ALAMO N» 2
“The House With the Clean Policy”
Tomorrow-Monday
that has an insidious hold upon so
ciety.
Dave Harding, as played by Mr.
August, is a millionaire manufacturer
of soft drinks. Hig gon. Frank, ig en
gaged to Eileen. Frank becomes ad
dieted to liquor and wild company.
Harding finally manages to wean the
boy away from this habit and rein
states him in his affections and his
sweetheart’s love.
Believing that the soft drink man
ufactured by his father is harmless,
Frank makes a specialty, in a short
time, of drinking it. The drink con
tains an insidious drug and Frank
becomes a slave to It before his fa
ther realizes. The father suffers the
pangs of the damned when he finds
that hig boy is In mortal danger as a
result of his own concoction. An
operation Is necessary. In the mean
time the pure-food authorities Inves
tigate the father’s product, and pro
hibit Its manufacture. Harding, in
remorse, closes down his factory and
gives his Ill-gotten gains to ehwity.
The operation on his son is a success
and he is cured of the habit.
Two of the greatest watchwords
surrounding the v successful net^apaper
of to-day are honesty and justice in
their every expression of approval, or
criticism which may emanate from
its sacred circles, be they editorial or
otherwise.
The average newspaper living daily,
figuratively speaking, with the masses
and classes, most particularly is
weighted with an unbounded duty to
live up to the traditions of these im
pressive words, so let us view the
matter in an impartial light, with a
purely unbiased mind, and endeavor I
to firmly fix the personal benefits to
be derived from visiting a motion pic
ture show.
Even a prejudiced mind must con
cede that a visit there adds to the
intelligence of the patron, be they
adult, student or child: they practi
cally receive a lecturette, in a pleas
ing manner, sometimes carrying them
on long travel through distant and
historical lands, and their attention is
riveted on the scenes as they unfold
themselves, a reading of which would
probably be glanced over hurriedly
within the covers of a book, while the
student was probably detained within
the close confines of a heavily air
laden schoolroom.
Mind you, we are for school studies,
honestly and religiously pursued, but
our renowned surgeons and recip
ients of degrees in all honored pro
fessions have never faltered or balked
at a post-graduate course, so why
tear from the students, and endeavor
to destroy the structure created which
does in lifelike manner indelibly im
press upon his every mental faculty
the actual scenes of life hovering
about the commercial or scientific
world, or historical times, so that he
may be deprived of drinking in all the
illustrative points, an augmentation
to hl» curriculum which he may beat
the moment deeply engaged in. It is
not true that “semi-darkness” caters
to the entrance fees of the motion
picture habitues and without a hint
of law, or municipal observation, ev- !
ery manager has long since recog- ,
nized the responsibility of personal
direction, and be it only by the addi
tion of a 16-candlepower light, they
have made every presumably dark
comer as bright as the daylight out
side, for motography has reached the
zenith in the projection of iLs film
subjects and no longer requires dark
ness, excepting within a radius of
feet too infinitesimal to be of any
consequence, and the “masher” of to
day is an obsolete and unknown fac- |
tor and has been for some time back.
Crime—we will always have with
us, but nowadays it seems the proper
course to blame the motion picture
for most anything. Just because a
mental incapacity has been displayed
Dy one who has erred, why embellish
the fact that he had once, was now in, '
or had just left a motion picture; if
his mind was troubled or head bowed
In grief, isn’t it the most natural
thing to imagine that he would seek
the solace of this light entertainment,
and of the music, to drown his sor
rows?
Of course, he truly realized they I
only serve to intensify his sadness,
for sorrows will swim “like ducks in
a frog pond.”
If we must go to extremes, why
not particularly specify his last stop
ping point as some other entertain
ment, great or small, or oven that he
had been looking upon, and quaffing
the liquid that entangles and destroys.
Stars in Great Production ‘Rory of
the Bogs/ Now Nearing
Completion.
The Victor Company is featuring J.
Warren Kerrigan in a two-reel Irish
romance, entitled “Rory of the Bogs.”
The big production is to be completed
this week. It Is a story of the eight
eenth century and more than 300 per
sons are used in the cast.
Montgomery
Theater
The Home of Refine
ment and Clean Mo
tion Pictures.
TO MORROW-MONDAY
General Film Company’s
Exclusive Service
KALEM—“The Padrone’s Plot”—a two-
reel subject vividly illustrating
an exposure of the Padrone
system existing in this country
to-day; startling situations and
climaxes.
PATHE WEEKLY—Up-to-the-Minute
events of the world.
First Run Pictures
BIOGRAPH
Capturing oi David Dunne
—Also—
Gra Weller, Baritone, re
turn engagement, late
with Dockstader’s Min
strels. *
KALEM
The Theater Comfortable. If there are
pictures that are better, you will see them
here.
Seats are 37 inches apart—you don’t
have to get up to let people pass.
You take no chance at
THE VAUDETTE