Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
to
to
Exclude
Only includes titles with the selected topics
to
In minutes
to
1-50 of 75
- In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
- A caveman falls victim to a prehistoric prankster, but he is avenged by his pet chicken.
- Two prehistoric suitors, one a mailman, compete for the affections of a prehistoric maiden and a dinosaur.
- After hearing a lecture by a war correspondent, Boy Scout Jimmy desires to be of service to his country.
- A man invents a device to make elevators stop even with the floor, and for this boon to mankind, he reaps riches and respect.
- George Crosby, a New York lawyer, with a passion for painting, wearied of his legal duties, sails for Brittany, where he meets Renée Kerouac, a fisher-maiden, and sketches her as a Corregan, a fairy who destroys the men who refuse her love. Hoel Kalloc, her betrothed, becomes jealous, and George marries her, after saving her from Hoel's brutality. He soon realizes her inferiority and the impossibility of introducing her as his wife; so he sends her to a convent to be educated, promising to send for her as soon as she has acquired the polish necessary in his sphere of life. Returning to America, he keeps his marriage a secret and is struggling to forget, when he receives a note that a girl, who she has named after him, has been born to her. George later meets Cynthia Ford, with whom he falls in love, and on receiving word of the death of Renée and the baby in a fire in the convent, they become betrothed. However, during the following winter, Renée reappears, and when George denies that he knows her, she leaves her baby in the care of her landlady and goes away. The next morning in the snow in front of their house the Crosbys find her body. Clutched in her hand is the crucifix George had given her, on the back of which had been scratched the word "pardon." The landlady identifies her as the mother of the baby who has been left in her care, and George, placing the crucifix around the baby's neck, pays the landlady to take care of her. Four years pass and a daughter, Georgianna is born to Cynthia and George. In the meantime, Georgette wanders away from the landlady's home and is adopted by a barge captain. Raoul Kerouac, now a French naval officer, comes to inquire for his lost sister, Renée. Seeing Cynthia's child, he mistakes her for Georgette. George writes a confession, revealing the truth, but Cynthia destroys the confession without reading it, on account of her faith in George. Sixteen years later, George is now Judge Crosby, while Georgette has secretly married Val, the reprobate son of Mrs. Lewis, in whose home she is employed as a maid. In an effort to cure him of his love for drink, his mother sends Val away, and Georgette is left alone. A girl is brought before Judge Crosby, charged with murdering her baby, and her conviction seems assured. Among the evidence is a crucifix with the word "pardon" scratched on the back. The judge is seized with apoplexy, as realizing the prisoner is his daughter, he sentences her to death. He has pronounced his last sentence. Cynthia's love for George survives all else; she strives to secure Georgette's freedom, and finally gets word to Val in the far north, whose answer states the baby is safe with him. Val returns with the baby, and he and Georgette sail for Brittany on their belated honeymoon. For the first time in years, George's heart is lightened, although his body is distorted with pain.
- A troop of Boy Scouts meet a gang of young boys who start a fist fight. The Boy Scouts win and the gang decides they are not so bad after all and join up.
- Chris, a student, ambitious in his own way but resisting tutors, was always in trouble until, at an auction sale, he purchased an old Oriental lamp because of its odd design, not dreaming that it was possessed of magical powers which he discovered when he began polishing it. A huge slave appeared, told him the lamp was his master and that he was prepared to obey any command that its owner, Chris, might give. As a test Chris bade the slave to transform himself into another Chris. He then sent the double of himself to school, where he was made to take the thrashings intended for Chris and to serve as the butt of many jokes and experiences meant for the real Chris. When the genie finally decides that he does not relish serving as Chris' double, the real trouble and fun begins, involving Chris' father and mother, teachers, family doctor, and farcical mix-ups develop with great rapidity. The doings of "Chris and the Wonderful Lamp" in the days of the Twentieth Century rival the best of Arabian Night tales.
- Almond-eyed Li Chi lived in China, the daughter of the wise Mandarin Ching Ho. Ching Ho wishes his daughter to marry Chung Wang, but the maiden is true to her lover, Chang, and vows that she will marry no other. Whereat the father locks the maiden in her room over the stream. An idea comes to her. She writes a note telling her lover to come to her when the leaves begin to fall from the cherry tree, and placing it in a coconut shell, launches it upon the stream flowing beneath her window. It drifts to the feet of Chang, who, being a man of action, shakes the leaves from the cherry tree. Then he hurries to the prison of his sweetheart, rescues her and flees with her to the gardener's house. The angry father pursues them, but the gardener shelters them and aids them to escape to an island, where they live happily until the father burns the house over their heads. But the gods love the two lovers, and saving them from the fire, transform them into a pair of snowy doves.
- Morton, a respected businessman, is induced by Gittens to join him in a scheme to rob the poor by means of a fake building association, advertising that "a small investment will start a beautiful home. The poor may enjoy all the luxuries of the rich." Gittens manages so that when the crash comes Morton is held responsible for the investors' losses, while he himself reaps all the profits. Among the victims are Marie, engaged to marry a minister, and "The Servant of the Poor." Gittens covets Marie, and for a time, by falsely making it appear that her fiancé has married another, succeeds in his designs. Finally, however, the truth comes to light. Through the activities of Marie, now fully aware of his perfidy, Gittens is brought to justice. Morton, regenerated by his bitter experiences finds a way to make good the losses of the poor investors, and after Marie has been forgiven by the minister and installed as mistress of the little parsonage, "The Servant" once more sets out on the broad highway, to bring comfort to the weak and lowly.
- A grotesque comedy of the prehistoric age. Mannikins are used with novel effect.
- A hot young rookie pitcher on the New York Giants baseball team is having personal problems that are affecting his game. His father disapproves of both his career choice and the woman he recently married and has basically disowned him.
- On a desolate rock, only three hundred yards square, off the southern tip of South Africa, there live almost half a million strange unusual birds, of different species with a code of unusual laws and strict observance of caste. The black cormorants, little known outside of Malagas Island. Between them and the white solan geese, a strict "color line" is drawn. In the silence of the African night and the splendor of the moon, each cormorant and each solan hies to the clan crevice in the rocks and pays a wordless graceful courtship to his mate. The strangest birds on the island, however, are the penguins. They cannot fly, but their wings help them in diving. The eggs of the penguin are a great delicacy and thousands are sent to the London market every year.
- At a modern American military school the old "three R's" of "readin, 'ritin and 'rithmetic" have been supplemented by a fourth, riding. This picture shows scenes of young America at the Culver Military Academy. The Culver cavalry troops starts on a two-day hike, and the boys, after getting their horses in shape, set forth. Interesting "shots" of them as they progress on their journey illustrating their orderly conduct, the lessons of self-reliance and courage bring out clearly the great lesson of "preparedness."
- This scenic of the Holy Land opens with a view of the Garden of Gethsemane, now a Russian monastery. Other views include a panorama of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives; of the busy mart in what was once the Pool of Siloam; of lepers and beggars wailing for alms; of the ancient Wailing Place of the Jews at whose walls men and women are forever wailing, as they did thousands of years ago. Among other scenes are Christian Pilgrims carrying the cross along the way to Calvary; the Gate of Damascus; a caravan going through the desert and the little town of Bethlehem. Views of the latter include women making cakes and using goat-skins as churns, people picking olives on the hills around Bethlehem, and tending their flocks today, just as they did centuries ago.
- Two cavemen invent the wheel, but when they are frustrated in their attempts to have a dinosaur pull a cart, conclude that the device is useless.
- Mulius Caesar, a great Roman Emperor, owes an odd number of millions to Liarus Bunko, the royal soothsayer and money-lender. He could pay off his debts by selling the royal garage, but this is too desperate a means to be given a moment's thought. Bunko is willing to content himself with Myria, the emperor's beautiful daughter, and call it "square." Myria hates Bunko, but is willing to sacrifice herself if she can save thereby the royal garage. At the betrothal banquet, Bunko presents her with a lazy slave, called Plento Morpheus. Plento falls at once in love with Myria, and flirts with her in the presence of Caesar and Bunko. He is sentenced to be eaten up by Leo, the terrible lion. Cast into the arena, he succeeds in outwitting his tormentors, and in substituting Bunko for himself as food for the lion. The lion offers no objection, as Morpheus is lean, while Bunko is fat. Caesar gets back his I.O.U.s, Myria and Morpheus are united and live happily ever after.
- This state is the winter mecca for thousands of wealthy people. While the rest of us are worrying with the furnace, these folks are getting sunburned. There the floating palaces of the modern Methusalas dot the rippling waters. We peep on their decks and into their cabins and catch an intimate glimpse of those whose names adorn the Blue Book. We see them at the hotels, promenading the beaches, bathing and riding, or attempting to ride the frolicsome surf toboggan. An aeroplane-taxi costs only a dollar a minute. It was pretty steep, but the cameraman hired one for three minutes and took one of the most remarkable panoramas ever taken to use in this picture.
- The superstitious girl is the most rabid of her kind - no superstition that we have ever heard of seems to have escaped her, from the drinking of bubbles off her coffee to the breaking of seven perfectly good mirrors to avoid the ill-luck which is supposed to follow the breaking of an individual mirror. This girl's uncle and aunt, not knowing of her failing, invite her to visit them and from the moment of her arrival at the railroad station are pestered with her continual harping on the same thing. Finally, after throwing salt over her shoulder into the butler's eyes and doing various other seemingly outrageous things, she perpetrates the mirror-smashing act, which not only leaves the house almost mirrorless, but ends in her being shipped home by the next train.
- An educational nature film devoted to the life and habits of the Remora, or Shark-Sucker. He inhabits the warm seas of the globe, and reaches a length of nearly three feet and a weight of four pounds. On top of his head is a curious disc which can exert a tremendous suctional power. Many large fish in the tropics carry one or more uninvited passengers. The strength with which a Remora can cling to an object is surprising; a 32-pound pail is an easy burden for a one-pound shark-sucker. The natives of China, Africa and Cuba use this strange fish for catching turtles and other denizens of the deep. They tie a string to his tail and haul in the prey to which he attaches himself. The last scene of this entertaining picture shows a turtle weighing 63 pounds which has caught by a 1½-pound shark-sucker.
- Brief descriptive scenes of this little-known fish.
- 1861 Kentucky is divided North v South. Seventeen-year-old Gum and Skinny like Susie. The boys join opposing armies. In the war, Gum takes Skinny to hospital. Skinny escapes to Susie's house; Gum takes him prisoner. Susie makes her choice.
- A scenic taken on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation.
- The nefarious Mother Morro is a disreputable innkeeper who charges smugglers protection money. After she procures an innocent young girl for Capt. Jose's pleasure, the girl's father puts a curse on the old woman. Soon after, Morro's beloved convent reared daughter Mercedes falls in love with the lecherous Jose. To avenge her daughter's stolen innocence, Morro arranges for Amadio to kill Jose, but Mercedes overhears the plan and offers her life to save Jose's. Upon learning that her daughter's body has been thrown over the cliff, Morro becomes demented and falls to her death. On moonlit nights her ghost haunts Morro Castle.
- This subject reviews the life of the marine. At the Culver Naval School the day begins at six o'clock. The morning is spent in such exercises as boxing, racing, scaling fences and playing tennis. This is followed by a Cutter Drill. In the afternoon a race is usually held between cutters. Water sports play an important part in the life of a marine. The film shows the men giving remarkable exhibitions of fancy diving, sliding down the chute, and of the unique "chain dive." It ends with a series of scenes which show that marines are not only sailors, but crack soldiers as well.
- This picture presents the most sublime of earthly spectacles. Most of the views were made shortly after the heaviest fall of snow at the canyon in recent years. Clouds form in the canyon and give to the scene an ethereal aspect. Tourists are seen descending into the canyon, some on foot and others astride burros. Passing Hermit's Rest, the party descends through the Devil's Corkscrew, a dangerous and precipitous pass in the side of the mountain. In the canyon the party rests at the river, and then returns to the starting point by way of the Bright Angel Trail.
- The eggs of the silkworm, called graine, are hatched out by artificial heat at the period when the mulberry leaves are ready for the feeding of the larvae. The moth of the silkworm lays about two hundred eggs. A view of the eggs hatching is shown. The silkworm molts about four times. When the caterpillars are mature they cease eating and ascend the brushwood branches or echelletes provided for them, in which they set about spinning their cocoons. They complete their cocoons in from three to four days, and in two or three days thereafter the cocoons are collected and the pupae killed to prevent further progress. Such cocoons as are selected for the production of the graine are freed from the external floss, and preserved at a temperature of 66 to 72 degree Fahrenheit. In about two weeks the moths appear.
- A young man wanders into the park and filled with the calling of spring steps on the grass and admires the flowers. But a cop scares him away. He throws himself down on a bench to rest, and slowly his heavy eyelids close. Nature sleeps in sunlit peace, likewise does our bright young man. Dreaming dreams of ancient Greece with himself the young God Pan. With a vision of himself as Pan playing on the pipes there comes to him a maiden of rare beauty. They romp about the open fields of old Greece, the maiden fleet of foot and ever elusive. Pan pursues the maid, and they seat themselves upon a rock and whisper delicious nothings to each other.
- This educational and patriotic picture was taken by special permission at United States Arsenal, Watervliet, New York. It depicts the work of the men who forge the guns that can smash an enemy's fleet at twenty miles. From the first rough-turning of the plain tube of steel to the final completion of the finished fourteen-inch gun, the various processes which are included in its manufacture are shown step by step in an interesting and comprehensive manner. As a finale this modern 130-ton Hammer of Thor is shown in action.
- These pictures were taken at the Philadelphia Mint by permission of the United States Treasury Department. We see raw material transformed into a fiery liquid, cast into ingots and pressed in rolling mills, where it undergoes twenty-eight different operations. Another machine pounds out the blanks, which are annealed, cleaned and rounded off at the edges, at which stage they are cast into the coining machine that stamps out the finished coin. This is examined for defects, counted and weighed by machine.
- This picture shows scenes of the processes used in extracting gold and diamonds from what appears to be ordinary mud. In the Joch Mine, one of the richest in the world, the miners have to descend to a level of three thousand feet below the surface of the earth. Kimberley is the center of the world's largest diamond mines and the offices of the company controlling the diamond mines in the Transvaal look like a Saratoga hotel. Many close views are shown of the famous Premier Mine where the great Cullinan diamond, weighing one and three-quarter pounds, was found. Extracting diamonds from the "blue earth" in which they are embedded, is pictured. This "blue earth" is brought to the surface and allowed to "weather" for a year. It is then dissolved into diamond mud, which is placed in a "pulsator" and the diamonds separated. A single day's output of diamonds is worth $55,000. The mine property is surrounded by an impenetrable barbed wire fence and the natives are confined in a compound during their period of service.
- A Native Woman dies, and a town of men take in her orphaned daughter.
- Bank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a young girl who speaks encouragingly to him. Later he is surprised to discover that Hilary is also a prisoner, having been found guilty of manslaughter for killing a man who attacked her. At the end of five years, they are both paroled and get married, settling down on a ranch. Two years later, they are living happily with their baby boy when Latham's old cellmate arrives and threatens to blackmail Latham for violating the parole laws, which forbid a prisoner to wed before his parole expires. Foiled in his attempt, the man reports the violation to Sheriff Milligan, who visits the ranch and becomes indignant at the idea of breaking up the home. The sheriff takes the case to the governor who grants a pardon to Latham, thus allowing the family to remain together.
- When Lord Latimer dies leaving nothing to his wanton son, young Ferdy is left penniless. Although his cousin, Eric Latimer, offers to show Ferdy a loophole in the will in exchange for a share of the inheritance, he refuses. Meanwhile, Marjorie Van Dam, the daughter of a wealthy American family visiting the neighboring estate, falls into a pond and is rescued by Ferdy. The two fall in love, and when Marjorie must return to America, she promises to wait for him. Confident of his future success, Ferdy sails for America. Upon his arrival, he falls into the water but is rescued by nouveau riche American John Brown. Brown is sympathetic to Ferdy's plight and promises to pay his debts and give him a substantial additional sum if Ferdy will help him become an "English gentleman" worthy of social acceptance by a woman whose photograph he carries. The lady of the photograph turns out to be Marjorie, but after Brown becomes a gentleman, he learns of the young couple's love and decides that Ferdy would be a more suitable husband for her. Finally, they are married with Brown's help and blessings.
- James Montgomery Flagg first draws his sketch of the girl, and then tearing it from its frame reveals the real girl lounging in bed with the pouting expression which is her wont. Then we are treated to an exposé of her various moods and selfish acts. For instance, she allows mother to bring breakfast to her in bed, and doesn't even greet her with a smile nor trouble to thank her. And it is nothing for father and mother to sit up until daylight to open the door for her as she returns from a dance. Finally she demands an automobile so that she will not have to bother with taxis, and in order to grant her wish, some of the household furniture has to be sold. In a tantrum she takes her car and goes to her lover, and the closing scene shows her in a home of her own, making life miserable for a husband.
- Goaded by ambition for wealth, and the pleasure of her mother. Julia Long breaks her engagement with Jack Carter and marries George Bender, president of the National Bank. Her first years of married life are filled with happiness. Julia possesses a voice of more than usual merit, and Bender engages Prof. Alberto Martino to instruct her. Martino becomes a frequent visitor, while Julia makes rapid strides with her singing. Bender, occupied with his work, seems to be unable to fulfill his duties to the home. Martino, taking advantage of Julia's loneliness, paints the great future that she might win through her wonderful voice. If she will but flee to Paris with him, he promises, the world will be at her feet. Threatened by the father of a girl whom he has wronged. Martino is forced to flee, and Julia leaves her home and little daughter, Cora, to seek fame with the musician. Time passes and Julia is in Europe, alone and penniless, deserted by Martino. She is picked up unconscious on the steps of the Opera House where she has been seeking an engagement, and is carried into the dressing room of Marie Jardin, a famous prima donna. Mme. Jardin listens to her story and makes Julia her protégée. Under her teaching Julia's voice develops rapidly and she commences to achieve success. Eighteen years later, in America, Ralph Carter, the son of Julia's first sweetheart, and Cora Bender, Julia's daughter, whom she has deserted, are in love. Bender refuses to consent to the marriage and in an effort to make Cora forget, he arranges a trip to Europe. Julia, known as Julia Marina, a world-renowned prima donna, lives in Paris. She has carried on an affair with the Duc de Lac, and has wearied of paying his gambling debts. At Monte Carlo the Duc meets Bender and his party. Due to the workings of Julia's mother, Cora is forced to accept the Duc de Lac as her fiancé. The Duc hastens to Julia to tell of his engagement to a rich American girl. While out walking, Julia sees Bender with her mother and a young girl and realizes the girl must be her own daughter. She awaits an opportunity to meet Cora alone and confirm her identity. Cora, impressed by the talented lady, accepts her invitation to call. Cora's visits to Julia's dressing room become more and more frequent. Bender finds Julia's card in Cora's room and goes to the theater. Julia, unable to restrain herself, tells Cora that she is her mother. Bender, coming into the room, finds them embracing each other. At first wrathful, he cannot withstand Cora's pleas, and he and Julia are reconciled. Julia discovers the rich American girl of whom the Duc spoke is her daughter. She orders him to break his engagement. In order to prevent the marriage, she threatens to reveal the relations that have existed between them. The Duc is defiant. Julia sacrifices herself and tells Bender the truth; Bender wreaks his wrath upon her, and, taking Cora, returns to America. Julia seeks solace in her art, but in a quarrel with the Duc she loses her voice. Months pass and Bender, repenting his hasty action, returns to take Julia back home again.
- This picture shows our future captains at drills and maneuvers at West Point Academy, afoot and on horse. It is surcharged with American spirit, thrilling and inspirational.
- A simple old story of the girl who longs to yield to her lover's appeal that they be married at once, but hesitates to break the news to "pa." The elopement is there, too; but "pa," having overheard a certain telephone conversation between the contracting parties, is also on the job. His tactics are quite different, however, from those of the usual moving picture "pa." This particular gentleman merely steps up to the prospective bridegroom waiting in the moonlight beside the taxi, taps him on the arm and suggests they make it a daylight affair - "why not advertise and get the benefit of the wedding presents?" The suggestion is well taken and a month later an artistically staged wedding takes place.
- T. Haviland Hicks contracts an intimate friendship with Theophilus. They are freshmen. Hicks is saturated with good humor. Theophilus' main characteristic is timidity and the least excitement makes him faint. The sophomores, indignant at Hick's abuse of the banjo, prepare to haze him. Theophilus overhears their scheme and warns Hicks. Hicks hurls a defy at the sophomores to the effect that they are welcome to haze him, but if they fail to do so, Theophilus and himself are to be secure from hazing for all time. They accept the defy and on the appointed night repair to his room wrapped up in pillow cases. Hicks smashes the drop light against the wall and the room is steeped in darkness. When a light is secured, Hicks is not to be found and the sophomores conclude that he has dived through the window. In fact, he is right among them, wrapped up in a pillow case. The duped sophomores plan to avenge themselves. Hicks gets wind of their scheme and awaits developments with absolute calm. On the fated night the sophomores drag Hicks out of bed and carry him off to their lair. They proclaim him to be the original "missing link" and urge him to do an imitation of a monkey; but he dives through a window into a tennis net held ready for the purpose by a number of freshmen. The pursuing sophomores encounter a superior number of freshmen and are roughly handled. Thereupon the sophomores post a defy, daring Hicks and his class to substitute the freshman colors for the sophomore colors, which will be found floating from the flag pole at a stated hour. Hicks dons a coat of mail, disguises Theophilus as a gorilla and succeeds in routing the sophomores and hoisting the freshman colors. Hicks becomes the most famous man at college. Moving Picture World, September 1, 1917
- Photographed at a New York aquarium under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society. Fish breathe oxygen from the water. If a fish is placed in a small amount of water he soon exhausts the oxygen and dies of suffocation. The New York Aquarium has solved the question of supplying the oxygen on long journeys even when fish are placed in small jars. The jar is first filled with pure sea water. The fish to be shipped are placed in it and the jar is inverted in a tank full of water. Sufficient oxygen is then admitted to force out one-third of the water. The jar is tightly corked under water and hermetically sealed with waxed linen. The jar is then packed in a barrelful of sawdust or excelsior, addressed and shipped to its destination. The fish will live for more than fourteen days in a jar of small size. It is therefore possible to ship them from New York to any part of the United States and to most parts of Europe.
- A rare sport in countries where steep hills and much snow make this dangerous game possible.
- The scenic starts with a panoramic view of Provincetown, taken from the top of the Pilgrims Monument. Situated on the tip end of Cape Cod, Provincetown is the favorite rendezvous for artists and fisher-folk. Crooked, narrow streets, lined with ancient shade trees and quaint old houses, zig-zag through it. Life is almost primitively simple and bears many survivals of olden times. Such symbols of civilization as dashing, crashing motor trucks and brass-buttoned cops are considered as myths. "Ye Olde Towne Crier" is still wandering through the streets, calling out the news of a sale, a death or a scandal. Life is an unceasing round of amusements for kiddies and artists.
- Billy Barlow, American superintendent of the electric-lighting plant in the capital of Hayti, loves Claire Ducrot, daughter of Widow Ducrot in the little French-speaking city. The president of Hayti refuses to pay Billy's salary and the widow plans to give Claire to Paillard, a widower. Billy, desperate, shuts off the city's light supply by going to bed and refusing to get up until paid. As the day for Claire's wedding draws near, Billy plots how to outwit her mother and elope. On the day they are to elope, Billy finds himself unable to do so because the president once more failed to "come across" with his salary. About this time, an American warship with a moving picture company enters the harbor of Hayti. Billy arranged for the film star to visit the king's palace, wearing a naval uniform, and the monarch thought the day of settlement had come and forked over Billy's salary. The same night on which Claire is to marry the widower the electric light system of the city suddenly fails again and the next day it is found that Billy and his sweetheart had sailed away on the American warship.
- The opening of the picture shows the artist (James Montgomery Flagg) equipped with his pencil paraphernalia commencing his work of sketching in various moods a young woman seated in front of him to whom he relates the story of the character for which she is to pose. Then follows the film version of the story in which the screen fan in the shape of a pretty young woman sits in the front row at the theater, her countenance reflecting colorfully the tragedy of the screen. In due time aspirations become reality, and we find our heroine in close proximity with the Cooper Hewitts. But while she awaits the call of the director she falls asleep and dreams a wonderful dream in which she becomes the leading woman of the play, living in ease and affluence, and treated with a heavenly respect such as none of her kind in wildest dreams has ever imagined. Finally the dream has a rude awakening in which the director summons her to enter a lion's cage to "make meat for the lion," assuring her that he "will be right outside and everything." The finish of the picture shows Miss Screen Fan making a hasty flight to "Mommer!"