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Troublesome Secretaries (Vitagraph) -- This film pictures the difficulties of an old man who has a pretty daughter with whom his secretaries become very much infatuated. After trying numerous expedients with one of them he discovers that the young people are too sharp for him and he gives his consent to the wedding which is supposed to end all his troubles. * from New York Dramatic Mirror, May 10, 1911 [In response to J. Platt Foster, Jersey City:] Betty in the Vitagraph films is Mabel Normand. Quite agree with you that she is well worth looking at, and that Vitagraph films are always welcome. * from New York Dramatic Mirror, May 17, 1911 [Portrait photograph, the caption of which reads]: Mabel Normand The popular “Betty” of the Vitagraph Stock * from New York Dramatic Mirror, May 24, 1911 Thomas Martin, New York, city: Picciola in the Vitagraph film of that name was played by Mabel Normand. * from Moving Picture World, May 27, 1911 When a Man’s Married98 [sic] (Vitagraph) -- This comedy is based upon the experience of a married man who by mistake exchanges cameras with a reporter friend. The married man, Jack Howard, is played by James Morrison; Mabel, Jack’s wife, by Mabel Nelson99, and the reporter by Edward Phillips. The playlet is made the more attractive by the few characters included. When Jack’s pictures come home his wife sees pictures of women in interesting poses; they are the press pictures of a theatrical attraction. If the reporter hadn’t shown up, there would have been a separation. The parts are well played and the film is sufficiently amusing to keep the audience in good humor. * from New York Dramatic Mirror , May 31, 1911 A Dead Man’s Honor (Vitagraph,) A strong drama somewhat reminiscent of a recent Lubin release. It is played, however, with much strength and characterization, bringing out the sentiment of the story through well defined and logical action, and leading up to a gripping climax. Hugh, the mother’s darling, is in love with Helen, his brother Henry’s sweetheart. Rejected by her he leaves a note in his sleeping mother’s lap to the effect that he is going West, where he will earn enough money to pay off the mortgage. His mother begins to grow old and is losing her sight. She grieves so for her that Henry starts out to find him. The stage coach on which he travels is held up and Henry wounds the departing highwayman. He then pursues him, only to find it is his brother Hugh, who has fallen prostrate in the woods. In returning to the village for whiskey he discovers there is a reward for Hugh dead or alive. He takes the placard back with him, writes a note upon it to Hugh, telling to return to his mother and to claim the reward for the capture of the highwayman, as he, Henry, will take his place. When Hugh reads this he staggers to the sheriff’s office and gives himself up. Henry returns with the reward and assumes to be Hugh, that his mother may die content. Maurice Costello assumes the part of Hugh. Release May 23. * from New York Dramatic Mirror , July 12, 1911 [A half page Vitagraph Bulletin, with photo of Flora Finch, John Bunny, and Mabel Normand in the Subduing of Mrs. Nag.] “A hot proposition is Mrs. Nag, but she is thoroughly subdued and everybody is smiling and happy throughout.” * from New York Dramatic Mirror , July 19, 1911 The Subduing of Mrs. Nag (Vitagraph) -- A decidedly humorous picture is given delightfully clever treatment herein and is typically played, gaining many well deserved laughs. Mrs. Nag100 is particular that her husband should not have a pretty stenographer. Accordingly, when the new applicant arrives she appears at the office to investigate. She tells Mr. Nag that the girl must go, as she is far too pretty, but Miss Prue proves herself to be a lady of some resourse [sic]. She disguises herself as a prim young person, but that also proves unsatisfactory. Then she becomes a man in her brothers clothes and the silent admirer of Mrs. Nag. Mr. Nag catches his wife wearing the flowers of the silent admirer and thus having something on his wife, discharges his man and rehires her as a woman and Mrs. Nag must hold her peace. Released July 14. * from Moving Picture World, July 29, 1911 The Subduing of Mrs. Nag (Vitagraph) -- This comic character picture gives the two leading character players “Bunny” and Miss Finch, of the Vitagraph Company, a splendid chance to show how much can be pictured, almost told, by facial expression, and the amount of characterization that they accomplish is remarkable. But between little Miss Prue, the stenographer to whom Mrs. Nag objects and the prim Miss Prue of next day, the supposedly new stenographer, there is such an amusing difference that it alone is worth seeing. These character plays of the Vitagraph company are all good. This is better than the average; but they are not to be compared with the real comedies that this company produces every now and then. * from New York Dramatic Mirror, August 16, 1911 Mary E. Conon, of Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, simply adores Mabel Normand (Betty), of the Vitagraph players. She goes on to say: I saw The Subduing of Mrs. Nag, and really she was great and played the part of a young dandy so good we were only wishing she were really a boy. Please publish a photograph of her in The Mirror. How old is she? About eighteen I should guess. How long has she been with Vitagraph? Is it true she is going to be married? Please tell me where to write her. I am very fond of Mary Pickford, Florence Lawrence. I like Mary Fuller. I shall appreciate very much, dear Mr. Spectator, if you will answer my questions. When the ladies come at one like this, what is one to do? “DEAR Mr. Spectator!” “How old is she?” “Is she going to be married?” and so on. Well, the guess of eighteen years is as safe as any and will probably stand good for twenty years to come. As for marriage, the question is a private matter that The Mirror doesn’t bother with. Miss Normand’s portrait appeared in this paper May 17. [In response to M. Brinig, Butte, Mont.:] Miss Normand is still with the Vitagraph. * from Sheboygan Press, September 29, 1911 UNIQUE [theater] Daylight Pictures A New York Cowboy – A Selig Western comedy drama… $500.00 reward – A Biograph comedy… The Diving Girl – A Biograph comedy woven around a girl who is as much at home in the water as a fish, and who makes things lively for her father, until he – in despair locks her up, far, far away from the maddening waves; but even then she gets out, and he is forced to take her home, where there is nothing like water on the place. The Construction and Flight of An Aeroplane – Will again be shown this evening… Emil Bill will sing “My Heart’s Tonight in Tennessee,” and L.P. Williams will sing “for Killarney and You” a beautiful Irish ballad with some slides. * from Biograph Bulletins101 The Diving Girl With her uncle102 she visits the seashore and goes bathing with a party of her brother’s friends. Uncle also takes a dip and is annoyed at the perilous performance of the girl. He orders her from the water and locks her in her room, but brother releases her. He finally concludes that home is the best place for her for there she will run no chance of drowning. Released Aug. 21, 1911 The Baron Two Waiters, vain of their personal appearance, have their photographs taken by an itinerant photographer. The boss catches them and “Fired!” is the result. One of them hits upon a scheme to get easy money by posing as a baron. Things are coming his way, when he is met by his erstwhile friend who gives the snap away. However, he would have succeeded in marrying an heiress, but for a mix-up at the license bureau, giving him a dog’s license instead of a marriage license. Rel. Aug. 31, 1911 The Squaw’s Love An Indian Poem of Love in Pictures White Eagle103 is betrothed to Silver Fawn104 before leaving for a hunting trip. Gray Fox, his friend, loves Wild Flower, the chief’s daughter, but when he asks her father’s sanction, he is exiled for his presumption, the chief ordering him to be taken off to the wilds and deprived of his firearms. Starvation would have been his fate, had not White Eagle happened along. To aid his friend, White Eagle promises to bring Wild Flower to him, and when Silver Fawn sees White Eagle stealthily leave the camp with Wild Flower, she imagines her lover false. She follows, and creeping up behind, hurls Wild Flower over into the stream, from which perilous plight she is rescued by Gray Fox, who is escaping in a canoe from a gang of drunken Indians who have seized him. The chief, however, has ordered death to the fugitives, and after the meeting of the four and an explanation given, they make good their escape only after Wild Flower has swum under the canoes of their pursuers and ripped them with a knife, causing them to sink. Rel. Sept. 14, 1911 Her Awakening The Punishment of Pride A pretty but dutiful daughter has one fault, vanity. She is ashamed of her poor old mother, who is decrepit and lame. Working in the office of a laundry, she meets on social terms one of the customers, who, becoming quite attracted by her, is later considered her sweetheart. Ashamed of her home and mother, she has never let him visit her, preferring to meet him outside at a trysting place. One day when walking with her sweetheart, she meets her mother, but denies her. Her awakening comes a few minutes later when she sees her poor old mother knocked down by an automobile. Her mother dies from the effects of the accident, and the poor girl’s grief knows no bounds as she fondles the old cane so long carried by her dear mother. Her future does not remain hopeless, for the young man vows he still loves her; but what a bitter punishment she had suffered for vanity. Rel. Sept. 28, 1911 The Unveiling Saving a Young Man from Moral, Social and Maybe Financial Ruin The boy, who is the idol of his widowed mother returns from college with a collegiate record she is justly proud of. To mark the occasion his boyhood sweetheart and her mother come to spend a few days. The too-indulgent mother, however, is blind to the fact that the boy is spending most of his evenings in full dress, which should have told her that Bohemian society was engaging his attention. A show girl, who learns that he will soon come into great wealth, determines him to win. Unsophisticated as he is, he is an easy prey. A friend of the family warns the mother of her boy’s danger, which she is loath to believe until positive proof is presented. Pleadings are in vain for the boy is fascinated, and so the sorrowing mother, feeling she has lost all that she has lived for, determines upon self-destruction and is prevented only by the timely appearance of her visiting friend, who devises the plan that awakens the boy. She has the mother pretend suicide on account of the loss of fortune. This shows the boy the true nature and design of the object of his infatuation. Rel. Oct. 16, 1911 Through His Wife’s Picture Mr. Nelson is a “newlywed” and carriers his darling wife’s picture with him always. However, he almost falls for the temptation to go to the mask-ball, inviting an erstwhile lady friend to go with him, telling her that he would dress as a pirate and she to go as a Spanish gypsy. At the sight of his wife’s portrait, however, he realizes his intended wrong-doing and changes his mind, asking a friend to go in his stead. The office boy mixes the letters and wifey gets the one he intended for the girl, and she goes to catch her erring hubby. So while hubby waits at home, wifey is keeping her eye on the bold, bad pirate she believes to be her husband. Rel. Oct. 23, 1911 Why He Gave Up Hubby is anxious to get away for a little time at the beach with the boys, and works up a quarrel with wifey over a new hat, the bill for which he is asked to pay. Making this excuse, he goes off with his chums. The wife is an expert swimmer and diver and is invited to attend a meet of the ladies’ swimming club of which she was formerly a member. Her husband’s treatment induces her to accept the invitation. The affair takes place at the very beach to which the husband hied himself. One may imagine that hubby has not only plunged into the cooling waters of the surf, but into domestic hot water as well. Rel. Dec. 4, 1911 Saved From Himself His Sweetheart’s Influence Stays Him from Dishonor The young hotel clerk and the stenographer are engaged and the boy’s one ambition is to provide a rosy future for his bride. With this in mind, he invests all his savings in the stock market, having been induced so to do by the success of an old friend in the market. He, however, is not so fortunate, for the stocks he bought are dropping fast. His broker wires for $2,000 to save him from utter ruin. This, of course, he hasn’t, and in the despair caused by the thought of his hopes for the future being crushed, he is about to yield to the temptation of appropriating a large amount of money left in care of the hotel proprietor by one of the guests, when his purpose is discovered by his sweetheart whose influence saves him from the dishonorable act his desperation would have driven him to. Rel. Dec. 11, 1911 The Eternal Mother Sacrifice of the Woman’s Higher Love This is rather a symbolism than a picture of the material. The young couple are betrothed and later are married, and so the days pass by, they happy and contented on their little farm, each helping with the other’s burdens, until a restless, thoughtless woman appears and meets the man. He is possessed of an irresistible fascination for her, and so the grief-stricken wife105, whose love for her husband is of the unselfish kind, feeling he would be happier with the attractive woman, makes the sacrifice of freeing him. He is divorced and married to the other woman, and later begins to pay the penalty. His second wife is ill, and he is alone in his distress when his first wife, in whom is strong the spirit of the eternal mother, comes to him in his hour of need, caring for the wife and taking the infant after her death. It is now that the man awakens to the realization of his unworthiness, and as the years pass he works out his redemption. Rel. Jan. 11, 1912 The Mender of Nets In the Tangled Mesh of Life’s Nets The little mender106 is betrothed to Tom, the fisherman, rejecting the suits of all the others. Tom, however, is weak, and finds that his old infatuation for Grace still haunts him. Grace has sacrificed all for her love for Tom, and when she sees him courting the little mender, she reminds him of his duty toward her. He realizes the strength of this and hints to the little mender that he is not worthy of her. Grace’s brother learns of her dishonor and attempts vengeance. A quarrel ensues between the men, and the little mender, ignorant of the cause, attempts to save her sweetheart from the anger of the brother, and her tender appeal turns him for the time from his purpose. The little mender learns, however, the cause and the truth of the other girl’s sorrow, and, smothering her own feelings awakens Tom to his sense of duty, while she returns to mend the nets, solaced by her memories and her old father. Rel. Feb. 15, 1912 The Fatal Chocolate Upon the arrival of the young girl from the city, Zeke and Jake, brothers, each determine to win her. For a time these rival brothers are amusing to her, but when her real sweetheart appears, she is at a loss to know how to get rid of them. Her city beau, however, wants to have some fun with them, so is introduced to the rubes as her brother. He pretends to be interested in the condition of affairs, and decides they must prove their love by chancing fate for her sake. He places three chocolates on the table, stating that one of the candies contains deadly poison. To the amazement of all they take a chance -- but for naught. Rel. Feb. 19, 1912 A Spanish Dilemma Jose and Carlos, brothers, are smitten with the same Senorita, and she cares for the one as much as she does the other, there comes the great difficulty of choosing, for brotherly love is so strongly imbued that each is loath to do anything to vanquish the other. In fact, they are what might be called the “Non militant rivals.” Their endeavors to induce the girl to decide between them are most unique, and each time they find themselves even. At last they draw cards, only to find, when this plan has been successful, the young lady lost them both by being betrothed to another. Rel. March 11, 1912 The Engagement Ring Harry is successful in winning Alice, despite the efforts of Redmond to dethrone him in her esteem. Redmond swears vengeance, and declares his determination to win the proud beauty. Harry, being rather impecunious, is forced to buy the engagement ring on the “$5.00 down, $1.00 per week” plan. Redmond sees his chance here to get the better of Harry and would have succeeded had not an auto accident proven a “mudfall” for Harry to clear his debts with the money he receives for damages. Rel. March 11, 1912 * from Oakland Tribune, March 15, 1912 [advertisement] OAKLAND – Largest Photo Theater in America – Open at 12 p.m. Daily. Broadway at 15th Street Opposite Big Flagpole Entire Change of Program Sunday and Wednesday.
Kalem…………………….”A Spartan Mother” Vita (Funny Bunny)………”First Woman Jury in America” Biograph…………….……”A Spanish Dilemma“ C.G.P.C…………………. “The Rell Brothers” Biograph………………….”The Engagement Ring“ C.G.P.C……………………”The Poison Cap” Selig……………………….”Bounder” Tomorrow-Saturday Morning 10 to 12—Children’s Educational Matinee. Special Pictures—Special Music
“The Eternal Mother” (Biograph) – This is rather a symbolism [sic] than a picture of the material. The picture is played by three of the best lading players of the Biograph company. A young couple pass their days happy and contented on their little farm, until a restless, thoughtless woman appears and meets the man. The man is fascinated by the strange woman, and there follows a tale of sacrifice on the part of the loving, unselfish wife. This story is most dramatic and interesting. * from Evening Standard [Ogden, Utah], March 25, 1912 [advertisement] …ORACLE [theater]
A Charming Light Comedy—A Tale of a Poem of Love and a Mischievous Breeze. The Wrong Bride (Pathe) A Mexican Love Story, Taken in Mexico and very Interesting. A Voice From the Deep (Biograph) One of the Funniest Kind. Hot Stuff (Biograph) A Funny One Full of Tabasco Sauce. The Old Silver Watch (Vitagraph) A[n] Heirloom That Serves to Establish a Brother’s and Sister’s relationship… All Licensed Film—The Film of Quality--The Brightest and Clearest—The Steadiest To Be Seen Anywhere—Every Detail Brought Out in Full—The Best and Latest Always 10 Cents—10 Cents—10 Cents * from Motion Picture Story Magazine, April 1912 Popular Player Contest Up to 12 M[idnight]. February 29, 1912, the leaders in the contest stood as follows: Maurice Costello (Vitagraph).......38,748 E. Dolores Cassinelli (Essanay)....37,723 Mae Hotely (Lubin).......................26,059 G. M. Anderson (Essanay)............23,805 Florence Lawrence........................15,428 Arthur Johnson (Lubin)..................9,522 Mary Fuller (Edison).......................7,381 Mary Pickford.................................6,316 (listed 30th in list of 52) Mabel Normand...............................1,144 (others listed:) Henry Walthall...................................746 Owen Moore (Thanhouser).................636
[advertisement] The Pastime Theatre Faust – The great Pathe special film in two reels. Better, bigger, brighter than “Il Trovatore.” The most beautiful colored film ever produced. A marvel of beauty, a symphony of motion, a wonder of photography. Don’t miss this wonderful portrayal of the famous opera known the world over with incidental music specially arranged to suit this film, scene for scene. The Fatal Chocolate – A roaring Biograph comedy. Waves of laughter engulfs the audience in seeing this funny photoplay. You will certainly pronounce it a decided novelty. Got a Match? – This farce might almost be called a travesty on certain scenes and situations one is apt to see upon the screen, for it begins with the irate father who refuses to permit his daughter to marry, and he locks her in her room and stands guard with revolver in hand. We won’t say more, come and see it for yourself. Mr. O. Taft will sing: “Schlaf Wohl, du Suesser Engel du.” Admission 10c, children 5c.
Gladys107 simply could not make her eyes behave, and whenever she flashed them on a member of the stronger sex, from that moment he was her abject slave. Her papa often reprimanded her for what he called flirting. But the poor girl could not help being vain of the power of her luminous orbs, and exercised this to the limit. However, when her father finds his clerks wildly fascinated, he decides to help them teach her a lesson, with what result the picture shows. Rel. April 1, 1912 The Brave Hunter At the Hunting Lodge there arrives a great braggadocio who boasts that he, while in Africa, only went in quest of big game, showing a lot of skins as trophies of his expeditions. Out he starts, accoutered in the most approved fashion, to add to his already extensive collection by bringing back some more embryonic floor rugs, and he came near getting them -- or rather, they came near getting him. Rel. April 22, 1912 * from Motion Picture Story Magazine, May 1912 Popular Player Contest The leaders of the contest, up to twelve o’clock noon, April first, were as follows: Mae Hotely (Lubin).......................107,203 Maurice Costello (Vitagraph)..........92,320 Dolores Cassinelli (Essanay)...........81,768 Francis X. Bushman (Essanay)........63,997 G. M. Anderson (Essanay)..............36,850 Alice Joyce (Kalem).........................29,661 .... Mary Pickford...................................9,452 (listed 30th in list of 70) Mabel Normand................................2,677 (others listed:) John Bunny (Vitagraph)...................1,712 Ruth Roland (Kalem)........................1,569 Pearl White (Pathe’ Freres)...............1,311 Max Linder (Pathe’ Freres)...............1,092 Anna Q. Nilsson (Kalem).................1,040 * from Motion Picture Story Magazine, June 1912 Popular Player Contest The Winners 1st Prize, Maurice Costello (Vitagraph)............430,816 2nd Prize, E. Dolores Cassinelli (Essanay)........333,893 3rd Prize, Mae Hotely (Lubin)..........................204,955 4th Prize, F. X. Bushman (Essanay)..................130,361 5th Prize, G. M. Anderson (Essanay)..................98,989
Alice Joyce (Kalem)..............................72,021 Octavia Handworth (Pathe’ Freres).......69,580 Florence Lawrence (Lubin)...................61,520 Arthur Johnson (Lubin)........................45,130 May Buckley (Lubin)............................41,104 Florence Turner (Vitagraph).................31,925 Mary Pickford.......................................24,726 (43rd in list of 100:) Mabel Normand......................................3,056 (others listed:) Pearl White (Pathe’ Freres).....................1,878 Max Linder (Pathe’ Freres).....................1,092 Leah Baird (Vitagraph)...........................1,002 * from Biograph Bulletins |