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- The scene opens with an assembly of citizens who are harangued by one of their number, whose words have great weight with the crowd, and their attitude of approval shows that Roman misrule in Jerusalem has reached its climax. Heralds now approach and Roman soldiers beat back the crowd to make way for the approach of the Roman Procurator. The scene changes to the home of Ben Hur, who is seen with his sister and mother on the house top. The cavalcade of Roman troops approaches, and to get a near view Ben Hur leans from the coping and knocks down one of the stones thereof onto the shoulder of the Procurator. This is seen and misconstrued by the Governor, who orders soldiers to arrest the inmates; they, after ineffectual pleas and struggles, are carried off. Ben Hur is consigned to the galleys, where he is loaded with chains. Here he signalizes himself by saving the life of Arrias, who publicly adopts him as his son and proclaims him a Roman citizen amidst the acclamations of the assembled crowd in the forum. Now comes the scene in the games where Ben Hur is challenged by Messala, and accepts it, to the great delight of the citizens. The chariots and athletes parade before the dais and in due time are arranged, and the chariot race commences. Three times 'round the ring dash the chariots, and at the fourth turn Ben Hur comes out the victor and is crowned with the wreath, to the great, chagrin of Messala, who is borne on a stretcher, wounded to death.
- The Chinese Slave Smuggling scene opens up in the midst of a wood in which a shanty is hid; there appears upon the scene a Chinese Potentate, who is stealthily drawing nearer to the door of the shanty, and knocks in a peculiar manner. Lieutenant Manly, who has had his suspicions aroused, appears at this moment, peering around the corner of the shanty, and sees the Chinaman admitted by the captain of the sloop, after which Lieutenant Manly comes forward and looks through an aperture, and, seeing them about to reappear, he hides again. The door then opens, with the captain of the sloop and the Chinaman dragging a Chinese girl between them. At this point a controversy takes place between the Chinaman and the captain of the sloop, about the money to be paid for smuggling the girl, but the captain refuses to allow the girl to go unless he is paid in full. They re-enter the shanty and settle this matter, leaving the girl alone. At this point the lieutenant, seeing the coast clear, runs up to the girl and informs her that he will render her assistance. The two captors then re-appear upon the scene, and Lieutenant Manly again hides. They now drag the girl away, but they are followed at a distance by the lieutenant. The scene is now changed to the Coast Guard Station, with a coast guard performing sentry-go. The lieutenant rushes up and explains to the sentry his errand, and goes into the station, and, calling his comrades, he explains to them what he has discovered, and soon re-appears in the disguise of a common seaman. The next scene is aboard the sloop, and the men are seen quarreling amongst themselves. The captain and the Chinaman are seen coming along with the Chinese girl between them, and the sailors assist in getting the girl aboard. Just as they are about to sail, the disguised lieutenant springs aboard, and after a little parley is engaged as one of the crew. As soon as this matter is settled, orders are given to sail. While they are busily engaged, the lieutenant advances to the girl, tells her to be of good courage, but in this act he is observed and is felled by the marline spike of the captain; he lies on the deck in a swoon while the girl is beaten. The information given at the Revenue Station has caused the officers to bring out the cutter and they give chase to the sloop. We see them gradually drawing nearer, but as yet they are not observed by those on the sloop. The girl, turning to her rescuer, tries to revive him with cold water, bathing his face; this soon revives him from his swoon. Hearing steps, he feigns unconsciousness again, and the girl assumes her attitude of dejection. The Chinaman then appears and offers his attentions to the girl, but she repulses him, but he calmly smokes his pipe and puts his arm around her waist. At this moment the revived lieutenant strikes the Chinaman, and gives him a dig in the arm with his knife, and then lies back in a supposed swoon. The Chinaman then calls the captain of the sloop, and, with his marline spike, attempts to strike the prostrate form of the lieutenant, but the girl interferes and prevents the blow. The revenue cutter is now seen drawing nearer and nearer to the sloop, and the revenue men are seen training their guns upon the sloop. This takes the attention away from the couple, and they prepare to fight off the onslaught of the revenue men, but the men on the sloop are soon over-powered by the revenue men, who take charge of the sloop and rescue the girl and Lieutenant Manly. -- The Moving Picture World, October 5, 1907
- On a dark and stormy night, a traveler takes a room at a spooky hotel in the forest. As soon as the proprietor leaves, the room comes alive with ghosts and poltergeists who torment the man as he tries to unpack, eat, and go to sleep.
- The opening shows a colored nursemaid in the park with baby carriage, and seated on a bench receives the attention of several smart colored men who admire her greatly and endeavor to make her acquaintance. But the dusky belle is coy and declines to make the acquaintance of any of them, until one more fortunate than the rest is invited to a seat on the bench with her, and a most pronounced flirtation takes place between the lady and her beau. The course of true love seems to run smoothly, and we are next introduced to the lady's home, where the young man is paying a visit and is introduced by the girl to her, father and mother, typical old darkies of before the war time, and several funny scenes follow in which the kid hint her plays a prominent part. The coon favors his girl with many presents and lavishes attentions upon her, although it cannot he said that the courtship proceeds altogether without incident. A rival appears on the scene, razors are drawn and finally a duel is arranged, at which both suitors, accompanied by their seconds, appear on the field of honor and exchange shots at thirty paces; one of the combatants is carried off the field, while our original hero remains the master of the situation, and the girl, arriving at the moment, is so pleased with his valor that arrangements for the wedding are made at once. The happy climax is reached at last and the marriage ceremony makes the two coons one and ends the "wooing" in a wedding. Next is seen the home of the young couple, but quite a change has taken place. No longer does the colored gallant overwhelm his lady with presents and similar attentions. Put the familiar sign of "Washing Done Here" is apparent, and while the woman toils at the wash tub the married coon smokes, drinks and enjoys himself at his leisure until he decides to go out and enjoy the sights and pleasures of the town. In turn he visits a trap game and several other gambling scenes, not forgetting various saloons, at which he accumulates a very perceptible package. His gambling experience has been unsuccessful and he loses not only his money but his clothes as well, and finally is compelled to rob a scarecrow in order to get clothes enough to get home again at all, which he finally gains in a very disheveled and ragged condition. The unfortunate coon has not been home long before he is attacked by imaginary foes as the result of his drinking bout; seizing a broom he gives battle wildly but is surprised by his wife, who, disgusted with the condition in which her husband has returned, attacks him viciously and gives him the beating he so richly deserves and ends by throwing a tub of suds and dirty water all over him.
- A girl who works in a textile mill suffers unwanted advances from her boss. Her boyfriend, who also works there, sees it and knocks the boss down. In retaliation, the boss hires two thugs to beat up the boyfriend, but he outwits them. Instead, the boss fires him. As the boss is forcing his attentions on the girl again, a fire breaks out in the mill...
- Seven toy teddy bears of varying sizes suddenly come to life, getting in all sorts of merry misadventures.
- The life of Jesus Christ. The film is believed to possibly be a US re-release of Alice Guy's The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ (1906).
- A generous boy tries to help a girl who does not believe in Santa Claus because of her family's poverty.
- A convict morphs into different forms to escape from prison.
- A woman goes to the dentist for a toothache and is given gas. On her way home on the subway she can't stop laughing, and every other passenger catches the laughter from her.
- While in a park, a young woman sees her fiancé being quite affectionate with another woman. When she calls him on the telephone to demand an explanation, he tells her that it was his sister. She is not satisfied, and insists on coming over to meet his 'sister'. As the young man broods over how to get out of trouble, an old college friend comes over, and he offers to pretend to be the sister. At first this works, but soon it has created even more complications.
- Dramatization of the real-life shooting of Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw.
- In the opening of the story we find Mr. Gay at breakfast, served with coffee and rolls from the fair hands of a pretty petite French maid, whose cherry lips like rose leaves seem tacitly inviting and he proceeds to accept the invitation, when Mrs. Gay appears. "The venom clamors of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth," and a fury of furies rage as Gay escapes and the maid is discharged. At the office, as his typewriter, is a veritable Andromeda, whose radiant beauty makes him her sycophantic Perseus, and often while her lithe digits are galloping swiftly over the ivories of the keyboard he cannot resist seizing them, and the trend of his dictation becomes a mellifluous flood of "silly nothings." It was during one of these effervescent ebullitions that Milady Gay enters the office. Convulsed with rage, she goes for the indecorous couple, throwing Gay into his chair; and driving out the pretty typist, hurling her cloak and hat, with execrations, after her. Poor Gay. Explanations and excuses are futile. The Mrs. will engage the next typewriter, and at out she goes in quest of one to her own fancy. Gay takes advantage of her absence to meet the evicted charmer and together they go to a lobster palace to soothe their ruffled nerves with a cold bottle and a hot bird. But unelusive wifey is on their trail, and he has barely time to get under the table when she rushes in. His hiding place is discovered, and sardonically brandishing a huge china plaster, she brings it down upon the shell of his cerebrum with a jolt that loosens his teeth and raises an excrescence the size of an egg. Meanwhile the cause of the trouble has flown, and Gay is led crestfallen back to the office, where the new typewriter awaits him. Merciful heaven! What a sight. Hecate, the witch, is a nymph of loveliness compared to her. A fact that is an affliction and a figure like a Chinese idol. Installing her in the position, Mrs. Gay, with an air of satisfaction departs. Gay makes an effort to tolerate her presence, but it is simply impossible, so dispatching his office boy to the costumer's to procure the ugliest mask in his stock, he persuades the new amanuenses with a generous bribe of bank notes to go; go and never return. The modern feminine Eumenides, quite overcome by this magnanimous munificence, accepts the money and is off. The boy arrives with the mask, and a message is sent for the charmer, who returns and dons the mask during wifey's calls, which scheme works like a charm. Mr. Gay next visits his favorite manicure shop, and while the pretty manicurist is polishing his nails, persists in playing the game of "holding hands." His advances are mildly repulsed by the maid, and during this little pleasantry Mrs. Gay enters and at once recognizing the voice of her hubby, climbs upon a chair to peer over the top of the screen that separates them. The sight she beholds throws her into a frenzy of passion, which causes her to fall from her perch, entangled in the screen and chairs, fighting, fuming, struggling, screaming termagant from whom the trembling Gay and poor manicure girls cower in abject terror. Upon his return home in the evening, he is just in time to see a gentleman, with the courtly bearing of an Italian nobleman, effusively received by Mrs. Gay and invited to her boudoir. Gay's erring soul is torn with jealousy, and seizing a revolver resolves self-destruction, but his courage fails him, and upon sober second thoughts, decides to put his apparent rival out of existence. So following on to his wife's apartment he finds, much to his chagrin as well as relief, that the imagined Barbarello is but an Italian barber, who has come to dress his wife's hair. Sheepishly he retires from the house and an attack of acute dipsosis seizes him. He arrives home in a potulent, boozy condition to find Mrs. Gay, though in bed, is awake to fling at him a most loquacious tirade. Nothing can stop her nerve-racking harangue, until a bright idea strikes the bibulous Gay, and he shuts her up in the folding bed, effectually drawing the curtain over her curtain lecture, and at the same time dropping the curtain on a film story, that for bright, telling comedy situations has never up to date been excelled. -- The Moving Picture World, December 21, 1907
- A young female boarding house tenant becomes an unwanted object of male attention.
- Our drama of tears and laughter opens with the purchase by a young man, who essays to enact the part of its hero, of a large supply of succulent and odoriferous onions, with which he immediately regales himself, reckless of consequences and indifferent to the fact that he is making a living and breathing nuisance of himself to his friends and, indeed, to all who come in contact with him. His first appearance in public after he has feasted to his heart's content is at a pleasant evening party, where the ladies and gentlemen are engaged in a progressive card game, and apparently are passing an agreeable evening. The Onion Fiend, being politely received by his hostess, is placed at one of the numerous card tables, and at once enters into an animated conversation with his associates, but, alas, something seems to be wrong, smiles fade, and disgust takes their place on the pretty faces of the ladies, and only the close of the game affords relief, when the "fragrant" one and his partner, having won the game, "progress" up to another table, to the great satisfaction of those left behind, and the responding discontent of those who are now to enjoy his peculiar aroma. From bad to worse, and the victims at the new tables are perhaps Less patient than those at the other one at any rate, they soon decline to remain in his company. In fact, so potent is the smell that the entire room is soon emptied, leaving the subject of our sketch alone, to speculate upon what was responsible for the sudden disappearance of his friends. Undeterred by his previous experience, we again see our onion loving friend purchasing a fresh supply of his favorite vegetable, which he consumes greedily as he walks down the street on his way to the park, where he looks for a seat on which he may enjoy his leisure and his paper at the same time. The only bench he finds is pretty fully occupied, but he takes his seat after some discussion, and makes himself comfortable, and the other occupants most uncomfortable, as one by one they appreciate his proximity and leave hurriedly to seek a sweeter atmosphere. When he has the bench to himself he stretches on it full length, and appears to enjoy the consternation which his presence causes. A familiar scene in a palm garden is next presented, with the guests seated at tables and enjoying themselves. Enter the Onion Fiend, who makes his way to a table at which he sees some of his acquaintances, and is kindly welcomed by them. But, alas, the same old story is enacted, and one by one his friends are overpowered by the odor, and stand not upon the order of their going, but go at once. The same thing happens at the next table he visits, whose occupants leave their untasted refreshments to escape this pest of society. The last act is reached when the young man tries to ingratiate himself with a pretty nursemaid who is giving baby an airing in the park. He presses his attentions upon her, but, for the same old reason, she doesn't seem to appreciate them, and as he will not desist, she finally hands him over to a park policeman on a charge of "mashing." And now the Onion Fiend's fate would seem to be settled, for the "cop" runs his victim along and, tightly holding his nose to mitigate the smell, proceeds to walk him off to the patrol wagon, but human endurance is limited, and the poor "cop" finds that he cannot stand for it even with his nose closed, and despairing of being able to endure it any longer he delivers one mighty kick where it will do the most good, and lets the eater of onions go to afflict other victims with his nefarious habits.
- An illustrator draws some sketches at lightning speed. He first illustrates how he can turn a written word into a sketch of that word. The first word he writes is coon, which he transforms into a sketch of a black man. The next word he writes is Cohen, which he transforms into a sketch of a Jewish looking man. He is then visited on set by another man, who makes a smudge on the drawing surface. The illustrator turns that smudge into a sketch of that visiting man. And finally, he draws a drinking glass, a bottle of milk and a bottle of seltzer which take on lives of their own.
- A darkey finds it impossible to keep his feet still whenever he hears the sound of music. Sam is enticed from his home by hearing the sound of mouth harps played by two of his friends; out of the window he comes. He then gets a job to carry a trunk, an organ-grinder starts his feet a-going; he gets a job as waiter, the orchestra does the balance. Then he becomes a porter, the Dutch band finishes him with this position; then a barber, an artist's model and other positions, from all of which he is promptly fired because he can't keep his feet still when the strains of music float in the air.
- Our friend, Mr. Inquisitive, gets an idea in his head that he has to find out about everything in sight, so he merrily starts on his way; he first encounters a chicken coop and his curiosity leads him to thoroughly inspect it; his first inspection ends up with the doors of the chicken coops being left open, chickens escaping, and the poor butcher making desperate efforts to catch his strays. He gets his hands on a live wire; he fools with a grain shoot and then wanders up to an innocent water plug, and what that does to him will long be remembered; a coal oil wagon next attracts his attention, and the faucets being something new, he starts them going and brings the vengeance of the driver upon him, who gives our curious friend a good ducking in gasoline. His eyes then spot a city fire alarm, but he has not fooled with this long before he turns in the alarm; we then have an excellent fire run, showing the department coming out of the house down the street, up to the box, where they find our friend still fooling; they then turn the fire extinguishers upon him. Not content with the damage he has already done, his inquisitiveness allows a prisoner to escape from a patrol wagon, where a policeman has put him for safe keeping until the patrol wagon arrives, and when it does Mr. Inquisitive gets hustled into it in place of the prisoner he let free.
- A typical farmer is shown leading a white horse into his barn. Two bunco-steerers steal it, one distracting the farmer's attention while the other leads the animal away past his elbow. The "sharps" paint the animal black and sell it back to the former owner. One makes love to the farmer's daughter. The father discovers the affair, and disguising himself in the girl's clothes drives with a company of neighbors to the appointed trysting place, where the "Rubes" merrily thrash the strangers.
- During the turbulent days of the French Revolution, Frenchwoman Lucie Manette falls in love with Englishman Charles Darnay who's hiding his true identity and purpose.
- Mr. Hurry-Up gets dressed in a rush, and then races down to breakfast. After a few quick bites and a couple gulps of coffee, he races out the door and heads to work. While working at his desk, he begins to suffer from a painful toothache. Though he wants to get it dealt with as quickly as possible, Mr. Hurry-Up soon learns that some things should not be done hastily.
- Act I opens with a beautiful view of the River Seine in the background and shows the arrival of the blind girl and her sister. They encounter an old hag who makes her living by begging and worse practices, and who has two sons, one a cripple, who makes a poor living as a scissors grinder, the other a vagabond who lives on what he can steal. The girl who has her sight attracts the attention of a libertine nobleman who causes her abduction leaving the unfortunate bind girl at the mercy of the hag, who persuades her to accompany her to her lodging with a view of compelling her to sing and beg on the streets. Act II introduces a gay scene. Nobles and ladies of the French Court are enjoying themselves when one of the men boasts of his capture of the girl who has been abducted. She is brought in and appears greatly frightened by her surroundings. One of the noblemen objects to the manner in which the girl has been treated, and high words ensue which lead to a duel, resulting in the death of her abductor. Act III, a street in Paris during a severe snow storm. The hag is seen compelling the girl to beg from passersby. Whatever money is obtained in this way is at once appropriated by her taskmistress, who departs with her youngest son, leaving the cripple and the blind girl together, between whom an affecting scene takes place, each offering words of comfort for the other's affliction. Act IV, the girl who had been abducted and rescued is seen at work in her humble lodging. She is visited by her deliverer and one of the elder court ladies, but while conversing with them she fancies she hears in the street her sister's voice and sees her pass through the snowy street before her mental vision, accompanied by the hag and her two sons. She attempts to rush out to join her sister, but is stopped at the door by the gendarmes, and being arrested for a supposed crime is conveyed to the prison of St. Sulpice. Act V. a most realistic presentation of the interior of the female prison in which the girl just arrested appears with others in the garb of the inmates of St. Sulpice. Through the generosity of one of the other inmates and the kindness of the Lady Superior in charge, she obtains her pardon and at once leaves to renew her search for her sister. Act VI, the interior of a garret, where are lodged the hag, her victim and her two sons. The hag abuses the unfortunate blind girl and drives her from the room before the entrance of her sister, who has been traced to the place. The sister sinks onto a rude bed and, overcome by weariness and grief, falls into an uneasy sleep. The hag and her son leave and the blind girl re-enters the room. By some mysterious attraction she recognizes her sleeping sister and the two are joyfully reunited. The woman and her son again enter and try to separate the girls. A fight ensues between the cripple and his brother, the former trying to champion the cause of the girl, in the midst of which the gendarmes arrive on the scene, accompanying the nobleman who rescued the elder girl, and the court lady. The hag and her villainous son are place under arrest and the other characters are made happy as is their due.
- A shopkeeper suffers the loss of some valuable merchandise, and thinks of a way to regain his losses.
- The old familiar adage that a cat has nine lives has been taken more or less for granted by the majority of people, but the following pictures will undoubtedly convince even the most skeptical, that the old saying is true. In the sitting room of his home Mr. Jones (a well-to-do city gentleman), evidently preparing to go out, is engaged in conversation with his wife. Their little daughter, pet cat in arms, walks to the writing desk and, unnoticed by her parents, secures the ink bottle which Mrs. Jones has just been using. Seating herself on the floor, she pours the contents over the cats back, rubs it in and lets her go. Pussy, released, walks away, and the little one, seeing the stains on her hands and pretty dress, begins to cry. She is taken up by her mother, who, unconscious of the childs condition, is soon highly decorated by the tiny hands, much to the amusement of her husband. The nursemaid is also nicely daubed before the child is taken from the room. The ever-vigilant butler now having secured the cat, the ink stains are explained, and Mrs. Jones, indignant, orders the pesky thing disposed of. Leaving the house with the cat, Mr. Jones enters his automobile an soon reaches the suburbs, where he throws the animal into some bushes by the roadside. Returning home, he is met at the door by his wife, to whom how explains how he has carried out her wishes; but on entering the house is astonished to see perched on the newel post at the foot of the stair, the cat he had left by the roadway but a short time before. A butcher boy, while passing, is called in, and, upon receipt of a small fee, agrees to dispose of the troublesome canine. Puss is placed in his basket and taken to the butcher shop, where she is dropped into the sausage machine. A few turns of the crank and several neatly tied sausages are ground out. These the boy (unnoticed by his employer) hangs on the rack behind the counter. Soon a lady, who proves to be Mrs. Jones, enters the shop and, perceiving the fresh-made sausages, purchases the lot. At dinner that evening several guests are present. One or two courses are served before the maid enters with a platter of the highly seasoned meat. Soon it is seen to move, and the diners, rising from the table, are horrified to behold the sausages return to life in the form of the discarded pet. Mr. Jones becomes very angry, and orders the butler to immediately dispose of the animal. During the night Mrs. Jones is awakened by some uncanny noises. She arouses her husband, who, taking a pistol from beneath his pillow, searches the room. The cat emerges from an open grate, but is quickly seized. She is soon securely tied up in a pillow case, and Jones, donning his hat, coat and slippers, hurries out and down the street, evidently intent on disposing of the fateful animal. A policeman, suspicious of his movements, soon overtakes him, and, failing to impress the officer with his story, Jones is hustled off to the station and the cat turned over to a passer-by with instructions as to its disposal. A day or two later Mr. Jones goes on a quiet fishing trip. Seated on the bank of a brook, rod in hand, he feels a tug at the line. Quickly pulling in his prize, he discovers a bag, in which some creature is struggling for liberty. At this moment another gentleman steps up, much interested in the find. On opening the bag, however, Jones is again confronted with his ink-stained quadruped. Now thoroughly disgusted, he throws the animal into the tall grass behind him, and taking a bottle from his basket, enjoys a social drink with the stranger. While thus engaged, the still undaunted cat, smelling the fish, returns. She crawls into the basket, unnoticed by the drinkers, and her movements inside cause the lid to drop. She is thus left alone to enjoy the fresh meat. The bottle being emptied, Jones gathers up his outfit and starts homeward, occasionally looking back to see that the cat does not follow. Arriving at home, he tells his wife of the days sport, and, on opening the basket, is greatly chagrined to once more behold the detestable creature, which he thought had been left behind. In the cellar of their home a small electric plant serves as the next means to rid themselves of the nuisance, and the cat, having been placed on a table which had been properly arranged, the current is turned on. The poor thing squirms and twists about, and Jones, in his excitement, takes hold of an electrode. Being unable to let go, his screams bring the butler to his assistance. In the meantime Pussy escapes from the table and disappears just as Mrs. Jones and the maid reach the scene. They all receive a severe shock before Mrs. Jones finally pulls the switch. Again in the night Mr. and Mrs. Jones are awakened by their audacious tormentor. Pulling back the curtain, they perceive another opportunity for putting an end to the object of their torment. Mr. Jones secures his shotgun, and taking aim over the foot of the bed, pulls the trigger. As the smoke clears away several pieces of the animals body float in the air. The fragments, however, come together again, and the body, apparently intact, falls to the ground. The following scene shows Jones at West Point. A cannon is stationed at the loophole in the wall, and into this he loads an extra heavy charge. Then shoving in the cat, he rams her down and applies the fuse. The cannon hangs fire a moment, and Jones steps up just as the explosion takes place, blowing out the rear of the gun. Several fragments strike him, and he falls to the ground unconscious. The cat now being liberated, leisurely walks out unhurt. On the lawn surrounding their city home, the little girl who has so innocently spoiled the cats life is tying two balloons to Pussys tail. Then, letting go, her former pet is carried aloft, while her mother and father, the latter bandaged and limping as the result of his recent experience with the cannon, seem especially delighted with the result of the childs experiment. The closing scene, showing the little girl with an abundance of ice cream, fruit and cake before her; tells more effectually than words how her childish ingenuity has been appreciated. -- The Moving Picture World, August 10, 1907
- As a result of a stagecoach hold-up and other crimes, Buck Brady has become known locally as the "King of Bandits". The sheriff posts a $1000 reward for Brady, dead or alive. Soon a full-scale effort is underway to capture the bandit king.
- Danilo and Sonio are ordered to marry to save their country from bankruptcy. They are both too proud to speak to each other at a fête in the ambassador's garden in Paris, but they are forcibly brought together by the ambassador and other courtiers present, which results in a quarrel. During the national dance Sonio appeals to the prince with such feeling that he yields to his love and proposes.
- A man attempts a series of 'trial marriages' with various women, and eventually gives up on marriage altogether.
- Hunting scenes have ever been a leading feature in motion pictures since their inception, and the Biograph here presents a most thrilling series, a Caribou Hunt in the Barrens of Newfoundland. It starts with a scene showing the hunting party leaving Portland, Me., by train. They arrive at Millertown, N.F, where they are met by the guides, and from here the journey is made in canoes. Next is shown real camp life in the wilderness. The hunters start out in pursuit of the fleet-footed game, of which many are seen at remarkably close range. Several caribou are shot and taken in the course of the hunt. The excitement reaches a climax when one of the animals is run to the beach, and as he stands sniffing the air, a well-directed shot takes effect. Leaping forward, he plunges into the water, but a second shot follows and the magnificent caribou becomes the sportsman's trophy. This film is unquestionably an interesting hunting picture.
- Jack and the daughter of a horse trainer are in love, but her father disapproves. preferring another suitor. They arrange a race to win her hand. But Jack's rival proves to be unscrupulous and will stop at nothing to be successful.
- A professor sprays people with galvanic fluid, and unleashes pent-up energy.
- A girl is posing for an artist. Her mother insists that she pose fully clothed. After the mother leaves the studio, the girl poses clothed, but the artist paints her nude.
- An eloping couple have a tumultuous honeymoon in Nova Scotia.
- Con (The Shaugraun) a good-natured, good-hearted but idle fellow is in love with Moya, an Irish peasant girl. At the castle the villain is endeavoring to make love to "Claire of the Castle," but his efforts are in vain and he leaves. His associate (Danny Mann) tries to kiss Moya, but the timely arrival of Con with his club puts an end to his love-making. As Con and Moya depart Claire's lover arrives and their "spooning" is spied upon by Danny who imparts the information to the villain. The lover departs and is followed through the woods by Danny, and his master; is set upon by the two rogues, knocked in the head and his body thrown off the cliffs into the lake. The villain dons his victim's cloak and with his follower returns to the Castle, gives the lover's signal. As Claire appears they seize her. and carry her off to the cave. Meanwhile; Con calls at the cottage for Moya, they go fishing, see the lover in the water, rescue and revive him. Con runs for help but is arrested and put in prison through the scheming of Danny. Moya visits the prisoner, bringing food and concealing inside a loaf of bread a file with which Con frees himself from his chains. The spy warns the sentry of the probable escape of the prisoner, gives the signal and then visits Con, tells him that he is his friend and will help him to escape, A rope is given Con by which he can lower him.self after giving the signal arid then Danny departs. At the appointed time the signal is given, but the prisoner, fearing treachery, does not expose his person and thereby escapes the sentry's fire. Con then lowers himself from the tower, knocks the sentry and Danny down, and with Moya's aid makes good his escape. The guards are in close pursuit and Con climbs a tree, while Moya points the direction taken by the fugitive. The keepers run on, but Danny remains, making love to Moya. Suddenly Con jumps from the tree on his adversary's shoulders, beats him soundly, disguises himself in Danny's clothes and with his sweetheart goes to rescue Claire. At the cave the disguise is not penetrated. Moya unseen frees Claire of her bonds, just as the real Danny rushes in. Con discards his disguise, Claire's lover appears, and together they rescue the two women. Across a narrow plank over the lake they pass, removing the same when safely over. Other obstacles are encountered and overcome until finally the castle is reached. Below merriment prevails, the peasants dancing while from above, Claire, her lover and mother scatter silver upon the peasants. They scramble for it and Danny, the spy, who has been watching, slinks in to get a share. Con and the peasants recognize the intruder and proceed to deal out a well-merited punishment.
- Dr. Skinum, the learned professor of physiology, dermatology, biology and all the other "ologies," boldly claims to correct any error of nature, be it ever so anomalous. The promulgation of this fact draws to his office a most startling variety of monstrosities, all anxious to submit to his esoteric powers, whereby they hope to become Utopian as to face and figure. In his suite are a number of cabinets, in which the mere confining of the patient works wonders, transforming unsightly Calibans into beautiful Houris. The first to enter his chambre mysterieux is a tiny mite of femininity. The young lady is less than three feet tall, but under the professor's wonderful treatment she grows rapidly, and while she has now attained a condition of extreme pulchritude, she is placed in a most embarrassing position from the fact that as she grows tall and stately her gowns have remained le meme, reaching only to the knees. Oh, mercy! As an absolute antithesis of his first patient there appears a young girl who, though fair of face, must have been a lineal descendant from Teutobochus, the ancient giant king. She is at least eight feet tall and surely a "line of sweetness long drawn out." Placing her under a pile-driver, the hammer of which balances 3,000 pounds, the professor hypnotizes her and starts the machine. Blow upon blow is rained on her shapely head until at last she emerges, a Naiad of symmetrical loveliness. Then comes a lady sporting a pair of pedal extremities that would surely cause Chicago to look to her laurels. These are quickly reduced from their amplitudinous dimensions to the possibility of a "Louis Quinze." The proboscis next requires the professor's attention, a handsomely dressed society lady appearing with a marcel wave on her nose. But watch the professor! While he is engaged with this patient the Gargantuan form of a woman comes waddling in. She looks like a balloon and moves along with the grace of the car of Juggernaut. She echoes Hamlet's plea, "O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew!" But Doc Skinum's the boy who knows what to do, and placing her on a stretcher, with a block and fall he lifts her onto the reducing table. He then turns on the current and through the pellucid vapor that arises we see the rapidly evanescent form of Elephantine Lizzie. The doctor having been called away by the lady with the distorted olfactory organ, whose footman had gotten into one of the cabinets and instantly changed to a policeman, forgets to turn off the fluid, and around goes the pointer on the indicator like the hand of a clepsydra, until, on his return, he finds poor Lizzie reduced to an infinitesimal modicum of her former self. In fact, she is about the size of a new-born infant. Here would be trouble for anyone but Skinum. So hurriedly placing her in the cabinet of beauty, she is transformed into a most charming duenna. These and many others are the amazing changes and cures performed by the old professor in the course of the film, which, as a whole, will prove a most effective cure for "blues" in the spectator whose good fortune it will be to view it, for it is unquestionably an assured laughing hit.
- A capital comedy, illustrating some of the humorous features of life on an American farm. The principal character is an awkward young man who hires out to a farmer and makes the most of his opportunities by falling in love with the farmer's daughter. Very amusing complications arise during their courtship, which the farmer tries in every way to thwart. The story concludes when the hired man elopes with the girl and the parents are obliged to acknowledge their defeat.
- The shepherd's home. Children leaving cabin with father's dinner. The shepherd and his flock. The day meal. Children leaving for home. The storm. Lost in the mountains. Struggling through snow. Buried in the snow. The frantic mother at home. The shepherd's return. Off to the monastery. Dogs and searching party to the rescue. Desperate search through the mountains. St. Bernard dogs on the trail. St. Bernard dogs' wonderful sagacity. Discovcry and rescue by the dogs. Home at last. Tableau.
- A beautiful film of the opening ceremonies including a view of President Roosevelt pressing the electric button which started the big show in motion.