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- A street scene on the Taku Road, Tien-Tsin, during the occupation of the city by the allied forces. Showing the methods of transportation and a Chinese street cleaning department at work.
- A parade of dancing girls, camels, acrobats, etc., in the streets of Cairo, Beautiful Orient.
- A "Ballyhoo," or announcer introducing the attractions of Beautiful Orient to the crowds of sight-seers on the Midway, Pan-American Exposition.
- Turkish harem scene. Three pretty Turkish maidens are shown. Two of them play music while the third dances. This is the very best of the Oriental dance pictures. Some new movements are introduced.
- The dancer executes a modified couchee couchee dance that has been aptly described by the press as refined, chaste and elegant. It is a very pretty dance.
- The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the bidding of a man in oriental costume. The point of the film seems to be directed at the fact that the bone structure of the two subjects makes them look like monkeys or apes, and the spectators seem to be trying to get them to behave like monkeys, that is, scratch themselves, etc.
- Two grotesquely costumed Orientals seem to be coaxing a clumsy looking Chinese damsel to take a trip with them. The equipage proposed is a queer barrel and when she finally raises her unshapely self from the floor she crawls into it, while the two men mount the cask a-straddle. It promptly moves upward, and the next view shows them in mid-air. They sail around among the planets, which assume all manner of weird forms, the men managing to retain secure positions until suddenly a storm hits them and the curious craft goes hurtling through space; down it goes, through lightning, until it splashes into the sea and strikes the bottom. The damsel crawls out and all three become witnesses of marvelous subaqueous occurrences. A huge starfish is seen, with human heads on each point, and subterranean fungi and other growths keep moving before them in a bewildering maze. Again and again they view wonderful evolutions in which figure all manner of imps and water nymphs. This performance over, the trio once more take possession of their barrel and an upward tide carries their submarine airship to the surface. Here the men find that the girl had swallowed several gallons of water. They immediately adjust a pump to her mouth and her inflated diaphragm begins to give way to rhythmic spurts of water. The trio then embarks on the barrel once more and fly home.
- Shows the manipulations of a Hindu fakir. First he makes a tree grow from a common anvil and then does some trick balancing with poles in which the entire weight of his body apparently floats on the air. Another trick a of his consists in making a woman appear from a box and placing her in a supine position on the pedestal. After some passes with his hands, two spirits or phantoms issue and then go back into the woman's person. The manipulator finally changes her into the figure of a goddess. In his last trick he makes an air bubble of himself, frightening the natives who view it and run away. When they are gone, however, he resumes his natural form.
- Miss Weatherbv, a maiden lady of uncertain years, is interrupted in her work by the sudden entrance of Omar, a Turkish lace vendor, into the room. At the same time her niece. Gwendoline, enters and the Turk is immediately struck by her beauty. The girl becomes frightened at his queer actions, screams and a couple of policemen rush in and attempt to arrest the Turk. He dives between their legs, runs through the hallway, stops before a hall rack and disappears from view. The officers search the entire house, but find no trace of him. Shortly afterward a servant in dusting the furniture comes to the rack and is frightened at the sight of Omar issuing apparently from the mirror. The police again appear, but Omar evades them by vanishing through or into another mirror. They can see him plainly, but at the same time are unable to catch him. Leaving the house and walking down the street the Turk comes upon a woman carrying a dress suit case. She drops it on the ground for a moment. Omar jumps inside and is carried away. By a strange coincidence the lady goes to Miss Weatherby's and opens the suit case. Omar jumps out and is surprised to find himself back to his original starting place. He turns round and round against the wall leaving a Turkish pattern in his wake and at the same time disappearing. The officers are again called, roll up the pattern and finally secure the elusive Turk. They overpower him, put handcuffs on and start to drag him off when again he disappears, leaving only his clothes in their hands. The policemen are scared to death, leave the house; the clothes rolled up in a ball and roll out of the room. The house maid comes out and sees the rug, as she thinks it, hangs it on the clothes line and commences beating it. She is surprised and likewise frightened as she sees Omar hanging on the line a captive. She calls the officers, who take the Turk, much to his chagrin and the joy of the women.
- A wealthy Englishman living in the suburbs of Bombay, the Hon. Sir Leslie Gillespie, is ensnared into marrying a beautiful but half-caste Hindu girl. He had rescued her from starvation and taken care of her, thus coming within the fascination of her dangerous wiles. The girl, Normallee, loves a neighbor of Gillespie, Abdalla el-Ashur. and conspires with him against the life of her husband. Abdalla gives her a vial of poison, instructing her to drop it into her husband's wine. Normallee puts a few drops of the poison into Sir Leslie's glass, but the dose is not sufficient to kill him. He becomes violently sick but is pulled through by Dr. Ericson, another neighbor and a very dear friend, who had hoped that Sir Leslie would have married his daughter, Madeline. The next day Normallee gives Sir Leslie more of the poison, but again does not give him a full dose. Dr. Ericson discovers that his sickness in each case came, after he had drunk the wine poured out by his wife, and. putting two and two together, reaches the conclusion that Normallee is trying to poison him. He tells Gillespie, who is furious, and restrains him when he would go at once to his wife to thrash out the matter. He tells Sir Leslie to wait for further developments before taking any action. A day or two later Abdalla asks Normallee about the poison and tells her that she should have emptied the whole vial. He meets her in the garden, where she is waiting for her husband to come for refreshments, and seeing the glasses of wine there, he empties the whole phial into one of them. When Sir Leslie comes, Abdalla tries to push the poisoned wine towards him, but Sir Leslie will not take it. Pretending to be explaining a game of checkers, Sir Leslie keeps on moving the glasses around so that Abdalla does not know which glass contains the poison. Sir Leslie does, however, and succeeds in passing it to Abdalla, who, on drinking it becomes seized by convulsions and dies a horrible death. Normallee, who sees that her treachery is known, rushes away, and to avoid public disgrace, drowns herself in the lake of the park. Sir Leslie seeks consolation in the society of Madeline, whom he later makes him wife.
- To keep his son from marrying Kissmoia, the supposed daughter of General Hirata, Osako Matsumoto compels the general to tell Kissmoia that she is of lowly birth and is only his daughter by adoption. Kissmoia is so brokenhearted that she joins the Ceizha girls. Kato, Osako's son, plans with the marriage broker to release Kissmoia from the Ceizha house as his (Kato's) mistress. Kato is about to remove Kissmoia by force from the Ceizha House, when Tom Arnold, the newly-appointed agent of the Japanese-American Steamship Company, rescues her. He later marries her, having an American minister perform the ceremony. Kato and the marriage broker attempt to take the girl away from Arnold, but they are informed that now the girl is an American citizen and has the protection of the American consul. This so enrages Kato that he vows vengeance. Later when a notice is posted in front of the newspaper office to the effect that California has passed the Japanese alien law, Kato incites the populace to attack the first American they see, which happens to be Arnold. Kissmoia knows that it is Kato who has caused her husband's death. She sends him a note, telling him that she had made a mistake when she married the American and now that he is dead she will go to him. As he is about to embrace her, she stabs him.
- Heapley conducts a moneylending business for wealthy Chinese merchant Lian Kung. Hop Kung, the Chinese merchant's son, returns from college with his chum Dick Fenton, whom he introduces to his father. The young Chinaman's father warns him not to forget his race while mingling with the whites. Dick invites Hop Kung to visit his father and sister. Clara, Dick's sister is much attracted to the handsome young Asian. Dick spends much time gambling. In order to recoup his losses Dick plunges more heavily. He falls into the hands of loan-shark Heapley. Meanwhile, Clara, her father, and Dick returns the call made by Hop Kung to their home. Hop Kung gives Clara a necklace and an understanding grows between them. While visiting Dick, Hop Kung learns that his friend has fallen heavily in debt to Heapley the moneylender. Dick attempts to shoot himself but Hop Kung takes the revolver from him and assures Dick that he will help him out. Hop Kung begs his father to save Dick for the sake of his family. The old merchant thinks none too well of the plan, but to please his son calls in Heapley and collects from the money lender the notes which Dick has given him to cover his gambling losses. Dick then comes down to the merchant's shop, where Hop Kung tears up the notes and frees Dick from all financial obligation. A month passes. In the meantime the growing attachment between Clara and Hop Kung has caused comment among Clara's friends. Her father hears of these slighting remarks and is angered. He upbraids his daughter for having fallen in love with a Chinaman. Dick, also, is infuriated at the thought of having his sister marry Hop Kung. Again Hop Kung visits the Fenton home. Dick upbraids him and accuses him with having forced his sister Clara to love him. Hop Kung agrees to cure Clara of her love for him, although he breaks his own heart in doing so. That night at a formal gathering Hop Kung makes love to all the girls in turn. Clara looks reproachfully at him, and for a time Hop Kung fights against his desire to take her in his arms. Then he again continues with his love making. Clara faints in her father's arms, and Hop Kung goes home to his father, who is secretly phased to hear that his son has given up the white girl.
- On the night when Charles and Lola plighted their troth, their fathers parted in anger. The cause of the quarrel was a gem which one of the curio collectors declared to be a rare Oriental ruby, while the other maintained that it was nothing but colored glass. Charles pacified his father and persuaded him to return to his friend's house to ask his forgiveness. Entering the room, the old man found his crony murdered. The terrible thought that he might be accused of the mysterious crime caused him to steal away without giving the alarm. In the morning the dead man's Hindoo servant aroused the household, and on the strength of the quarrel Charles' father was held for trial. Lola, who had seen him leave the house, sent Charles word that she would never testify against his father. He went from the court room to her home, and found her struggling with the Hindoo. Grappling with the man, he was being overcome when detectives, summoned by Lola, arrived. The Hindoo, a notorious crook in disguise, confessed having slain his master to gain possession of the ruby. After committing the crime he was unable to find the gem. Lola, using a candle to seal her letter, had revealed the hiding place.
- Trouble ensues when Jerry is surrounded by his enigma, the police, and in his haste to evade their clutches he bumps into a peddler carrying a tray of phony jewelry, which, with the onslaught, is scattered on the ground. One of the jewels appeals to Jerry and he pockets it, not knowing that its possession forebodes trouble. Alone, he examines the acquisition. While gloating over his sudden wealth two Hindoos appear suddenly before him. They inform Jerry that the jewel he has had been stolen from an idol in their temple and that they have been requisitioned to find the possessor, and return him with the jewel to India, where the owner was to be made a slave. Not being able to compromise the trouble, Jerry is carried to India, where he is taken before the Royal Kazabo, who orders him punished. Jerry, however, anticipates punishment and turns the tables by punishing the Hindoos. Thus he gets out of one room but in doing so he rushes into another occupied by the members of the Kazabo's harem and his favorite wife. To the latter Jerry is at one attracted. This attraction is Jerry's undoing for he spends too much time with her and the Kazabo and his guards are given time to revive. They start on Jerry's trail, capture him and throw him into jail where he has an exciting time. But he neatly escapes and in a rowboat starts back for the good old U.S.A.
- Marguerite and Bob rescue Bertha from Gungha, who has held the girl prisoner. Bertha informs her benefactors that it is because she knows the whereabouts of an old painting which tells where a fortune in gems is concealed, that Gungha had kidnapped her. Later, the Hindu succeeds in again kidnapping Bertha. Marguerite, attempting to go to her assistance, is also entrapped. The two are taken to the house formerly occupied by Bertha and in which the gems are supposed to be concealed. Bob tries to enter Gungha's den, but is overpowered and bound. In spite of the cords which hold him helpless, the boy succeeds in giving the alarm. While the police are coming to Bob's assistance, Gungha, aided by Alota, an accomplice, tries to compel Bertha to reveal the hiding place of the painting by torturing her. Marguerite tries to go to the victim's rescue, but is herself threatened with torture. The arrival of the police, who are accompanied by Bob, results in the capture of the Hindu and his accomplice. After the two are dragged away, Bertha brings the painting to light. A close examination of the canvas gives Marguerite an idea. Taking an old blunderbuss from the wall, she orders Bob to stand in the center of the room, aim towards a certain spot over the fireplace and shoot. Bob follows out Marguerite's instructions. A flash follows the pulling of the trigger and it is found that a key, suspended by a fine wire, hangs from the muzzle and over a tiny hole in the floor. When the key is inserted in this hole, a secret trap opens up and the treasure is discovered.
- The rich old man hated his many relatives and loved his money. The relatives really hated him but were so anxious to get his money that they pretended to be very fond of him, much to his disgust. The old man tried to make them understand that he did not care for their company, but they were bound to return. Each relative secretly thought that he was the favored one and the others the objects of the old man's dislike. A nephew had himself smuggled into the house in a grandfather's clock; a cousin pretended to be injured in an automobile accident, and two other cousins earned admission by disguising themselves as the old man's horse. All were ignominiously ejected, but they were far from discouraged, and the old man finally determined to take more vigorous measures. One day the relatives were all summoned to the house and informed of the rich man's death. The absence of the funeral was explained by the statement that the late lamented had been playing with a keg of dynamite, and all that had been found of him after the explosion was his will. In this document it was set forth that the estate was to be equally divided among those male relatives who joined the Optimistic Oriental Occults, a secret society of which, it was said, the deceased had been very fond. All the relatives consented to join and the initiation started promptly. The ceremonies included a number of vigorous stunts. At the conclusion of the ordeal the relatives, each carefully packed in a potato barrel, heard the old man's voice and found to their horror that he was alive. He explained that he had been playing a trick upon them, and had witnessed with great pleasure their initiation into the order of Optimistic Oriental Occults. He concluded his remarks by saying that if they ever returned he would be compelled to confer the second degree, a really severe ordeal, upon them. After which the barrels were rolled down a steep hill, followed by a number of excited, barking dogs. The relatives never came back. The first degree had struck terror to their souls, and the thought of advancing in the order of Optimistic Oriental Occults was extremely distasteful to them.
- "More radical than this was the Katipunan, to secure independence by open revolt and began by wholesale assassinations of Spanish officials and friars." August 25th, 1896. The leaders were Pedro Bonifacio and Emil Aguinaldo. Pedro Bonifacio has lived in San Francisco for years. His wealth comes from an extensive plantation in the Philippines. Fernando, the son, is a dissolute young man. Onda, his supposed sister, tries to reform him. He dislikes interference and hates Onda. Pedro, dying, confesses to his son how in Manila he was the servant of Gen. Lopes De Ayale; how, when the revolution of 1896 broke out he secretly aided the rebels, admitting them to the house, where De Ayale was assassinated; how he stole papers, heirlooms and other means of falsifying his identity, while the rebels looted and burned the house; how he rescue De Ayale's little daughter from the flames and escaped to America; how he forged a will in which the plantation was left to him and the proceeds from the estate has been paid to him ever since; how the real will was engraved on a dagger; he has the dagger, but the key, the scabbard, is in Manila, having been taken by Aldo, De Ayale's servant. Pedro confesses this as his conscience troubles him and he wishes to make amends before he dies. The son promises to see that Onda is restored to her rights, but it is far from his intentions to be reduced to poverty while the girl inherits wealth. Onda comes to the bedside of her supposed father to hear him gasp out: "The dagger contains the secret of your parentage; also the will to your inheritance. The scabbard is in Manila, a Moro named Aldo has it. It is the key, your father's name was ..." He falls back dead. Onda takes the dagger and resolves to go to Manila. Then Fernando, with the aid of some criminal companions, resolves to trap her in Chinatown, secure the dagger and kill her. The plan is frustrated by Colonel Renton. Another attempt is made on Onda's life as she is about to board the steamer. Failing in this attempt, Fernando and his companions take passage in the boat. On the trip Renton and Onda develop a strong attachment for each other. On the boat is also Aldo, who has come to America on a mission of revenge. He has seen Pedro die, has followed the son and supposed daughter. Many mysterious events occur on ship board; the dagger is stolen from Onda and is later found buried in the breast of Fernando's female companion. Fernando is thrown overboard and is drowned. Aldo is about to kill Onda when he is discovered and arrested by the ship's officers. He then confesses his attempt to revenge his master, discovers that Onda is the daughter of his old master and restores to her the scabbard. The knife is fitted and the cipher will read. Onda is restored to her rights and marries Reston.
- Peking, like Paris, abounds in out-of-door restaurants, which make unusually attractive the first part of Dr. Dorsey's "Wonders of the Orient." There is introduced, too, genuine Pekinese pugs and primitive building methods, showing street vocations, with primitive Chinese labor. Women burden bearers are introduced, as is the method of drilling a well, practically all of Peking's water supply coming from surface wells. The pottery and willow shops, with their workers, are intimately introduced, while there is to be seen a public well, an enjoyable game of dominoes and, in the distance, a Christian Mission church.
- This educational is part of the series taken by Doctor Dorsey. It shows unusual views of the native Chinese theater. A pantomime of a servant seeking employment, in which all the actors are male, as there are no actresses in China, begins the reel. Then follows the pantomime of the pottery mender, and the street pantomime of the scared lions. Then comes a burlesque on the Ming dynasty, and after that a pantomime describing the Chinese New Year. A novel dance performed on stilts closes the reel.
- A willful Rajah relentlessly pursues the beautiful heroine that he may swell by one the number of his already overcrowded harem.
- We have our poor people and the east has its starving millions; even in far-away Ceylon there are many kind hearts beating beneath dark skins, and it is to show you some of their methods of taking care of their poor that Mr. Holmes invites your patrons to come with him to Ceylon, there to see the way the rich men of the land think of their less fortunate brothers and how they "fill 'em up" with the popular food of both classes of the land, rice. After witnessing this sight, and by way of contrast, Mr. Holmes brings them back to the land of the free and to a bread line which is assembling at the back door of an up-town hotel. The "hand out" soon appears, and we might add the "hand-outees" soon disappear.
- A newspaper reporter In China, while in an opium den, rescues a white man. Being hard up for big story material he gets him to pose as a millionaire. He soon gets on the trail of a story of a white merchant who, to save himself from financial difficulties, seeks to marry his ward to a rich Chinaman. He goes to the Chinaman's house, rescues the girl and takes her aboard a ship which belongs to the same Chinese mandarin and which has a cargo of coolies to be smuggled into Canada. One of the mandarin's servants gets aboard and finally persuades the coolies to mutiny. A terrific fight occurs and the coolies are finally subdued through the help obtained from a warship that happens to be passing. Arriving in America, the girl is followed by the mandarin. As he is about to get her in his control again, he receives word from China to return immediately, and rather than do so, commits suicide.
- When an Indian Maharaja, infected by Western culture, surrenders to emancipation, it is not without consequences. He has to enter a convent because his wife, a European, threw herself into the sea in her madness. She had given herself to an enemy Maharajah.
- Harry has a rival for the hand of a fair damsel. The girl is disappointed because neither of her suitors brings candy. Harry Radios Pal to bring along a box of the sweets. The rival sees Pal with the package and lures it away from him. Pal reciprocates by substituting a fake package for the real one, much to the chagrin of the rival. The latter telephones to a band of roughnecks to come over to the girl's house and "Get" Harry. They try it with dynamite, but are thwarted by Pal.
- A Danish landowner's daughter falls in love with the Maharajah of Jodhpur and travel with him to the East to be accepted into his harem.
- A cobbler dreams that he is a prince, in this takeoff on an Arabian Nights style romance.
- Arabic themed marionettes dance and perform for the sultan.