Moving Picture News (1911) . tle is The Star Reporter. It is a remarkablj^ clever news-paper story, gotten up for the occasion, well constructed andfull of interest. The piece is well cast, and the abandon withwhich the players have thrown themselves into their workis very evident in the magnetism which the picture is nothing more disastrous to the success of a movingpicture than a lack of abandonment on the part of the actorsand actresses w-ho have participated in the production of thepicture. The work of the company in this production seemsto be perfect as regards the dovetai
Moving Picture News (1911) . tle is The Star Reporter. It is a remarkablj^ clever news-paper story, gotten up for the occasion, well constructed andfull of interest. The piece is well cast, and the abandon withwhich the players have thrown themselves into their workis very evident in the magnetism which the picture is nothing more disastrous to the success of a movingpicture than a lack of abandonment on the part of the actorsand actresses w-ho have participated in the production of thepicture. The work of the company in this production seemsto be perfect as regards the dovetailing—they have workedin splendid unison, and have, therefore, produced the desiredeffect of holding the interest of the onlooker. The story runs htsi: A sergeant of the Army, stationedin the Philippines, is entrusted with a stolen casket of jewels,with a promise of sharing in the profit. After they have beenin his keeping for a short time he decides to betray the manwho has stolen the jewels, but at the same time keep them. himself. He sends his men out to hunt the thief. The thiefescapes them, only to turn up at a most inopportune moment,after the officer has had his discharge and is living quietly inNew York, nerves shattered from a guilty conscience, to-gether with the ravages of a deadly Filipino drug with whichhe constantly doped himself. He receives a message fromthe man from whom he has stolen the jewels to come to acertain saloon to meet him, with a threat that he will get himWhether he comes or not. The officer disregards the threatand the man appears in his room just as he is about to takea potion of his favorite drug. He dies of heart failure on thespot. His nephew, who comes in shortly afterward, and whoalso gives the alarm, is accused of murder. It is at this pointthat the clever work of the Star Reporter comes in, whereshe finds finger prints on the window, and a piece of a manscheck shirt on the shrubberj beneath the window; where shefinds the note, and goes dr
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