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(From New York Dramatic Mirror: 1910, from a total of 37 that month!)
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What Daisy Said: Biograph
Romantic dreams of young girlhood form the basis of this rather odd but not improbable comedy drama and the story is told with poetical and artistic touches that impart an agreeable charm to the picture. Two young sisters, pretty and romantic, go through the time-honoured formula with daisies of which there is a great field. And following this venture into the mysteries of the future one of them visits a gypsy fortune teller, where the unscrupulous son is attracted by her beauty and makes love to her… The acting all the way through is of the most natural kind that knows no camera….
Just for Good Luck: Pathe
French farce with a cleverly humorous idea for a basis is offered in this well acted picture. A young woman who has a capacity for breaking everything she touches marries a hunchback for good luck…
An Advertisement Answered: A young farmer, living alone and trying to do his own housekeeping concludes that he must have a wife and advertises for one. He gets a number of ardent replies and is at a loss which one to accept. A straight comedy, extremely well-acted with picture scenes of farm life.
A Child's Faith: Biograph
A miser has taken to hoarding his money after his daughter marries against his will. When her husband dies of consumption, she is left in great poverty with a daughter to support. By chance, the miser has sold his house and taken cheap rooms over his daughter. He hides his money in the chimney and if falls down into her fireplace, below where the little girl is praying to God for help.
An Algerian Stud:Pathe
This film shows pictures of horses in Algiers entering a city gate in the paddock, on inspection. The animals are the center of interest.
The Golden Secret Mélies
A man discovers a mine: He hurts his foot and cannot proceed to the place to file his claim. While the wife is binding his foot, a claim jumper arrives, disarms him, and goes to file the papers. But the wife lowers herself by a rope, borrows and horse and rides off to file the claim first.
Red Fern and the West Bison
This is a good straight-forward story. Its chief defect is the conclusion, the union of the white man and his Indian sweetheart. This would hardly be looked upon complacently in the West.
Struggle of the Two Souls: Ambrosio
A scientific man loses his eyesight in an experiment and his wife sends for an old sweetheart to console her. The husband overhears the two making love and coming upon them is shot by the interloper.
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