| Show THE mm AWAKENING OF JOHN BOND A NOTABLE FEATURE production AT THE OPERA HOUSE TWO NIGHTS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THIS WEEK the edison company surely deserves praise not only aiom lorn the of oe I 1 the opera house but bat from moving picture trade in general almost stogie singie handed they have stemmed the tide of hostile newspaper criticism by the production or of occasional pictures with nith a mission the awakening or of john bond Is the second of the kind that lias his to do with the great problem of 0 tuberculosis bercu losis in cities about a year ego at the behest of the national association for the study and prevention of tuberculosis the edison Corn company pany produced a picture entitled the red nod cross seal and later another entitled the ulan man who learned dealing i with ith the pure milt milk question these two tw subjects were not made with any expectations ot of large financial reward but rather as the edison contribution to a worthy cause as well as to do their share in educational work or of moving pictures those these two iwo pictures together V with avith Gau Gaumont monts li fly pest and kathes roil 13 your water have been doing duty steadily on the same game programs program for more than a year about a year ago this time the Arric american rican press in general was assailing the moving picture unsparingly finding upon the whole little in hi them that wis lasting or wholesome or serving auy any good purpose there were many newspapers that conceded the possibilities ot the moving picture but so far no film maker had come forward with anything that could be considered a contribution tri trib bu tion ution toward the sum total of human knowledge until these films with r I 1 mission began to appear these pictures iuva were the ent entering esing wedge that pierced the hard hara shell ot of conservatism and in less than a year have pried it wide open and forced the recognition of the motion picture by tho the press university state church and laity at as the greatest educational agency since the Alwo discovery very oi i the art of printing A notable film there therefore ore is the AN awakening of john dond it is Is a film with a mission and a very worthy one its principal object is to t d disseminate information as to what becomes of the money that that is received freni from the sale of red cross stamps at holiday time incidentally it teaches a lesson to selfish property owners who neglect everything about thor their tenement properties exl ex l copt the collection of rents john bond was such a man ile he care the snap ot of his finger bow many unfortunate souls lived and died ot of dread consumption in his tenements all he wanted was nas rent until one day his selfishness was brought directly home to him and he began to see things in another light the story is cleverly put together and is exceedingly well acted in the best edison fashion the plot has to do with the dealings of john bond with lie he obrien family who were tubercular tenants of his their unfortunate condition was a matter of 0 indifference to him one baay laay john bond took unto himself a bride bride on the same day george obrien shipped as a common seaman on ponds bonds yacht which was used for the he honeymoon on the voyage young obrien succumbed to the ravages of tuberculosis during his last illness nc s sirs mrs bond nursed the oung aoun mau man and contracted the disease herself and from that time on john bond was obliged to view the tuberculosis question from quite a different angle than before step by step we observe the awakening of talin john bond band the picture becomes intensely dramatic as it proceeds pro the big dramatic scene is when nellie obrien calls mrs bond to the trinkets bequeathed I 1 1 1 thed by b 3 her ber brother in care ot of that hat very verp good I 1 I 1 lady there in his mansion nolle nellie comes face to fac face e with her heartless s landlord the sight ot of him is sufficient mt to end the giglinto girl gir linto nto hys hysterics and mrs bond becomes aware ot t how her husbands money is really made after which she takes a hand band in the and in his bis awakuni awakening rig the of mory mary F uller puller as 11 nellie zellie obrien is a masterpiece at the beginning a i perfect portrayal of 0 quiet submission it changes in hi a flash xo the violat outpouring of a burdened soul seldom do we see such euch splendid examples of dynamics as this on one joha bond was typical and ana well personified by bigelow cooper george obrien was a short but well acted part by harold HI 74 shaw mrs bond was done doa ky by air iain nesbitt leaving nothing to be desired submitted by r ae 0 opera house A management lana gement |
