Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
A-B-C of motion pictures
Carson with old-fashioned portmanteau on scene. Calls Mary, she appears, they embrace. He bids her good-by, telling her he is going West to make a home for her. She breaks down as he exits.
Chapters
1. Scene 1. _New England farm-yard.
Carson with old-fashioned portmanteau on scene. Calls Mary, she appears, they embrace. He bids her good-by, telling her he is going West to make a home for her. She breaks down...
2. Scene 2. _On a Chicago River wharf.3. Scene 5. _Attic room.4. Scene 6. _Wharf; as in 2.[The subtitle is here inserted before Scene 2 to prepare the audience for the break in the action. While it says that Carson is destitute, the action of the scene carries the ex...
5. Scene 7.[To “register” means to convey a certain feeling to the audience. The long tickets let the spectator know that Carson is going a great distance, without the necessity of an abru...
6. Scene 8.Other telegrapher at instrument receiving message. Carson enters, with dinner-pail, to relieve him. Greetings, etc., other telegrapher exits. Carson reserved and thoughtful. Lig...
7. Scene 9. _Farm-yard, same as 1.8. Scene 10.9. Scene 11. _Despatch-office, as in 8.[These “flashes,” unlike subtitles, are not to be printed statements, but are reproductions of the particular object, a newspaper clipping, letter, telegram, etc., and are inser...
10. Scene 12.11. Scene 13. _Woods near Scene 12.12. Scene 14. _Railroad tracks, as in 12.13. Scene 15. _Clearing in woods.[Note the strength gained by inserting the subtitle in the action of the scene and having it a speech by one of the characters. How much weaker would it have been had the author...
14. Scene 16. _Despatch-office, as in 8.Call-boy sitting in reckless position, reading novel. Carson orders him to put up signal lamps--no ears. Carson tosses heavy object on floor near him and boy nearly falls out of...
15. Scene 18. _Exterior of station.16. Scene 19.17. Scene 20. _Despatch-office, as in 8.18. Scene 22.19. Scene 23. _Railroad tracks.20. Scene 25.21. Scene 26.22. Scene 27.23. Scene 28.Black Jack sees poster near door with his picture. Reads: “$1000 reward for the capture, either dead or alive, of Jack Rindge, generally known as Black Jack. Was railroad despat...
24. Scene 29. _Despatch-office, as in 8.Carson studying train report. Office door being cautiously opened. Black Jack steps stealthily into room, covering Carson with automatic, closes door. Carson quickly turns. Cars...
25. Scene 30.26. Scene 31.Black Jack studying order-book, tosses it on table, steps back on sleeping cat’s tail, disconcerted for a moment. Turns to kick cat. Carson about to leap at him. Black Jack turn...
27. Scene 32.28. Scene 33.29. Scene 34. _Despatch-office, as in 8.Black Jack giving another order: “Give No. 5 order to meet No. 2 at Big Bend instead of Napavin.” Carson turns quickly on Black Jack in defiant manner. Registers, “For God’s sak...
30. Scene 35.31. Scene 36. _Despatch-office, as in 8.32. Scene 38. _Despatch-office, as in 8._Mary’s dying wish was to have you know that all her love and last words were for you, and that she hoped to meet you across the great divide.--Mrs. A. L. Carter._
33. Scene 39.34. Scene 40.35. Scene 41. _Despatch-office, as in 8.Black Jack, walking over to Carson, places revolver in hand, saying, “Remember, you committed suicide.” Bravado business; turns away, laughing. Carson weakly rolls over. Looks a...
36. Scene 42.37. Scene 43. _Despatch-office, as in 8.Carson, apparently dead, moves as if awakening from deep slumber, feebly arises to half-sitting and half-lying position. Wearing a queer little tired smile, feebly gropes as if...
38. Scene 45. _Despatch-office, as in 8.39. Scene 46. _Despatch-office, as in 8.Carson smiles wearily. Registers: “Black Jack got me. He was going to put them together to cover up the robbery. I gave all I had, boys. That’s all; I’m going now. She is waitin...