The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

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40 ■THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY International News. No. 5. Hearst News. No. 5. Belgium Honors Martyrs of Liege. — Liege, Belgium. Sub Title. — Solemn procession marks ceremony in honor of patriotic victims of the German occupation. Turning California Into An Electrical State. — Fresno, Cal. Sub-Titles. — Views of the huge Kerckhoff dam just completed — another of the vast projects designed to save fuel for sunshine land. Newspaper editors looking over the dam soon to be converted into a great lake. Safety First. — Shot-proof cap invented for shipyard workers. — Alameda, Cal. Sub-Title. — A rain of steel bullets doesn't even annoy him. Spring Arrives In the Fashion World. — New York City. Sub-Titles. — A few glimpses at Maytime styles for miss and master, 1920. And this for grownup sister. More Changes in President's Cabinet.— Washington, D. C. Sub-Titles — Edwin D. Meredith takes oath of oflace as new Secretary of Agriculture. And poses for the International. From farming to finance — Secretary of Agriculture Houston assumes the office of Secretary of the Treasury Glass. While Secretary Glass becomes a Senator. He meets Vice-president Marshall and Senator Underwood. Daffy News. Fountain of Youth Still Holds Ancient Lure. — St. Augustine, Fla. Sub-Titles.— A 1920 pilgrim to the spring where, 400 years ago, Ponce de Leon thought he had found the secret of eternal youth. Pictuesque v'ews of St. Augustine, oldest city in the United States — the Spanish foi-t built in 1565. The time-hallowed Spanish Cathedral. The ancient slave market in the Plaza. The oldest house in America. An Artist Hunter. — Jacques Suzanne hunts wolves for studio models. — Cham/pagne, N. Y. Sub-Titles. — In the toils. At work in Nature's studio. Winter Flood Sweeps Belgium City. — Mons. Belgium. Sub-Titles. — War ruined Namur inundated by rising water. In historic Charleroi. Never Too Cold for a Good Horse Race. — Portland. Me. Sub-Title.— With the weather 15 degrees below zero snowpath contests are held on the Portland speedway. Tovms Partly Buried by Alpine Avalanche. — Davon, Stvifzerland. Sub-Titles. — Clearing the snow from the roof of a buried chateau. Some good skating almost ruined. A pine forest partly destroyed. The town of Davon — a section which was wiped out in the disaster. Pacific Coa^t Fleet Receives A. E. F. Commander. — Berkeley, Cal. Sub-Titles. — General Pershing addresses a great crowd in the Hearst Greek Theatre at the University of California. Like old times, reviewing the troops at the Presidio, San Francisco. Ponies Run Again at French Resort. Sub-Title. — The Riviera — Mecca of the wealthy — resumes its pre-war gayety with the return of racing. In the Public Eye. — Work, then more work, is the watchword of Samuel Gompers' seventieth birthday. — Washington, D. C. Sub-Titles.— "Uncle Joe" Cannon, former Speaker of the House, and Representative Walsh of Massachusetts, "exercise" their minds in spare moments. Paul Deschanel, newly elected President of France, poses for the Parisien camera hounds. And then halts before the International camera. Fighting the Seas With the Coast Guards. — On the Atlantic. Sub-Titles. — Bucking a storm is a matter-of-fact job with the crews of the sturdy little cutters that watch for ships in distress. A deserted hulk awash — passengers and crew saved by a coast guard cutter. Over the Top. — Fast bob sleds compete for speed honors. — Huntington, L. I. Sub Titles. — The "Greyhound," steered by a man with a crew of girls, enters the race. But ends in disaster — carting away the injured girls after a collision with a tree. League of Nations Holds First Meeting. — Paris, France. Sub -Titles. — Georges Clemenceau , the "Tiger," leaving the Foreign OflSce where the session was held. Premier David Lloyd George. Famous Monument of Bunker Hill in Peril. — Charleston, Mass. Sub-Titles. — Crack in the masonry endangers column erected in memory of the defeat of Briton's "redcoats" by the patriots of the Revolution. Looking down on the historic ground where General Prescott's minute men fought and whipped the British veterans of General Gage. One Side, Please. — Rotaiy snowplough soon clears the way in Chicago's parks. — Chicago, Ills. Austrian Poor Crowd the Markets for Food. — Vienna, Austria. Sub-Titles. — Scores stand in line for the privilege of buying cheap cuts of meat at $5 a pound. Many of the booths are closed because of inability to procure food for sale. A parade of the "war profiteers" in Vienna's "Fifth Avenue," where the poor congregate to beg for food. "Indoor Sports" Cartoon by "Tad." THE BIG MONEY 12 (Continued from page 39) MONROE SALISBURY in "The Phantom Melody" with JEAN CALHOUN Story by F. McGREW WILLIS Directed by DOUGLAS GERRARD HARRY CAREY in "Marked Men" with WINIFRED WESTOVER Adapted from the story, 'The Three Godfathers" By PETER B. KYNE Directed by JACK FORD MARY MacLAREN in "Rouge and Riches" with ROBERT WALKER Story by W. CAREY WONDERLY Directed by HARRY FRANKLIN JAMES J. CORBETT in "The Prince of Avenue A" with MARY WARREN Adapted from his stage success of the same name by Charles E. and Frank T. Dazey Directed by JACK FORD "The Peddler of Lies" with FRANK MAYO and ORA CAREW \dapted from the Saturday Evening Post Story. "The Peddlar," by Henry C. Rowland Directed by WILLIAM C. DOWLAN MARY MacLAREN in "The Forged Bride" with J. BARNEY SHERRY Story by J. G. HAWKS Directed by DOUGLAS GERARD