The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY 'S? "IT DIDNT WORK OUT RIGHT." Victor Comedy. Written and Produced by Robert F. Hill. CAST. Billy Hopkins Stanley Walpole Blanche Whiting Helen Slosson Harry De Peyster Jos. Granby Johnnie Helen Marten Sonia Kerbs Margaret McRae Billy Hopkins, on account of the fickleness of Blanche, his fiancee, develops a full-grown grouch. Harry DePeyster, the cause of the grouch, flirts openly with Blanche. Johnnie advises Billy to do a little flirting on his own account and remarks that Sonia Kerbs can make any girl "green-eyed." Sonia willingly agrees to carry out the proposed plan. Blanche sees Sonia engaged in a conspicuous flirtation with Billy. When Blanche finally sees Billy embrace the flirtatious Sonia, she is no longer able to control her jealous anger. Later, when all the young people are assembled in the parlor, Blanche denounces Billy for insulting her. Blanche hands the engagement ring back to her fiance with the sarcastic suggestion that it might fit "Miss Kerbs." Thereupon Billy turns upon his sister and Sonia and calls them "a fine pair of fixers." Johnnie recalls that she once read, that if you get a girl's lover in trouble, the girl will take his part. Shortly afterwards the butler sees the two "fixers" put their jewelry in Billy's pocket and he promptly removes the jewelry for his own personal use. When Johnnie brings in a real policeman to search Billy, the jewelry is not found on his person. Blanche immediately declares that her Billy never stole anything in his life. The lovers forget their quarrel and fall into each other's arms. Johnnie and Sonia sadly examine their ringless fingers. "IN THE LAND OF KING COTTON" Powers Educational. An extremely interesting and instructive picture, which shows in a detailed manner one of the world's greatest industries, "The Cotton Industry." From the cotton fields of the Sunny South to the busy mills of the North, where the cotton is woven into cloth, we witness the different processes that are employed in the manufacture of this world product. "I'M YOUR HUSBAND." Clara tells Dick that he must go away, that her husband is in bed Nestor Comedy. asleep and that she knows him to be an impostor. Dick is nearly insane Written and Produced by Leslie T. when the maid, whom Dick thinks is Peacocke. a man, appears and fires upon him. Dick leaves and upon returning home CAST. . the following day, determines to reDick Snell AI McKinnon main ever at his own fireside. Tessie Alida Hayman Clara Peggy Coudray "MAJESTIC CEYLON AS Maid Mina Cunard SEEN BY DOCTOR DORSEY." Dick Snell has a very pretty wife, but he persists in carrying on flirta Split Reel Powers Educational. tions with chorus girls. One day Clara discovers Dick reading a love More of the wonderful travel picmissive from a pretty soubrette, tures taken under the auspices of DocTessie Applesauce. He tells her that tor Dorsey are shown in a split reel the letter was meant for a man about with the Animated cartoon, "Sammie town who closely resembles him and Johnsin." The natural wonders of the has the same name. island are shown, as well as the cusClara does not believe this and de toms and appearance of the people. cides she will teach him a lesson. When he returns home after calling "THE WRONG HEART." upon Tessie, Clara asks him for the candy and flowers which he has Big U Drama. promised her. He cannot recall mak ing such a promise and discovers that With Wallace Reid and Dorothy a man has been making love to her " Davenport. and has left a short time previously promising to return with the favors. This is the story of an Indian He starts out with a gun to look for maiden who is in love with a young the chap, who so closely resembles brave of another tribe, which is hoskim. tile to the one of which she is a memThen Clara, with the aid of the ber. But her father finds this out parlor-maid whom she dresses in and, to p^ievent the match, he orders Dick's pajamas, closes the house and her to marry a certain member of retires to her room. When Dick re the tribe. This she refuses to do and turns home, he endeavors to awaken makes a plan with her lover to elope. Clara by throwing pebbles at her But the lovers are found out, and he window. is killed. Why, HOT A Circular PianIo for Fat Pianists Mayer's notion of preparedness in furniture.