The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

32 THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY STORIES OF THE ONE KEEL PHOTOPLAYS "THE HERO OF BUNKO HILL. Victor Comedy. Written and produced by Capt. L. T. Peacocke. CAST. Bertie Bellew Billy Musgrove Casaga Liane Carrera George Al McKinnon Joe Eugene Walsh Bertie Bellew, a leading man, is apprised by his manager that the comjyany is almost bankrupt and that .•aome means must be devised to raise ■some funds. George and Joe, two of the actors in the troupe, are sent out ■ostensibly to solicit funds for old soldiers, but their real intention is to abscond with the money. Bertie has been carrying on a mild flirtation with Casaga, a pretty girl who lives with a wealthy aunt; George and Joe call at her home and the aunt tearfully tells them of her only son who had been a soldier. In the photo they see a strong resemblance to Bertie and persuade him to impersonate the lost son. He visits a dentist and has his teeth removed; he has his body tattooed •only to be revealed as a fraud. ^'NELLIE, THE FIREMAN'S DAUGHTER." i Victor Comedy (Split Reel). Eddie, the brave fire laddie, loves Nellie, the captain's little daughter. Lee, a cowardly villain, has designs . on the girl. With the help of two bearded cutthroats, the viUam abducts the maiden and takes her to the den of crime. Eddie wades his way through blood and fire, and fights his way into the villain's lair. He is overpowered by the cutthroats while the villain looks on and snarls, ne the cutup while I go and marry the «irl " The cutthroats carry the girl downstairs; Eddie bursts his bonds, and from the window throws a rope to the sidewalk and lassoes the villain s revolver. He then shoots six blocks down the street, and each of his five bullets ring the fire gong. In the meantime, the Justice of the Peace, at the point of a revolver, is marrying the villain and the innocent jrirl. The hero escapes from the den and joins the fire department, which is speeding toward the Justice's office. The girl is rescued in the mck of time, however, as the wicked villain outwits the hero. He jumps into a cab and blows himself up. "WHY, UNCLE!" Nestor Comedy. Story by Bess Meredyth. .. Scenario by Charles J. Wilson, Jr. Produced by Louis Chaudet. CAST. Harry Eddie Lyons His Uncle Fred Gamble Milton Lee Moran Lizette _.Priscilla Dear 'THE GOLD LUST.' Big U Drama. Harry and his uncle have wonderful heads "the morning after." The uncle receives a telegram stating that his nephew Milton, whom his mother describes as an angel, is coming to visit them. The uncle tells Harry, who imagines Milton to be a little angel. Now in fact, Milton at that hour of the morning has just finished a very interesting game of poker, and come out winner. On his way to his compartment he meets Lizette of the Follies, flirts with her, and she hands him her card telling him to call. Milton, who imagines his uncle and cousin are of the angelic type, dolls up to meet them on their own ground. Complications arise when each keeps up his acting "role," a climax being reached when "uncle" is discovered at supper with three blonde beauties. Explanations make everything all right. Two miners come across a hut where a man is dying. He has been shot by his partner, a half-breed. The man tells the partners where they can find gold. They go there, and to their astonishment it is true. Jim, one of the partners, wishes to get all of the gold for himself. So he attempts to poison the other man by filling hia bottle with poisoned water. During a fight with the half-breed the bottle is broken. Jim, after he has left the bottle with his partner, strolls away from the camp. Realizing what he has done, he starts back t» try and save his partner. Upon his arrival, he sees that the bottle has been broken, and his partner haa not even taken a sip. Jim says nothing, but works fifty-fifty ever after. 'SOME BABY." Victor Novelty (Split Keel). Gertrude, a very young hopeful, practically demonstrates her love for flowers by chewing up half a dozes roses — or attempting to. Then she proceeds, after the same dare, to smoke a pipe, smears herself with jam and, to do the job up brown, indulges in a mud-bath, followed by a conventional one. One of the clever cwtoons for the Universal Animated Weekly drawn by Hy. Mayer, the celebrated cancatunst.