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-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY
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fear; gruff old Benson grabbed his straw with fearless resolution — and Curtis, having drawn, broke his own straw in half to make sure it would be the shortest. The die being cast, Curtis started to explore — but Lydia followed him, attracted by something more than admiration.
They travelled day and night until they came upon a village across the island, snuggling in a cove, that proved to be the German submarine base. They pushed on and found a lonely wireless station, manned by one of Uncle Sam's brave nephews. The first news of the submarine raid was flashed to Honolulu; cruisers of the United States Navy hastened to the island, destroyed the German base, and rescued the marooned Americans. Safe once more on home soil, Lydia and Robert Curtis were married.
BEAUTIFUL SETTINGS.
"yHE SHOW-DOWN" was created for Bluebird Photoplays by Lynn F. Reynolds, who has given the screen in this popular series some of the most beautiful productions ever shown in photoplays. It was Mr. Reynolds who directed "God's Crucible," photographed in Arizona's Grand Canyon"; "The Greater Law," a wondrously beautiful romance of Alaska, pictured among the Sierras in midwinter, and numerous other specimens of "nat u r e studies" on the screen. To photograph the scenes in "The ShowDown" Mr. Rejmolds took his company to Palm Canyon, Cal., and to Santa Cruz Island, in Santa Barbara channel, off the coast of California, and there secured some delightful pictures of tropical nature in all its rare
Right — "Well, what do you know about that!"
Below — John Benson, the successful business man, takes command and maintains discipline.
They discover the Submarine Station and plan the attack.
attractiveness. The story framed in these beautiful settings will provide gripping entertainment, wherein the varying natures of many men are transformed in the melting pot of privation.
RARE COMBINATION.
HEN it came to a showdown on a verdant island in mid-Pacific, a boatload of wave-tossed refugees from submarine atrocities found out the true nature of men who had previously sailed through life under false colors. The philanthropist was found to be utterly selfish; the arrogant millionaire was disclosed as a kind-hearted and self-sacrificing soul; the gay society youth became a manly and heroic fighter in defense of the weak, and the girl who had found existence a bore now took a keen interest in life and surrendered to Dan Cupid's onslaught. Bluebird photoplays have carried many interesting themes, but "The Show-Down" will be found to possess a combination of novelty, excitement and love interest that is sure to satisfy the most exacting "fan." Myrtle Gonzalez and George Hernandez will be stars of the occasion in a "nature study" directed by Lynn F. Reynolds among the palms and tropical verdure of the mid-Pacific islands. Mr. Reynolds has specialized in pictures photographed out of doors, some of his previous successes being "God's Crucible," taken in Arizona's Grand Canyon; "The Greater Law," etc.