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■THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY
m.'-'^ ^ 'i^T'^-^^^^^^r^ Scene from the Bluebird Photoplay of Optimism.
g tures he has been, at one time, a
Mathews' arrival. J\' ^ " ^ printer. As Cove Junction boasts no
ALICE HEGAN RICE. newspaper, Mr. Opp establishes "The (Copyright 1917 , Bluebird Photoplays . orr.TTr»-«7 • i_ * i Opp Eagle" and begins at once to
Inc.) A hlLIUY m cheerfulness, boom the town. His optimistic edi
ANIEL WEBSTER OPP, h\ Produced by Lynn Reyn totals are read by a wealthy proegotistical, vain and with ij moter who goes to Cove Junction to only a smattering of ed Olds. investigate the possibilities of get
ucation, is the epitome ting coal from the ground in that
of cheerfulness and op vicinity.
timism. He has ventui CAST. jyir Qpp's plans for a "Greater
ed into ^"a'ly ra'-eers f.r.d j^,^^ ^ Webster Opp Arthur Hoyt Cove Junction" enthuses the populace,
has made a failure of all of them, un " and he is chosen as the commumty
til he becomes a traveling salesman vyillard Hinton George Chesebro head in forwarding schemes to make
for a St. Louis shoe firm. Just when Jimmy Fallows George Hernandez the town famous and prosperous.
promises are golden, Opp receives John Mathews Jack Curtis John Mathews, the promoter, adword that his stepfather has died, Guinevere Gusty Neva Gerber dresses an assembly of the townsfolk,
and he must go at once to his old ' • , promising to co-operate with them in
home , to settle the estate. ^'ss Kippy Elise Maison developing the coal lands if the citi
He is met at the hotel in Cove June Mrs. Gusty Anne Lockhart zens will invest with him in the Tur
tion by his brother Ben, ' tie Creek Development
who demands that a set i^^^^H^^^Bj^K ^^-^^HSPiP^^ -J^^l Cold, which he undertakes
tlement be made on the ^^^^^^^^H^^^KL^ "^^^^f^^^^^^ 'flH form. Mr. Opp's en
basis of D. Webster tak ^|HBP^^^^^HHhH~ '^'^^^'^^^I'-^^BH thusiasm leads the citi
ing the homestead, while wSw^^^^^l^^BKv^^ ^^^Bib^E<l ^^^^ invest, and Cove
Ben shall have the few WBL ^^^B^^"^ ^>I^K^H9 Junction begins to boom.
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homestead to start life " " Mr^ Opp's'^atrimonial'i
anew. In hi.e many ''en Mr. Opp, among other things, is disappointed in love. pirations, for Guinevere