The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY 39 AHE4D BLUEBIRD'S "A STORMY KNIGHT. I EVER did knight of old, for the sake of his lady fair, brave more dangerous encounters than I did John Winton in his attempts to rescue from perils that beset her the lovely girl who mysteriously came into his life one stormy night — and refused thereafter to leave him undisturbed. From peril to peril he pursued her, always releasing her from the menace of her immediate danger, but never being able to quite come even with her in the mystery-chase that led through exciting episodes galore. Finally determined to have an end to matters, Winton applied his ingenuity, forced the issue and check-mated his elusive quarry. Then the truth came about and the mystery was explained — the girl wanted to be sure that the man who became her husband carried no "yellow streak." There is much of novelty in the presentation of the Bluebird Photoplay, "A Stormy Knight," with FrankljTi Famum and Brownie Vernon as the stars. The outline of its plot gives but a mild idea of its surprising details, and the cloud of mystery that shrouds Two Weeks in Advance Franklyn Famum in the powerful Mercer racer in which most of "A Stormy Knight," his next Bluebird, was filmed. Fully a third of this feature was taken vnth the car as the chief prop. the various exciting operations lends an item of suspense that makes for the best of entertainment. Don't miss "A Stormy Night." It is a typical Franklyn Famum picture. Another unusual picture is the Bison two-reel comedy drama entitled "The Lure of the Circus," with Fred Church and Eileen Sedgwick. This picture contains almost all of the Universal animals which could be crowded into it, including Joe Martin, Charlie, the elephant, all of the lions, tigers, camels, leopards and panthers. The story is a serious straightforward Fred Church in "The Lure of the Circus." Bison two-reel Comedy Drama. drama, but the action of the animals is introduced as comedy relief, and is an extremely successful experiment. It was made under the direction of Henry McRae. , The comedies for the week include a Nestor entitled "Looking 'Em Over," with Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran and Edith Roberts, an extremely funny William Franey Joker entitled "Officer, Call a Cop," the second Max Asher Victor comedy entitled "The Curse of a Flirting Heart," and Gale Henry in the Joker comedy entitled "A Gale of Verse." There are the usual Screen Magazine, Universal Current Events, and Universal Animated Weekly, and an L-Ko two-reel comedy, the title of which is "Backward Sons and Forward Daughters." Nestor Comedy One-Reel Week of August 27. THIS PICTURE WAS FILMED IN A REAL STORM. A TERRIFIC thunderstorm plays an important part in the development of the mystery story, "The Lair of the Wolf," a Butterfly picture. In order to make these scenes impressive, they were filmed in the midst of one of the severest storms which was ever experienced on the Pacific Coast. The intrepid cameraman stood in the road and made pictures of the lightning flashes, not flinching even when a tree very near him was struck. The actors who took part in this part of the picture were soaked to the skin, but of course, as it was to add "realism" they were perfectly willing to go through with it. "Eddie"" VJo^l ^ "peacable party," but to see him in this Nestor laff, you'd think he was a plain, noisy souse. He and Lee in The Nightcap go to Eddie's house to sleep after a "night out." Lee dons a woman's nightie and cap, and the pair are discovered by Eddie's mother in law. Scandalous! "Lee" . er funnier, and when you book this you can boost these favorites good and strong.