The Moving Picture Weekly (1917-1919)

THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY •21 Service Page for "The Great Air Robbery" At a Glance SUBJECT— "The Great Air Robbery." LENGTH— Six Reels. STAR — Lieutenant O. L. Locklear. PREVIOUS HITS — World-famous as only man who jumps from aeroplane to aeroplane above the cleuds; helped to train American Aces at Kelly Field. DIRECTED BY — Jacques Jaccard. STORY BY — Jacques Jaccard and George Hively. SCENARIO BY— George Hively. SUPPORTING CAST— Francelia Billington, Ray Ripley, Carmen Phillips and Allan Forrest. LOCALE— United States Aerial Mail postoffice on the Trans-Pacific air lanes; a palatial country home, a metropolitan club and the trackless blue immensity of the sky. TIME— To-day. THUMB-NAIL THEME— The story of a band of air pirates, thrilling night battles above the clouds and the love affairs of the government pilots. NOTES Lieutenant O. L. Locklear jumps from aeroplane to aeroplane 5,000 feet above the earth in "The Great Air Robbery," the Universal photodrama of the air, which is coming to the Theatre on . A stolen Croix de Guerre causes a vast amount of trouble in "The Great Air Robbery," the Universal photodrama which will be at the Theatre on — The photodrama shows the world-famous aeroplane change in mid-air as made by Lieutenant O. L. Locklear. ADVERTISING DISPLAY LINES Lieutenant 0. L. Locklear changes from aeroplane to aeroplane above the clouds, in Universal's aerial drama, "The Great Air Robbery." "The Great Air Robbery" is Universal's contribution to aeronautical science. See a fight between a pirate airship and a mail plane 5000 feet in air. It takes place in "The Great Air Robbery." Director Jaccard used a wireless telephone to direct Lieut. O. L. Locklear, star of "The Great Air Robbery." Army birdmen from Rockwell Field appear in "The Great Air Robbery," Universal's amazing photodrama of the sky. The beautiful Francelia Billington supports Lieut. Locklear, the death-luring aviator of "The Great Air Robbery." Lieutenant O. L. Locklear tantalizes death in "The Great Air Robbery," the Universal photodrama of the air. A squadron of aeroplanes fighting a mile above the earth in a blackness broken only by the flash of machine guns is a spectacle to be seen in "The Great Air Robbery." "The Great Air Robbery" is the photographic achievement of the decade. It was filmed by a cameraman soaring with the other ships of the air a mile above the earth. See Lieut. O. L. Locklear, the fearless aviator, in "The Great Air Robbery," his Universal masterpiece. Locklear, the dare-devil of the skies, only man in the world who ever changed planes in air. ADVERTISING PUNCHES Francelia Billington, the beautiful leading woman of "Blind Husbands,' supports Lieutenant O. L. Locklear in "The Great Air Robbery," coming on to the Theatre. The heroine is both kidnapped and rescued a mile high. The possibilities of aviation are dramatically foretold in "The Great Air Robbery," the epochal photodrama which the "Big U" offers at the Theatre on • Lieutenant O. L. Locklear, the aviator who jumps from aeroplane to aeroplane in mid-air, is starred in the photo-thriller. 1 — The name of Lieutenant O. L. Locklear, the only man who changes aeroplanes high in the air. 2 — The most remarkable aeronautics ever filmed, including several closeup shots of Locklear making his famous change. 3— The fact that a United States Aerial mail postoffice was built on the Universal City flying field for the photodrama. 4 — The beautiful Francelia Billington supports Locklear. She was last seen in support of Count Eric von Stroheim in "Blind Husbands." 5 — The fact that aviators from Rockwell Field, San Diego, flew for the benefit of the Universal cameras at the time the Pacific fleet arrived. 6 — Wonderful night scenes. 7 — The spectacle of a fight between a mail carrying plane and a pirate craft in the air. 8 — The brilliant pageant of illuminated planes maneuvering and landing at night. 9 — The fact that Jacques Jaccard directed Locklear by wireless teleplone. 10 — The most pretentious aerial photodrama ever made.