The Moving Picture Weekly (1917-1919)

The Moving Picture Weekly A MAGAZINE FOR MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITORS Published Weekly by the MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY PUB. CO. 1600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY Paul Gulick, Editor. Tarkington Baker, Bus. Mgr. (Copyright, 1920, Universal Film Mfg. Co. All Rights Reserved.) Vol. 9 FEBRUARY 14, 1920. No. 26 Priscilla Dean m Poetry* gOME time ago a limerick contest was started with Priscilla Dean as the subject. The results were plentiful, and some of them were very good, as such things go. Of course they did not have the finish of a Bide Dudley limerick or of the essentially English brand. But they were entertaining and they brought Priscilla into the realm of poetry, whereas she had been a queen of the screen solely. But now we have Priscilla Dean back with the greatest picture she has ever attempted and one which will be known from one end of the country to the other in a very short time. The title is "The Virgin of Stamboul," and it was written for her by H. H. Van Loan. So, before the country is flooded with this production, we are going to give you a few choice bits of poetry which were sent to the papers and run in connnection with various contests. If any exhibitor wants to write a limerick on the subject, Oh, have you seen Pris-cill-a Dean In U-ni-ver-sal Pic-tures, just go ahead and do it, and we wi'l run the result. Here are three of the poems: "THE SILK LINED BURGLAR" Oh, have you seen Priscilla Dean, The Universal Moving Picture Star? Her "Silk Lined Burglar" is a play That keeps you in suspense, A drama seen not every day, Your interest is intense. You gaze in rapture on the screen, And great excitement reigns, The acting1 of Priscilla Dean Is cure for all your pains. She hires a cracksman bold to steal Some papers from a spy, With "Boston Blakie" make a deal, The while you wonder why. And as the play goes on you see Just why she acts so mean; Now, take this little tip from me, Go see Priscilla Dean. JEWEL gY this time thousands of exhibitors in all parts of the country are probably wondering why it is that all the films that are offered to them by the salesmen of the Universal exchanges are Jewel Pictures. The reas&n is that the salesmen are having an opportunity to indulge in the eoc Jerience of a concentration drive on ewels. Like every other brand of film, Jewel has pictures which have reached the "Three-score year" equivalent in the film business. After a film is six months old some exhibitors consider it a Methuselah. Jewel is the best brand of consistent winners that was ever put on the market. Jewels never grow old. If you have not used "Come Through," "Pay Me," "Sirens of the Sea," "A Soul For Sale." "The Co-Respondent," "The Man Without a Country," "Crashing Through to Berlin," the Mildred Harris ChaplinLois Weber pictures or the Dorothy Phillips-Allen Holubar subjects, this is your chance to give your patrons a "THE EXQUISITE THIEF" Oh, have you seen Priscilla Dean In "The Exquisite Thief?" The play is keen, and on the screen She almost comes to grief. She robs the crowd, and has them cowed, And acts her part just so. Oh, I am proud the Fates endowed Me with the sense to go. Now I'll say this for that sweet miss: Her acting brought me joy, An hour of bliss, it came to this, Fight loving soldier boy. Bring on the plays, tl at I might gaze In joyful hour again, To see the ways she acts her plays I'd hike ten miles through rain. How I was thrilled, how my heart filled With great concern for her; I fought and killed, as Fancy willed, As though right there I were, It seems so real, you almost feel You're really on the scene. I'd miss each meal to see a reel Where plays Priscilla Dean. WEEK real treat without any fear of a headache the next morning when you count up the gate receipts. Jewels are surefire subjects and they have a record which has been proven by the enormous bookings that they have enjoyed and the enviable comments they have made wherever they have been shown. And dont think that just because Jewel releases six and seven-reel productions of this massive kind that it is impossible to book J ewels to go with your regular programme. There is the Stage Women's War Relief Series of two-reel subjects with the greatest stars of the stage featured. There are twelve of them and they are an ornament to any programme. There are also a number of supercomedies which have been among the most successful on the market. Joe Martin and Mrs. Joe Martin are obtainable only in Jewels. They have made a number of comedies which every exhibitor who wants to present the best in comedies must book. "PRETTY SMOOTH" "Oh, have you see Priscilla Dean," The Universal Moving Picture Star, A burglar queen upon the screen, Whose prowess knows and fears no prison bar? _ _ She gets a job intent to rob, And as a maid she works for many days She spoils the job, makes your heart throb, As "Gertie Jones" in "Pretty Smooth" she plays. Jim Hartigan, he is the man Who captures "Gertie Jones" sweetheart so gay, From jail they ran and then began To love, and go the straight and narrow way. Her kit is keen, her job is mean, And it of crook parts ever doth consist. If you've not seen Priscilla Dean, I'll say to you, the half your life you've missed.