The Moving Picture Weekly (1917-1919)

—THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY «7 "Elmo the Fearless." Episode No. 2. The Racing Death." CAST. The Stranger Elmo Lincoln Edith Stilwell Louise Lorraine Robert Stilwell, her father, William Chapman Paul Horton „ Ray Watson Dan Bulger „ Frank Ellis Guy Hatherton Gordon McGregor Checko _ „ V. L. Barnes ^FTER Edith rescues Elmo from the wreckage of the ship following the explosion, they navigate the small boat under tremendous difficulties until a rock shore is approached. Here in attempting to land the boat is dashed against the rocks and demolished. Elmo saves Edith from the surf and takes her to a nearby settlement of friendly Indians where their hurts are attended to. Dan in the meantime has landed and has started for the lumber camp. He comes to an Indian's hut and makes free with the Indian's supplies. The Indian offers Dan hospitality which is treacherously returned by Dan's attempting to rob the poor redskin. Elmo arrives in time to frustrate Dan and the latter flees. In his path he sees a huge bear trap. He skilfully lures Elmo into this and Elmo's foot is caught in the huge steel jaws. Feeling that Elmo is safely eliminated Dan, returns with the intention of destroying the hut and at the same time Edith and the Indian who are inside. He builds a fire under the stay rope of a heavy walking beam which the Indian has rigged to handle the product of his mine, in such a way that when the rope is burned through the timber will fall upon the hut and crush it. Elmo, by his great strength, manages to tear up the fastenings of the trap and makes his way painfully to the hut. He arrives just in time to deflect the falling beam by means of the log to which the trap has been fastened. He also saves the girl and the Indian. The trap is now pried from his leg by means of a lever and he and Edith start on their way to the camp, leaving the Indian very grateful to Elmo. Dan arrives at the camp and tells Guy what has happened. He is astounded to be confronted by a girl in Guy's house who is apparently Edith Stilwell, whom he has just left in the Indian's hut. Guy, after enjoying Dan's mystification explains that this girl is really a cabaret singer whom he has induced to join him with the idea of using her to secure control of the property by forging certain deeds. Under the terms of the missing will. Edith will inherit the property. With Edith out of the way it would come to Dan in the natural course of events as the next of kin, but Guy prefers not to wait for the law to take its course and hence has planned to use the counterfiet Edith to secure immediate control. Edith and Elmo now arrive at the camp. Elmo goes to apply for a job in the lumbering operations and Edith seeks her half-uncle, Guy. Dan and Guy see her coming and are thrown into a state of consternation. Guy hastily conceals the false Edith and greets the true one with false cordiality and mock expressions of sympathy. Elmo has applied for work and is about to get a job when he is seen by Dan. Dan hastens to tell Guy about Elmo and the latter tells the foreman to order him off the place. Edith hears the altercation and upon learning the cause insists that Elmo stay. Guy gets ugly and tells her that he is the boss and that Elmo must go. He sends some of his men to enforce his commands and Edith appeals to some of the others to help her uphold her authority. A fight is started ana during it Dan seizes Edith and hustles her away. The false Edith now stops the fight and tells Elmo that she has changed her opinion of him. That he is a trouble maker and had better leava as her Uncle has told him to. Bewildered at this sudden change of front, Elmo leaves. He is greatly hurt over the apparent ingratitude of Edith. On the way down the trail with Edith, Dan is seen by the Indian who hastens to tell Elmo. Elmo at first will not listen to the Indian but finally he is struck by the apparent discrepancy of the girl's being in two places at the same time. He determines to investigate at least and starts out to follow the trail of Dan as indicated by the Indian. Thinking to put Edith out of the way and remove all trace of her, Dan places her in an empty box car and starts the car on its way so that it will meet the dynamite train. Elmo jumps from a cliff onto the fast moving car, and with difficulty slows it up, for the brakes are out of order. He is not able to stop it, however, and the engineer and fireman see that there is no chance to stop the train. They jump as the impact takes place and there is a terrible explosion. JEWELS Allen Holubar's Great Production "The Heart of Humanity" with DOROTHY PHILLIPS Assisted by William Stowell, Robert Anderson and Erich Yon Stroheim. The picture that will live forever. MILDRED HARRIS in "HOME" Written and directed by LOIS WEBER DOROTHY PHILLIPS in Allen Holubar's production "The Right to Happiness" with WILLIAM STOWELL and ROBERT ANDERSON MILDRED HARRIS in "Forbidden" By E. V. DURLING Produced by LOIS WFBER DOROTHY PHILLIPS In James Oliver Curwood's Alaskan story "Paid in Advance" Produced by ALLEN HOLUBAR with a cast which includes WILLIAM STOWELL, PRISCILLA DEAN, LON CHANEY, JOSEPH GIRARD, FRANK BROWNLEE and WILLIAM BURRESS Erich Von Stroheim's production "Blind Husbands" with FRANCELIA BILLINGTON A picture that opened the eyes of the picture world Jewel's Epic of the Air "The Great Air Robbery" with the great LOCKLEAR, FRANCELIA BILLINGTON and RAY RIPLEY Directed by JACQUES JACCARD DOROTHY PHILLIPS in Allen Holubar's superb production "Ambition" By OLGA SCHOLL with ROBERT ANDERSON ' TSURU AOKI in "The Breath of the Gods" By SYDNEY McCALL with J. BARNEY SHERRY, STANHOPE WHEATCROFT and ARTHUR CAREW Directed by ROLLIN STURGEON