The Moving Picture Weekly (1917-1919)

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38 THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY "Old Clothes for New." Lyons-Moran Star Comedy. CAST. First Business Man Eddie Lyons His Wife Mildred Moore Second Business Man Lee Moran His Wife Josephine Hill pDDIE and Lee, partners in business ^ and neighbors, get a call from Lee's wife that she has been robbed of all her clothing. Mildred and Josie excitedly await the arrival of their husbands, who breeze in, in a flivver, and search Lee's home for a clue. Then Eddie gets a bright idea and dashes over to his house to phone the police. He is just about to call when he discovers a bundle of clothes under a couch. He recognizes part of the clothing as belonging to Lee s wife. Unable to figure out why the clothing is in his house, he begins to worry. Then it dawns on him that maybe his own wife has turned thief. Eddie disconnects the phone, to prevent the police getting on the scene. He then dashes out to where the flivver stands and proceeds to muss .it up, so Lee can't go for help. Now it is up to Eddie to get the bundle back into Lee's home without Lee or the wives seeing him, and bee still searching his own home, decides a shotgun is the best weapon to get the burglar with, so Lee and the wives sneak out the back way just as Eddie starts out the back door of his own home, and Lee takes a pop at the back of a man carrying a laundry bag The shot rings true. Eddie drops the 'bundle and dashes into his own house, while Lee and the wives, somewhat frightened, rush back into Lee s house. , , All rush out the front way to explain matters when a laundry man drives up in a wagon, goes to the rear entrance of Eddie's house and sees the laundry bag which Eddie has dropped in his hasty retreat and starts off with it, but the bag bursts open and the driver discovers that the articles are shoes, furs, hats, etc. Then Eddie, Lee and the wives come out only to find the laundry man with an arm-full of clothes, and he seeing the families, starts after them, they think he is the burglar and run but he catches them. Finally Mildred accuses Josie, and Josie tells Lee that she wanted some new clothes and thought if they were stolen she would get them, but Lee refuses now that the clothes have been found. Then Mildred picks up one of the dresses and discovers that Lee has shot a hole through it and now Lee is compelled to buy wifey a whole new outfit after all. International News. No. 4. Shivering Vienna Destroys Rolal Forest. — Vienna, Austria. Sub-Titles. — Gathering fuel on the estate of the late Franz-Josef — there is no coal for domestic use in Vienna. Old and young, rich and poor, share the burden. Vienna children at the Palace grounds lined up for food distribution by the American Commission. Golden Wine Floivs in California Streets. — Los Angeles, Cal. Sub-Title. — Heartbreaking scenes in the Land of Sunshine as 33,000 gallons of liquid joy are turned into the gutters. Paul Deschanel Named President of France. — First pictures of scenes at Versailles in the recent election. Sub-Titles. — Deputies and Senators arriving to cast their votes. Throngs in the Court of Honor awaiting the election result. The new president arriving at the palace. President Deschanel warning France that she must work or perish. U. S. Naval Aviators in Combat Training. — Pensacola, Fla. Sub-Titles. — Airmen practicing manoeuvres for position — as seen from a naval blimp. Shooting (with a camera) at a target trailed by another plane. The picturesque shore line of the Gulf of Mexico. Daffy News. Fifty Thousand School Children Honor General Pershing. — Seattle, Washington. Sub-Titles. — Te.ling the youngsters the glories of Americanism. Besieging their hero. Handshakes for the lucky. And a kiss for the luckiest. Birds of the Desert in Winter Training.— Jacksonville, Fla. Sub-Titles. — Oliver Ostrich, a fiftyyear-old highstepper. A Dempsey of the ostrich family. Chow time. Armenian Orphans in a Tribute to Uncle Sam. — Constantinople, Turkey. Sub-Titles. — Inmates of a great orphanage greet Admiral Mark L. Bristol and Major Davis D. Arnold, chiefs of the Near East Relief Committee. Boy cobblers provide the shoes for the orphans. Admiral Bristol reviews some soldiers of to-morrow. Orphans all — and the hope of free Armenia. The Theatre a Necessary Diversion Says Doctor Royal S. Copeland. — New York's Health Commissioner who preaches the gospel of common sense in the fight on influenza. Sub-Titles. — Says Dr. Copeland: "One who has a constant and uncontrollable inclination to cough or sneeze should not remain in a crowded public place." "Well persons will be benefited by the diversion of the theatres. Sick persons should be at home for their own good and the public's good." "Fear is a great factor in lowering resistance. Go about your affairs calmly and unafraid." "In times of stress diversion is necessary. Keep the theatres open." COMING JEWELS Keep Dates Open for Them TSURU AOKI in "THE BREATH OF THE GODS" by SIDNEY McCALL with J. BARNEY SHERRY, ARTHUR CAREWE and STANHOPE WHEATCROFT Directed by ROLLIN STURGEON PRISCILLA DEAN in "THE VIRGIN OF STAMBOUL" by H. H. VAN LOAN with WHEELER OAKMAN and WALLACE BEERY Directed by TOD BROWNING DOROTHY PHILLIPS in "AMBITION" with ROBERT ANDERSON Directed by ALLEN HOLUBAR ELMO LINCOLN in "THE BEACH COMBER" (title will be changed) by J. G. HAWKS with MABEL BALLIN and NANCY CASWELL Directed by REX INGRAM ERICH VON STROHEIM'S "THE DEVIL'S PASS-KEY" with SAM DeGRASSE, UNA TREVELYN and MAE BUSH Directed by ERICH VON STROHEIM