The Moving Picture Weekly (1918-1919)

THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY SI "BRASS BULLET," SCREEN MAGAZINE, CURRENT EVENTS AND ANIMATED WEEKLY. THE BRASS BULLET. Episode 4. "SMOKED OUT." CAST. Rosalind Joy Juanita Hansen Jack James Jack Mulhall Spring Gilbert Joe Girard Victor King..... Ashton Dearholt Mystery Man Hal Cooley Mrs. Strang Helen Wright ^ILBERT insists that the marriage ceremony to King be completed. Rosalind pleads with James to protect her. A furious fight follows. James drags Rosalind after him into a room of the tower. The door is finally battered dowTi. Jame s and Rosalind, however, have escaped up a narrow stairway, and hold it with an empty gun. The 'sailors light some oil and the tower is set on fire. The smoke pours up the staii-way and James and Rosalind, almost suffocated, ascend the stairway as far as possible and then lean from a broken window trying to get a little air. Meanwhile, Mrs. Strang, having reached the mainland, has notified the sheriff of Homer Joy's murder, telling Look out For them that the murderer is still on the island. Dr. Canfield has also gone to the sheriff. Police boats start for the island. At the same time the mysterious Aviator has gone back to the underground chamber where the safe is hidden, and has completed packing the suitcase full of money. He conceals it in Mrs. Strang's room when he sees the burning tower. James and Rosalind, overcome by the smoke, finally surrender. A ladder is then placed to their windows and they descend. Rosalind is carried off by King. James assaults Gilbert and a fight follows during which James is pushed from the cliff into the quicksand below. Gilbert tells Rosalind that they will rescue James if she will marry King at once. James is slowly sinking, but calls to Rosalind not to sacrifice herself as they will not dare let him die. She, therefore, refuses to marry King, and James slowly sinks in the quicksand until he is almost out of sight. CURRENT EVENTS No. 66. ANIMATED WEEKLY No. 36. Naval Rookies Eager To Hunt the Huns. — Hundreds of recruits receive cheerful farewell as they leave for the Newport Naval Training Station. — New York City. Foimer Premier of Russia May Come To America. — Alexander Kerensky, head of the first provisional republican goyernment of the land once cursed by the Czar, finds refuge from the Bolsheviki who deposed him, in England's capital. — London, Eng. President Attends First Launching At Greatest Shipyard. — Mrs. Woodrow Wilson christens 7,500 ton cargo steamer, the first to take the water at Hog Island yards where fifty other vessels are now in course of construction.— Philadelphia, Pa. Hoiv Big Cities Care for Their Kiddies.— At last school authorities are being converted to the modern theory that the bodies of pupils should be cared for as well as their brains, and that they should be taught something besides the "three R's." Spain Keeps Army In Trim To Protect Neutrality. — King Alfonso reviews crack army corps of the only large European nation not thus far involved in the war.— Madrid, Spain. Joffre's Head Aid In Mame Battle Here On War Mission. — General Paul Pau, who lost an arm in the FrancoPrussian War of 1870, arrives at an Atlantic port with a staff of military experts on their way to Australia. Soldiers Escape Death In Wreck of Fast Train.— Heavy Pullmans are hurled to their sides when light steel box cars leap track, causing disaster which costs one life and seriously injures several trainmen.— Terra Haute, Ind. In British Waters With Our UBoat Conquerors! — Between dropping depth bombs and chasing the kaiser's submarines Uncle Sam's sailor boys manage to sandwich a bit of fun when the camouflaged destroyers put into port for a rest. — Somewhere In England. Women War Workers Honor Britain's Royal Couple. — Nurses, foresters, ambulance drivers and others of the vast feminine armies fighting at home and abroad present an address of congratulation to their Majesties on their silver wedding day. — London, England. Cartoons by Hy. Mayer, World Famous Caricaturist. Another Job for the Girls. — Housewives, take notice ! Chorus girls from Rock-a-bye Baby Company prove themselves mai-velously apt at hanging wall paper. — New York City. London Genuine Host To American Officers. — Duke of Connaught, uncle of King George, opens new navy and military club in St. James Square. — London, England. "Heroes of the Ma/me" Here for British Recruiting Drive. — Highlander band, direct from the front, aids U. S. Naval Band in big boom to fill the British ranks. — New York City. Liberty Loving Poles Ready To Fight for Democracy. — Thousands have been recruited in the U. S. for service with the Canadian army. — Niagara-On-the-Lake Military Camp, Canada. Air-Mail Service Here To Stay. — Post-Office Department oflScially takes over new branch from War Department with the delivery of six new planes by the Standard Aircraft Corporation.— Elizabeth, N. J. Another Splash For Victory! — Boston adds one more laurel to her "war bit" crown by launching another "champ" U-boat chaser.— the "McDermut"— at Fore River Shipyards. Join the Marines and Learn Hoiv To Swim. — Members of the famous "devil dogs" — Hun chasers par excellence— are taught to swim on dry land. — Sayi Francisco, Cal. Irish Babies Score In Chicago. — With standards of physical perfection as rigid as those of the marines, 18 babies win prizes of Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps. — Chicago, Illinois. British Dominion Again Substantially Attests Its Loyalty. — Members of the South Africans (the Benoni Overseas Club) presents two aeroplanes to the Royal Air Forces. — London, England. Official U. S. Wa/r Fi7m.— Remarkable motion pictures made on actual battlefields by military photographers of the United States Signal Corps, and released through the Committee on Public Information. Sub-Title. — Wounded German prisoners picked up by American soldiers for transportation to dressing stations in rear. "Doing Their Bit."— Animated Patriotic Cartoon by Leslie Elton.