The Moving Picture Weekly (1919-1922)

THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY 31 "A Village Venus" Century Two-Reel Comedy. (Copyright, 1919, Century Comedy Company.) J7DITH had a husband, a kiddie, a mortgage and a boarding-house. She loved her husband dearly, but when the wily artist told her of the fame and fortune that was in store for her, she packed up and ran away from her home and everything, leaving a note to hubby that she was going to earn enough money to pay off the mortgage. The artist's valet was also in love with her, and when she finally arrives at the studio they both try to make love to her. The artist is painting a beautiful portrait of several water nymphs when he discovers an ebony queen among them. This spoils the whole picture and much humor is in evidence when they try to get rid of the colored lady. Edith is afraid to come out attired in a short skirt, but is finally forced to pose by the artist and his valet. In the meantime hubby has discovered the note, and goes after his runaway wife. Their little daughter and her sweetheart follow. The young lovers are about four years old, but they are determined to find their mother and mother-in-law respectively, and then to run away themselves. The mean sheriff, as usual, has foreclosed the mortgage and they are put out of the house. Hubby and his kiddie are lost in the big city, trying to find their mamma. They pass a studio and hear her voice. Hubby breaks through the glass roof just in time to see them forcing her to drink something that came out with a "pop" and had a gold label on the bottle. Hubby beats up the artist in a very unique way and rescues his wife from the villain's clutches, while their little girl runs away with her sweetheart and endeavors to get married by a preacher, who informs them that they must be eighteen years of age. They decide to wait and sit down on a step to wait until they are eighteen years of age. Hearst News, No. 33. British Fleet Opened to Public for First Time in Five Years. — Southendon-Sea, England. Edison, Burroughs and Ford on a Quest for Boyhood Joys. — In the Adirondacks, N. Y. City's Poor Kiddies Protected Against White Plague. — New York City. Cavalry Guarding Border on Unique Heights Amid Clouds. — Cloudcroft, N. Mex. Don't Kick! This Beef Brought Thirty Dollars a Pound! (For New York City only.) — Sybyl's Gamboge, an aristocrat of the genus bull, goes to the highest bidder for $65,000.— Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Labor Leaders Call at White House to Discuss Living Costs. — Washington, D. C. Sub-Titles. — Edward J. Dainor, representing the mail carriers; Frank Morrison, C. F. Laherty of the Postoffice clerks and H. F. Ryan, of the Railroad Mail Association, leaving after a conference with the President. Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor. Glenn L. Plumb, General Counsel of the "Big Four" Railway Brotherhood, author of the famous Plumb Plan for the nationalization of railroads. Federal Attorney Charle F. Clyne, of Chicago, who called on the President regarding the prosecution of alleged profiteering in the meat-packing industry. "Yo, Heave Ho!" (For New York City only.) — Make way for the merry yachtsmen "bucking the bounding main." — -Marblehead, Mass. German Munitions Worth Millions Destroyed by Yanks. — Coblenz, Germany. New York Acclaims Fighting Second Which turned Tide of War and Saved Paris (Omitted from New York City). — New York City. Sub-Titles — Miss Manhattan honors the heroic devil dogs, whose glory is written on the grimmest battle-fields of France. Major-General John A. Lejeune, Division Commander, under whose leadership the Second smashed the German dream of Empire. Mayor Hylan, Secretary Roosevelt, Admiral Benson, General Bullard, Admiral Gleaves, General Barnett — the reviewers. "Indoor Sports" Cartoon by "Tad." New Screen Magazine, No. 29. ■pHIS excellent Screen Magazine opens with a view of Lookout Mountain, famous for the battles fought there during the Civil War and now widely known as a health resort. Grandma Martha E.-MacDonald, a 101-year-old resident of Jamestown, Tenn., may have lived part of her life there, but the editor is silent on this point except as to contiguity of continuity. If you want to know what's in the old horse pond near your house, this magazine will tell you. It will also show you how iodine is made and how a watermelon may be evolved from the head of a negro boy. Signor Falconi tells you how to test your sweetheart's character and Mme. Schumann Heink shows you how to bathe a baby. There is also a wonderful futurist movie of the popular screen star, Dorothy Phillips. SYNOPSES OF "A VILLAGE VENUS," HEARST NEWS, No. 33; NEW SCREEN MAGAZINE, No. 29, AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS, No. 33. international News, No. 33. "Devil Dogs" Who Saved Paris March Before President. — Washington, D. C. Actors on Strike Furnish Broadway Some New Thrills. — New York City. Sub-Titles. — Auto-loads of fair strikers patrol the Great White Way. No mere man can resist "pickets" like these. An entire company walks out — in "working" clothes. And they are not downhearted! British Officers Are Honored by Pershing. — Presents Distinguished Service Medals to gallant commanders of the Royal Air Force. — London, England. Sub-Titles. — Generals Trenchard and Sykes of the British Flying Corps. Warren Pershing is an interested spectator. Girls Bring Cheer to Wounded Heroes. — With entertainment like this, being a convalescent at the Presidio has its advantages. — San Francisco, Cal. The "Polar" Snows of the Desert. — Tourists in droves visit the vast sand hills of New Mexico's Sahara — one of Nature's strangest freaks. — Alamogordo, N. M. Chicago Girls prove Adept Boxing Pupils. — Under the tutelage of lightweight Charley White they show that the gentler sex can be quite rough. — Chicago, III. Doughboys and Gobs Visit Sacred Ground at Chateau Thierry. — Chateau Thierry, France. Remarkable Views of the Great Pacific Fleet on Its Trip Through the Canal. — Panama. Sub-Titles. — Full steam ahead! The mighty armada in the Atlantic. The Arkansas and Texas entering the Gatun Locks. Towed by "electric mules," the great ships enter another of the series of locks in the steady rise from sea level. Entering the Gatun Lake, the highest elevation of the Canal. Calebra Cut, where American genius solved the world's most difficult engineering problem. The gradual descent to the Pacific begins. In Panama Harbor President Porras, of Panama, pays a visit to Admiral Rodman. In the Pacific! Headed for the Golden Gate.