Moving Picture Weekly (1915-1920)

38 THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY Wedding bells before the camera lens. A real marriage in the movie studio. Joker Comedy — Released July 5. Scenario by Clarence Badger. Produced by Allen Curtis. CAST. Leading Man Majc Asher Lillian Lillian Peacock Momma Gale Henry Binkft Wm . Franey Director Arthur Moon Binks loves the wealthy widow. She promises at last to marry him. Everything v^'diild have been lovely if the widow's daughter, Lillian, had uot come in on the scene j\ist at this moment wearing an engagement ring. She confesses to her horrified mother that she is in love and has promised to marry the leading man of a movie company. Mamma puts her foot down very emphatically on Lillian marrying a movie actor and orders her to return the ring immediately. But the handsome leading man sincerely loves Lillian and is upset by her mother's injustice. Then he gets an idea, ".lust leave the matter in my hands," he tells her. So he frames up a little scheme on mamma, disguising himself as a Baron of wealth, and makes himself known in this identity to the widow. She falls. Binks is left in the cold. The supposed Baron is invited to call. The protesting Binks is ousted. The leading man then invites Lillian and her mamma to "inspect his motion picture interests" the next day. Lillian, of course, accepts and mamma is delighted. The next day the outraged Binks is let in on the frame-up. He is ordered to have a real minister on hand at the studio with the promise that he will surely have a chance to marry the widow. So Lillian and Mamma accompany the supposed Baron. They arrive at the stndio. The movie director is also let in on the frame-up and promises to aid the scheming couple. A wedding scene is set up on the stage. Binks arrives with the real minister. Mamma is awfully interested. She does not dream for a moment that the affair is real when the director approaches the supposed Baron and Lillian asking as a favor that they help him out by acting in his wedding scene. They do this and go through the marriage ceremony watched by interested mamma. Imagine her horror when she discovers that the whole thing is real ! After she recovers she realizes the humorous side and marries the happy Bings. HALF-MINUTE INTERVIEWS. ( Continued.) Louise Weldon, of Cincinnati, before leaving Universal City for San Francisco, said: "I do hope I'll not miss any more trains. At Denver they held the special for me because the automobile in which I had gone riding ' bi-oke down, and at San Diego I missed it altogether because I was delayed in my room looking for a misplaced purse. Mr. Brandt and Mr. Rothstein tell me they are going to act as a special committee to take me in hand just before train time hereafter." Anita (Billie) Lieberman of Boise. Idaho, is eager to become a motion picture actress. "I'm an athletic girl." she said, "and am ready to perform any kind of a sensational stunt, should I have the opportunity to become a member of one of the companies." iladge Henry, of Sioux City, la., said she was having the trip of her life. "No movies for me."' she declared emphatically, "from what I've seen at Universal City, it s all work and no play, and yours truly certainly likes some play." Marguerite Koch of Helena, Mont., thought the trip was the "greatest thing that ever happened and an especial honor for every girl who participated in it." Sallie HoUiday, of Jackson, Miss., ached all over when she reached San Diego, having fallen from her berth during the night. When she learned there was to be an American Beauty ball that night she got Dr. Carver busy and long before the dancing began Sallie was O. K. again.