The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY -37 "Officer, Call a Cop." Lyons-Moran Star Comedy CAST Eddie Eddie Lyons His Sweetheart ... Charlotte Merriam Lee Lee Moran His Sweetie Elsie Wilson Father Fred Gamble FDDIE and Lee are calling on their girls, who are sisters. It is midnight and the two young couples are sitting on the sofa spooning. The door bell rings. The father has returned home unexpectedly. He has forbidden the boys to come into his house and has threatened violence. The girls hide the boys. In the meanwhile the maid has been entertaining a policeman in the kitchen. The cop has his coat and cap off. When the bell rings the maid and the cop hide in the pantry. The girls admit father and explain that they locked the door because they feared burglars. The father tells them to go to bed that he has some work to do. He tips over a screen and finds Eddie hiding there. He gets the telephone and orders a cop to come and arrest Eddie. Lee overhears this and sneaks out of his hiding place in the next room and into the kitchen, where he finds the officer's cap and coat. Lee puts these on, goes around to the front door, rings the bell and poses as the officer. Eddie escapes when he hears the bell ring and runs upstairs. A chase follows. Eddie trying to avoid Lee, thinking he is a real cop. They finally escape from the house and just when they think they are safe the cop who lost his cap and coat nails them and takes them to the station. Current Events. No. 6. Cuba's Paradise of the Turf. — Havana, Cuba. Sub-Titles. — American sporting fraternity gathers where the palm tree grows and the ponies run. James S. Carmody, fifteen-year-old Brooklyn boy. king of the jockies. Uncle Sam's Tanks in Endurance Test. — El Paso, Texas. Sub-Title. — Land battleships of the Mexican border guards do some rough-and-tumble work. Do/me Fashion's Studio. — A glimpse of the latest in 1920 styles for the beach. — New York City. Sub-Titles. — For milady's boudoir. For the outdoor "kiddies." Nation Protests Sale of Ships to Britain. Sub-Titles. — Here is the monster Leviathan, which the Shipping Board proposes selling to British maritime interests at a tremendous sacrifice. The transport Mt. Vernon, formerly the Kronsprinz Cecile, one of the thirty ships which the British plan to buy at one-third their value. Another of the proposed sacrifices — the S. S. George Washington, called the "Presidential ship." Armenian "Kiddies" Get American Help. — Beirut, Syria. Sub-Titles. — Near East relief feeds orphans who, a few months ago, were picked up starving — innocent victims of the barbarous Turk. Oh, boy! American jam! An Armenian Huckleberry Finn. In the Public Eye. — Thomas A. Edison— "Wizard of Electricity" — as he appeared on his seventy-third birthday.— Orange, N. J. Sub -Titles. — Ignace Jan Paderewski, formerly premier of Poland, now temporarily an exile in Switzerlandhome of ex-statesmen and ex-kings. Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railways, who has refused the demand of the railway men for an increase in wages. Trains Crash! — Fast passenger traffic is blocked by freight wreck. — Lamokin, Pa. Just Dogs! — But very elite — no proletarians— at the Westminster Kennel Club show. — New York City. Sub-Titles. — "Start something! Just start something, that's all!" The "bearded lady" was among the prize winners. "Buddy" — a champion bull terrier. One of the veterans who saw service in France. Skimming Down the Old Toboggan Slide. — Quebec, Canada. Americans Visit Famous Citadel of Salidan. — Aleppo, Syria. Sub-Titles. — Arabs for the first time permit "infidels" to enter the gates of the foitress built by the once mighty Sultan of Egypt and Syria — opponents of the Crusaders. Watering the "North Syrian Express" for a trip across the desert. "Padding the sand" — good for a seven day jaunt without a drink. HARRY CAREY in "RIDERS OF VENGEANCE" story by G. B. LANCASTER Directed by JACK FORD PRISCILLA DEAN in PRETTY SMOOTH" by BAYARD VEILLER Directed by ROLLIN STURGEON MONROE SALISBURY in "THE SLEEPING UON" by ELLIOT J. CLAWSON Produced by RUPERT JULIAN MARY MacLAREN in "THE WEAKER VESSEL" by ELMER ELLSWORTH Directed by RUPERT JULIAN HARRY CAREY in BRET HARTE'S "THE OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT" Directed by LYNN REYNOLDS HEDDA NOVA in "THE SPITFIRE OF SEVILLE" by JOSEPH FRANKLIN POLLAND Directed by GEORGE SEIGMANN MONROE SALISBURY in "THE MAN IN THE MOONLIGHT" by ELLIOTT J. CLAUSON Directed by PAUL POWELL MARY MacLAREN in "THE PETAL ON THE CURRENT" bv FANNIE HURST Directed by TOD BROWNING