The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY Carey in Blue Streak McCoy " ADVANCE STORY appealing story of thrilling action, self-sacrifice and love, written by H. H. Van Loan, foremost screen author, will be shown at the Theatre on when Harry Carey is presented in his latest Universal feature, "Blue Streak McCoy." Job McCoy drifts into the border country of the Southwest. The Ranger service appeals to his adventuresome spirit, so he joins and becomes active m protecting the mining interests. Marlowe, a prominent operator, has a son who recalls to Job his own youth and the two become great friends. Marlowe's niece, Diana, also strikes his fancy and stirs him to better deeds. Unfortunately ^, Marlowe's wife is attracted by her husband's manager, Otis, who plans to steal his employer's gold and elope with her. Job interrupts their plans, wins the admiration of Diana and the sincere gratitude of Marlowe, who offers Job any favor it is within his power to grant. How Job stifles his great desire and masks his feelings in order to bring happiness to his "buddie" and the girl he loves are told in the concluding scenes of what has been called the year's best Western story, "Blue Streak McCoy." Reaves Eason, who directed "Fightin' Job," selected some notable players for the leading roles in support of Mr. Carey, among the principals being Ruth Royce, Ray Ripley, Breezy Eason, Charles LeMeyne, Ruth Golden, Lila Leslie, Charles Arling and Benny Alexander. REGARDING THE STAR Speak of the West to almost any theatregoer and it will bring to mind an image of Harry Carey, the first actor to portray the "Beyond-fheRockies" type on the screen, and for the past several years the most popular of the so-called Western stars. It is strange indeed that Harry Carey, who is now one of the best liked — it might be said beloved — of film actors, should have begun his screen career as a heavy. But that was in the early days of the photoplay, when David Griffith, directing the old Biograph Company, surrounded himself with a coterie of players, almost all of whom have since been elevated to stardom. Western stories were very popular in those days, and Harry Carey usually played the bad man. And to his credit it must be admitted that he won friends and admirers even in roles that invited hisses rather than applause. However, any man possessing Carey's human characteristics, appealing features and irresistible smile could not long remain a heavy. The public made him a star by continuous demands for his presence on the bill, and for the past six years he has been one of Universal's most important luminaries, with his popularity increasing with every new release. Before beginning his career in the silent drama Harry Carey was a successful legitimate actor, starring in two plays of his own creation, "The Heart of Alaska" and "Montana," proving that even on the stage he preferred the virile and rugged type of play. His latest production, "Blue Streak McCoy," written by H. H. Van Loan, author of "The Virgin of Stamboul," and directed by Reaves Eason, is scheduled for next at the Theatre. HARRY LIKE TEDDY ^ WELL-KNOWN newspaper writer recently called attention to the similarity of the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and Harry Carey, the popular Universal star. Both were born in New York City and both studied law at Columbia University. Both went West for their health about the time they reached their majority and both became so imbued with ranch life that the characteristics of the open plains remained with them ever afterwards. Harry Carey, who will appear at the Theatre in his latest Universal photodrama, "Blue Streak McCoy," is the son of a New York judge, and was to follow in his father's footsteps. But the stage appeal to Harry after he graduated from the law school, and he tried out his ability in a number of road companies. Then he went to Montana for his health and spent several years there, leading the life of a cowboy. While there he wrote the play, "Montana," in which he afterwards starred on the stage, and later wrote "The Heart of Alaska," which also served him for two seasons on the road. In the world of the photodrama he may be looked upon as a pioneer; for Harry cast his lot with the new form of entertainment the moment it assumed definite dramatic form. He began with the Biograph Company when David Griffith was directing, and gained such popularity with theatregoers throughout the country that Universal selected him as a star. For the past four years his record has been one rousing success after another — due to his splendid dramatic training and, what is more important, to his thorough human traits and contagious smile. NOTES FOR "BLUE STREAK McCOY" Harry Carey can always be depended upon to surround himself with a capable company of players, and "Blue Streak McCoy," his latest production, now showing at the Theatre, is no exception. The principal roles are in the hands of Lila Leslie, Ruth Golden, Ruth Royce, Reaves Eason, Charles Arling, Rap Ripley, Charles LeMoyne, Florence Hart and Bennie Alexander. newest production, "Blue Streak McCoy," now being shown at the Theatre, while the Western star and a score of other players spent ten days on the Mojave Desert for several other scenes in this photodrama, which was written for Carey by H. H. Van Loan. his tormentors, is one of the most appealing scenes in "Blue Streak McCoy," the photodrama in which Harry Carey is now starring at the Theatre. A gold-producing mine in Nevada was used as a background for a sequence of scenes in Harry Carey's The rebellion of little Job McCoy after the boys have taunted him about his pretty clothes and yellow curls, and which results in his clipping his own hair with his mother's scissors and administering a severe beating to One of the reasons why Harry Carey, the popular Universal star, is so well fitted in the role of Job McCoy in "Blue Streak McCoy," now being shown at the Theatre, is the fact that H. H. Van Loan, the author of the story, is intimately acquainted with the star and knows every shade of his personality.