The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

38 -i-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY "An Oil Can Romeo" Two Reel Rainbow Comedy featuring CHARLES DORETY and LILLIAN BYRON JOE'S daughter was coming home from college and the town was excited because Lillian was a "peach." Joe ran the village inn assisted by Aunt Emily, who was so darn anxious to get married that she had sent her niece's photograph to a matrimonial agency, claiming the likeness as her own, in her effort to land a "man." Charles is riding along the road in a Ford closely watched by Brownie, the sheriff's dog. He strikes Joe's inn as a reception is being held for Lillian and recognizes her immediately as the girl in the photo whom he had come to marry at the instance of the agency. Lillian was dressed in an ugly costume, because Aunt was angry and had forced it upon her, but Charles falls in love with her anyway. As luck would have it, the family get rich through discovery of oil in the back yard, and this doubles Charles' ardor, so that he and Lillian plan to elope. But the plan is overheard by Aunty, who works it so that she takes Lillian's place. She is heavily veiled and the unsuspecting Charles whisks her off to a minster's house. Just as the binding words are being pronounced, Lillian and Dad who had discovered the plot, pounce upon the pair and poor Aunty is left on the "shelf" because an exchange of brides is immediately instituted. "The Smoke Signal" Two-Reel Western Drama Davt Morgan Jas. B. Warner Nell Morgan Magda Lane Red Carey Jack Carlyle DAVE MORGAN, Arizona border ranger, has been sent out to break up Red Carey's gang of horse thieves and rustlers. With him is his pretty young wife, Nellie, whom he worships. They live in a little cabin in the foothills on the rim of the desert. The morning the story opens, Dave finds a note pinned on his door with a knife, warning him to let the Carey gang alone or he will be killed. Dave instructs his wife how to send up smoke signals from a bonfire in case she is in danger, then leaves to trail the thieves. A spy for the gang, seeing him leave, informs Red Carey, who sends this same man and another villain to ambush Dave. But Dave turns the tables on the two men, captures them and marches them to town to turn them over to the sheriff. Meantime, Red and his other men. having heard nearby shots (fired when his two men attacked Dave) think the ranger has been killed and ride to town to celebrate. Red and his men, coming from a saloon, see Dave turn the two prisoners over to the sheriff. Red decides to ride with his men to Dave's cabin, station themselves there and trap him upon his return. They reach the cabin as Dave, some distance behind them, rides leisurely homeward. Red tells Nellie they have come to help Dave round-up the Carey gang, but she becomes suspicious, tries to send up smoke signals and is stopped by Red, who reveals his identity and purpose. He forces her to cook for himself and men while waiting for Dave. Nellie takes advantage of the opportunity to operate the stove damper so that the smoke signals will arise from the chimney. Dave sees the signal and races for the cabin. Red, having filled his stomach, demands a kiss from Nellie as dessert. She slaps him. He starts to force an embrace, and the two start a sti-uggle, witnessed by Red's men. Red is about to overpower Nellie, when Dave reaches the cabin, steals to the window, smashes the glass out with his guns and pokes the guns in thru the window, covering Red and men who are taken by surprise. While Dave keeps them covered, Nellie takes their guns and handcuffs them. While Nellie clings affectionately to his side, Dave, keeping the gang covered, forces them over to sheriff. New Screen Magazine No. 78. gALSA, a native tree of the tropics, has been introduced to commercial use. The wood is two and a half times lighter than cork and is used extensively by the government for making rafts and mine buoys and is immensely valuable for making all sorts of floating devices. Dr. Hereward Carrington, in cooperation with "Popular Science Monthly" makes an interesting expose of the fraudulent methods used by would-be spiritualists who flourish in great profusion nowadays. An American explorer, Dr. William Greene, has probably the only collection of "wood flowers" in the United States. They are not really flowers but a strange growth put forth by certain trees to protect their Uves against plant parasites and wer^ found within the crater of a Central American volcano after weeks of search and at enormous bodily risk. This issue of the magazine closes with an assorted collection of humorous quips.