The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

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32 —THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY International News No. 69 Fresno, Ca/.— $250,000 auto track completed and opened with thrilling races. (Driving the last golden stake). (To be omitted from Boston, New England, Chicago, Baltimore and Southern prints.) Boston, Mass. — Boston celebrates Fire Prevention Day. Old timers join modern flame fighters in parade. (For Boston and New England prints only). Jamestown, Va. — British "Pilgrims" at American Shrine. Lord Rathcreedan's party visits "cradle of Republic". (For Baltimore, and all southern prints only. Chicago, III. — Host of children take part in great play festival. (For Chicago only.) Neiv York Citi/. — King Football reigns. Contests like this between Columbia and New York University atti-act thousands all over the country. San Pedro, Cal. — Extra! Extra! Enemy fleet routed in "fierce battle" off the Pacific Coast. (Don't be alarmed — it's just practice). Langley Field, Fa.— This U. S. Airplane shows efficiency in long training flight. St. Augustine, Fla. — A flourishing colony. Sunny skies and free board keep the 'gator clan happy. Huntington, Ind. — Senator Harding quits front porch and crowds turn out for his rear-platform talks. Cleveland, 0. — International presents Cleveland's victory in the greatest game in world's series history. Tad cartoon. New Screen Magazine No, 90 JF the eye were a telescope, it would see strange things. It would perceive the flat plains and bright mountains of the moon. It would see that the planet Mars is more like the earth in appearance than any other world of the solar system. It has snow caps at its poles, which melt in summer and freeze in winter. All the planets would be hugely magnified. There are games and games, but some of them ought to be played moi-e often by children who want to be sturdy. "Snatch the Handkerchief," for example and "Chicken Fight." For the lady who wants to be beautiful, the neck, arms and elbows should be given especial care. If the elbows are not creamed properly, dirt collects that makes the arm appear coarse and ugly. The magazine closes with "Toyland Mystery" in which a number of dolls carry out an entertaining little plot. International News No. 70. In the political sj^otlight. — Big crowds hear Governor Cox on his tour of the Mid-West, Bloomington, Ind. New York City. — Enter the fur chapeau. Keep your head warm and your shoulders cool seems to be fashion's latest dictum. Boston, Mass. — The finest on parade. Governor reviews a Law and Order force that replaced strikers. Berlin, Germany. — Disasters in Germany. Fire destroys nation's greatest tar products plant. Photographed from an airplane.) New York City. — A mosquito flivver. This midget laughs at Manhattan's traffic jam. Mecheria, Algeria. — The racing .season opens in Algeria. Camel and horse show lures desert tribesmen. Cleveland, O. — Cleveland team wins basebal title in whirlwind finish. (Home-Run Smith gets a diamond pin. Washington, D. C. — Biggest U. S. airship in picturesque flight over the Capitol. (Col. Hemsley of the air services take "Junior" along.) Windsor, Canada. — International presents Man 0' War's triumph over his only rival in $75,000 purse classic. "Uncle Tom's Caboose" Two Reel Century Comedy Featuring CHARLES DORETY, PEGGY PREVOST and ZIP MONTY ^ one hoss town show plant their stakes in a tiny village. The boss of the show is a real villain; his assistant, Charlie, is the handy man around the circus, and Chow Mein, the chinky cook, can cook a real decent breakfast for all the freaks. Chow Mein is a sly little fellow, who tries to make a donkey look like a zebra and sell it to the boss. He gets in trouble with the boss. Chai^lie, who is just as sly as Chow Mein, gets in trouble playing a game of cards, is chased by his fellow-players, and lands in the brawl between the boss and the Chinaman. He and Chow lock the boss up, decide to run the show themselves, and take all the money. They put on a burlesque of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and while the girls are keeping the show going, the boys ransack the homes of the villagers. The sheriff gets wise, rushes to the theatre, and meets the manager, who has managed to get out of the freight car in which Chow and Charlie have locked him. The sheriff accuses the manager; a chase follows; the three comedians who did ♦^he mischief try to set away with it, but without avail. They land behind prison bars. New Screen Magazine No. 91 "pHERE is no such sport as a .saw log joy ride, where one glides swiftly along with the current, seated on a log. The gyroscope compass, a recent invention, is used on ships extensively. All of Uncle Sam's battleships are equipped with it. It was invented by Mr. A. Sperry. The proper use of tableware (knives, spoons, forks) is demonstrated in this issue of the magazine. Sulphuric Acid Gas or Oil of Vitriol, is one of chemistry's most dangerous fluicte. It bums sugar to charcoal and chars wood quickly. There is an amusing animated by Pat Sullivan entitled "Sammie White Sleeps Not." "THE FLAMING DISK" Episode 5. "The Vanishing Floor" CAST Elmo Gray Elmo Lincoln Jim Gray, his brother... Elmo Lincoln Rodney Stanton Roy Watson Stanley W. Barrows ... Geo. Williams Professor Robert Wade Lee Kohlmar Helen Wade _.. Louise Lorraine Briggs Fred Hamer Stella Dean Fay HoUemess Batt Hogan Monte .Montague Con Dawson Jenks Harris |-jELEN cuts the cable with the flaming di.«k and thus rescues Elmo from death. A fight starts, however, between Elmo and the gang, and things look pretty bad for Elmo and Helen, but they are rescued by "the man of mystery." Elmo has had Jim confined to an institution to save him from Stanton's evil hypnotic influence. Jim escapes and the guards, on the watchout for him, mistake Elmo for Jim and confine Elmo. He remains in the institution until Barrows comes to identify him. Helen brings the lens to Barrow's office. Elmo had instructed her to deliver it to Barrows personally. Stella is in charge of the office and she deceives Helen into believing that she is taking her to Barrows. Instead, she pretends to be her friend and takes her to the house of Hans Kolp, acting as a curio dealer to cover his business of guarding Stanton's palace of tortures. They plan to torture her. but her screams prevent them. Elmo, in search of Helen, comes to Kolp's nlace. He is overpowered and placed in a room, a prisoner. Suddenly the floor begins to lower, and he is in a den of raging lions. Will they tear him to pieces?