The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

40 THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY "THE DRAGON'S NET" Episode 11. "The Shanghai Peril" CAST Marie Carlton Marie Walcamp Harlan Keeler Harland Tucker Dr. Redding Wadsworth Harris King Carson Otto Lederer p|ARLAN jumps to the fender of the train, picks up Marie from the tracks while the train is in motion and thus rescues her. Marie then goes to the sacred temple, and producing a letter gives it to the Chinaman in charge, thus getting from him the last petal which she promptly hides in her hair. Carson and his gang, however, are waiting for her, seize her and take her to one of their hiding places, where they rob her of the petal and then place her in a burning tower to die. She is rescued by Harlan, however. They proceed back to the hotel. Redding has made an enemy of Jose, the Filippino, who has been instrumental in giving the gang much help and Jose turns on them and warns Marie and Harlan of the gang's movements. Redding and Carson plan to take the same boat as Marie and Harlan back to Shanghai, but when one of their gang is captured by the Secret Sei'vice, due to Joe's warnings, they make a getaway in a private boat. They all land in Shanghai about the same time and proceed to the same hotel. Redding is seized with a mad desire for the other petal which Marie has. He starts out one day and is followed by Marie and Harlan, but he has taken precautions to have his henchmen ready and to have the chauffeur of Harlan's car in his service so that Harlan is taken captive and dumped into the river while he almost chokes Marie to death. Will he procure from her the last petal which he so madly desires to possess? "The Forest Runners" Red Rider Series No. 5 Featuring LEONARD CLAPHAM and VIRGINIA FAIRE ^LMOST all the Royal Northwest Mounted Police who occasionally loitered about Baptiste Codrae's tavern were in love with Jean, his pretty daughter, but Jean prefeiTed Kirk MacLean, bravest of the dauntless riders of the law. The sergeant, Kirk, and one other rider, invite her to Dominion Day, and as all three invitations occur at once, Jean decides that the only way for her to give a fair decision is by a contest. So she hangs three chains Kirk before he dies. Jake does give it away, and then Jean turns on the sergeant, snaps at him that she will not accompany him Dominion Day, rides in mad haste after Kirk, and promises to accompany him as his wife. Frank Mayo, now appearing in "The Marriage Pit" whose next special attraction will be "Honor Bound," a virile drama of ideals, women, and the great southern rubber country of beads on a tree stump at a considerable distance from the tavern, across the river, and bids the three gallants to race for them on the following day, the one returning first to be chosen as her escort for Dominion Day. Jake Williams, an escaped convict, has it "in for" Kirk and the sergeant, a secret enemy of Kirk, advises Jake that the day of the race is the time for him to get his revenge on Kirk. The race begins and Kirk, by a daring jump from a cliff into the river, reaches the tree stump first. He swims back to the foot of the cliff, about to climb up to his horse above, when Jake cuts the rope on which he had planned to make the ascent. He also hurls a burning fuse at Kirk, who ducks and escapes, and when Jake hurls a second, he hurls it back at him, thus mortally wounding him. Then he takes him prisoner to the tavern, whei-e Jean is waiting impatiently, sorely disappointed that the other two had preceded Kirk, the sergeant coming in first. The sergeant receives a letter from headquarters that for the capture of Jake Williams, dead or alive, a six months' furlough is to be granted, and Kirk is given his leave. He rides away, leaving a saddened Jean behind. The sergeant is in panic lest Jake disclose his part in the plot against "Cinders" Two Reel Western Drama. CAST "Bing" Davidson Hoot Gibson Joyce Raymond Dorothy Woods "Wearie" Willie Jim Corey "gING" fondly adores Joyce, but Joyce, who really loves "Bing," isn't over much on encouraging him any. One day "Bing" flirts with Stella who is riding in a private car of inspection with her father, a railroad manager and her -mother. Joyce, of course, gets angry and "Bing" gets wise, but "Bing" also gets in bad with Joyce. Now Stella has a zest for daredevil stunts so that when the train on which .she is riding stops at the next station, she sends a me.<;page to town stating that it has been held up. "Bing" receives the message from the station agent and races to the .scene. In the meantime, "Weai-ie" Willie was actually putting over a real holdup and "Bing" arrives in time to get the draw on him. The conductor, however, misconstrues the meaning of "Bing's" actions and fells him, thus allowing the real bandit to escape. Stella relents her actions and after learning of "Bing's" whereabouts, trails him. "Bing" catches the bandit just as Stella arrives and after suitable explanations, everything is amicably settled between all concerned. "HearU and Clubs" One Reel Star Comedy JACK and Jim both love Tillie and bring her gifts, flowers, a monkey, etc. Mother prefers Jack but Tiilie prefers Jim and some mix-up follows, in which the monkey, the family dog, the lovers, mother and Tillie take part. Jack invents a stunt whereby the winner is to win Tillie. Part of it is to be blindfolded. Jim is blindfolded and holds his own balance successfully but Jack manages to fall into a fountain. Tillie and Jim try to elope while mother is extricating Jack from the fountain but without success. Jim tries to get revenge on Jack by painting a sign, reading, $25.00 Fine for going in Water." An officer appears on the scene and demands that .Tack pay the fine. Jim takes a hand in the argument and he too falls in the water. The officer demands a fine of him. Not getting it. he "takes in" both Jack and Jim and poor Tillie is left to sit in solitary state with only her mother for company.