The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

38 THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY "THE DIAMOND QUEEN" Episode No. 12 "In Torture's Grip" Doris Eileen Sedgwick Bruce George Cheeseboro Benson Al Smith Zimba Al Smith Zeidt Frank Clarke Aline Josephine Scott Reitman Lew Short QVERPOWERED, tied and gagged, Bruce is carried by the gangsters into a nearby deserted hut in the park, while the leader of the three hastens off to get in touch with Benson by phone. Benson orders the gangster to leave two men on guard with Bruce and to report to him with the other gangster, saying he may need him. Aline accuses Doris of being in league with the South African diamond smugglers, identifies her as the girl to whom $100,000 worth of stones was entrusted to smuggle to London at the time Benson was trailing Aline and her confederate, Reitman. Doris taken by surprise at this false accusation, protests her innocence, but Aline laughs vengefully, saying she has now evened the score with Doris for "squealing" on her to Benson at the time when Doris hurriedly sailed for America. Benson now sends Aline into another room, and, alone with Doris, shows his crookedness when he offers to fix things so she will not be taken back to Kimberley as a diamond smuggler, if she will split fifty-fifty with him on her diamonds. But Doris scorns him. Seeing he is outbluffed, Benson, in a rage, sets out to torture Doris into revealing the source of the unlimited supply of diamonds. Zimba, meanwhile, waiting until the gang leader and his man had departed from the park hut, leaving Bruce tied and gagged under guard of the other two men, watches his opportunity and tries to free Bruce. But Bruce succeeds in freeing himself and throws himself into the fray. Bruce and Zimba turn the tables on their foes and force them to confess where Doris is being held. With Zimba as his sole aid, Bruce dashes to his auto, which he finds where he left it when he was lured into ambush by Benson's men. and speeds wildly to the rescue of Doris. As Benson's torture of Doris goes on, we see Bruce's desperate race to the water-front shack. Doris endures her ordeal bravely, refusing to speak. She swoons just as Bruce and Zimba arrive at the shack. Benson's two men race into the outer room as Bruce and Zimba dash up the steps into the shack, and a fierce fight commences. Bruce, felling his opponent, is about to follow up his advantage when he hears a scream of agony in the next room. Benson has brutally knocked Doris to the floor, senseless, when she steadfastly refused to reveal her secret. Bruce attempts to enter the room, the door is locked. He backs away to get a flying leap at the door, then literally plunges through it, sprawling on the floor in the room beyond. As he hurriedly leaps to his feet to make for Benson, the detective whips out a gun and covers him, Benson using Doris as a shield. In another adjoining room Aline beats her fists against the locked door, a prisoner. In the outer room Zimba is battling with his foe. Slowly Bruce lifts his hands over his head, with Benson holding the bead on him. International News No. 19 Fisher Island, N. Y. — Submarine grounds on treacherous rocks. Crew makes shore safely after the 0-7 founders. Warsaw, Poland. — Impressive scenes on Poland's Memorial Day. General Pilsudski, the president, joins with thousands in solemn street demonstrations. (For Los Angeles only.) Sub-Title. — All Warsaw joins with General Pilsudski in ceremonies honoring the heroic dead. San Francisco, Cal.—t)e Palma in midget car wins thrilling race. Demon rider speeding at rate of 111 miles an hour, leads big field in western classic. Sub-Title. — De Palma, the winner. (Omit Los Angeles. Cntalina Islands, Cal. — Chicago Cubs open training season. Springtime is sure a tough season for ball players — look at this. Sub-Titles. — Warming up. Alexander the Great getting in shape for another anti-hit campaign. Johnny Evers, manager, and William Wrigley, owner of the Cubs. Rome, Italy. — Plane crashes into house. Captain Borla, famous Italian aviator, meets death in flight over fiancee's home. San Francisco, Cal. — Desert atmosphere for Broadway dancers. California sand dunes furnish inspiration for classic whirlers. Washington, D. C. — New Cabinet on the job. President Harding's aides assume duties. Secretary of War Weeks busy with army details. Sub-Titles. — Secretary of Agriculture Wallace taking the oath of office. Postmaster General Hays (right) gets some last-minute hints from his predecessor, Mr. Burleson. Josephus Daniels introduces naval officers to the new Secretary of the Navy, Edwin Denby, and Assistant Secretary Theodore Roosevelt. Attorney General Daugherty receives the good -wishes of a delegation of home-town folk from Ohio. Miami, Fla. — Polo experts in spirited tryouts. Snappy riding marks elimination contests for berths on team to meet England's be.st. Miraflores Lock, Panama Canal. — Four destroyers at a time go through the Canal. Odd glimpses of the Atlantic Fleet's big and little fighters on the homeward journey. International News Presents Daring Flight Through Snovj -Bound Yosemite. — Photographed from a Walter T. Varney plane, piloted by Lieutenant Harold Coffee. Sub-Titles.— Flying within 1.50 feet of the floor of the valley — no landing possible for many hundred miles — and the towering canyon rising 5,000 feet on either side. Skimming the canyon's walls, where a miss of the motor means death. Glimpses of the shimmering Yosemite Falls as the plane glides smoothly by. Circling the famous Half Dome, 5,000 feet high. "Twin Husbands" One-Reel Star Comedy Featuring DOROTHY WOLBERT (JNDER the terms of her father's will Betty will forfeit a large legacy if she marries before she is of age. Unknown to her guardian, who has control of the distribution of the estate, she is married and is living in a little house in the suburbs. When the guardian arrives at the house one day, Betty tells Dottie, the maid, to keep her husband out of the way until the final papers are signed giving her control of her money. Her husbands' twin brother arrives in town the same day and when he shows up at the house, Dottie grabs him and tells him to hide in a closet. She has just gotten him locked safely in the closet when she sees the real husband enter the front door. Dottie then has a merrj' time putting first one in the closet and then turning around only to see the other one trying to enter the room where Betty and the guardian are talking. Dottie does not know that they are twins and thinks that she must be seeing double. The husband is suspicious of the actions of the maid, and, entering the room, finds his in the arms of the other man. Betty signals to her husband to keep quiet and tells her guardian that the newcomer is the maid's husband. He is about to leave" when he sees the other twin in the hall and asks Betty for an explanation. She hurries him out on the porch, however, and finally gets him out of the house. Then the discovery is made that the two brothers were the unknowing cause of all the excitement and everj'one bi-eathes more easily.