The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

38 -THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY No man with "Reggie" on his calling cards could stick to a "bronc" like that. Who was he f See "Who Was The Man?" Two-reel Western Drama CAST Reginald Hoot Gioson Clem Judson Charles Newton Blake John Judd Tex Ben Corbett Dolly Judson Marcella Pershing J^EGGIE, the son of an Eastern pard of Clem Judson, owner of the Oxo Ranch is given a warm reception by the boys when he arrives at the ranch. Out on the range Reggie sees Blake in conference with two rustlers and later learns that much stock has been lost. When Blake sees that Dolly likes the tenderfoot he tries desperately for some way to bring Reggie into disfavor. In Reggies clothes Blake finds a letter which would indicate that he is married and has a family. After Blake tells this to Dolly she rebukes the tenderfoot and sends him away without a chance for an explanation. But he has no time for explanations as he has tracked the rustlers down and located their hiding place. REGGIE MIXES IT Reggie follows Blake back to the ranch house as Judson and his men ride out. Dolly is about to consent to marry Blake, so disappointed is she with Reggie, when the Easterner arrives and things start to happen. In a short, fast fight Reggie knocks Blake through a door and locks him in while he carries Dolly off. Blake and several of his men follow Reggie who gets a lead on them, and locks Dolly in a small cabin and then leads Blake on to the rustlers camp where he is caught by Judson and his men. Reggie returns to Dolly and rides for the minister's house. He is just about to marry the breathless Dolly when Judson and his men burst into the room. Explanations are quickly made establishing Reggie as a Texas Ranger detailed to clean up the gang of rustlers operating on Judson's property. The letter causing all the trouble was from his married sister and after that Dolly has'nt a word of resistance. i«."THe DIAMOND QUEEN <4 UA//Ve/iSAl S£fHAi. "THE' DIAMOND QUEEN" Episode No. 14 "The Pit Of Horror" CAST Doris Eileen Sedgwick Bruce George Cheseboro Benson Al Smith Zeidt Frank Clarke Aline Earle Josephine Scott pLUNGING downward, Doris falls into a pool of water in the black pit, and, rising to the surface, sees with horror, gruesome denizens of the pit who have fallen to the last level of addiction to drugs and crime. These creatures advance upon her when a wall door quickly opens, and Doris, who has been cringing against it, falls out into an underground passage. The wall door closes again upon the creatures of the pit and Doris is surprised to find herself gazing up into the eyes of none other than Czenki, the diamond trust's famous expert, garbed as an oriental. Czenki refuses to divulge why he is befriending her until a later day, and helps her to escape from the underground eewer workings through a manhole to the street overhead. But Doris is seen and recaptured by Benson and his men, who are returning to the den. This time, she is incarcerated in a mysterious Chinese establishment. PUT TO TORTURE Benson has already promised Zeidt that if Doris refuses to talk when he returns to her he will put her to torture and make her reveal the source of her diamonds. It is Zeidt's plan to seize Doris' supply and destroy the source. Benson now gets Doris in a comer of the den and asks her if' she is ready to talk. Doris refuses. Outside, in the streets of Chinatown, Aline Earle, now recovered from her desperate illness, is searching for Doris, aided by "Shadow" Kelly. At the same time Bruce is combing Chinatown in an effort to pick up Doris' lost trail. In the den, Benson villainously tries to force Doris to reveal her secret. When threats and minor abuses fail, he takes forth a hyperdermic needle and vial of some mysterious, deadly, torturesome drug — and starts to administer to her the fiendish torture he had intended for Bruce in the waterfront shack. "Harem Scarem" Two-Reel Century Comedy Featuring HARRY SWEET AND THE CENTURY LIONS 'J'HE Rajah's favorite dancer is held a prisoner in her room. She ties a message to a brick which she throws from her window, hitting Harrj' on the head as he is walking along the street below. He immediately breaks into the building and goes to her room. She is guarded by several lions to prevent her escape. The guards liberate the lions in order to stop Harry from freeing the dancer. He manages to escape with the girl into one of the rooms and then releases the other lions. They chase the Rajah around until he is forced t<J hide in a large chest. Then Harry locks two of the guards up in the cages with the lions and leaves the harem with the favorite dancer of the old Rajah.