The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

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40 THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY "Tough Luck" Two-Reel Century Comedy Featuring HARRY SWEET DATHER than walk under a ladder or let a black cat cross his path Harry would walk two miles out of his way. While riding along in his flivver he sees a black cat about to cross in front of the car. He chases the cat and is run over by a limousine in which is a decidedly pretty grirl. Harry loses his heart, but she drives off after seeing that he is not hurt. Walking along the street he meets a man and agrees to deliver a note for the stranger. The doctor who receives the message locks Harry up in a room guarded by iron bars. While there he learns that the girl he saw is the daughter of the doctor. With the help of "Brownie," the Century Wonder Dog, who trips up the doctor at the right time, they manage to escape and are married. "Movie Struck" One-Reel Star Comedy Featuring BILLY FLETCHER jgETTY, unknown to her husband, attends Professor Van's School of Acting. He discovers this and bribes the professor to let him take his place for a while. With a makeup he puts his wife through some stunts to see if she can act. He then goes into the next room and after changing clothes comes back through the front door and accuses Betty of loving the professor. Billy threatens to kill the professor, and is in the next room throwing furniture around, when a cop arrives to find out the trouble. Billy explains things to the officer, who tells the wife the professor is no more. She returns home repentent and obedient to him. "The White Horseman" Episode No. 5 "Trails Of Treachery" CAST Allen Art Acord Ramsey Duke R. Lee Zona Iva Forrester Spider Hank Bell pROM his hiding place in Wong Foo's cellar, Ramsey sees the gang throw Zona, the Indian girl, through the man-hole into the underground stream and realizing that she had the bracelet on her hand, he rushes from hiding and drags her out Untying her wrists, he is about to take the bracelet off when the mummy man appears through the back entrance. At Wong Foo's the Spider tries to get the secret from Zona and is met by Allen. Allen is about to overpower the Spider when Foo trips Allen and he falls through the opening into the underground stream. He manages to grab a projecting rock in the wall, however, and works his way back up into the room again. Allen gets up through the manhole and with the Spider's own guns, lines the men up against the wall while he and the girls escape. They back out the entrance and are caught by the Spider's men. Breaking loose they stop inside of Foo's store and hold off the gang. The sound of the shooting brings Garcia and his men to the scene and they engage the outlaws in a street fight. Allen barricades the door against them but he is drawn away from it by one of the Spider's men who slips in throught another window. With only Jean to hold the door closed Foo and the Spider have not much trouble in forcing the entrance. Ramsey catches Zona and has almost succeeded in getting the bracelet from her wrist. Jean, in Foo's store, is unable to maintain the barricade and it breaks uown. Foo and the Spider grab her while Allen, knocked almost unconscious, is at the mercy of the outlaw whose knife has started down toward his heart. International News No. 24. Pompeii, Italy. — Exploring the Dead City of Pompeii. Exclusive pictures made within the ancient Metropolis buried in 63 A. D. by the Vesuvius Volcano. Cannes, France. — Gay Riveira's naval battle of flowers. Beautifully decorated craft vie for honors in famous resort's annual carnival. Boston, Mass. — Boston Zoo starts school for elephants. In the City of Culture, the mammoth pachyderms must know more than how to eat peanuts. Chicago, III. — A sxmbeam for the White House. Miss Pearl Harding, second cousin to the President, will be the first young lady of the land. Dusseldorf, Germany. — Seizure of German cities completed. British tanks dominate streets as Rhine towns are occupied. Dallas, Texas. — Champion "Indians" play for charity. Cleveland team beats Kansas City Blues in fast exhibition game. Baltimore, Md. — Cardinal Gibbons dies at age of 86. Intimate pictures of the famous prelate whose noble life was an inspiration for millions. Camden, N. J. — Uncle Sam's mightiest dreadnaught launched. The Colorado, 33,000 ton craft, gets her first dip in the water. In The Bengal, India. — Hunting big game in India's jungles. Exclusive pictures of the Duke of Connaught's expedition in the tropic jungles. (The Duke in camp.)