The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY IS FLASHES FROM THE NEWS WEEKLIES MAKING UP TIME CAUSES TEXAS WRECK. ■yHE Universal Animated Weekly number thirty-three shows what was left of the Texas Special after it was derailed about ten miles south of Dallas, while trying to make up lost time. The train was rounding a curve at a speed of forty miles an hour when it was thrown off the tracks. The engine was the first to leave the tracks and was the most damaged. Both the engineer and fireman were killed as was one of the passengers. Many views of the wreck are shown and some are very peculiar. The running gear of the tender was thrown squarely on top of the engine. The baggage-smoker, third in position in the train, hurled the tender and landed on its side in advance of the locomotive. Rails twisted in every possible shape were cast high and dry into a com patch and the coal in the tender was swept clean out and deposited in a neat heap in front of the engine. In short, it was a very remarkable wreck and the wonder is that more people were not killed. SHARKS FOILED. A NEW method has been invented to foil the big man-eaters that have been making life miserable for the ambitious swimmers all along the Atlantic coast this summer. The contrivance, which is shown in the thirtythird number of the Universal Animated Weekly, is a huge net made of the heaviest chain. It protrudes several feet above the high water level, and at the base are chains that sink into the bottom and conform to the changing surface by the weight of the chains. Besides being a safeguard against sharks the net keeps swimmers from being swept out to sea by the tide. HUGHES ON TOUR IN WEST. MUMBER thirty-three of the Universal Animated Weekly shows Charles Hughes, the Republican nominee for the presidency on his tour of the country. The present stopping place is in Detroit, where he received a hearty reception. The reception given in his honor at the Hotel Pontchartrain was a big success and the Judge and Mrs. Hughes seem to be enjoying it immensely on the picture. In the afternoon they attended a ball game between the Tigers and the Athletics and here again Hughes received the ovations of an admiring multitude. And finally he is shown making a speech to some 15,000 em ployees of the Dodge Brothers Motor Car Plant. Of course this is just the reception that Mr. Hughes received in one town, but all through the west on this tour he has been cheered so vociferously that the coming campaign should be at any rate interesting. IS THE BREMEN COMING? JN New London there is being built a giant shed to store the cargo of the next submarine merchantman that is to arrive from Germany. The Animated Weekly shows the shed in the process of construction, and this should set all doubts as to whether or not the ship will arrive, at rest. Some of the more sceptical among the public think that the boat will arrive, but that the building of the shed at New London is only a ruse to make the British cruisers watch the wrong port. Watchful waiting and the Animated cameraman will reveal the answer. VOLLMER MEETS HIS PEER AT LAST. THE mighty VoUmer, who has so far taken the measure of about all the splash artists in the east and has even vanquished "Duke" Kahanamoku, has at last met a better man in Ludy Langer, who hails from California. This is practically the first race that Vollmer has ever been beaten, but it was no disgrace, as he gave a very creditable performance and Langer was not more than a yard ahead at any time. Number thirty-three of the Universal Animated Weekly shows both the victor and the vanquished. DRY LAND SWIMMING. IT is no longer necessary to go to the seashore to learn the art of swimming. Number thirty-three of the Universal Animated Weekly shows how the fair co-eds at the summer session of the University of California are taught to plough the briny deep without getting their hair wet. The girls are all lined up in classes and the intricacies of the arm motion and the kick are fully demonstrated and practiced. Then after the technique has been fully mastered out of the water the pupil can dive in and swim like a veteran — maybe. SHORT MEASURE CHEATER TRAPPED. 'J'HE officials in New York are always on the lookout for frauds in the shape of short measures. Number thirty-three of the Universal Ainmated Weekly shows the way one of these frauds is detected. The inspector was attracted by the sign advertising gasoline at 23 cents a gallon, a price way below that which other dealers were getting. Upon investigation it was found that the man was giving his customers a pint less than full measure. He was promptly put on the black list. The way of the transgressor is hard. MINNEAPOLIS NEWS. By FRED S. MEYER. THE Strand, St. Paul's largest and most exclusive photoplay theatre, booked the Bluebird feature SHOES for a period of four days. The engagement proved so successful that SHOES was retained for the entire week, and Mgr. Friedman informs us that the business was bigger on the last than on the first day. This is a wonderful record, considering the fact that the Twin Cities at the present time are experiencing the hottest period in entire history, 102 in shade. Violet MacMillan, who appeared in a number of Universal Juvenile Comedies, is headliner at the New Grand this week, in a skit entitled "In and Out of the Movies." She uses four different parts of some of her Universal releases and talks about Universal City, and why she prefers to appear in Universal pictures. In conjunction with her appearance she commands a one-page ad of Universal reading matter. Julius Bemheim. Asst. Mgr. of the local Universal office is suffering from accute indigestion and had to be removed to a hospital. As we go to press, his condition is materially improved and Mr. Bemheim is entirely out of danger. Julius has promised to be more careful about his diet in the future. The best argument in favor of regular service against feature was submitted here a few days ago by H. W. Sarvis of Ortonville, Minn. He compares the third reel of a feature to the seventh inning of a baseball game. You stay to see the finish; you see your home team beaten, but as you have not seen the start, you sit through the first six innings. Get the drift ? Very good logic. Northwestern exhibitors will hereafter receive regular calls from Universal representatives. Mgr. Meyer, of the Minneapolis and Fargo offices, has the livest wires of the Northwest on his staff, and expects to completely revolutionize the Northwest with Universal service.