The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

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THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY ■15 FLASHES FROM THE NEWS WEEKLIES ALMOST TWO MILES A MINUTE QNE of the most remarkable feats of aviation that has ever been accomplished was performed this past week by Carlstrom under the auspices of a New York newspaper. He started out to make a nonstop flight from Chicago to New York, a feat that has never been done. But he was forced to alight twice, the first time to fix a leaky gas tank and the second time on account of the darkness. But the flight was wonderful even if he did not do what he started out to. His first stopping place was at Erie, Pa., over six hundred miles from his startingpointt. Then after a great deal of time wasted in trying to get the right kind of gasoline, he got under way again and at last arrived at Hammondsport,N.Y., where he had to come down for the night. The next morning he continued on his way and surprised the men who were waiting for him at Governor's Island by arriving long before he was expected and completing the flight from Hammondsport, some 315 miles, in two hours and twenty-one minutes, at an average speed of a hundred and thirty miles an hour. His time for the whole trip was about eight hours and a half actual flying time or an average speed of a hundred and fourteen miles an hour. The fortyfifth number of the Animated Weekly shows him leaving Chicago and arriving the next day in New York. AN AIR RACE JN these days when aeroplaning is so common the old sport of balloon racing has gone out of style a little. But it is still the same old thrilling adventure, as this race proved. There is a certain element of suspense in it as well as interest, as there is no way of telling where one is bound for or where one will eventually land. The forty-fifth number of the Universal Animated Weekly shows a recent international balloon race that was started from Muskogee.Okla. Among the contestants was Capt. John Berry, the oldest living balloonist in the world. One of the balloons shown was the one that caught on fire while it was 14,000 feet in the air, but came down safely. HERE AGAIN to be somewhat in the nature of a fluke. But this second arrival proves that submarine commerce is a thing to be counted upon in the blockade of the future. It will revolutionize the way that warfare is carried on, as it seems that it is no longer possible to have an effective blockade. The arrival of the submarine liner is shown in the forty-fifth number of the Animated Weekly with views of our old friends, Capt. Koeiyg, etc., who were all shown in the weekly the last time that the ship arrived. It is also interesting to know that the Deutschland this time brings with her a cargo that is worth about ten millions of dollars and the trip has been so profitable to the owners that they intend to establish a line of these vessels and have a regular service. HARVARD CRUSHES CORNELL POOTBALL enthusiasts all over the country will welcome the opportunity that is offered by the Univarsal Animated Weekly to view what seems to have been one of the most notable contests of the season. When Harvard defeated Cornell last Saturday they did more than merely win a victory. They erased a defeat that has stood on the clean slate of the Crimson, as last year it was Cornell that won the victory. The score, 23-0, proves that Harvard is in a better situation than most of the wiseacres gave her credit for. They have been backward this year up at Cambridge, but now the team is rounding into shape and although they miss Eddie Mahan, Casey bids fair to step into his shoes. Although their chances for the championship are lost through the one defeat by Tufts, still it is certain that by the time that the big games arrive Harvard will have a machine that will be in a fair way to make trouble. The forty-fifth number of the Animated Weekly shows how they do it. THE WAR IN EGYPT "pOO much credit cannot be given to the Germans for the second trip of the Deutschland. When the ship arrived the first time it was thought ■pHERE has been a great deal of well-deserved sympathy showered on the heroes who are fighting in the trenches over in France and upon the men who are in the great war in other parts of the European arena, but so far there has been little said about the war that is going in all the parts of the globe. The forty-fifth number of the Universal Animated Weekly shows the war that is taking place in Egypt under the shadow of the pyramids. There is a force of Australian soldiers* guarding the Suez Canal, a very important post, as England is dependant upon the supplies that are all the time arriving from the Orient and from India. But the life that the men lead in that country is no joy. They suffer from constant hardships as the climate is very trying. The sun beats down all the day and the sand keeps the heat so that there is little relief at night. The men have a very dreary sort of an existence. There is little danger, but that is what the men complain about, as they would rather be in the middle of the fray. As one sees them plodding through the sand it is impossible not to sympathize with them. WONDERFUL SETS FILMED BY JULIAN IN "THE BUGLER OF ALGIERS." MEITHER pains nor money were spared by the Bluebird Company to make every detail perfect for Director Rupert Julian's production of "The Buglar of Algiers," picturized from the story of Perley Poore Sheehan and Robert H. Davis, editor of Munsey's Magazine. In the first place, a complete Brittany street was built at the studio. Costumes were specially made for the villagers and among the quaint homes with thatched roofs the actors and actresses presented scenes typical of old France. War comes and then Gabrielle, played by Ella Hall, and her brother Anatole, portrayed by Kingsley Benedict, are parted as the young man enlists as a bugler. With him also enlists his friend Pierre, played by Julian. The three had been great friends; in fact, Gabrielle practically had been a mother to both young men. Subsequently, the soldiers of the enemy are seen galloping over the hill and upon the sleepy village, scattering women and goats and poultry as they dash through the street. After a lapse of many years the two men return to the little village to find it changed. They cannot find Gabrielle, and finally Anatole is ordered to Paris to be decorated for an act of heroism. He starts out with Pierre but dies en route. So Pierre passes himself off as Anatole. In the presence of the President he meets Gabrielle and taking her back to the village places the decoration on the body of his dead friend. A huge banquet table was provided and, in addition, real food was served to the beautifully gowned women and the men in evening dress.