The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

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Vol. 8. NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 25, 1916. No, 15 THE MOVING PIQURE WEEKLY A Magazine for Exhibitors and others interested in films. Published Weekly by the MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO.. Inc. Editorial Offices 1600 Broadway Publication Offices 409 Pearl St. New York City. PAUL GULICK Editor M. WINKLER Music Editor PETER PEPPER Interviews MARJORIE HOWARD Interviews JOE BRANDT Business Manager W. A. BACH Canadian Representative GEO. H. BOWLES Kansas Correspondent FRED S. MEYER . ..Minneapolis Correspondent FRED T. GRENELL Detroit Correspondent KINTARO SAKAMOTO-.Japan Correspondent ROBERT S. DOMAN ...London Correspondent CHARLES E, HASTINGS Holland Corresp. Subscription Price, $3.00 a year Foreign, $3.50 Single Copies, 10c. AGAIN PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK. Owing to repeated, long continued and insistent demands on the part of exhibitors and film fans alike, the Moving Picture Weekly will, starting with this issue, be published every week instead of every other week. The business management also wishes to announce at the same time a slight increase in its subscription rates. This increase is abs'olutely necessary owing to the unprecedented price of paper. The subscription price will be three dollars a year on all new subscriptions and single copies will be ten cents. Table of Contents Cuts from the Animated Weekly 10 Flashes from the News Weekly 11 Ben Wilson's Best Role So Far 12 Universal Gives Cup for Auto Race 18-37 U City Recognized as World Capital 19-35 Big Film Thefts from Universal 22 "I Am the Printing Press," by Robert H. Davis 23-38 What Thev Are Doing at U City 24-25 "The People versus John Doe" 26-27-38 Our Japanese Correspondent 30 Chicago Exchange Burns 30 Managers' and Exhibitors' Department 31 Putting It Over 34 The Figure Thirteen 37 The Programs 39 Music for Week of Nov. 27 40 iiHl Stories of This Week Alaska, Powers Educational 32 A Designing Woman, Laemmle Drama 33 Ancient India, Powers Educational 33 Eat and Grow Hungry, L-Ko 33 Just Her Luck, Victor Comedy-Drama 21 Liberty, Episode 16, U Special 21 Sammie Johnsin's Love Affair, Powers Cart. 33 Scrappily Married, Joker 33 Should She Have Told? Gold Seal Drama. .. 15 Tattle Tale Alice, L-Ko 33 The Bugler of Algiers, Bluebird 16-17-21 The Circle of Death, Big U Drama 33 The Fascinating Model, Powers Comedy.... 32 The Greater Power, Bison Drama 28 The Heel of the Law, Imp Drama 32 The Last of the Morgans, Laemmle Drama..20 The Mainspring, Red Feather 13 The Mansard Mystery, Imp Drama 29 The Mother Call, Big U Thanksgiving Spec..32 The Wall of Flame, Imp Drama 33 The White Turkey, Nestor 32