The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY -37 STORIES OF THE ONE REEL PHOTOPLAYS "JAGS AND JEALOUSY." Joker Comedy. Written by Karl Coolidge. Directed by W. W. Beaudine. CAST. Wife ...Gale Henry Husband William Franey Sculptor Charles Conklin Crook Milbum Moranti Dog "Snooze" Franey The husband makes the acquaintance of the sculptor who tells of his conquests with women. He discloses that he has made a statue which he keeps in his room across the hall. Husband gives his wife a comb. One day when the wife returns to her apartment she finds the door locked. She is in her pajamas, so hides in the apartment of the sculptor, who returns at that moment. Some crook has stolen the statue, so the wife takes its place and tries to persuade the sculptor that the statue has come to life. In her haste to escape him, however, she drops the comb. The sculptor goes to the club and exhibits the comb as evidence. The husband, who is present, hurries home to accuse his wife. Meantime she has discovered the loss and has gone to the sculptor's rooms to find it. She is just coming out when hubby returns. He compels her to return to the sculptor's room, and arranges the door so that whoever comes in will be killed by the discharge of a gun. The sculptor, finding his door locked and the apartment across the hall open, enters there and falls asleep. The wife's dog opens the door of the sculptor's apartment. The gun is discharged, awakening the wife and husband, who had fallen asleep. The husband now realizes that he might have been a murderer and begs his wife's forgiveness. They return to find the sculptor peacefully sleeping in their bedroom. "THE WOMAN WHO LEARNED.' Imp Drama. With Marie Walcamp. An idle woman of great wealth finds little joy in living. She rebuffs her little daughter, who urges her to assist in work among the poor. The chance of reading Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith," poem makes her realize that her life is tiresome because it is useless. "IT'S GREAT TO BE MARRIED.' Victor One-Reel Comedy-Drama. Written and Produced by Captain Leslie T. Peacocke. CAST. "Baby Doll" Eileen Sedgwick Her Mother Louise Mayon Ray, in love with the mother, Fred Church "Baby Doll" is growing up, but mother refuses to recognize the fact. She intends to keep her a child as long as possible. Ray is in love with the mother, and has never seen the daughter. He brings a rattle to present to her. Baby sees the presentation and is angry. She hears her mother telling Ray that she is just eight years old, but to reality she is nearly eighteen. Ray urges the mother to marry him the day after Christmas. The night before Christmas, Ray and her mother fill Baby's stocking, but Baby finds it very hard to be pleased with childish presents any longer. At the Christmas tree Ray meets Baby for the first time. There are plenty of children at the party, but Baby cannot play with them. She can think only of the marriage of her mother and Ray on the morrow. Preparations for the wedding go on. Mother puts on plenty of paint to hide the wrinkles. Ray arrives at the house and Baby meets him. She confesses that she is eighteen, not eight. They understand each other very well. The minister arrives, and Ray tells Baby to put on her mother's hat and cloak and marry him. They drive away in Ray's machine before Mother discovers that she has lost her bridegroom. "NERVY NAT HAS HIS FORTUNE TOLD," and "In the Heart of India as Seen by Doctor Dorsey." Powers Animated Cartoon and Educational Split Reel. Nervy Nat has his fortune told by a seeress, who says that he will have an adventure with a brunette beauty. He goes to the beach and sees her from the rear. He follows her, only to find that she is a coon. The second half of the reel is devoted to views in the interior of India from the wonderful travel pictures of the Dorsey Expedition. DIRECTOR CURTIS CURTAILS VACATION. ^LLEN CURTIS returned to work this week at Universal City after a three months' rest, during which time he visited his mother in Denver. The well known director of comedy pictures dropped into Universal City simply for the purpose of paying a visit to Vice-President Davis and his old friends "on the lot," it having been his intention to rest for another month after his four years of service with the Big U organization. On the day of his visit Captain Leslie T. Peacocke, who was directing a comedy company, was taken ill, and VicePresident Davis asked Curtis if he would go on with the picture, which had been started only the day before. Curtis took the script and went to work at once, and with the aid of Bnmo Becker, assistant director, completed the comedy in a few hours beyond two days. "Guess I'm fit to go to work without waiting another month after all," said the mirth-making director. "Looks like it after that speed. Find another story and get busy in the morning," ordered the boss of Universal City. Curtis did and on the following day was half through the second picture by the time the quitting hour had arrived. JACK MULHALL FEATURED PLAYER. ^FTER having appeared in a number of Universal features in leading roles. Jack Mulhall, considered one of the best juveniles in pictures, signed a long-time contract with the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, and will hereafter be featured in big productions. Since joining the company, Mr. Mulhall has supported some of its best stars, including Flora Parker De Haven in "The Whirlpool of Destiny," Dorothy Phillips in "The Place Beyond the Winds," and Ruth Stonehouse in a forthcoming production entitled, "Fighting for Love," in which Mr. Mulhall plays a prominent part. The vehicle for his first stellar appearance is "The Killer," written in five reels by Raymond Wells and Fred Myton. Wells will direct the production of the story which portrays the exploits of a bad man in the east. Wells has already worked with Miss Stonehouse in "Kinkaid, Gambler," a Red Feather, and in "Fighting for Love," in which Mulhall and Miss Stonehouse played opposite.