The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

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2^ THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY "THichMWiioTookflClianc?' Monty Gray had seen a photo and lost his heart. What followed is a-plenty. D ELIGHTFUL Bluebird Photoplay, written by Ben Cohn, and produced by William Worthington, with Franklyn Farnum and Agnes Vernon in the leads, in which every one plots against every one else. introduction to the Lannings. Monty surreptitiously steals the picture of the girl, which he hides inside his coat. After a sleepless night of scheming, Monty finally decides to masquerade as an English lord, taking the name of Lord Winston Radleigh, which he had seen mentioned in a newspaper. He hires James, an English valet, who coaches him in the art of wearing the monocle and in aristocratic manners. He inserts Lord Winston Radleigh in place of his own name in the letter of introduction and sets out on his quest. At the Lannings, Constance is perched in a tree and is daring the men to come up and put on her slippers, declaring that a kiss shall be the reward to the brave knight who comes to her aid. She is slipperless, for she has thrown N this delightful Bluebird photoplay, which was written by Ben Cohn and produced by William Worthington, every one plots against every one else, some with good motives, some with bad. It is a comedy of crosspurposes, and imposters, which comes in the end to a most satisfactory conclusion, with the heroine in the arms of the hero, even though he wears handcuffs on his wrists. It is full of those charming touches of humor which mark a Worthington comedy, and affords Farnum and Miss Vernon just the sort of roles which suit them best. Here is the complicated plot. Monty Gray has just arrived from China, where he has spent ten years of his life building railroads and where he has learned to abhor the very look of a Chinaman. Entering an hotel, he meets Wilbur Mason, a former college chum, but is grieved to learn that Wilbur is leaving town that day. While chatting, Monty instantly falls victim to the beauty of a girl's face, which is framed in a picture on the dresser. Wilbur tells him it Is his cousin, Constance Lanning, and warns his friend that there is not a ghost of a chance for him, as her mother has the "Title Bug" and scorns any ordinary American. But upon Monty's entreaty to help him, Wilbur writes a letter of Monty rescues the fainting heroine