The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

—THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY 43 THE LOVE SLACKER." Nestor Comedy. Story and Scenario by F. A. Palmer. Produced by Roy Clements. CAST. Eddie Eddie Lyons Lee Lee Moran Edith Edith Roberts Proprietor of Drugstore.. Fred Gamble (Copyright 1917, Universal Film Manufacturing Co.) "No. you can't have a dance. They are all "taken." The haughty beauty moves away, and Eddie decides to become a woman hater because he is not popular. He goes to the country, and all the girls fall for him so that he has a hard time avoiding them. Lee is the son of the owner of the drugstore, is the only young man in Eddie enjoys Lee's embarrassment of engine and of females. town, and resents Eddie's arrival. Eddie goes fishing, to be by himself, but the girls find him out. He sticks his fishing-rod in the mud, and Lee finds it. He starts to fish, and the constable arrests him as it is forbidden. He is fined, and this does not make him love Eddie any more. Lee and the girls are out motoring, and Edith sees Eddie and climbs out of the back of the car to go to him. She complains of a sprained ankle. Eddie is very solicitous, until it begins to rain, and then she iforgets all about t, and they both run and take refuge under the awning of the drugstore. They become so interested in each other that they do not notice when the vindictive Lee pulls up the awning and lets them get soaked. "There's take that," said Lee. "They told me you were a love slacker, but I think you are a cradle snatcher, I do." . . Featuring MARIE WALCAMP and EDDIE POLO "LIBERTY" pulsates with the burning zeal of American principles. It gives the fans 20 weeks of memorable thrills— daredevil escapades — blood-curdling chances with death. It makes them gasp with amazement at the hair-breadth escapes and astounding action. Book It Now It is a most timely picture — made to order for a big box-oflSce clean up. It was a wonderful puller before the war — it is now a stronger magnet than ever. Book it through your nearest Universal Exchange, or Universal Film Man'f'a Co. CARL LAEMMLE. .j^^^^^^^ 1 600 President, .J^B^^Hl^H^Bk. _ _ Largest A^^^^^^^ B'WaV Film Mfg. Con iBIHH^^^^^^^^Hk^ <>««^ cern In the Unl i^pSpV^^^^^^^^^H^ M Y VISITED HOME OFFICE, A MONG the exchange men who have paid visits recently to the home office are Barney Rosenthal, of St. Louis, who stayed three days and absorbed all of the pep that hot little old New York could giv« him, and John McAleer, of Pittsburgh. Mac did not stay so long. He had a chance to meet almost all of the boys, and most of them met him for the first time. William Oldknow, who owns the South, and V. R. Carrick, who exercises a restraining influence on Philadelphia, have also been in the oflSce of the editor and promised to send him a lot of letter and pictures of enthusiastic exhibitors. Now we will just see if they're going to be as good as their word.