The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

"THE BRASS GIRL" With Matt Moore and Jane Gale. 3y ; Burk Symon. {Copyright 1917, Universal Film Mfg. Co.) AM proine to move out of this apartment at once. I cannot stand 'h i s' noise," says Jane Brown to her landlord. "Take this as my notice. I'm quitting. I cannot stand 'her' noise," Martin Stone tells the same landlord. Jane and Martin are new tenants in the same apartment house. She occupies the first floor, and he lives on the floor above. Jane is a sculptress, and Martin is a musician. One day they meet for the first time in the hallway and he gallantly gathers up several oranges that she has dropped. He is favorably impressed with her appearance, while she seems equally pleased with her new acquaintance. But they are both temperamental and become antagonized through their respective arts. Martin shows annoyance at the hammering that emanates from the apartment below, where Jane is instructing a class of six girls in the gentle art of punching brass, and Jane is by no means overjoyed in being compelled to listen to the vigorous piano playing that emanates from the apartment directly over hers, especially when she seeks repose at night. Their habits differ radically. She "/ — / — think it's going to rain." A STORY of single discord and double tranquility, produced by Matt Moore and released as a Victor TwoReel Comedy. CAST. Jane Brown Jane Gail Martin Stone Matt Moore Landlord Frank Lyon retires early — ^he plays the piano into the small hours of the night, often accompanied by fellow artists who play the violin and other instruments. One night, despite Jane's repeated rapping, Martin and his musical crowd combine to make the night hideous to her. She, therefore, grasps her chisel and hammers with all her might and main, to which the noisemakers upstairs respond with the nerve-racking strains of the Anvil' chorus. But Jane gets revenge the next morning by having her class do a little brass punching stunt that makes Martin jump out of bed as if exploded by a submarine. Martin retaliates by pounding the piano with such vigor that he jars the ceiling in Jane's apartment and causes bits of plaster to fall on her pupils. Jane sends for the landlord and gives notice that she is moving. Martin, equally temperamental, also notifies the landlord that he will seek new quarters at the end of the month. In the meantime, they approach a nervous state demanding medical attention. Their respective doctors advise them to sleep in the open air, and hence unknown to each other, they rig up beds on their verandas. One night a rain and wind storm springs up and blows their bedclothing to the lawn below. They hurry downstairs after their blankets. Jane beats Martin to the street, grabs up all the bed-clothing in sight, and rushes back to the house. As Martin stands shivering in his wet pajamas by the radiator in his apartment, he hears screams from the apartment below. A burglar has entered Jane's rooms. Martin rushes down and struggles with the burglar. Jane telephones to the police. The burglar is overcome. The police arrive to find the intruder tied to a chair, Jane in her night dress and Martin in his pajamas. When the police captain asks Jane her name she is too embarrassed to reply.. Martin saves the day by informing the officers that the burglar has entered the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Stone. They decide to stay — together in only one apartment — married. 'Yes, we'll take the apa/rtment together.