The Moving Picture Weekly (1917-1918)

lUnONAL ASSOCIATION wnwpicfiiBfliiaisTiiT f The Moving Picture Weekly li A MAGAZINE FOR MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITORS Published Weekly by the MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY PUB. CO. 1600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY Paul Guuck, Editor (Copyright 1918, Universal Film Mfg. Co. Joe Brandt, Bits. All Rights Reserved) Mgr. VoL 6. AUGUST IT, 1918. No. 2" Theodore Roosevelt Praises Anti-Yellow Dog Movement Famous Ex-President and Continued Exponent of Preparedness Proud of the Work Already Done by AntiYellow Dog Clubs in Running Down the Back Door Seditions. ^EW YORK, Aug. 6th.— Theodore Roosevelt, with characteristic force, has endorsed the nation-wide movement against the ''Yellow Dogs" who are aiding the enemy by spreading German made stories and demoralizing lying rumors, :. In ^ letter addressed to the National Deputy at Headquarters of the Anti-Yellow Dog Club, in New York City, our ex-president amplifies the slogan of the Anti-Yellow Dog Clubs, which is "Free Speech, Yesl Free Lies, Xol" and lends his moral support to the object of the clubs which is to make every comer of America 100 per cent. American, by awakening the people to the treachery Americanism in this land and to tolerate no divided allegiance. It is our duty to back up the Government in extending the draft, in encouraging and insisting upon the speeding up of our warplane program, our field gun program, and every other industry connected with the war and to back iff the'Hun propagandist who' is usftt^"? tJio months of .thoSghtless Americans to spread the gospel of the KaiseiS^ 3(Ir. Roosevelt says: Mr. Chas. J. Giegerich, Deputy, AntiYellow Dog CTub, 730 7th Ave., New York City. Dear Sir: I wish you all good luck in your eflForts to start the AntiYellow Dog Clubs. It is the duty of the American people to put this wnr through to a finish. It is our duty to insist upon a 100 per cent. TITLES OF SCENES FOR CURRENT E\T;NTS, No. 6.5. I The boys at Camp Dix are • ,«xpert in the mounted game of push ball. O London's Lord Mayor re • views troops incidental to celebration of war's success. ^ L'ncle Sam needs norses to • care for sick and wounded at Camp Devens. A Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and • his son do their bit in a ship yard as ordinary day laborers. C Convalescent marines, saiJors and doughboys enjoy sail up the Hudson on a private yacht ^A j^k regiment "somc^'here in France" decorated for gallant conduct during attack on the Mame. J ^ ■■ NOTE. QN pages 26 and 27 will be found the second of the "Fronts that Pay'' articles written by an authority on lobby display. They are well worth the time of every exhibitor and if followed are certain to bring results. The cuts and frames are contributed by the well-known firm of Menger. Ring & Weinstein. There will be more of these articles. Watch for them. Look oo^ for OG it up by sending the greatest possible number of our soldiers abroad until we get an army on the fighting line, bigger than the combined lines of France and England. It is our duty to stand by every public servant who efficientlyj fearlessly and patriotically does his duty along these lines. It is no less: our duty to fearlessly oppose any public servant who fails in any point to perform such duty. This isnt any one man's war, and it isn't any Government organization's war. It's the war of the American people. It's their .-^ dutv : insist that all their serv Look our For ants carry it on with the highest eflBciency. With all good wishes, Faithfullv vours, (Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT The establishment of Anti-Yellow Dog Clubs throughout America, is the result of the suggestion in "The Yellow Dog." by Henry Irving Dodge, {Continued on page 26)