The Moving Picture Weekly (1917-1919)

THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY 17 AND UNIVERSAL TRENCHES JOE MARTINA POPULARITY Joe Martin takes his daily walk. SHIPWRECKED IN EARNEST. IT is good news to hear that there will be more "Perils of the Secret Service." Another, called "The Master Spy," is scheduled for release very soon, and more are in preparation. The scene on the ship is an incident in the making of the tenth episode of the series, which came near having serious consequences for Claire Du Brey, who was playing opposite Kingsley Benedict in the story. She couldn't swim, but she was willing to take a chance. If her director wanted her to be shipwrecked, shipwrecked she would be; it was all in the day's work. That was what Miss Du Brey answered hen she was told that she had to be set adrift on a small life-raft outside the San Pedro harbor, here Director Jack Wells was filming the story. The waves were running too high outside the breakwater, and it was planned to stage the shipwreck just inside the harbor. However, every one forgot to reckon with the strong outgoing current, which soon whisked the little raft outside the breakwater. The situation of the players clinging to it was any I OE MARTIN, the big orang-outang of the Universal zoo, is | becoming so popular that he is almost as important in a cast as a "star." Joe has been receiving mail from his admirers for a long time, and letters come to the big ape from all parts of the country. Many of them are from children who refuse to believe that he is not a human being in disguise. Joe realizes perfectly that the letters are for him, and is delighted to receive them. He is so intelligent that there is good excuse for the children who think that he is a real actor. The cut shows him taking his daily constitutional with Curly Stecker, of the zoo, his faithful friend. Joe has fiiends all over the lot, and loves to visit. His favorite among the players is Lena Baskette, the child actress and dancer, who has been nicknamed Pavlowa Junior. He was scheduled to appear with her in a picture the other day called "Amelita's Friend," which is part of a series of two-reel photoplays in which the little girl is being directed by Marshall Stedman. Joe was delighted, for he is perfectly aware that he is working, and his friends even declare that he knows the difference between a rehearsal and a real scene. Joe has a part in the coming serial, "The Red Ace," which is being directed by Jacques Jaccard, and of which Marie Walcamp is the star. His appearances are so mysterious that his connection with the plot is still a secret, but he has already worked in many scenes. His directors all declare him to be the most tractable of actors and as gentle as a kitten. The list of his screen successes is a long and ever-growing one, but his head is not in the least turned by success. Claire Du Brey being revived after thrilling experience in "The Master Spy." thing but enviable, and the steamer "Otter," which had been chartered by Wells' Company for the picture making, gave chase at once. But the sea was so heavy that it was impossible to get a line to the craft. Miss Du Brey was at the mercy of the pounding waves, which broke right over her. Several times she thought she must be washed away, tout she managed to hook one arm through the binding cable and hold herself on. Finally, after an hour's hard work, she was picked up, almost exhausted. The illustration shows her lying on the "Otter's" deck with the members of the company working hard to resuscitate her.