The Moving Picture Weekly (1918-1919)

The Moving Picture Weekly A MAGAZINE FOR MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITORS Published Weekly by the MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY PUB. CO. 1600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY Paul Gulick, Editor Joe Brandt, Bus. Mgr. ( Copyright 1918, Universal Film Mfg. Co. All Rights Reserved) Vol. 7. NOVEMBER 23, 1918. No. 14 AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT. 'YO conserve stationary, the War Industries Board has asked us to issue the following suggestions: 1. — Single space all typewritten let ters. 2. — Use both sides of the paper if length of letter requires more than one page. 3. — In making carbon copies, use the back of the letter received instead of a fresh sheet. 4. — When letters are short enough use half-sheets. 5. — Use scraps of paper and envelopes as memo pads. As loyal Americans we ask you to govern yourself according to the above government rules. UNIVERSAL FILM MFG. CO., Carl Laemmle, President. ORANG-OUTANG FIGHTS "FLU. JOE MARTIN,a huge orang-outang, employed as one of the animal actors at the Universal Film Company studios on the coast, is recovering from what is probably the worst case of Spanish influenza on record. The beast suffered tortures in proportion to his enormous strength, which according to a statement on the species by Rudyard Kipling, is fourteen times as great as that of a man. The orang-outang wasted away to the form of a skeleton, and his great strength vanished until he had no more than that of a child. Heroic surgical and medical treatment was resorted to, and after a long siege Joe Martin finally pulled through the ravages of the disease. WAR TITLE FOR MOVIE MAN. ALLEN HOLUBAR, a director at Universal City, is the proud possessor of an unusual honorary war title. He has been made an honorary member of "Fragments From France," an organization made up of fighting men who have been invalided home. The induction of Holubar into this exclusive group was made as an appreciation of the director's service to the cause of humanity in the production of the Universal's latest war film, featuring Dorothy Phillips. The picture is temporarily entitled "Carry On." EDDIE POLO COMING. Flash — Eddie Polo is Coming to New York, Hire a Spotted Pony and Book a Few of Your Best Theatres and Send Him Back. Joe Martin with the Flu. £DDIE POLO, acrobatic "stunt" man, who has just finished the Universal film, "The Lure of the Circus," and is suffering with fifty sprains therefrom, is coming to New York to spend his four weeks vacation. Polo has made thus far three 100foot jumps into a river, has leaped twice from a rapidly moving train into an automobile, and has had fights with mobs for scenes in the film. His contract calls for two "stunts" at least in eveiy episode. Recently the Spanish influenza epidemic caused a shutdown of production work at Universal City. It was then that the hurts strewn over Polo's frame were counted and classified. He believes that the Spanish influenza saved his life, for if it hadn't come along he would have had to attempt further feats while in a crippled condition. HOW APACHES OF PARIS DEFENDED NATION REVEALED. JN the archives of the military and and police officials of Paris is an historic romance of the underworld. It tells in cold, formal style the details of how the criminals who for years had infested the hidden, underground places of the French capital did their part when the German invaders drew near the city. The official reports testify that the Apaches of Paris reformed as if by magic, and that the city was purified by the impending peril of attack. Men who had lived by burglary, highway robbery and all forms of crime found that a bigger purpose existed in life for them. Hardened hearts were remoulded by the call of patriotism. It was then that the gendarmes of Paris discovered strange things. They found in the ranks of soldiers faces which were familiar counterparts of portraits in the Bertillon Bureau, or rogue's gallery. They discovered instances of criminals who had been long sought, djing on the battlefield. This subject forms the basis of a motion picture recently completed by the Universal Film Company, entitled "The Wildcat of Paris." Priscilla Dean, the star, is cast as a queen of the Apaches, who leads the denizens of the underworld in the defense of their country. JUANITA HANSEN STAR OF NEW BLUEBIRD RELEASE. With Juanita Hansen as his featured player, Colin Campbell did rapid work in filming "The Wrong Side of Paradise," a five-reel drama. The story is laid around the Barbary Coast in San Francisco, and deals with the operations of the German spies. George Hull wrote the story, which was scenorioized by H. Tipton Stock. It vnW be released as a Bluebird under the title, "The Sea Flower."