Moving Picture Weekly (1916)

-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY -17 "The Great Torpedo Secret" ¥ n"| UST the sort of a comedydrama which suits Herbert Rawlinson has been made for him by E. B. Lewis, and produced by I Stuart Paton, who was the director of the famous Special Feature "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," which is now packing them in at the Broadway Theatre, New York. Rawlinson has the role of a young man-about-town, who is driven into the business of manufacturing munitions, when his uncle is hounded into a pretended suicide, by the persistency of two rival Women's Peace Societies. The ladies then proceed to make things warm for the young head of the plant, but, with the assistance of his Japanese valet, he manages to circumvent them. Pretty Neva Gerber, who is supporting Ben Wilson in the new serial, "The Voice on the Wire," also under the direction of Stuart Paton, is Rawlinson's leading lady in this excellent and amusing throe-reeler. Hero is tin story: Billy Olmstead bean that his uncle has been blown up with a bomb, i Jap valet tolls him I Rutherford, president of the Soc for Universal Peace, an. I M Warren, president of the Anti-War League, insist upon seeing him. The two women and ther tive fol lowers are in the parlor, glaring at one another. Hilly refuses to D them, and when they presume to enter his room he hides in the curtains of the shower-hath ami t> to come out if they do not leave the room. In desperation, he climb* out of a window and hastens from the hoi Henry Olmstead, his uncle, is the head of the great War Munitions Plant. He had disinherited Billy a year before on account of his frivolous life. The peace societies are trying to make Olmstead's factories stop manufacturing munitions. Billy is accosted by two men who take him to a house, where he is surprised to meet his uncle. He tells his nephew that he couldn't stand the women any longer, so pretended to die. He tells Billy that if he will control the plant for six months, he will give him a large sum of money so that he and Marion Winters may be married. Billy consents. Marion's aunt, thinking Billy the sole heir of his wealthy uncle, phones to offer her condolences and hurries to the house with Marion. Billy starts to manage the plant, but understands absolutely nothing about it. When a faker appears with a wonderful new explosive, Billy pays him fifty thousand dollars for his invention. He also buys another invention from an old man and pays him a hundred thousand dollars for his blue-print. The men of the plant are horrified and li is uncle conic the conclusion that his nepl | fool and that he must get him away from the plant before it lias ruined him completely. He decide to ask Marion's assistance. They plan that hall pretend to he kidnapped. Meanwhile the peace ladies have discovered that the new invention has 'i bought by Hilly Olmstead and they order two men to teal the plans. Hut Hilly, thinking the invention it of it. Soon afterward he learns that the govern ERBERT RAWLINSON in three-reel Gold Seal Comedy Drama, written by E. B. Lewis and produced by Stuart Paton. The tale of a young munitions manufacturer and two Women's Peace Societies. CAST. Billy Olmstead Herbert Rawlinson Henry Olmstead Howard Crampton Marion Neva Gerber Jap Valet Frank Tokanaga Mrs. Jas. Rutherford... Mrs. Crampton Mrs. Warren Frances Mayon Marion's Aunt Adele Woods ment is willing to pay one million dollars for the invention. Marion's aunt, becoming terribly upset over her niece's non-appearance, phones Billy. He hastens to his uncle's house and forces his way into the room in which the girl is hiding. Henry Olmstead explains the situation. Marion immediately informs her aunt where she is, and the latter tells the girl that Mrs. Warren and Mrs. Rutherford have been phoning to have her come to their celebration. The Anti-War League and the Society for Universal Peace are celebrating together, because of gaining the possession of the invention of the 'Magnetic Covernor." Only Marion's presence is lacking, so that they can gloat over their prize before her > "to take her down a peg or two." When the girl arrives, they are stunned to her deliberately hand the blueprint to Hilly Olmstead. who with his uncle has been standing in the doorway unnoticed by the women. Thev all rush at him, but Henry Olms' them, saying, "I am Henry Olm ■1 ■ . . hut not at your service." the two men and Marion leave the house, the women slump weaklv into their cha