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—THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY
"After the Balled Up Ball"
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HIL DUNHAM in a typical L-Ko foolishness, supported by lovely Lucille Hutton, in a pair of handpainted stockings which will cause a gasp in the most blase audience, and Merta Sterling, one of the "greatest" actresses on the screen, make an L-Ko release which is bound to be a laughgetter even in war-time. Here is something like the story:
Lucille persuades her husband that she must go to Mrs. Highlife's ball, even though he does not want to go. She says that she can easily go with the people who live across the hall, and at last he consents. Phil decides" to go, too. He gets into his antiquated dress-suit, and takes a flask in his tail
L— KO KOMEDY in Two Reels, featuring Phil Dunham with Lucille Hutton and Merta Sterling, in a typical fantasy of foolishness.
CAST.
The Ball Guest Phil Dunham
The Lovely Lady Lucille Hutton
The Fat Lady Merta Sterling
I in ill. s Husband Charles Inslee
pocket to refresh himself from time to time.
The fat lady dresses up in her very best gown and goes to the ball, too. Phil gets thirsty from dancing, and finding the punch-bowl, he adds some
thing from his flask to give it a little more flavor. Then he drinks it to the last dregs.
The fat lady is crossing the hall. Phil bumps into her, falls and lands on her train. He rides around on it, and it is finally torn off. All the guests are very much shocked, and the hostess brings the fat lady her cloak. She is much offended, and goes home. Lucille's husband relents after she has gone, and turns up at the ball. He is jealous of the attentions which his wife receives. As Mrs. Fat Lady is on her way home, a policeman tries to arrest her for not being properly dressed, and so she discovers that half of her gown is missing.
Phil, Lucille and her husband, and (Cotititiutd on page
"THE MAN WHO SAVED THE DAY"
BIG U DRAMA in Two Reels. The story of two men and one woman and a deed of heroism, for which the wrong man gets credit.
CAST.
John King Wallace Reid
Ethel Warren Pauline Mu-.li
\iison Pryce John Hurn*
CIVIL WAP* story built upon the theme of two men and one woman, and her choice of tin wrong man, ifv released as a Big U drama under the title of "The Man Who Saved the Day." King's deed threatens to bring glory
and the girl to the HTOBg man, hut justice triumphs in the end.
Ethel Warren is the prettiest e;irl in the town and there are mam org for her hand. She cannot i between two of them, Anson l'rj it, a lawyer, and John King, a journalist. She seems to care for both of them.
John has had an accident and lost the use of an arm. War is declared,
and both men hasten to volunteer. ■ pted at once, but John is i ejected on account of his arm. Anson is lauded as a hero by the neigh . and Ethel is impressed by his prowess m volunteering. She does
not know that John has MM rejected for physical icasons, and thinks that lie has failed to offer his services to his country. \i. lied at 01
and has no time to visit Ethel. He writes her a letter in which he >a\s i h> and mentions the fact that John will not be with him in the regi(( '"iitimuil on /hi;;.