Moving Picture Weekly (1916)

-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY -35 "THE PERILS OF THE SECRET SERVICE." (Continued from page 19) celebrated David, is another actor who has felt the "Wanderlust," He was born in Brooklyn, but educated in England, and has had vaudeville experience in Great Britain, Russia, Germany, South Africa and the United States. These two men sustain the continued interest from one episode of the series to the next, while the rest of the cast changes completely as the different adventures take place in many different countries all over the world. The series is full of new ideas, and appeals to the most varied public. One adventure will be semiscientific, based upon the search for the secret of some new discovery or invention; the next will be pure romance, with a beautiful princess in the power of villains, rescued in the most exciting fashion by the dauntless American. Then will come a detective story, in which Norroy plays the part of sleuth; then a political tangle, which he will be asked to straighten out for the government; while the next may concern itself with the intricacies of "big business." The only things which may be guaranteed from one chapter to the other, are the personality of the leading (RACE CUNMH) N D FRANCIS FORD character, and the absolute absence of all sameness and monotony. The first adventure is called "The Last Cigarette," and is released under the Imp brand, on Friday, March 9th. It takes place in an unidentified European capital, possibly in Russia, and concerns the relentless vengeance carried out by the foreign secret service, first upon one of their own men who has failed in his mission, and then upon the American, Yorke Norroy, who caused the man to fail in the first place. Norroy gets into a horribly tight place, but extricates himself by the cleverest sort of a trick, a ruse which is something absolutely new in pictures. In the secone episode, released in the week oi March 12, and called "The Clash of Steel," the scene changes to a village France, while the story concerns the persecution of a beautiful princess of an unidentified principality, probably Balkan, by her dissolute husband, who is seeking a pretext for divorce. She is rescued by Norroy with the assistance of Carson, in he true manner of a squire of dames, y the resistless might of his good sword-arm. THE MAN WHO TOOK A CHANCE. S- The Two Greatest Serial Stars On Earth Are winning new laurels in this lavishly produced serial of love, mystery, romance and adventure. Book This Big Serial Now and Make a Clean-up Exhibitors everywhere are reporting record smashing business at every episode of "THE PURPLE MASK." You can get your share by prompt booking Write or wire your nearest Uni\. Exchange TODAY, or UNIVERSAL FILM MFG. CO. Carl Laemmle, President "The Largest Film Manufacturing Concern in the Universe" 1600 Broadway New York THE NKHTIEST MONEYGETTER OF THEM ALL How Ready fo (Continued from page 21) with about a dozen men and riding furiously after two of them who are trying to carry her away, he at last succeeds in shooting the men, and again holds Constance in his arms. When they return to the ranch, Monty is greatly astonished to see the same cowboys eating a large breakfast. Constance confesses that this is her father's ranch, and that she had arranged this drama to test his courage. Monty finds that his revolver was loaded with blank cartridges. He is about to tell her his story, and nets only as far as to say, "I am an impostor." when the county constable arrives and. accusing Monty of everything imaginable, places handcuffs on him. Constance feels sure Monty is really a crook, for he has said he was an imposter. The Lannings dash in and demand to know what has become of Montgom.T\ Cray, but refuse to believe Monty when he assures them he himself is the man wanted. Then Wilbur rushes into the scene and embraces his friend, while the others stare in open-mouthed amazement. Wilbur brings a message from the station agent which reads that the crook has been arrested as he was boarding a train. II. was using the name of I ink. of Cannister, and the jewels and other valuUes stolen from the Lanning home were found on him. Monty then explains, and Mrs. Lanning changes her mind concerning titles *