Photoplay (Jan 1921)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section Nineteen and Phyllis (Concluded) 117 It was a big, burly surprise, with the face of a thug and a revolver in its outstretched hand. The only thing that saved Andrew was that the surprise was as astonished and dumbfounded at the encounter as he himself was! Nineteen and Phyllis NARRATED by permission from the First Natiqnal photoplay produced under the supervision of Arthur S. Kane. Adapted by Bernard McConville from an original story by Frederick Stowers. Directed by Joseph de Grasse with the following cast: Andrew Jackson Cavanaugh Charles Ray Phyllis Laurin Clara Horton Daniel Cavanaugh. . .George Nichols Mrs. Cavanaugh Cora Drew Jimmy Long Lincoln Stedman Judge Lee Laurin. . .Frank Norcross Instantly, unreasoningly, Andrew struck out, obeying the blind instinct of self-preservation. The weapon dropped and wasted its shot on the air. Somehow, the two grappled, and in an instant were slipping down, down, smoothly, swiftly, clinging to each other, over the main roof, over the lean-to, until they dropped on the smooth grass in the back yard. And Providence, or Fate, or the Little Blind God with an Arrow, as you prefer, saw to it that Andrew landed on top! If Uncle had not been born and brought up in that very house, if he had not been a normal, mischievous boy, if he never had crept from that dormer window and slid down that roof over the lean-to, he would not have been listening and waiting at the back door, expecting the descent of Andrew. But even Uncle was surprised when Andrew alighted with the burglar. He grabbed the lantern with which he had expected to illuminate the scene of Andrews' shame and confusion, he peered just once at the prostrate forms, and then he yelled : "Alviry, Alviry! Throw down that old pair of handcuffs. Our boy's caught the burglar !" And only then did it burst on Andrew in a blinding flash that the burglar was in his grasp — the burglar who meant a thousand dollars to his captor! "Come on, you !" he commanded, giving a tug at the burglar's arm the moment the handcuffs were adjusted. "Where we going?" asked the burglar, sullenly. "We're going to a birthday party, you and me!" said Andrew, and Uncle nodded, chuckling. "Smart boy, that !" he said, as he and Auntie went into the house. "By tomorrow he'll be convinced that he planned the whole thing so as to have Andrew catch the burglar !" («hought Auntie, but being a wise woman she only smiled and sighed", "yes, and a good boy, Daniel!" Andrew and the burglar walked rapidly toward the home of Judge Laurin. "Wot's the big idea in goin' to a party?" he growled. "I been pinched before, but I never was took to no birthday celebrations." "The party is at the Judge's house," kindly explained Andrew. "He offered a thousand dollars in cash to the person who caught you. And I need the money. You see I'm engaged to his granddaughter and I promised to give her a ring tonight, and I didn't have the money and the jeweler wouldn't trust me. So you've really done a lot of good with your burgling!" The burglar's eyes twinkled. "That makes it nice ! I've been young myself. If I had to get caught, I'm glad it happened this way. And say, kid, you fix up just as good a story as you like. I'll stand for it. Girls like the hero stuff. Play it up in good shape!" But Andrew found no necessity for playing it up. The arrival of the boy, in his dress suit and silk hat, wearing the canvas shoes which had helped his progress up the steep roof, carrying a gun, ushering in a big, bold, roughly dressed man in handcuffs, was the most exciting thing that Vixville had seen since the Civil War ! Andrew had given only a few modest facts about his desperate encounter, single handed and unarmed. oh the roof, when the whole party went into a mad frenzy of applause and congratulations. When they quieted down the Judge insisted on making a speech in which he declared Andrew to be a perfect example of the brave, chivalrous, gallant, undaunted Southern gentleman. And when the speech was finished, Andrew held in his hands a roll of crisp, yellow banknotes — one thousand dollars. Dazedly, he bowed and stammered his thanks; dazedly, he shook hands with the crowd who filed by him ; dazedly, he saw the burglar led away, heard the music begin afresh, watched the dancers take their places again. Then Jimmy came up to Phyllis, who stood flushed, palpitant, her blue eyes staring at her hero through a mist of happy tears. "Our dance, Phyllis," said Jimmy. Andrew came out of his dazed condition with a snap ! One arm encircled Phyllis, the other swept Jimmy quite off the map. "Our dance, Phyllis!" he said. "Going to dance in those sneakers?" sneered Jimmy, with a glance at Andrew's feet. "No. Going to sit out on the veranda, in the swing," said Andrew. "Come on, Phyllis." And Phyllis, with a scornful glance for Jimmy, a worshipful gaze for Andrew, came on ! A Movie Boom in El Paso HOW one motion-picture theater boomed a forsaken part of El Paso, Texas, is the story told about James G. Quinn and associates, of that city. Little more than a year ago the Rialto theater, on a dark side street three blocks off the main thoroughfare, was used intermittently for road shows and lyceums. Quinn and his associates leased the theater, spent $20,000 on it, installed uniformed ushers, an orchestra and good pictures. In an astonishingly short time the dark street became the promenade of hundreds of movie-goers. 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