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PICTURE-PLAY WEEKLY
Vol. II
CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER 6, 1915
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THE FINAL JUDGMENT. ... Matthew Allison
When Jane Carleson married the youngest of the three men who loved her, she aroused the hatred of the strongest of the trio. The plot of revenge against the fortunate suitor who had won her away from him which the great criminologist worked out, all but succeeded — what prevented it is the story.
FILM FLAMS Dean Bowman ....
Some interesting facts and figures about pictures, their makers and those they are made for.
THE MAN WHO COULDN'T BEAT GOD. Burns Patterson
Martin Henchford declared himself to be a man without a conscience. The ill usage of the man on whose estate he worked gave him cause to put that assertion to the test. What the result was, is unfolded in this gripping, powerfully-told story of a strong man's fight with an invisible Something that was stronger than even his own will.
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THE IDOL Robert J. Shores
Whisky was Cecil Fordyce's idol — its feet of clay having tripped him to a fall into the very depths of degradation from the place he had once occupied as the favorite of the classical stage — until a Salvation Army lassie encouraged him to make an attempt to regain his respectability. In an effort to show her his gratitude, he made a discovery which shattered his faith in all womankind for a time — but eventually he gained a new idol.
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VIA WIRELESS— Part Three
Edwin Balmer
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The third installment of an absorbing story of adventure and love, with the sea as a setting, and in which the wireless telegraph plays an all-important part.
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SCREEN GOSSIP AI Ray .
Hundreds of reels of the happenings in filntdom, condensed into a page of lively news.
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HINTS FOR SCENARIO WRITERS. Clarence J. Caine ... 29
Instruction and advice for the amateur and professional photo playwright, with notes on where and what he can sell!
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ANSWERS TO READERS.
Replies to aspiring pictnre-play writers.
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Published weekly by Street & Smith. 79-S9 Seventh Ave., New York. Entered as Second-class Matter at the New York Post Office, according to an Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. by Street & Smith. Copyright. 1915. by Street & Smith. O. G. Smith and G. C. Smith. Proprietors.
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