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PICTURE-PLAY WEEKLY
Vol. II [I=D CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER 20, 1915
No. 7 %
A SAFE INVESTMENT Burns Patterson ... 1
When Charlie Sharp — played by Sidney Drew — decided that an amount of money, he didn't care how much it amounted to over the eighteen dollars a week he earned as a clerk, would come in handy, he set out to get it. What happened after that makes this exceedingly funny story.
'TWAS EVER THUS A. Lincoln Bender ... 7
Father took the count, in the eternal triangle composed of himself, his daughter, and the young man who loved her, as far back as the cave-men days. To prove that things haven't changed much throughout the centuries since then, this photo play was written for the screen by Elsie Janis, who starred in it, and the story of which is told here.
U THE PRINT OF THE NAILS.
Donald Doyle
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Of a plot to make an honest man regret his election to the office of mayor in a city that needed cleaning up, the part that the girl he loved unwittingly played in it, and the surprising manner in which events afterward shaped themselves.
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SCREEN GOSSIP.
Al Ray .
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I Inndreds of reels -of interesting facts concerning pictures, their makers, and those they are made for, condensed into a page of breezy gossip.
VIA WIRELESS— Part Five . Edwin Balmer ... 21
An absorbing story of the sea, the making of big guns for our country's defense, and the love of a strong man for a beautiful girl — with the wireless telegraph playing an all-important part throughout the whole.
FILM FLAMS.
Dean Bowman
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Some interesting facts about the pictures, that you can not find out about elsewhere.
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HINTS FOR SCENARIO WRITERS.
Clarence J. Caine
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Instruction and advice for the amateur and professional photo playwright, with notes on where and what he can sell.
ANSWERS TO READERS 30
Replies to aspiring picture-play authors.
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