Universal Weekly (1922)

40 Universal Weekly August 19, 1922 "IN THE DAYS OF BUFFALO BILL" "Bonds of Steel" Episode One Universal Historical Chapter-Play Starring ART ACORD CAST Art Taylor ART ACORD Calvert Carter George A. Williams Alice Carter r Dorothy Woods "Buffalo Bill" Cody Duke R. Lee Lambert Ashley , J. Morley Alden Carter Otto Nelson Gaspard Pete Harmon Quantral Jim Corey Allan Pinkerton „. Burton C. Law Edward M. Stanton.. ..Wm. P. Devauel Wm. H. Seward Charles Colby Gideon M. Wells Joe Hazelton Montgomery Blair G. B. Philips Abraham Lincoln Joel Day Thos. C. Durant Clark Comstock General Hancock Burt Frank CALVERT CARTER, a Southern veteran of the Civil War, is entering the great West beyond the Mississippi by prairie-schooner to find a new home for himself and daughter, Alice. They are attacked by Indians and flee. They take refuge in an abandoned shack. This is all observed by Art Taylor, pony express rider, and Bill Cody, later famous as Buffalo Bill. Art asks Cody to take his dispatches to Fort Kearney, Neb., and goes to help the Carters. Cody arrives at the fort and starts away with military help for Carter. Art gets into the shack with the Carters. Indians ignite the house by rolling in burning wagon wheels. To save the girl Art offers himself as a living sacrifice, leaving his gun and tells Alice and her father to use it suicidally if the worst comes to worst. Outside, Art, hands down, offers himself. The Indians close in on him, but Cody and the soldiers arrive and the Indians scatter. The Carters, saved, are thankful to Art. The fire is put out by the soldiers. America's Enemies Alice and her father have made a home of the abandoned shack. In the East at this time the offices of General Granville M. Dodge, chief engineer of the U. P., are entered at night by two separate sets of intruders, one a lone emissary of a foreign power, anxious to keep America divided; the other a trio of shadowy figures. They discover the emissary while searching the office for plans. He covers them, but they knock out the light and flee. Back West, Art Taylor is presenting Alice with a wild pony which he has caught and tamed. Lambert Ashley, the agent of the mysterious Eastern interests, appears in the West to buy the site of the pro "COME CLEAN" Two-Reel Western Starring ART ACORD rpHE Rev. Stanley Mason, a Western circuit rider, after weeks of "*■ unselfish service to the populace of Ely, feels free to return home. Before going, he promises a Mrs. Morris, who considers that she owes the life of her child to the tender nursing of the preacher, that if she comes to his town he will try to find work for her. Taken in as a waif, Sally Favre has been raised by the parson's mother. On his return, Mason expects to marry the girl. But in his absence she has become infatuated with Jim Blaisdell, a smooth gambler. Mason hears Blaisdell pass a sneering remark about the girl and calls him to account for it. The gambler becomes abusive and Mason is forced to strike him down. Then there comes to light a loving note from Sally to Blaisdell, arranging a secret meeting with him. Mason goes home, broken-hearted. Sally keeps her tryst with Blaisdell. Mason follows her, not trusting the gambler. He hears the latter urging Sally to go away with him. Mason then steps forward and says that the two must be married before they go. Blaisdell tries to stall, but Mason is firm. Using a passing native as a witness, he performs the ceremony. Exposed! Mrs. Morris and her boy arrive from Ely. They are taken to Mason's house. Mason returns. He finds a note left by Sally which reveals her love for him. Then Mrs. Morris finds a photo of Blaisdell and recognizes him as her husband who deserted her. Mason mounts his horse and rides furiously after the newly married couple. He catches them and sends Sally home. Blaisdell makes a break and again gets away. Mason pursues him, makes a flying leap and lands on the wagon with him. He administers a severe beating, then takes him back home. There, Blaisdell, thoroughly repentant, is turned over to his wife. And Mason assures Sally that nothing she has done can keep him from loving her always. posed railroad junction, as set forth in the plans examined by the mysterious trio in General Dodge's office. The Carter house is on this site. Ashley offers Carter $25,000 for his land. Taylor advises Carter not to sell. Back East, Thomas C. Durant, chief contractor and vice-president of the Union Pacific Railroad, gets a bribe of half a million dollars from the three strangers to delay construction for six months. He refuses and they warn him of their power and depart. Durant orders work to start. Work starts on the railroad. Art and Alice "PERILS OF THE YUKON" No. &— "Hurled Into Space" Universal Chapter-Play Starring WILLIAM DESMOND MERRILL makes his escape in time to rescue Olga; but she drifts out to midstream on an impromptu raft that her weight has torn loose. Sandy saves Merrill from a savage bear who has followed him out on a tree limb. Merrill dives after Olga and brings her ashore. Merrill tells Petrof he has cached the map. Sandy goes and removes it and is attacked by outlaws who take the map and set out for Nome. Petrof thinks Merrill has doublecrossed him, flies into a rage and rushes off with Olga to reach Nome before the stolen map can be used. The outlaws, seeing them, chase after them in another boat. Merrill, risking his life in a ride down a flume, overturns the outlaws' boat and drives them off. Merrill takes a duplicate map to record for Petrof, but is attacked by Scully, whom he hurls over a cliff. Petrof and Olga, hastening to Nome, are thrown from their rig as their horses run away and fall down a steep incline. H "HENPECKED" Two-Reel Century Comedy Starring LEE MORAN LEE, the henpecked husband of a wife weighing about three hundred or so, is pounded by his worthy spouse and warned to get a job that day or out he goes. The wife accompanies Lee to a blacksmith shop where Lee secures work. Lee has a hard time shoeing horses and a mule that persists in kicking Lee's head — one kick lands Lee on the cash register which rings up some money. Lee has to put up some money out of his pocket to make good. Queenie, the horse, comes in for shoeing. Lee tells her to get a pair of shoes for another little horse there. Queenie brings the blacksmith's shoes and mutilates them. The blacksmith becomes furious at Lee. Lee loses his job. On his way home, Lee buys a bottle of Nervo. He drinks some, goes into his home and orders the gossiping women there out and commands his wife to go out into the barn and get some wood. Just then the Nervo wears off; the wife asserts herself again and Lee jumps out the window onto Queenie and rides away. Final Awards in Universale $7,000 "Crusoe" Exploitation Contest Will Be Announced in the Next Issue of the Universal Weekly.