Universal Weekly (1922)

40 Universal Weekly December 16, 1922 "AROUND THE WORLD IN 18 DAYS" Universal Chapter-Play Starring WILLIAM DESMOND No. 4— "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" THE rushing waters to their necks, Darcey opens the trap-door above and Phil, Madge and Jiggs climb to safety. Desplayers and his men enter and are trapped in the pit by a ruse. Phil, Madge and Jiggs leave at once for Monte Carlo, where lives Sebrin, the third stockholder. Desplayers gets out of the trap and follows. Phil gives Madge the first two proxies for safe-keeping, and goes to the Casino, where Sebrin is gambling. At the Casino Sebrin has put up the fuel stock as collateral for money to gamble with. He loses all. Phil gambles at the same table and breaks the bank. He buys back the stock from the cashier and gives it to Sebrin, just in time to prevent him from committing suicide. Sebrin, gratified, gives Phil his proxy at once. Meanwhile Desplayers has pointed Phil and Jiggs out as fugitives from justice wanted in France and London. Phil and Desplayers fight. Phil and Jiggs both get safely away. Meanwhile at Madge's lodgings she has been trailed by Desplayers' agents. She seeks refuge in a high tower. They follow but she locks a door. Unseen the agents upset a candle and without noticing the flames, lock the door and leave Madge there. She goes to the balcony, but is trapped. The flames spread rapidly. Phil arrives, climbs the opposite wall to the roof, climbs a flagpole, cuts the halyards and swings to the balcony. But both are trapped as the flames come nearer. Meanwhile Jiggs, again eluding the police, has hired an airplane to save the two from the balcony, and as the flames menace he is seen approaching in the plane, flying low. IS "TIMBER TALES" Universal Chapter-Play Starring ROY STEWART No. 7— "Hearts of Oak" CALLAHAN tries to kiss Mary as she rides through the forest. Bob arrives in time to beat up Callahan. Later Bob, suspicious of Callahan, manages to get a job with the latter's lumber crew. Next day Mary discovers that Callahan is cutting trees on her homestead. She confronts him, but he denies it, then knocks her down. Again Bob interferes and after beating Callahan, makes him apologize to Mary. He then tells Mary, before Callahan, that the night previous he saw Callahan deliberately move his claim-stake more than 600 feet into Mary's homestead. Bob then tells Mary he is a timber inspector for the Government. Some days later, from his lookout tower, Bob sights a fire starting near Mary's tract. He rides madly. Mary and several men fight the flames and finally extinguish the fire. Then Mary accuses Callahan of deliberately setting the fire; she shows him a peculiarly shaped pencil, ostensibly Callahan's, found near the source of the fire. Callahan tries to attack her, but she runs away, leaps over a bank and onto a passing runaway lumber-train flat car. Down grade, the car hits a terrific pace. Bob arrives and immediately obtains a motor-driven handcar and sets out after the flat car. He saves Mary just in the nick of time. Back to the scene of the fire, Callahan has been caught and is being held for Bob's return. Bob tells him that the pencil is incriminating evidence and that Callahan better leave the country at once and forever. The crowd leave Bob and Mary alone. "ME AND MY MULE" Two-Reel Century Comedy Featuring QUEENIE, The Wonder Horse, and MAUDIE, The Miraculous Mule QUEENIE and Maudie are pals on the family farm. They have a sort of arrangement whereby whenever they want to go anywhere, either one or the other rides in the wagon. To-day, for instance, Maudie rides while Queenie pulls in the shafts; to-morrow it's vice versa. Going along the road a Ford, in which are two wops arguing about whether pigs feet are a dessert or not, gets in the way. Queenie dumps the Ford into a ditch. Along comes the pals' mistress, a young and pretty girl. She is riding in an auto with a young villain who gets fresh, then tries to kidnap her. Queenie pursues and the girl jumps from the auto to Queenie's back, then faints. Between them, Queenie and Maudie revive the girl and take her to the farm. But the villain holds a mortgage on the farm and comes to colllect; either the girl or the mortgage, or, better yet, he'll take Queenie and Maudie in lieu of either. Heartbroken the girl and her pop are forced to let the two animals go. The villain takes them to his farm; then Queenie and Maudie have considerable fun, frighten most everybody on the farm, eat the farmer's meals, etc. The villain hires two burglars to rob a safe in the local national bank. The girl's sweetheart is an employee of the bank and the villain plans to have him blamed for the theft. But Maudie and Queenie overhear the plot, and disguished as ghosts they go to the bank, overpower the crooks and the villain, lock them in the bank vault "TALES OF THE FISH PATROL" By Jack London Universal Chapter-Play Starring JACK MULHALL No. 7— "Yellow Handkerchief" WHILE in his Patrol boat Charley runs down Mary Rebecca in her rowboat. He saves her from drowning, however. Searching for fish pirates they come upon an anchored Chinese junk, commanded by "Yellow Handkerchief," leader of a band of Chinese shrimp catchers. They are violating the fishing laws. Charley and Peg Leg, his erstwhile assistant, board the junk and overpower the Chinks. Mary climbs aboard and the Patrol boat drifts away. Charley sends her and Peg Leg for help while he stands guard. Meanwhile Big Alec has escaped from the Fish Patrol. Officers chase him. He reaches Mary and begs her to get in a boat with him, that the officers will not shoot with her aboard. Peg Leg interferes, but is thrown into the water. Meanwhile the Chinks have overpowered Charley with a ruse. They truss him up and carry him to the island to torture him. On the island Charley escapes, but still bound, is forced to seek refuge immersed in the icy waters nearby. Big Alec and Mary arrive at the island. The hatred between Big Alec and Yellow Handkerchief flames up and they fight. Mary finds Charley in the water and unties him. The Fish Patrol men arrive and Big Alec and the Chink forego their grudge and retreat. They chase Charley and Mary. By a trick the latter run the crooks into a huge fishing net, dropping it over them, and thus capturing them. They are taken away to justice. "HEE-HAW" (Continued from Page 38) her into his room. Maudie, happy, exhibits her heels and wrecks the room. Being hungry, Maudie then rings the hotel fire-alarm. The guests flee. Maudie eats the food and then drinks several bottles of home brew. Drunk, she feels better than ever, and knocks down a few more decorations. Zip interferes and is chased by Maudie, decked in coat and trousers and two pairs of men's shoes. The chase is a merry one, but Zip igets away when he grabs a passing auto. But not before Maudie gets his trousers and leaves him barelegged. until the police come. All ends well when Queenie and Maudie lead the girl and her sweetheart to a nearby preacher.