Universal Weekly (1923-1925)

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40 Universal Weekly March 29, 1924 "THE RACING KID" Two-Reel Century Comedy Starring BUDDY MESSINGER with MARTHA SLEEPER BUDDY is the mischievous but worthy son of a race-horse owner. He is an admirer of Martha, the daughter of a neighbor. She and "Spec" and Buddy are the best of chums. They have many exciting days around the old farm where the race horses are groomed. Buddy suspects one of the men to be crooked and watches him and a well-known crookgambler in close conferences. He tells his father of his suspicions the day of the bip race, but his father scoffs at him. However, Buddy waylays the crooked rider and, with the aid of Martha and "Spec," the big race is won by Buddy, who rides the old horse. There is much rejoicing, and "the racing kid" comes into his own. "THE FAST EXPRESS" Universal Chapter Play Starring WILLIAM DUNCAN and EDITH JOHNSON No. 9— "Falsely Accused" ELAINE'S fall is broken by a beam to which she clings until rescued by Brent, who recovers the diamonds from the bogus messenger and gives them to the proper official, who takes them to Denver. Meanwhile, Winston, visiting his former sweetheart, who has married a scoundrel, is surprised by her husband, captured and turned over to the police in an attempt at blackmail. Langley manages to get Rita, his accomplice, into Mrs. Davison's house as a trained nurse, but she is detected and, with Langley, ordered out by Brent. Brent then hastens to Jones to buy the latter's stock, as the option expires at one o'clock. Langley orders his men to stop Brent and Elaine, who are on a car. A trestle is washed away and Elaine, still in the car, is hurled down the ravine, while Brent attempts to fight off Lang'ley's henchmen. "TRAILING TROUBLE" Two-Reel Century Comedy Starring BUDDY MESSINGER with MARTHA SLEEPER BUDDY is a would-be, embryo detective. His folks think he's a defective detective — but he dreams on, nevertheless. He is the favored among the others in the home of Martha, his little girl friend. Her father is a famous detective, famed for causing the disappearance of anything. A band of crooks are in the neigh borhood and it is the intention of this almost-famed detective to capture them. But how? That is the question! Buddy comes to the rescue. He and Martha, with the aid of their everfaithful pal Spec, hide, and when the bold bad crooks enter the portals of the famed ( ?) detective. Buddy comes on the scene, with all hands flying. The crooks are captured, the detective considers Buddy's work next to extraordinary and every one is happy. "TAXI, TAXI!" Two-Reel Century Comedy Starring HARRY McCOY HARRY and Al. are pals. They both love the same girls, they each like and detest the same kind of work. So one fine day finds them driving black-and-white taxicabs. They each are despised by the same stout, hungry-looking brute-bully. He in turn would rather mar their manly beauty than eat — and he's got some appetite. The stout villain, too, is driving a car — and a fight for prominent positions in the taxi line, the fight for customers, for speed, everything, confronts him for winning the two boys' enmity. When the stout fellow wins a customer they take him or her away from his car by clever ruses. They chase each other through the busy streets, and in the end — a whirlwind end, too — they conquer. "ONE WET NIGHT" One-Reel Universal Comedy Starring NEELY EDWARDS and BERT ROACH HUBBY disregards his wife's advice to take an umbrella to the office, because of the threatening sky, and attempts to come home in his puddlejumper, before the rain starts. He gets well splashed by passing cars when he steps out of his flivver to repair a punctured tire. Arriving home in a downpour, he sends the valet for his dry clothes, but the servant, with great presence of mind, has hung them on a line (in the rain) to air. That night one of the guests, attempting to demonstrate his new shotgun, fires a load through the ceiling and roof, letting in a torrent of rain. In order to save the carpet, hubby moves over the grand piano under the hole to catch the water. When that fills, they bring in the bathtub. When it is full they dump it on the floor and replace it under the hole. The guests stay all night to avoid getting wet, but one of them runs home through the pouring rain to get his pajamas. "The rest of the night is spent playing cards in bathing suits under an open umbrella. "SPRING OF 1964" One-Reel Universal Comedy Starring NEELY EDWARDS and BERT ROACH OSCAR, a hen-pecked husband of a forthcoming generation, gets caught by his wife, who surprises him in the act of flirting with the icewoman. His domineering spouse beats him up and then goes down to the office to earn the family bread. He then goes marketing, but is forced to submit to the unwelcome advances of a masherette. She forces him into her limousine and takes him for a long ride in the country. His unwillingness to indulge in a petting party results in his having to get out and walk home. The icewoman returns and wants Oscar to elope, but is caught by Mrs. Oscar, who drives the interloper away. The icewoman leaves, vowing vengeance: "You'll not get any more ice!" "40-HORSE HAWKINS" Six-Reel Universal-Gibson Production Starring HOOT GIBSON LUKE HAWKINS is a youth who leads a busy life in the little Western village where he was born. He is bus-driver, clerk, porter, waiter and cook in the only hotel in the to^vn, and stage manager, electrician, fly man and virtually everything else in the village's only theatre. He has one suit of working-clothes, but a distinctive headdress for each of the varied positions he fills. In the person of Mary Darling, leading woman in a barnstorming company playing "East Lynn" in the theatre, Luke meets the first woman he ever loved. He follows her to New York and, not knowing she is leading woman in the play, obtains a job as one of the soldiers. The play is not going well, but Luke saves the day through misadventure, and confounds its villain. "PRETTY PLUNGERS*' Two-Reel Century Comedy Featuring CENTURY FOLLIES GIRLS AL. and Hilliard are in love with Bartine. They are both employed at a department store, and they neglect their work due to the wiles of women. They are bitter rivals. The danger part of it comes when Big Bill becomes their hated rival. Eventually Bartine consents to accompany them to the big swimming pool, but Big Bill discovers them there. He chases them from one part of the pool to the other and all kinds of methods must be devised by them to escape the angry Romeo. Their ability to swim and run saves them from a bad beating.