Universal Weekly (1914-1915)

16 THE UNIVERSAL WEEKLY SOME MULTIPLE REELERS Memory Returns On Finding Lost Note KING BAGGOT IN "THE TURN OF THE TIDE". Two-Reel Imp Drama — Released Nov. 2. James Brown, a Fisherman. Frank Smith Nell, His Daughter Arline Pretty Clem Masters, a Lawyer ... Ned Reardon Margaret Swithers, a Girl from the City, Bess Toner Tom Walters, Nell's Sweetheart, King Baggot George Lessey, Director. Just one of those simple, intensely human dramas with a real, true to-life hero, a genuine villain and a heroine who will remind you of the girl you knew back in the old days. The story was written and produced with no other purpose than just to please and entertain you. That it will succeed in doing this cannot be doubted. For one thing, King Baggot, the big and handsome "king of hearts", plays the role of the hero. And he does it with just that touch of manly strength which no other actor seems quite able to show. Arline Pretty, in the part of the heroine, is as pretty and refreshing as one could wish. Frank Smith plays the old father, a masterful character study. It is a tale of the sea-coast and of tisher-people. You are the unobserved spectator. The atmosphere is of that kind which carries you away in the bonds of illusion. You see this fisher boy, in his manly, honest way, win the heart of the "girl". Their romance is your romance. And when the boy is temporarily separated from the girl, as the result of another's villainy, you sympathize and feel that it is you who is beirjg made to suffer. That is the way this drama has of getting into your heart strings. When the big scene arrives — when our hero returns, the successful man, in time to rescue his old sweetheart from a pounding sea, the thrill which ac companies the spectacular feat is wholly yours to enjoy. Don't miss "The Turn of the Tide". When the story opens we find younu" Tom Walters paying court to Nell, the old fisherman's daughter. Though Tom is honest and of their own people, Nell'? father objects to him as a son-in-law. He has hopes of cancelling a note to his old friend, Clem Masters, by marrying his daughter off to him. However, he keeps the fact of his debt to Masters a secret. One day Tom learns of the financial embarrassment of his sweetheart's father. He offers the old man his own savings, but is refused and ordered away. Tom places the matter before the girl. She finally consents to allow him to take the note from its hiding place, under the seat of an old chair, and pay it off. By this unselfish act on Tom's part, she hopes to gain her father's consent. After paying the note Tom returns to SEE PICTORIAL ON PAGES 6 AND 14. find no one home ; he places the note, receipted, back in its place, planning to tell her about it later. As he leaves the bouse, however, the father observes him. Questions are asked. Tom refuses to explain his presence there. In a rage the old man draws a gun on the boy and tires. Tom is wounded in the head ; it results in the loss of his memory. He Cannot even remember the hiding place of the note. About this time a man and his daughter arrive from the city. The girl takes a fancy to the boy and plays with bis affections. Tom, having forgotten his first sweetheart, believes the butterfly loves him. She encourages this belief, and when she leaves, Tom follows her to the city . Once in the city Tom learns the truth, that it was only a pastime for the girl, that he was only her plaything. All this time the little fishermaid remains true to his memory. Tom turns to business. He works with a might and becomes successful. Then comes the desire to return, to see again the old place by the sea. On the day of his return there is a terrific storm at sea. The "girl" is out in it; her boat is overturned The town people look on, afraid to venture out to the recue. Tom comes on the scene just in the nick of time. He effects a rescue and carries the "girl" in his arms to her father's house. " lie places her in the old arm chair. The bottom drops out, disclosing the hiding place of the forgotten note, receipted . The discovery causes a return of memory. Tom recognizes the "girl". The old home is saved and the father, realizing what he has done, forgives. PRAISE FROM HARRY. The following telegram from the redoubtable Scotch comedian. Harry Lauder, and his manager. William Morris, was received at the Universal offices last week by Carl Laemmle : "Los Angeles. Calif., Oct. 17"Carl Laemmle: "Had the pleasure of visiting Universal studios and Universal City today. We extend to you our hearty congratulation upon having the most wonderful city, beside the most perfect system in the world. "HARRY LAUDER and "WM. MORRIS". HERE'S A GOLD MINE. IT'S CALLED "THE MASTER KEY" BOOK IT His Wife Held Prisoner in Boarding School "THOSE WERE THE HAPPY DAYS". Two-Reel Nestor Comedy — Released Nov. 6. Eddie Eddie Lyons The Girl Victoria Forde The Janitor Lee Moran. Written and directed by Al. E. Christie. "Love's Young Dream" is the inspiration of this two-reel rapid-fire comedy. "Love's Young Dream" is a conventional situation you say? Perhaps. But fun ny; In this case, more than funny. There is a constant fire of irrisitible fun and humor running through every scene. Al. E. Christie, with his great comedy company, headed by Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran and Victoria Forde, could make a laugh out of a funeral. That is the reputation this band of Nestor artists has made. But "Those Were Happy Days" does not look to a funeral for its fun. With the time-flavored situation of a young artist, hopelessly in love, to work upon, Al. Christie, as author and director, has developed a series of complications and incidents which are remarkable for their laugh-provoking qualities. Imagine a young fellow trying to palm himself off as a professor in a girls' boarding school in order to be near the object of his affections. Does he get away with it? He does and he doesn't. That all depends on the way you look at it. While he gets the giri in the end. certainly he stirs up a mess of trouble for himself. The humor of it all cannot be transferred to paper ; you must see the picture and then you will the better understand why Nestor comedies, directed by Al. Christie, are always sure-fire comedies. Eddie and the girl are in love. Not unusual, of course. The girl's father objects to Eddie as a son-in-law for reasons of his own. And that is not unusual, as plays go. Accordingly, an elopement is planned — quite the thing under such circumstances— and it is carried into effect. The marriage is really performed — but then father pops up at the wrong moment and spoils it all. He curtly separates the pair, abuses the boy and sends his girl off to a boarding school, a school where young men are tabooed. At this turn in the affairs Eddie is somewhat flabergasted. He is at his wits' end. when an advertisement suggests an idea. The advertisement is for a middle aged professor at the same boarding school where his young wife is a prisoner. Eddie disguises himself for the part, applies and secures the position. For a time matters run smoothly. Then the janitor observes, one night, the sirls smuggling eatables into their sleep