Universal Weekly (1914-1915)

THE UNIVERSAL WEEKLY 21 Bandit Cornered in Sweetheart's Closet • NAN O' THE HILLS". Powers Drama — Released Nov. «. Nan Walsh Edna Maisuu Bob Davis Joe Kiny Jitn Haswell Bert Hadle.v Nan Walsh, keeper of a restaurant in a small mining town, is engaged to man y Bob Davis, a young prospector. True to her expectations, Bob makes good and uncovers a vein of rich pay ore. He hastens to tell Nan. She accompanies him back to the scene of his operations . Arriving there, they find that the claim has been jumped in their absence and that the law, in the person of a constable, is protecting the rights of the claimjumper. Despondent over this incident, Bob hits upon a plan to reap at least part of the fruit of his labors. Not wishing to hurt any one in the operation, he extracts the bullets from the cartridges in his re volver and sallies forth to hold up the wagon upon which the claim-jumper is sending a load of ore for shipment to the railroad. Unfortunately for Bob, Jim Haswell. sheriff of the .county, is riding in the vicinity. Drawing his revolver, he win^s the would-be hold-up. He then gathers a posse and sets out to capture Bob. Bob. foiled in his attempt, seeks refuse in Nan's restaurant. When all ruses fail to convince the sheriff that Bob is not there, she recalls to him an affair in which she was instrumental in saving his life. Confronted with this page from the past, the sheriff rides away with his posse. Thus, Nan saves her lover from capture and, together, they watch the former pursuers fade away into the distance. Dog, With Human Mind, Is Hero of Drama •TALE OF A LONESOME DOG". Victor Comedy-Drama — Released Nov. 6. A Lady Dog Lady Gatchell Her Master Charles Hutchinson Her Mistress Irene Wallace Her Playfellow Katherine Lee The Nurse Alice May The Chauffeur W. J. Bauman The Detective Charles Horan The Thief Walter Miller Lady, the family pet, is left alone while the family are riding. Lady discovers that her master has carelessly left the door of the house unlocked. Realizing her responsibility, she determines to guard the house well. And it was well, for the thieving chauffeur, just before leaving, tipped his pal, a crook, off regarding the unlocked door. He failed to think of Lady, however. When the crook appeared and commenced to ransack the house, Lady took down the telephone receiver, and by barking, aroused the neighborhood. Then she went after the intruder ; she pounced upon him and a struggle followed. Neighbors came running toward the house. A policeman was warned. The thief, in the meantime, had about succeeded in breaking away from Lady. As he was climbing out the back window the policeman captured him. The family return at this point. Both master and mistress realized what Lady had done. Knowing that Lady had been lonesome, they rewarded her by purchasing a fine big collie as a mate. And Lady lived happy ever after. Doctor Goes Mad While Performing Operation "AT THE CRUCIAL MOMENT". Eclair Comedy-Drama — Released Nov. 8. Dr. Bronson Robert W. Vrazet Dr. Dayton Will E. Sheerer Edna Edna Payne The Father Nobert A. Myles Dr. Bronson has a theory for a new operation. Chief among the scoffers is old Dr. Payton, the father of the young surgeon's fiancee. Bronson has worked so hard that his mind has begun to weaken under the strain. The first evidence of this is detected by his sweetheart, who warns her father. At this crisis a man offers himself to young Bronson as a volunteer subject for the experiment, Bronson having promised him a large sum in payment for the service. The applicant, whose child is dying for want of things which money could buy, readily submits to the doctor's terms. After hearing his daughter's suspicions, old Dr. Dayton hastens to the office, where he finds that a man has been prepared for the operation. He warns the attendants to be on the alert for any signs of insanity on the doctor's part. In the meantime, the young wife of the man who has offered to sell his own life that his child might live, discovers her husband's plan and hastens after him. The patient is stretched upon the operating table and an anaesthetic is administered. The old doctor, the nurse and the attendants, ready at a moment's notice to spring upon the young surgeon, see him approach the operating table, take from his pocket a test tube containing a deadly culture and dash the contents upon his sterilized scalpels. Theq all spring toward him, but the maniac whips a gun from his pocket and holds them at bay. Gun in hand, he lays the patient bare for the incision. Just as he raises the murderous scalpel the victim's wife enters the room with a policeman. When the spectators' emotions are straining towards the breaking point, it is discovered that the gruesome deed is only a moving picture thrill . Spent Fortune to Win Widow Then Lost Her TWO PALS AND A GAL". Joker Comedy — Released Nov. 7. Widow Clemon Gale Henry One-Eyed Al Wm. Franey Coyoe Kid Sam Kauffman Shytser "Mearse" Jack Leonard One-Eyed Al and "Coyote Kid" breeze into Gulchville with six months pay, all in one lump. Kid and Al are life-long pals, ready at any time "ter wade through melted lead if 'twould save the other's skin". But this brotherly affection is rudelyshattered when they strike Gulchville. The cause of this shattering, as usual, is a woman — one Widow Clemon, who conducts a hash-house. Both fall in love with this lady . Widow Clemon has long deplored the lack of business. She welcomes their trade. Accepting their love, or returning it, is another matter. When they venture to propose marriage to her, she promptly throws them out. They however, do not lose hope. In the town is a cunning shyster lawyer, nicknamed "Hearse". Al. and Kid seek this lawyer's advice as to how best to make the widow love them. "Hearse" sees the size of their payrolls and schemes with the widow to secure it. He advises Kid and Al. to make the hashhouse owner jealous. They readily fall for this advice, bringing a flock of dancehall girls to the hash-house for a grand blow-out. They then spend their money like water, endeavoring to make the widow jealous. She carries along her part of the scheme, and seemingly is enraged because of Kid and Al's attentions to the girls. She keeps this up with great success, until all their six months' hard-earned pay is transferred to her cash drawer. Then Kid and Al., each nursing the surety that the widow is properly wrenched with heart pangsr and ready to fall on their necks to plead her love, receive a rude awakening 'when "Hearse" shows up jubilant.. Fire-bug Turns Out To Be "Old Sol "THE STAR GAZER". Nestor Drama — Released Nov. 3. The Star Gazer. . .Murdock MacQuarrie His Daughter Agnes Vernon Her Lover, a Reporter. .. .M. K. Wilson The star gazer is an aged astronomer, who earns a meager living for himself and his daughter with • his telescope, at five cents per look. His daughter falls in love with a newspaper reporter. They become engaged. The matter of a trousseau on a slender purse troubles them . The father endeavors to raise money by securing a second mortgage on their home. He fails. During his absence his daughter cleans house. While polishing with kerosene (Continued on Page 24.)