Universal Weekly (1914-1915)

THE UNIVERSAL WEEKLY HOMER CROY. (Continued from Page 12.) things did not go as smoothly as I might have wished. The Chinese are a superstitious people and as I was taking the pictures, mobs would gather around and throw large, carefully chosen rocks at me. The Chinese saw themselves once through a lens and found that they were upside down, so they believe that when they die, if they ever have their picture taken, they will have to walk through the next world on their head, so when I started to take the pictures, they tried to stop me with the carefully chosen rocks. The Chinese have wonderful aim, such wonderful aim that as I kept trying to dodge the rocks and still keep the crank going, I longed to be back on Broadway. They have a way of turning half sideways, as if they were going to throw in another direction, and then lamming it straight at you that made it awkward for me. So if you see any leaps and skips in the film, you will know that they have planted an above mentioned rock in an advantageous anatomical position. "THE MASTER KEY". (Continued from Page 13.) Ruth's neck and takes it to Wilkerson. Wilkerson leaves camp at once, but is pursued to the mine entrance and its caverns by Dore's men. Eluding his pursuers, he escapes through the caverns of the mine through a secret opening at the back of the cliff. With a rope he drops over the ledge and lowers himself downward. The soldiers seize the rope and are about to haul Wilkerson up when he drops, lands unscathed in a bush, and hurries away. Jumping a freight, he lands in San Diego, secures the services of a diver, wires Mrs. Darnell to join him, and then sets out for the sunken ship. Dore, meanwhile, leaves for San Pedro with Ruth, leaving word for Kane to remain in charge of affairs at the mine. At the port of Los Angeles Dore secures a boat and diver with a hoisting apparatus. Dore and Wilkerson approach the latitude and longitude indicated on "The Master Key" at about the same time. Wilkerson's diver is already down on the sea bottom when Wilkerson's diver puts on his harness and sinks into the waves. Wilkerson's party attempts to prevent the diver from going to work, but Dore and his men overawe them with their rifles and revolvers. Wilkerson's diver finds the chest and it is hauled upward just as Dore's diver crawls along the sea bottom toward him. The two divers eye each other belligerently, intent upon getting the treasure chest for their employers. A lively fight is imminent when Wilkerson gives the signal to hoist the box. "THE HOUSE OF FEAR". (Continued from, Page 15.) Hobart endeavors to obtain possession of Nick's knife, and in the fight both men fall from a balcony within the house. Nick's superhuman strength enables him to pinion Hobart to a table, and he is about to plunge his knife into the young lawyer when Margaret comes out on the balcony with her revolver filled with real bullets and shoots the madman. The police outside hear the shot and raid "The House of Fear". Ralph and his uncle are jailed. Nick, the half-man, dies of his injuries. In the end Hobart and Margaret are married and "The House of Fear" becomes but a memory. "THE DEATH OF SIMON LE GREE". (Continued from Page 21.) escape of 'Liza over the ice, the pursuit by the bloodhounds, to the tragic death of Little Eva, whose ascent to Heaven is ruined by the property man's slipping on the rope which hauls her up and landing on the stage himself. This last blunder is too much for Simon Legree. He rushes into the wings blaming the breaking up of the show on assistant props, who, feeling that he is wrongly accused, comes back with his fists. Drawing a revolver, Simon Legree goes after assistant props. At the sight of the revolver, the audience, with the exception of the town sheriffs, who jump bravely onto the stage, beats a hasty and disorderly retreat. Finding the armed sheriffs at their heels, the entire troupe forget their quarrels, and take a stand together against the sheriffs. Hastening home, the beauty and her friends hear the ravings of Fatty endeavoring to become an actor. Believig him to be one of the troupe, they make a rush to drive him out of the house. Frightened, poor Fatty tries to make a getaway through the window, but he falls into a hogshead, which overturns and starts rolling down hill. The beauty and her friends start out at full speed after the hogshead. The sheriffs, having cornered the Uncle Tom troupe on the edge of the steep bank, see the hogshead and the crowd rushing towards them, and in their efforts to avoid a collision, all are thrown down the bank. The beauty and her friends are heaped on top of the troupe and the sheriffs. The hogshead lands beside them, the force of its fall and the weight of Fatty breaking it to pieces. The property man. who, by some miracle, has escaped the slide down the bank, looks over the still forms and, grasping a stave of the smashed hogshead, endeavors to bury the score of "dead". The mass of actors, sheriffs, villagers and innocent bystanders slowly wriggles apart in various stages of dissolution, and the comedy closes in side-splitting fashion. ANIMATED WEEKLY— 149. Released January 12tht 1915. Awaiting the Call — Canadian troopshard at work preparing for call to fight at the front — Toronto, Canada. SubTitle — Sabre practice. Kaiser's Guards in Captivity — Hundreds of the German Emperor's crack, regiment captured in battle, being taken to detention camps — England. War's Ravages— Priest of Tirlemont Cathedral returns from seven weeks' captivity by the Germans to find his churchin ruins — Belgium. Vera Cruz Heroes Honored — Secretary Daniels presents medals to sailors of battleship "Florida" at Brooklyn Navy Yard1 for exceptional heroism during the seizure of Vera Cruz. Deluge Floods City — Eight-day rain turns dried river beds to rushing torrents which sweep and damage the city of Tucson, Arizona. Mile-a-Minute on tlie Ice — Express train speed made by ice yachts in the kin? of winter sports on the Shrewsbury River, Red Bank, N. J. Racing Revived — After years of banishment racing is resumed at the formerly famous resort — New Orleans, La. Worst Subway Disaster — Hundreds unconscious from smoke in fatal fire which imprisoned thousands of passengers ia trains during rush hour — New York City. Sub-Titles — Gratings torn up to reach victims. Broadway turned into an open air hospital. Passing autos rush victims to hospitals. Every ambulance in city answers call. Pulmotors save hundreds from death. From left to right: Fire Commissioner Adamson, Police Commissioner Woods. Cartoons by the world-famous Caricaturist, HY. MAYER, of Puck. "WHEN CUPID CAUGHT A THIEF". Nestor Comedy — Released Jan. 19. Miss Hobbs is the possessor of a valuable necklace and the great Kickamoor ruby, valued at thousands. Old Sleuth gets a tip from a reformed crook that Second Story Jerry and his gang are going to attempt to steal the jewels at a reception to be held in the Hobbs' home. Eddie, the reporter, is sent by his editor to secure an interview with Miss Hobbs, but he does not succeed in doing so until the night of the reception, when he slips into the house, along with the other guests. Jerry and his gang are on hand, and while Eddie is interviewing Miss Hobbs he slips the necklace from around her neck. The necklace is missed. Eddie is searched, but nothing is found on him. The necklace, both by mistake and purpose, is transferred from one to another with laughable results. Second Story Jerry and his assistant, however, are finally captured by the daring young reporter, who returns the stolen jewpli to Miss Hobbs' father.