Universal Weekly (1920, 1923-27)

40 Universal Weekly November 24, 1923 “THE GHOST CITY” Universal Chapter Play By Karl Koolidge and George Pyper Featuring PETE MORRISON with MARGARET MORRIS and AL WILSON No. 1 — “The Thundering Herd” IN Sunshine Valley, California, there is trouble aplenty brewing. Laughing Larry Laughton and his pal, Sagebrush Hilton, are informed that unless the ranch owners place ten thousand dollars in a designated spot on a certain day the reservoir supplying the valley with water will be drained. To show that they are in earnest, they have taken two feet of water already. At the same time, Austin Sinclair, wealthy California ranch owner, now purchasing Ghost City Ranch in Sunshine Valley, receives word in his home in New Orleans that a conspiracy is in progress to take the ranch away from him. Unable to go to California himself on account of a disabled foot, his daughter, Alice, offers to go for him and gets her cousin, a daring young aviator, to take her in his plane. Agents of Harwell, who is trying by unfair means to get the ranch from Sinclair, have been installed in the New Orleans home and, learning of Alice’s plans, try to prevent them from getting away. They take the automobile, but Alice and Raymond get horses and manage to reach the plane just before them by taking several short cuts. Once in the plane they have an uneventful journey until they are within a few miles of their destination. Here the engine develops trouble and they are forced to land. Alice sees a couple of men and decides to ask them if she can borrow some horses. On the way she gets right in the path of a stampeding herd of cattle. Laughing Larry happens to be one of the men she was heading for and he sees her predicament. Riding his horse down a steep grade he reaches her side just in time. As they race ahead of the herd, Larry’s horse falls and they are thrown right under the rushing hoofs. “BUCKING THE LINE” Two-Reel Century Comedy with BUDDY MESSINGER BUDDY’S team holds indoor practice in his parlor, wrecking the place, while Pal substitutes for Buddy, who is supposed to be practicing on the violin. The parlor is wrecked and the football is kicked into a pan in the kitchen, later being iced and served as dessert where it explodes when cut. Buddy works in his dad’s store, but is lazy and mischievous. After several pranks and mishaps he is made delivery boy. He starts on his route mounted on a bicycle, but decides to play in the football game instead. He wins the game and is carried on his mates’ shoulders to his dad’s store, where a demonstration is staged and the shop wrecked. He is made to clean up the entire mess, to his friends’ amusement and his discomfiture. International News No. 89 Cambridge, Mass. — Dartmouth, wonder team, crushes Harvard eleven before crowd of 70,000. Mitchel Field, L. I. — Army flyer in amazing “High Jinks” with air flivver. Lieutenant Elliott shows Nungessor, famous French “ace,” how he plans to startle crowds at aerial carnival. Palos Verdes, Cal. — Mighty blast hurls cliff into ocean. Spectacular explosion clears way for state road and sends vast dust cloud over the sea. Interesting Personalities in the News of the Day : Washington, D. C. — Secretary Denby (on crutches) honors memory of fighting John Paul Jones on Navy Day. Arlington, Va. — Lloyd George, Britain’s War Premier, pays tribute to America’s Unknown Hero. New York City — Vicente Blasco Ibanez, famous Spanish novelist, arrives to learn more about America. Yokohama, Japan — U. S. Army and Red Cross help Japanese in plucky efforts to “come back.” Sacramento, Cal. — Fuel delivered to plane flying 105 miles an hour. Captain Ervin and Lieutenant McNeal supply gas in mid-air to machine making non-stop flight from Canada to Mexico. San Francisco, Cal. — Three walk on water seven miles across Bay. Westerners defy rough waves in unusual stroll between mighty ships of Pacific Fleet. Chalone Sur Marne France — French stage impressive display of military power. President Masaryk of Czecho-Slovakia, guest of President Millerand, at biggest maneuver since war. ^CQUITTAi: One of Me four UNIVERSAL SUPER JEWELS UNIVERSALS BIG IO for 1923*24 “THE GHOST CITY” Universal Chapter Play By Karl Koolidge and George Pyper Featuring PETE MORRISON with MARGARET MORRIS and AL WILSON No. 2 — “The Bulldogger” SAVED from the onrush of the stampeding cattle, Alice Sinclair, on her way to the Harwell ranch to make the payment that will save for her father the ranch at Ghost City, thanks her rescuer, Larry Lawton, a young rancher, and explains to him her need for haste. He takes her to the ranch by a short cut and when Harwell tries to refuse payment on the charge that it is overdue, Larry shows him that his own watch shows there is still a few minutes left and makes him give Alice a receipt. That afternoon a meeting is held to determine what action is to be taken regarding the threatening notes received saying that unless ten thousand dollars were paid by a certain date the water would be drained from the reservoir. This action would ruin the valley and so there is much debate as to whether or not the blackmail should be paid. Harwell is for paying the money and saving the cattle. Larry and his pal Hilton are for detecting the blackmailers before they do their damage. When Harwell’s man sees that Hilton is gaining favor for his idea, he steals a record-book from the table and slips out. Larry sees him and follows quickly. Carley has jumped on a motorcycle and Larry takes after him on his fleet horse. An exciting chase ends shortly after Larry has caught up with Carley and jumped to the seat of the motorcycle. Carley loses control of the machine and it plunges off a high cliff, bounces on a ledge far below and continues on down into the lake below. International News No. 91 Toulon, France — Great French dirigible breaks flying records. Dixmude, biggest vessel in Europe, makes 120-hour journey to Sahara and return without stop. San Diego, Cal.— 200 “gobs” pay unique honor to a Great American. New York City — An Army searchlight of 2,000,000 candle power is tried out on the towers of Manhattan. Rome,, Italy — Unusual pictures of His Holiness Pius XI. Containing the most intimate glimpses ever revealed of the Pope within the Vatican walls. Latonia, Ky. — Zev and My Own beaten in $50,000 championship race, as greatest upset in turf history thrills big crowd.