Universal Weekly (1927-1930)

38 September 3, 1927 “TIED UP” W. C. Tuttle Comedy Western With PEE WEE HOLMES and BEN CORBETT MAGPIE puts on the only clean shirt in the house and rides away to visit Susie Harper, taking with him a puppie which is a gift from Dii-tyshirt to Susie. Dirtyshirt buys a shirt from a peddler and pursues Magpie, but the shirt is full of ants and he is compelled to take off all his clothes and jump in a lake. A horse thief, who has stolen Susie’s white charger and painted him black, stops at the lake to laugh at the predicament of Dirtyshirt. The latter throws a rock at the tormenter, who dives in to take his revenge, but Dirtyshirt beats him and appropriates his clothes, leaving him a barrel. Dirtyshirt gets the painted horse by mistake and rides to Sue’s house where he substitutes a skunk for the puppy in the basket. Magpie presents Sue with the skunk and is thrown off the ranch for his pains. Dirtyshirt then comes up with the puppy and has the inside track with the girl. In the annual cross-country race Dirtyshirt rides the painted horse to victory and wins the money. Carrie Waite gives the horse a drink and the color runs off his nose. During the excitement the horse thief grabs the money from Dirtyshirt, jumps on the fast horse and is off. Magpie captures him and takes away the money, which he divides, awarding himself half for capturing the thief and giving Dirtyshirt the other half for winning the race. “YOUTH AND BEAUTY” Two-Reel Gump Comedy ANDY and Min go to a mountain resort for a rest. Andy makes Min a present of a very shrinkable sport dress. He goes to the “Fountain of Youth” where the guests are drinking the supposedly revivifying water and rubs some of it on his head. As he stands waiting for the hair to grow a man in the hotel taking a bath loses his toupee which blows out the window and lands in place on Andy’s head. The guests and Andy are amazed at the healing properties of the water when they see the new hair. Believing himself young again, Andy tries to spark the flappers, but with no success, as the toupee comes off with his hat. Min falls in the Fountain of Youth and her dress shrinks dangerously. She hides in the brush while she takes it off to dry. At the approach of the gardener she flees in her undies and sends a dog to Andy with a note ordering him to rush to her aid. In the meantime a little girl takes the shrunken dress and puts it on. Sh.j plays in the Fountain of Youth. Andy rushes up and sees the child in Min’s dress playing in the healing Universal Weekly waters. Believing the child to be Min grown young again, he takes her in his arms. She bats him in the nose and he is sure it is Min. He refuses to return the child to its parents, declaring it is his wife. Thinking him a maniac, they pursue him to the hotel where he is met by Min herself, just returning in a policeman’s overcoat and a rage. The father of the child is for beating Andy, but Min claiming that pleasure, drags him into the hotel. “THE FIRE FIGHTERS” Ten-Episode Adventure Picture Featuring JACK DAUGHERTY and HELEN FERGUSON No. 6 — “Fighting Fate” THE firemen pick themselves up unhurt and hasten to the scene of the riot, where they succeed in driving off the Stewart gang and protecting the work on the new dam. Stewart pores over the town books and finds the record of his agreement with Fred Powers which gives him a hold on the dam property. Powers, who is hiding in Stewart’s office at the time, snatches the paper and fights his way out. He finds Mary Kent and reveals his identity. He explains that he cannot force Stewart to accept payment of the loan because Stewart has threatened to have him jailed for the old killing if he makes himself publicly known. Mary agrees to settle with Stewart. She takes the record and tells Stewart that she Will give up the paper if he will accept payment. Stewart refuses, but as soon as she leaves his office he sends Fenton in pursuit to get the record away from her. She drives off. Fenton overtakes her on a mountain road, jumps to her running board and fights for possession of the paper. The car runs wild. Jim, cutting down the hillside on horseback, springs from the horse to the car. He battles Fenton and throws him to the ground. Mary has regained control of the car, but runs into a dynamite charge set off by the workmen on the dam. The explosion appears to be directly under the car, which is hidden by the smoke and flying debris. “OH WHAT A KICK” One-Reel Blue Bird Comedy Featuring SLIM SUMMERVILLE and FANNY, the Mule COMING down Hangover Alley with a bun from the night before, Slim sees a group of men trying to master a balky mule. He recognizes his old friend at once. Calling her “Fanny,” he rushes up and embraces the animal, who responds touchingly to his affection. He buys the loved creature from the men who ask why he is so interested in the mule. Universal “KELCY GETS HIS MAN” Two-Reel Mustang Picture Starring EDMUND COBB CORPORAL Andy Kelcy is in love with Mary Hamilton. Her brother Tom, in league with Angus McGregor and J. Cartier, fur thieves, resents a slur cast upon his sister by Cartier. They fight. He knocks out Cartier, who strikes his head against a rock. Angus feels his heart and pronounces him dead. Kelcy is seen coming toward them at a gallop. Tom flees to the ranch house where his sister urges him to escape, but Kelcy is close on the boy’s trail and arrests him in the house. Accepting Tom’s promise that he will not attempt to escape, Kelcy gives him a few minutes to say good-by, but as he waits at the corral for the boy to come out and give himself up, he sees him leap on a horse at the back door of the house and ride off at breakneck. In the meantime Angus arouses Cartier, who was only stunned by the fall. Fearing that the Mountie will search Tom and find a letter from one of their colleagues in crime, giving the location of a big fur cache and incriminating them both, they ride out in time to see the rider who looks like Tom being chased by Kelcy. They knock the Mountie from his horse. He lies stunned while they ride after the fugitive, who has been thrown from the horse and lies face down on the ground. They find the letter in the boy’s pocket, read the instructions to meet their man Smith at Moose Hill and then carefully destroy the letter. They turn the prone figure over and are amazed to see that it is Mary dressed in Tom’s clothes. She opens her eyes. Cartier is elated. He forces her to accompany them to Moose Hill, where they meet Smith. Tom. who has ridden out as soon as his sister succeeded in drawing the Mountie off his trail, sees them abducting her. He finds Kelcy and tells him. Both pursue the party to Moose Hill, where the fur thieves are arrested after a fight. Double-crossed by Angus, Tom assists in the arrest and turns state’s evidence. Mary accompanies Kelcy to the Mounted Headquarters with the prisoners, because he tells her there is a parson waiting there. He relates a story of France during the war, where he pictures himself riding on Fanny to a cafe to meet his sweetheart. While he is talking to Mimi, the mule sticks her head through the window and drinks a bottle of wine belonging to the top sergeant. The topper accuses Slim of the wine theft and knocks him cold.