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1842 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD December 22, 1917
wife of Washington's Governor, is sponsor for
this latest addition to our merchant marine.
The shapely mass of steel gracefully slides
down the ways.
Honors for a Fallen Hero.—High military
and civil officials represent mourning France
at the burial of General Baratier, killed in action.—Somewhere
Along the French Front.
(Official French War Pictures.) Sub-titles:
Floral tokens from his men. A Boche plane
comes in sight. Entrenching on recaptured
ground. A crater made by a single shell. German
pill boxes. Describing the victory to the
folks back home.
Cartoons by Hy Mayer.
Mutual Film Corp.
SIGNAL.
THE LOST EXPRESS— (Episode No. 15
"Unmasked"—Two Parts—Dec. 26).—Pitts supposes
Helen to be dead. She surprises him
by appearing at the Miller mine alive. Helen
liberates Bonner and Murphy from the mine
entrance where they have been imprisoned. Pitts
captured by Murphy is forced to disclose the
whereabouts of "The Lost Express."
Helen with Murphy and the railway detectives
recover the lost train.
Pitts c onfesses. "The Baron" and "The
"Leech" are placed under arrest. Helen marries
Bonner.
CUB.
JERRY'S BOARDL.'G HOUSE (One Reel-
Dec. 13).—The cast: Jerry (George Ovey) ;
Betty (Claire Alexander) ; The Joy Killer
(Pearle Elmore) ; her husband (John Rand) ;
Mr. Hamlet (V. Omar Whitehead) ; Mr. Omlette
(Bert Wilson) ; Hortaio (Harry Edmon-
son). Written and produced by Milton H.
Fahrney.
Jerry is living in a theatrical boarding house,
where everybody, including himself, is in debt
to the landlady. The landlady is going right
after her collections in regulation "strong arm"
style, and the boarders are resorting to every
device known to escape from her clutches with
their belongings.
Jerry is not slow in his methods of making
a getaway, but has hard luck in carrying them
out. He finally gets into a mix-up with the
landlady, the janitor and a policeman, but after
a whirlwind scramble upstairs and downstairs,
through second story windows and back doors,
up and down ladders and ropes made of bed
sheets, he succeeds in distancing his pursuers
and escapes up an alley with his trunk.
JERRY'S DOUBLE CROSS— (One Reel—Dec
20).—The cast: Jerry (George Ovey) ; the Girl
(Claire Alexander) ; Jerry's Rival (J. J. Hayes) :
the Girl's Father (Bert Wilson) ; Jipt DeBlud
(V. O. Whitehead). Directed by Charles Bartlett.
Jerry is in love with a girl whose fatner
owns an antique shop and who is deeply in debt.
The old man hates Jerry and wants his daughter
to marry his bookkeeper. He relies greatly on
the bookkeeper to rescue him from his financial
difficulties and in order to bind him to his cause,
he compels the girl to agree to marry him. In
furtherance of his plan he commands her to
write a letter to Jerry breaking off their engagement.
Jerry receives the letter and, heartbroken, decides
on suicide, but not having nerve enough to
do the deed himself, he visits a professional
murderer and makes a contract with him to kill
him on sight. He then repents his bargain and
is kept busy dodging his executioner.
In the meantime the bookkeeper puts up a
scheme in the shape of an auction sale and sends
confidential telegrams to various wealthy people
to buy everything marked with a double cross,
as these things are very valuable. The girl, believing
in the fake, meets Jerry and giving him
some money tells him to buy double-cross articles
also and they go towards the store. On the
way, Jerry again falls in with the murderous
gentleman and after a brief skirmish succeeds
in landing him in the hands of a policeman.
When they reach the store, the auction is
about over, only one marked piece remaining, a
large vase. Jerry buys it and then, after the
money has been paid over, the bookkeeper gives
him the laugh and explains the fake. Jerry hits
the bookkeeper over the head with the vase, the
vase is broken and among the pieces a roll of
—
bills amounting to $10,000 is discovered. Thus
Jerry and the girl are made independent and
the bookkeeper loses out.
MUTUAL STAR PRODUCTION.
MISS JACKIE OF THE ARMY— (American-
Five Parts— Dec. 10).—The cast: Jackie (Mar-
garita Fischer) ; Lieut. Adair (Jack Mower) ;
Lieut .Wilbur (L. C. Shumway) ; Col. Kerwood
(Hal Clements). Scenario by Chester B. Clapp.
Directed by Lloyd Ingraham.
Jackie Kerwood, daughter of Col. Kerwood Ingraham,
wanted to be a boy. She thought if she
was only a boy she could fight in the trenches
or do some wonderful deed of valor that would
make her name redound to glory. When the
women of the army post urged her to be like
the other girls and stay at home and knit, she
replied that Joan D'Arc didn't knit—she got
out in the open and fought. Jackie tried to
organize a brigade of girls into "The Fighting
Demons," but they didn't seem to care much
for it. Neither did her father.
Jackie decided to run away and be a Red Cross
nurse. She rather hated to run away and leave
Lieut. Adair, who had been calling regularly on
her, but she felt that she must be of some
service somewhere—and they did not seem to
appreciate her at home.
But just as she was leaving she saw something
that made her decide to stay right at home
and capture a spy. Only she had the spies
mixed up and thought it was Lieut. Adair, who
was furnishing information to a regular nest
of spies who were planning to blow up a train
of troops. They wouldn't even pay much attention
to Jackie's suspicion at her post. Her father
told her he was getting tired of her wild dreams
and pranks and that if she didn't stop them she
was going to disrupt the discipline of the regiment.
But Jackie was determined to nab a spy. So
she watched around and trailed and kept track
until she saw Lieut. Adair following Wilbur one
night. Adair had his suspicions, too. He thought
it might be safe to keep his eye open for Wilbur
and consequences were that the spies grabbed
Adair for watching Wilbur and threw him in
the cellar of the conspirators' house.
Jackie made tracks for her father, who believed
her this time. There was a thrilling
arrest of the spies, a smashing of the apparatus
that was to electrically set off the fuse to blow
up the train. Jackie and her lieutenant explained
everything before the troops were called
out to the front..
NEW YORK LUCK— (American—Five Parts
Dec. 17).—The cast: Nick Fowler (William
Russell) ; Gwendolyn Van Loon (Francelia Billington)
; Dad Fowler (Harvey Clark) ; Jimmie
Keen (Clarence Burton) ; Steve Diamond (Edward
Peil) ; Lord Boniface Cheadle (Alfred
Ferguson) ; Peter Van Loon (Frederic Vroom) ;
Palter (Carl Stockdale). Directed by Edward
Sloman.
Nick Fowler's dreams carry him beyond the
click of the telegraph in the village station of
Hohokus. On a passing train are two passengers,
Jimmie Keen, a motion picture director, and a
beautiful girl, who drops a handbag, containing
her photo, which Nick finds after the train has
proceeded. He resolves to seek his fortunes and
the girl in New York. Jimmie Keen has promised
to help Nick in the big city.
But the fates are unkind to Nick. A scamp
of an office boy prevents him from seeing Jimmie
Keen and he is unable to trace the original of
the photograph. He decides to write home and
confess his failure. But a vision of his rousing
sendoff at Hohokus prompts him to conceal his
disillusionment.
As he writes, a stranger enters and drops the
same photo as Nick carries. This incident leads
to Nick getting acquainted with "Lord Boniface
Cheadle." The man is really an international
crook, named Steve Diamond, the leader in a
plot to obtain official British documents from
the father of the very girl for whom Nick is
searching.
Nick, deceived, becomes a tool in the conspiracy.
He sees the girl, Gwendolyn Van Loon,
with her father, enter their home, notifies the
false lord, then, impatiently, presents himself
and the card given him by Diamond. Nick is
received as the English cousin, and from the
villainous butlers gleans the scheme afoot.
By the time Diamond arrives, Nick has a plan
for the capture of the plotters, and after a fight
for life in the elevator shaft of the house subdues
both Diamond and Palter, the spy. The
real lord escapes after being held a prisoner to
—
allow Diamond to impersonate him, arrives in
time to get mixed up in the amazing exposures
and with Gwendolyn's father extends congratulations
to Nick and the girl.
This is what Nick writes and when Jimmie
Keen sees it, he offers the surprised writer a big
sum for it to use as a picture play, and best of
all, when Jimmie is presented to the star of his
play, he recognizes the girl of girls. So "New
York Luck" plays Nick a winner after all.
MUTUAL WEEKLY.
ISSUE NO. 154 (Dec. 9).
Somewhere-in-Flanders.—France is rebuilding
her re-conquered ground. Engineers start
the work under shell fire : Sub-titles : A
shell
crater. A German block-house. Note the shell
marks. The enemy continues to bombard the
lost territory but the troops and peasants are
so accustomed to bursting shells that they only
consider it a little inconvenient. Note the ambulance,
on the left of picture, advancing under
fire.
Everywhere-in-America. — The Red Cross
starts drive for ten million new members. Join
now. All you need is a heart and a dollar.
A Chinese Baby Show.
Somewhere-in-France.—General Archinard inspects
the Polish Legion at the French front.
Decorations for valor are bestowed upon the
heroes of Bayonne.
Camp Wheeler, Ga.—Daughters of General
Joe Wheeler honored. Impressive review of
troops is held in their honor at camp named
for their father.
Washington, D. C.—Uncle Sam Wants Skilled
Mechanics. Until noon, December 15, 1917, any
man of draft age can enlist in the aviation
section. Apply to any U. S. Army recruiting
officer.
Thanksgiving Day.—America and her Ally
dine on turkey and cranberries.
Somewhere-in-America.—Gathering holly for
Christmas. Men are busy in the deep woods
getting the holly wreaths ready for St. Nicholas.
Camp Travis, Texas.—
"The Nightingale of
the Camps." Donna Easley, famous coloratura
soprano, sings for the soldiers.
New York City.—Lieut. Flachaire, famous
French aviator, arrives here. He will instruct
American flyers in the game of aerial warfare.
New York City.—What the men are wearing.
(Courtesy of Nat. Lewis, haberdasher, New
York.) Sub-titles: Exclusive novelty—onebutton
street suit. Two vents on each side
slant pockets ; narrow sleeves.
Palo Alto, Cal.—Western universities play
Rugby. Stanford and Santa Clara close season
with exciting game. Stanford's regiment
lends military air to the event.
Cambridge, Mass.—Wreath is placed on
statue of John Harvary, founder of Harvard
College.
Chicago, 111.—Lake storm pounds beaches to
pieces. A ninety-mile gale endangers lake
traffic—much property damage.
Berkeley, Cal.—While American men are
being physically fit in training camps college
women are showing greater interest in physical
education. Sub-title : Foil-fencing is an Important
feature of this work at the University
of California.
Maryville, Cal.—Get out the old shot gun
The ducks are flying Sub-title: "Diana."
Seattle, Wash.-—Big war freighter takes the
water. Gov. Lister's wife christens new cargo
carrier "Seattle."
Pathe Exchange, Inc.
HEARST-PATHE NEWS NO. 97 (Dec. 1).
Cleveland, Ohio.—Lake steamers are being
mustered into overseas service and many have
to be cut so as to be taken to the coast. Subtitles
: This marvelous feat is another proof
of this country's great advance in shipbuilding.
When they reach the Atlantic the two
sections will be rejoined.
Boston, Mass.—The American people must
have their news, and a big cargo of print paper
arrives to relieve the threatened shortage. Subtitles
: Soldiers are on guard at all the piers.
Two of the boat's gun crews have vowed not
to shave until they sink a German U-boat.
In Italy.—Few people realize what it means
to prepare for an artillery attack. These pictures
show the difficulty involved in mounting
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