The Washington herald., 1917-01-21
CONDENSED SCENARIO
PEARL OF THE ARMY
By GUY W. MCCONNELL.
Scenario BY George Bracket Seih.
EPISODE NO. S.
SOMETHING in GRENADA
CAST OF CHARACTERS.

(Note-A new scenario On Pearl Of the Army
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the scenario witer.)
Copyright, 1916, by George Braekett seits)
SUBTITLE.
Americas enemy. the Silent Menace,
has made way with a government re-
port showing how. because OF the nations
unpreparedness, we are menaced by
foreign powers.
SCENE !.
Meeting place of Foreign Alliance in
hotel. Members of Alliance seated about
table. Silent Meance picks up report, and
reads. He finishes reading and speaks.
SPOKEN TITLE. -
THE Canal Defense Plans we have
secured must be changed and returned to
T. o. Adams, at the Washington Bar
racks"
Silent Menace finishes speaking, in
structs secretary exits. Secretary takes
out two plans from safe. tosses one back,
puts other in envelope which he hands
to messenger, who exits.
SUBTITLE.
Pearl Dare recognizes the messenger as
member of the Foreign Alliance.
SCENE 2-oUTsIDE HOTEL.
Pearl Dare drives up to hotel in auto.
Toxic at wheel. AS Pearl alights she
recognizes messenger emerging from
hotel. Messenger enters waiting nnou-
sine and Pearl leaps onto step as It
starts, calling for Toxic to help her. Mes
senger examines plan. Pearl snatches for
it and fight follows:
SUBTITLE.
The Foreign Alliance learns they have
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SCENE g.
Foreign Alliance meeting place, same
as Scene l. Secretary and others wildly
excited over discovery that wrong plans
have been sent. Three men rush out to
overtake messenger.
SCENE T.
Inside moving limousine. Pearl and
messenger in furious fight. Pearl man.
ages to grab plan as messenger strikes
her cruel blow and she tumbles into
street Auto drives of
SCENE 5-A STREET.
Messengers limousine drives out Of
picture. Toxic, driving PEARLS car, with
pedestrians, whizzes into picture, stops
by Pearl, Toxic leaps out, helps Pearl
to her feet. Pearl and Toxic re-enter
Toko's automobile. Machine starts of as
taxi with Foreign Alliance members ap-
pears.
Foreign Alliance starts in pursuit
PEARLS auto dashes in front of a street
car, which blocks the taxis way. AL
lance abandons chase.
SCENE g.
Dare's ONCE in barracks. Col. Dare
at desk, studying papers. Dare reads
War Department message.
Qnsert close foreground of message
on screen.)
Mobilize Engineer Corps and estab-
lish base at Paso Del Norte to guard
against frontier conspiracies.
Continuing previous scene, Dare ex-
amines various documents.
SUBTITLE.
Col. Dare receives T. o. Adams, who
is suspected by Pearl of being the ST.
lent Menace.
Orderly ushers Adams in and exits
Pearl hurriedly enters. Dare sends
Adams into a back room while he lis
tens to his daughters story. Pearl
hands her father envelope with canal
plans.
SCENE I.
Backroom in barracks. Show fore
ground of Adams opening door and
stealthily watching Pearl and father.
War Department envelope and puts
into it torn piece of newspaper,
thrusts envelope into his pocket.
SUBTITLE.
Col. Dare recognizes the stolen plans
of the Panama Canal defenses
SCENE g.
Dare's office. same as scene s. Dare
opens envelope, begins eagerly to in
spect plans. The paper. to PEARLS SUI
preme astonishment. is an absolute
blank. Dare answers the apparent rid
die. Speaks.
SPOKEN TITLE.
The chemicals have worn out and
plans have gone blank again"
Dare speaks out above, tosses away
envelope given him by Pearl