The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-08-25
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Job and Art and Jim and Bill
Are Entered in New Dakota
Scenario Contest
LOTS OF QUICK CHANGES
Scene Fits From Warm Florida
to Storm-swept Prairies
of the State
BY Honor Bright

Job Brinton to be "pinched," Art
Townley sued by his old friend and
political side kicker, "Marse" Jim,
and "Bill" LANCER as chief prosecu-
tor for the state, all on an August
day. ~. .t.
The political movie may not be es-
pecially edifying, but the public will
be amused at the antics of the stars.
Townley's enemies intimate they have
put lots of "pep" into the scenario
! and there will be variety of scenery
ranging from the verglades of Flo
rida with its background of sisal and
alligato1s to the stormswept prairies
of North Dakota.
Acres Upon Acres
"Marse" jim surrounded by $4,000
Of Townley's acres, smoking the best
Havaras with Job in a Palm Beach
checker reading aloud to "Jim' the
first word of his resignation from
"Bill" Lemke's very own Courier
News, would make a scene that should
draw tears from even Tom Box and
Jack Hastings who once basked and
cashed in Townley's favor.
Then there can flicker over the
screen kilograms and letters reading:
$500 in cash or we do our worst"
Johnnie Baer, the cartoon congress-
man disguised as Hiram Rube, should
be pictured as the chief avenger. He
can be decorated with town mar
shall star, engrossed upon which we
suggest the mystic, SIG and pictured
as looking for the chief culprits,
art" and "Bill" Lemke. E
Quiet Skies Not Quiet
After the prelude is worked amid
the soft scenes and quiet skies of
Florida, the plot can shift abruptly
northward via Pullman and hotels
where Box and Hastings used to stop
in those pilgrimages when their ex-
pense accounts were in good stand
ing. Bill" Lemke, disguised as a
Mexican, should always be lurking in
!, the ofiing. He is after "the papers"
which Job" and ''Marse Jim" have
secreted on their person.
For thrills we suggest that Art
t Townlev's $4,000 aeroplane be util-
lied. Walter Thomas Mills as pilot
! with cart, scanning the horizon can
be worked into some real stunts. By
way of contrasts, the scenario could
picture Art, Fred Wood and Job
Brinton out near Deering, N. D.,
where the first N. P. L. Ford was
cranked and sent out on it's mission
for/the New Day and the six dollars
per. "From a Tin Lizzie to $10,-
90 air buggy>is but STEP" Townley
could remark, 'if you only know the
way"
To give atmosphere to the movie,
we would also suggest a scene de-
voted to "Job" buying newspaper
plants for seventy-five cents on the
dollar with .post-dlted checks and
selling them back for cash to the
farmers att 100 cents on the dollar.
This could be staged in any of the
fifty three counties of the state, but
believe that in the interests of real
ism and verisimilitude, we would vote
for Oliver county as the "mise-en-
scene" s.a
Peddling the Stock
By way of humor, "Job" could be
pictured as peddling the stock to the
farmers and humming softly the dit
ty, "Ponzi is child compared to US" "
1t would make an effective cut in
and could not fail to get hand in
any of the ifty-three counties where
there is newspaper stock in circula-
tion or on file for collateral for post
dated checks.
But the movie without "Les" Simp-
son, as Dakota Dan, would be as bar
rem as thriller minus Tom Mix. The
versatile "Les" would work in nicely
as friend and comforter of Job. He
could be pictured as impressing upon
the fallen leaguers, "that man may
be down but he is never out" That
would give timely optimism and re-
vive interest and sustain attention
for the grand finale.
Some Real Tears
A real "tear squeezer" could be
had with "Bill" LANCER -raiding a
consumers store in Ward county and
the confiscation of several barrels of
lemon extract in the cellar.
"Where's the rest of the groceries
| you bought with the farmers. jack?'
Bill could say real snappy and west
ern like to the shivering clerk.
eve specialize only in extracts
here,' would be real tart reply and
should be the excuse for a fight in
which the store is buried and the hori-
zon Redeemed up for miles and miles
and miles.
In our humble judgment the last
scene should be laid in Beach with
Townley completely surrounded by
his creditors. They could all be
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