The Appleton, Victor creator text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats The movie boys at Seaside Park : or, The rival photo houses of the boardwalk by Victor Appleton is a juvenile adventure novel written in the early 20th century. It follows three enterprising boys—Frank Durham, Randy Powell, and Pepper “Pep” Smith—who try to launch a first-class motion picture playhouse at a bustling seaside resort, balancing daring rescues, business savvy, and looming rivalry. The opening of the novel finds the boys scouting Seaside Park’s boardwalk, spotting a prime vacant building, and impressing the landlord after Frank leads a swift rescue of passengers from a burning motorboat. Their brave act brings them to the attention of wealthy Mrs. Carrington, whose offered backing—arranged through her attorney—solves their funding hurdle, while her feckless nephew Peter proves a nuisance and potential rival. Old ally Ben Jolly arrives (with ventriloquist Hal Vincent in tow), helps set up frugal living quarters, and the team splits duties: Frank and Vincent go to New York for films and equipment, Jolly to Fairlands for their old gear, and Randy and Pep prepare the venue. A final incident sees Pep heroically saving a runaway baby carriage, injuring his wrist, and being whisked by a millionaire motorist to a Brenton mansion for expert care, while Randy tracks him down—leaving the show’s launch underway but not yet open. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Also published as: The motion picture chums at Seaside Park, #36964. Release date is 2025-06-25 Aaron Adrignola, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1913 Motion picture theaters -- Juvenile fiction PZ Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1913 27007311 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433091386627&view=1up&seq=7 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76377 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433091386627&view=1up&seq=7 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76377 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134752.0 76377