The New York Clipper (September 1916)

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER Smptembcr 8 -r**S FEATURE FILM REPORTS. 'HOME. »» "FOOTLIGHTS OF FATE." VITAOHAPH. SIX REELS. .. VtUaied Aug. 11. By T. L. 8. E. .■*" '»'•"■" CAST. JOAN THURSDAY. NAOMI CHILDEBS JOHN MATTHIAS MAEC MacDBBMOTT Vincent Marbrldge Robert Wbltworth Venetla TankervOle Carolyn Birch Nella Cardrow - Josephine Earle George TankerrUle .Templar Saxe Edna Thursday Katherlne Lewis STORY—(Melodrama. Stage environment. Adapta- tion of Louis Joseph Vance's novel, "Joan Thursday." Entertaining story. DIBE1CTION—By Win. Humphrey. Competent ACTION—Full of entertaining Incidents. Holds the'attention. SITUATIONS—Convincingly staged and acted. ATMOS PHE RE—Realistic. CONTINUITY—Smooth. Well maintained. ' SUSPENSE—Fair. DE TAIL —Wonderful. COSTUMES—Modern. Correct PHOTOGBAPHY—Passable. LIGHTING—Excellent. E XTER IORS—Few but pleasing. INTERIORS—W1H da DESCRIPTION. Discharged for her refusal to accept the atten- tions of the floorwalker, Joan Thursday, a shop girl,'tarns to the theatrical profession, thinking her good • looks will' Insure success. She meets Matthias, a playwright and they become Interested in one another. Matthias is in love -with Venetla TankerrUle. a distant relative, and the -wealthiest member in the family. i - ■ He hesitates to propose to Venetla because of bar great wealth and his comparative poverty, but •he, seeing his evident love, leads :htm on. -Finally he summons op courage and asks her to be his wife. .Her acceptance overjoys" him. That night Mar- bridge, a theatrical manager who has fallen in love with Venetla's money, learns of the engage- ment and succeeds In convincing her that she does 'not love Matthias. They elope, and for a time Matthias is -heartbroken, but he finds a strange consolation in the company of Joan; When Arlington, to whom Marbrldge Is a silent ■partner, accepts his play, Mattblas succeeds in get- ting a amall part for'Joan, The playwright finds .his Interest In Joan 'steadily growing until be realises that he loves her.-and, proposing, wins her consent 'He asks, her to give up'-the theatrical profession,; but she. in love with her art," begs fto be permitted to play her part in the show. , Marbrldge. returning from his honeymoon with Venetla, tees Joan and'Is attracted to her. To win her gratitude'and confidence he induces Arlington to give her a better.ipart in the play. - On the open- log night Joan scores a hit and Is congratulated by all her.friends—Marbrldge especially, who seems overjoyed at her triumph and invites her to supper at Us home. -- - - - ■- NeJU, a former -paramour of 'Marbrldge, follows, and when she sees Joan struggling in Marbrldge'* arms, shoots and mortally wounds him. Realizing .that bis end is near, the dying man sends '.for MsttHas. tells him that Joan Is free from guilt, and csks him also to take care of Venetla. REMARKS. • This la a very fair picture, the outstanding fea- ture of which Is Marc MacDermott'a clever acting. The cast, as a whole. Is good. .' Elementary screen story competently filmed by ^Director Humphrey. - ■ Paramount Program BOX OFFICE VALUE. Should get by easily.in medium grade houses. Lacks class for best picture theatres. hen. "DARE DEVIL KATE." FOX. SIX REELS. Beleagtii Aug- «. -By •*■«»• . CAST. KATE.... .VIBOIN1A PEARSON Chit Stone.- '. Victor Sutherland Irene .Mary Martin John West .Kenneth Hunter Green. Alex. Shannon Kilmer Lelghton Stark Bently ..Fred K. Stanton Irene's Children Jane and Katherlne Lee Mrs. Stone Minna Philips STORY—Melodrama. Munition camp environment Regeneration of a bad good Woman. Adapta- • tlon of story by Philip Bartholomae. SCENARIO—By Clarence J. Harris. DTBECCTON—By Keanan BueL Director has done ' e xceedingly well with indifferent material. ACTION—Poorly developed. SITUATIONS —Impossible. Some of dramatic situations are amusing. atmosphere —Good. Convincing. CONTINUITY—Fair. SUSPENSE—Lacking DETAIL—Well attended to. COSTUMES—Correct .. . ■ PH OTOG RAPHY—Picture excells In this relation. LIGHTING—Particularly good. " " • . . RXTERIOBS — Plenty of atmosphere. Bogged sce nery attractive. INTERIORS—Excellent. TtHIMATMTH Story contains good idea. Will entertain and please average audience Inclined:to overlook in- consistencies of movie" plots In general andjhls ' one'in particular. Virginia Pearson, starred, gives . excellent performance. BOX OFFICE VALUE. Good one day attraction for middle grade houses. Advertise Virginia Pearson,. «• September first marks the third anniversary of the feature program — and three years of unrivalled supremacy COarOKATION «»"JP "THE SUMMER GIRL" WORLD. FIVE HEELS. Bdeattd Aug. If.: Bg World. Bntiy .Hade. STORY—Conventional story. Written for ^screes "by I<. V.r - . Jefferson. Has good entertaining •; qualities, and is replete with • numerous little "t ouch es-that enhance the ensemble effect DIRECTION*-By Edwin August Competent ACTION—Pleasing. 8MirATION8—Well acted. : AT MOS PHERE-—Satisfactory. CONTINUITY—Story Is coherently told. SUSPENSE—<Not any too strong. DETAIL—O. K. ■ COSTUMES—Modern. • - STABS—Arthur Ashley and-MollIe King. Both .. experlenced.-plcture players. •< - CAST—Good cast, including Ruby Hoffman, Harold Bntwhlstle, and Dave Ferguson. PHOTOORAPHY—Excellent L IGHTI NG—Average effects. EXTERIORS—All. to the good. INTERIORS—Bight DESCRIPTION. . Mary Anderson, daughter of wealthy parents, While in the country, Sides her real Identity be- hind e ragged dress. She meets Bruce Hxrdemau, a-poor artist, and introduces her laundress to toim laaher .mother, tbay'a mother learns'of her escapade and: highly InrHgnMlf, "brings her back to the'city. Bruce learns Mary's real Identity from the laundress. Mary enlists the services of her father and provokes him Into taking her one night to ■Brace's studio where she sees nls model. She mis- construes the meaning of her presence there, and when Bruce entere, she tells him she hates him. * Brace, heartbroken, Is about to destroy her por- trait but his model, who eecretly lovea him, In- tervenes, saves it qends it to toe art institute under Brace's name, and enters it in the prise competition, and lastly, goes to Mary's father and explains all bo him. Mary father decides to make a test and after he has gathered about him Addison, persistent suitor of Mary's; Bruce and Mrs. Anderson, he tells them that, through unexpected business re- verses, he is penniless and must marry his daugh- ter off to secure a son-in-law to support the family, which information provokes Addison Into withdrawing his salt Hadletnan, however. Is extremely happy, now that the barrier of wealth is removed. The model telephones In that Brace has won the grand prize at the art exhibit which makes him a rich num. Mr. Anderson then warns Brace to be careful in his decision, now that he has achieved fame and fortune, but Brace In answer clasps Mary to hmr, and'Mr. Anderson confesses to his wife that the tale of poverty was only a ruse to test hte manhood. REMARKS "The Summer Girt" win- surely appeal to the younger folk, who Bke to alt in a picture house and im-BgRe themselves in the roles of the characters portrayed In the action. This feature is not great bat will pass master satisfactorily through the fact of Hs possessing two prime favorttes of the fans in the persons of Arthur Ashley and Mollie King.' BOX OFFICE VALUE. Advertise this as an entertaining feature that shook! umrnesttonsbly please the average class of spectators. Suitable for any type of house, ten. - - - INCE. FIVE KKtBt i H . —Betesaed Aug.'tl. B* THOr^Je. STORY — Society drama. Written' by C. Gardner . Sullivan for the screen. Has strong appeal a nd po ints an excellent moral. ' DIRECTION—By-Raymond H. West Excellent ia every way. ACTION—Intel SITUATIONS—Oaavtadnsly ATMOSPHERE—Fine, • - - CONTINUITY—Not a, break. SUSPENSE—Bight DETAIL—Shows an artists hand at the helm COSTUMES—Modern. STABS—Bessie Barrlacale (Bessie Wheaton), Chas. Bay (Bob 'Wheaton), Louise Gloom (Daisy ■ Flares): CABT—Clara WUHams (Imsa . Wheaton), Geo. Fisher (Allan Shelby), Agnes Herring (Clan Wheaton), Thos. ■ Guise (Jere Wheaton), Jo- seph J. Dowllag- (Const D'Orr). PHOTOQBAPHY—Couldn't be better. LIGHTING—.Very fine effects, EXTERIORS—Good INTERIORS—Very good DESCRIPTION. The Wheaton family are-among the "new rich." and their sudden prosperity has turned'their heads —that is, the heads of aH but Bessie, who has gone abroad and come home more sensible than ever, and thoroughly disgusted with all her people. Young Allan Shelby Is greatly attracted, by Bessie, and thinks her so different' from all the other young women of her'set"'He'la unprepared, how- ever, for the change that, takes place In the sup- posedly sensible Bessie when she, out of patience with her-people, determines to teach them all a ' lesson. • Her brother has engaged himself to :a chorus girt; Bessie cultivates the girl's-acquaintance and simulates her way of acting, much to her'brother's shame, and to the astonishment of .'Shelby. Her sister Is setting her cap for an-Impecunious noble- man; and Bessie flirts so astonnamgly> with him that he transfers his affections." only, to be sent on his way when, the sister finally turns from him herself . .In such fashion Bessie proceeds to reform the entire household, end when the family finally de- termine to take her, to account for, her ways, she turns on. them and'flings a' diary she has * kept, In which' she sets .out their faults in plain lan- guage, at ;thelr feet When Bessie finally attempts to run away .from the home (hafts so distasteful to her. Shelby meets "her'.and forcibly compels her to return. The family has'had an awakening In the meantime, end -receive ; Bessie. back trtih - open SEQTlARKS. "Home".is a human llttleVpiay particularly well visualised'.by : Director Raymond; West, ope-of Tho3. H. Ince's chief .Ueutensnts. jThe characters are distinctly human, the - cast-simply great and as a.whole, the entire production is up to the best feature standards," BOX OFTFICE VALUE. Class A. Triangle: Suitable for any type of house..' . BU. SYDNEY DHEW, Metro comedian, celebrated his fifty-second birthday last week. A family reunion of the. Drews and ■Barrymores was held at the Hotel Plaza In honor, of the event ANDREW J. -CO BE, president of the Unity Films, Inc., is back In New York after a country •wide Inspection tour of the concern's system of exchanges. » GILBERT P. HAMILTON has arrived In New .York tram the West with an eight reeler entitled "Inherited Passions." It may go into a Broadway theatre as .a feature, attraction. ';'■."' 9 q PICTURES are the Box Office Pictures because every Metro Star is a Box Office Attraction The Hswsr, I Frodnetlana a by th* PubUo Oivs thsm