The Film Daily (1918)

Sunday, July 14, 1918 iMA DAILY 31 Captivating Star and Great Cast Make Old Hokum Register with a Bang Viola Dana in fight and her pa won't let her, so she puts on her broth "OPPHRTI T^VT'T\;',, ers cl°thes an(1 goes anyway. Hale Hamilton and Ed UrrUIVl I^JINI 1 I ward Abeles are at tue hght and Hale tells Edward that Metro he will offer "opportunity" to whoever occupies the va H r ... cant seat next to him. Of course, this is Viola, who DIRECTOR John H. Collins eomes to the fight in a get-up that makes you think of AUTHOR Edgar Franklin Toto, the clown. It is so very apparent that she is a SCENARIO BY John H. Collins girl in boy's clothes that you think the author has over CAMERAMAN John Arnold stepped considerable in not having Hale and Edward ,.„_,_ „, , . , , . -. . ,, , discover that he is a she until the last reel, but after AS A WHOLE . .Old hokum made delightful enter the thiug gets going you know that tne author doesn't tainment by direction and excellent cast. expect you to take this seriously at any stage, and you STORY Usual complications involving girl who don't worry about it, because it provides laughs aplenty. masquerades as man. Obvious, but certainly We have the oM hokum of Hale and Edward taking registers some truly funny situations. tne «boy» to their apartment, ordering the butler to DIRECTION Rather slow in getting started, but prepare "his" bath and sech, which, coupled with Miss kept it funny and injected several touches that Dana's cute tricks and some great titles, makes it go will register with a bang anywhere. over with a bang. We also have a hotel "defective" in PHOTOGRAPHY Very good this who gets laughs because he does all the things that LIGHTINGS. ...'.'.'.'.'. '. .Artistic with a few exceptions a reSular detective wouldn't do. CAMERA WORK Very good DurinS th.e batn ^id.ent1 and. at several oth^ tir?G! „_ . _, _ _.. .. . . ... , ... we have situations that almost become naughty, but STAI* Captivating and has cute tricks; puts this they aiways cut just before anything happens, and they over great. never become offensive, because any audience is going to SUPPORT Very good indeed. Might be called all= take the whole thing in the spirit of fun. cYTCDiADc^ <: *• ♦ Near the finish, Hale comes in the "boy's" room where EXTERIORS Satisfactory ne discovers that she is a "loidy." In the meantime, Viola INTERIORS Generally artistic has sent for her regular clothes, which are smuggled in DETAIL Commendable by her maid. Edward Abeles has a wife who comes in CHARACTER OF STORY . .' . . Old hokum 'entertainingly Just ,in timei° c^f cover Viola's hat in her hubby's apartpresented. Almost a Keystone at times, but ment and the plot thickens until Viola s pa who had most audiences will think it great stuff. been told by the defective that Viola had been muricvrTUAcnnAm.^TiAM • * i * * dered, arrives and clears the mystery. Hale captures LENGTH OF PRODUCTION . . .approximately 5,000 feet Viola for nig,n and Edwara and his spouse kiss and make up. THIS thing doesn't really get to you at the start, Edward Abeles, who was Hale's Pal, was starred in but along about the beginning of the second reel, "Ready Money" and other early Paramount releases, and it begins to get very funny and keeps up the pace js well-known on Broadway. Hale Hamilton is another to the finish. From the second reel on I have a hunch Broadway favorite, and once did a Keystone for Mack that the average audience is going to excuse the obvious Sennett. His work in this establishes him as a real story and old hokum and fairly eat this up. As far as nild for pictures. Frank Currier is great as Viola's father the title is concerned, the "Opportunity" is mostly Miss while Joseph Burke as the "nut" detective and Frank Dana's and, say boy, she certainly commands your at Lyon as the butler made their roles stand out. Elsie tention and slips you some real chuckles all through this. MacLeod was Miss Dana's maid, and Sally Crute was The real fun starts when Viola wants to go to a prize Edward's wife. I Redin&M Barkeiv ] — directmfif