Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Dec 1920)

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Double Exposures Conducted bv F. J. S. How TO BE A Movie Review i.k (hi '■>»<• Lrsxoii) I \(:Ti; — \'iiu know tlu' Uind of ni ition picturr criticisms you n ;ivl in the daily newspapers and in the trade ])ap(TS. But liave V. 1' ever thought of trying it ynitrsrif.' HertV how to do it). I < the director wrecks an autoniohilc : Truly no expense has heen spared. If it is a wildly improhahle melodrama: Crammed full of real thrills and possessini; a wealth of action. I f the principal cutie is in ]Kril .•mywhere : kepletc with heart interest and haviiij; an absorhing love story. If the star is tlownrifjlu bad : The drama carries itself, altho tlu])opular star was never better. If the star and the storv arc botli had: .Agreeably entertaining and marked ■iv >nperb photography. 1 f a mystery tale : Perplexing story in which the interest of the absorbed spectator will lie held to the end. If the cutie wears several gownv : .Star runs the whole gamut of emolions. If the cutie reveals a glycerin tear in the close-up: Here is. indeed, a triumph of emotional acting. I f the plot is almost invisible : A sweet and simple photoplay of rare wholc.soniene.ss. h'or any |)holoplay including a nioh scene : (ireater punch thpii "The Birth of a Nation." For any jihotoplay with a spiritual rcforniatioi! : More uiilifting than "Ttie Miracle Man." For any photoplay attemirtiiig hazy "art" iihotography : Nothing like it since "Broken Blossoms." For any star wearing curls : . . . gives a sweetly unsoiihisticatcd ])erfoniiancc whicli plays U])on the heart strings. I'dr any male star : That lie succeeds in this dillicult role attests to the ability of the sterling actor that he is. TlllXCiS 1 SHALL X1':\KR I.I\"F. TO SFh: By l.ofiSE F.\7.ENn,\ Bull Mnntaiia in tlic !''lorodora sc.Ktrttc .\'aziniova in one-reel comedies Theodore Roberts walking a slack wire (ieraldine I'-arrar playing Peter Pan Lew Cody in the cement business Mildred Harris Chaplin debating on the League of Nations llayakaua in a railroad serial Katherine McDonald eating a hot dog Tom Mix in '-lledda ( iabler" Louise Fazenda as "Little Fgypt" in a «ide show. Doug Fairbanks is .going to do D'Artagnan in ;t lilni version of Dumas' "The Three Musketeers." Our choice for the Dumas Iiero is lien Turi)in. with Charlie Mu'-ray •Old Chester Conklin as the other guardsmen. .Koi) TiiiNLis VN'e're Tired Ok Property ducks that squirt water in tlie comedian's face. Cnunbling roses to indicate the ]:assing of a character thru the pearly gates. Burning oil wells in the weeklies. Stories of star's (lets. Stories of star's insurance. Stories of star's offers to return to the legititnate. (Cinilinncil on page W) {rifly-l-.c'