The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

-THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY 19 Service Page for "The Forged Bride" AT A GLANCE. SUBJECT— "The Forged Bride." LENGTH— Five Reels. STAR— Mary MacLaren. PREVIOUS HITS— "The Unpainted Woman," "The Petal on the Current," "Bread," "Shoes," "The Model's Confession," "The Weaker Vessel," "The Pointing Finger." DIRECTED BY— Douglas Gerrard. STORY BY— J. G. Hawks. SCENARIO BY— Hal Hoadley. SUPPORTING CAST— Thomas Jefferson, Harold A. Miller, Barney Sherry, Dagmar Godowsky, and Frances Raymond, LOCALE — A beach resort, a suburban mansion, a penitentiai-y. TIME— To-day. THUMB-NAIL THEME— The story of a hard old convict who disavows his daughter so that she will be eligible, in the eyes of society, to marry the man she loves. ADVERTISING PUNCHES. 1 — The increasing popularity of the star. 2 — The fact that the story was written by J. G. Hawks who wrote most of the William S. Hart successes. 3 — The all-star supporting cast including J. Barney Sherry, Thomas Jefferson, Dagmar Godowsky and Harold Miller. 4 — The presence of Thomas Jefferson, son of the beloved Joseph Jefferson and the fact that the Universal player strongly resembles his distinguished father. 5 — The screen appearance of a new type of vampire; the beautiful Dagmar Godowsky, daughter of Godowsky, the famous pianist. 6 — Graphic glimpses of prison life. 7— The rapidity of the action, culminating in one of the most dramatic climaxes ever screened. S — A wholesome comedy-drama with a punch in every foot. CAST. Bill Butters Thomas Jefferson Peggy Mary MacLaren Dick Van Courtland.-Harold A. Miller Dick's Mother Frances Raymond Clark Farrell J. Barney Sherry Clara Ramerez Dagmar Godowsky THE STORY. gILL BUTTERS, a skillful forger, kites a check, collects on it at the bank, goes hoe to his pretty daughter Peggy, and tells her he is "going straight." From the window Old Bill sees a detail of plainclothes men waiting in the street below. He tells Peggy to pack her things and leave the house. When the police come a moment later they cart him off to the old familiar jail. A week later the aristocratic Judge Clark Farrell frowns down from the bench and sentences Bill to the penitentiary. "I hope," he says in passing sentence, "that when you leave the prison you will be able to use your great gift ^vith the pen to better purpose." To be near her father, Peggy tends a soft drink stand. Among the most persistent soft drinkers is Dick Van Courtland. Dick marries her after a whirlwind courtship. Dick's home is composed of his mother — a society dowager — Judge Clark Farrell — his guardian, and Clara Ramerez. When Dick takes his bride home there is a scene. The girl recognizes Judge Farrell, and with fine courtesy the judge keeps her secret. Clara Ramerez, however, tries to undermine Peggy's standing with the family and visits Bill Butters at the penitentiary. Peggy writes to him that Judge Farrell likes her because she resembles his own daughter who was kidnaped as a baby. Old Bill gets an idea. He will forge a letter which will make it appear that Peggy, his own beloved daughter, is really the daughter of Judge Farrell. Escaping from the honor squad Old Bill enters the home of Judge Farrell, opens his wall-safe, alters a letter written years ago by the kidnaper of the baby and by his cunning pen disavows his own daughter and makes her the daughter of Farrell. The judge, while seeing through Bill's trick, is content and accepts Peggy as his daughter and wife of his ward. ADVERTISING DISPLAY LINES Can a father disavow his dearly beloved daughter? See Mary MacLaren in her latest Universal Photoplay, "The Forged Bride." Bill Butters, the famous forger, did his best work with the pen when he signed away his daughter's name. See Mary MacLaren in "The Forged Bride." Barney Sherry, Dagmar Godowsky and Thomas Jefferson are just three of the famous players who support beautiful Mary MacLaren in "The Forged Bride." Dagmar Godowsky, daughter of Leopold Godowsky, is the limit in vampires in Mary MacLaren's latest Universal Photodrama, "The Forged Bride." The judge who sentenced her father to a living death in prison turned out to be the guardian of her husband's estate. See Mary MacLaren in "The Forged MBride." A Los Angeles society matron with millions to bum appears in "The Forged Bride." Who is she? Mary MacLaren plays the starring role.