The Moving Picture Weekly (1917-1919)

Record Details:

Title:
The Moving Picture Weekly
Date:
1917-1919
Author:
Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.
Publisher:
New York, The Moving Picture Weekly
Volume:
The Moving Picture Weekly (1917-1919)
Leaf #:
000692
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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28 THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY The reason— reason why few, if any, screen productions L have earned such unanimous endorsement from critics, exhibitors and public, or have drawn such abnormal crowds as are today seeing "Blind Husbands", is because never before has a picture risen so far above the rest, or left the hackneyed, beaten path so far behind as does this crowd-compelling masterpiece of Von Stroheim's, which Variety describes as so "exceptional" as to "mark a new epoch" in productions. 44 T N genius of presentment," says the ChiJ cago Herald, " 'Blind Husbands' rises so far above the ordinary offering as the Tyrolean Alps, in which the story is told, rise above * the lowly sand dune," and the same critic adds, "Never even in Augustus Thomas' palmiest days of 'punch drama' have I ever seen the equal of this Von Stroheim production." T_J ERE, then, is a picture — a super-picture that comes only once in an industry's history— an offering of proven worth and box-office power — one that will repay you a hundred fold every penny you spend on it. See it today at your Universal Exchange.