The Moving picture world (November 1926-December 1926)

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232 MOVING PICTURE WORLD November 27, 1926 ^^Everybody's Acting'^ Exceptionally Strong Cast Gives Even Values To the Story of a Pretty Waif of Stageland STRONGLY REMINISCENT of sections of a score of other plays, "Everybody's Acting" is the pleasant little comedy drama of an orphan adopted by four actors and a newspaper man when her father shoots her mother and forfeits his own life. Grown to young womanhood, she makes her debut with a San Francisco stock company and attracts the attention of a handsome young taxi driver, who proves to be the son of a wealthy business woman. To impress the old lady the foster fathers stage a drawing room comedy with the aid of properties from the iheatre storeroom. Tiffany Presents Panllne Frederick In "Josselyn's Wiie" Sugg'ested by Kathleen N'orris' story Directed by Richard Thorpe OAST: Liilllan Josselyn Pauline Frederick Thomas Josselyn Holmes Herbert Pierre Marehand Armand Kalii Ellen Marehand Josephine Hill Flo C^rmelita Geraghty Length — .l.KUO Feet After Lillian Josselyn is happily married a former lover visits them and starts to reopen the affair. He is murdered and Lillian and her husband take blame but a model confesses her euilt. Strong drama with mystery element. ONE OF THE LATE Clyde Fitch's greatest successes "The City," a melodrama of the havoc wrought by the city on a sii.all town family that felt they were cramped ".n their former surroundings, has been transferred to the screen by William Fox with .i cast of featured players. There is efiPective drama in the opeuirig sequences with the death of the father and after a visit from a blackmailer who threatens to expose the fact that her husband was a former convict. When the family moves to the city and the son runs for public office it becomes obvious that the blackmailer w'll .show up again and that the family will evr nttially return to their village environment. Reviewed by Epes W. Sargent and she is much impressed, but Doris blurts out the truth. Mrs. Potter sends the boy to China, but the fathers smuggle Doris aboard and then persuade Mrs. Potter that the newspaper editor can do more to advance her social position than her other efforts. It is a simple story, but well told and most excellently acted. Raymond Hitchcock gets over as the other half of a song and dance team, of which Ford Sterling is the head. Sterling plays with restraint, but dominates his scenes. Betty Bronson makes a charming lead, playing with sureness of touch, and Louise Dresser gets a change from sobby mother roles to shine as the cold and calculating busmess woman and does remarkably well. Reviewed by C. S. Sewell TIFFANY made an excellent selection in casting Pauline Frederick in the title role of "Josselyn's Wife," suggested by Kathleen Norris' popular novel of the same title. The story hinges on the fact that a woman now happily married is confronted with a former lover who seeks to reopen the old illicit relations. This situation, while by no means new, gives Miss Frederick a thoroughly congenial role with effective opportunities for dramatic work. Most patrons will probably surmise that a tragedy is imminent before the situation is straightened out, but Director Thorpe has handled the Reviewed by C. S. Sewell This weakens the suspense, but the events leading up to this, with the villain coercing the daughter into a marriage and the exposure that he is a dope fiend, the mother's neglect while pursuing social ambitions and the hero being wrapped up in politics, and his eventual awakening to his responsibility and return of self-respect, make a good human-interest melodrama along popular lines. Although Robert Frazer nominally has the leading role, it is the villain who dominates the entire action and Walter McGrail gives an excellent performance in this role of about as black-hearted a cad and scoundrel as you would want to meet. Nancy Nash, a newcomer, acquits herself well as the flapper daughter and George Irving is ex-ellent as the father. Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky present "Everybody'ii Acting" With Betty Bronson A Marshall Neilan Production A Paramount Picture 0.\ST: IJorls Poole Be<ty BronaoB Michael Poole Ford Sterling Anastasia Potter Lonise Dreaaer Ted Potter La«Tence Gray Thorpe Henry Walthall Bmest Rice Raymond Hitchcock Clayton Budd Stuart Holmea Peter O'Brien E^Iward .Martlndel Length — G.13!t Feet Doris Poole, orphaned daughter of traveling players is adopted by four ar.tora and an editor. Grown to maturity she falls in love with a supposed taxi driver in reality a wealthy man. The five foster fathers outwit his masterful mother. Interesting human-interest drama. development in such a manner that the interest is held at high pitch, with strong tension and suspense and has introduced an clement of mystery. In the climactic scenes where husband and wife, both innocent and estranged from each other, take the blame for the murder, there is forceful drama and Miss Frederick linely handles the emotional scenes, establishing strong sympathy. Holmes Herbert is exactly suited to the role of the trusting, easygoing husband. William Fox presents "The City" R. William Neill Production Based on play by Clyde Fitch CAST: Cicely Rand Nancy Naah GeorK-e Rand Jr Robert Fraser Geornre Rand, Sr Geori^e Irvlnsr Mrs. Rand lyllllan Elliott Jim Hannock Walter Mctirall Chad Morrlit Richard Walling Elinor Vorhee« May .4IIUon Vorhees Melbourne .MacDowell Sarah Bodll fioulng Length — 5,.500 Feet On death of Rand a wealthy refonned crook, family moves to city and Rand, Jr., is candidate for mayor. Hannock a dope fiend blackmails Rand and dupes Cicely into a marriage. Rand at last learns lesson of unselfishness and family return to village. Stirring melodrama. "Josselyn's Wife" Pauline Frederick Scores in Emotional Role in Story Based on Novel by Kathleen Norris "The City" One of Clyde Fitch's Biggest Stage Hits Is Made into Interesting Film by William Fox