Universal Weekly (1924-1936)

October 30, 1926 Universal Weekly 23 on Values geous Interiors and a Faithful Reprotures of "The Fourth Commandment." duction are some of the most beautiful sver useil in pictures. To Emory Johnson, the director, who studied to be an architect before embarking on a picture career as an art director and later an actor, much credit must go. A worshipper of beautiful things all his life, he incorporates as much beauty as possible in each of his productions. Audiences will revel in this period of Virginia's dramatic life. They will see themselves in this gorgeous home, a veritable American castle The spacious dining hall, a copy of a room in a famous English castle, a boudoir such as every woman dreams of and other rooms in the Stoneman mansion are shown. But it, too, passes. Turned out of her home^ stripped of her jewels, to pay the victims of Stoneman's embezzlement, Virginia goes to live with One of the gorgeous settings built for "The Four-fh Commandment" where roulette is played by fashionabhf gowned men and women. Center: The dining hall of one of the most famous castles in England was copied for this room in Frederick Stoneman's home. Sonny and his wife. But the love her son bears her soon arouses the jealousy of his wife, and just as years before she had demanded that her husband's mother go, now she is forced to leave. Her last days are spent in the streets of Paris, a despised beggar playing a little street organ. The famous boulevards are brought to life, peopled with a typical Parisian crowd. A costly limousine passes the beggar. In it she recognizes her family. This Parisian scene, consti-ucted at Universal City and faithful in every detail, is the last of the many elaborate settings in this fascinating photoplay. Cut glass chandeliers, silken covers, thick rugs, rare old oil paintings and period furniture went into this boudoir set— one of those m which Virginia moves as the "wife" of Stoneman. Money was not spared in making this production.