Variety (October 1918)

R ' • 50 BUY BONDS ■■■■- ■■■: ■: I if' B; l: I' M I iii- I f&; St. K THE GOAT. "Chuck" McCarthy, an Iroa Worker, Fred Stone Mrs. McCarthy, his Mother...Fannie MIdgely Mr. McCarthy; Charles McHugh Blgjou Lamour, ad ActresB... .Rbea Mitchell Tlio Daby Vamplro Sylvia Ash ton Marmaduko X. Caruthers, as Actor. Phllo McCullough Molly O'Connor's, Chuck's Sweetheart, Winifred Greenwood Director Griffin Noah Beery Jimmy Quicksilver, Assistant' Director, Raymond Hatton Director Graham Charles Ogle Studio Manager Ernest Joy Casting Director ' Clarence Geldart "The Goat" Is Paramount-Artcraft'a Intro- duction of Fred Stone to the screen. Donald Crisp directed and Frances Marlon wrote the story. As a doer of "stunts" Mr. Stone la 8 film success, but whether that will cause the ' stage star to be a screen star -it dotibtful. It may be .that this, his first picture shown and possibly the first he made, left him ill at ease before the camera. Or It could -shave been that appearing In his proper, person, without character coBtume or make up affected ' him. At any rate it is only In his "stunts" that Mr. Stone does anything In "The Goat" worth watching. All the comedy of the pic- ture Is begotten through the comedy captions, and these,.for the most part, were founded on 'such expressions as an uncultured Iron worker is supposed to utter. "I seen my duty and I done it" and "You done noble" are samples. How many picture audiences will see anything funny In them? The scenario may have been written accord- ing to suggestion. It "eases" Mr.-Stone Into picture playing. Ho is an iron worker with picture ambitions. With companions, Chuck McCarthy (Mr. Stone) Is on a building con- struction overlooking studio stages. It fires his desires, especially some bathing girls and a French-accented engeque. , Chuck adds him- self to the line of "Extras" and finally bursts in a principal role, understudying Marmaduko X. Caruthers (Phllo McCullough), who balks at a role he thinks Is too dangerous. Stone is made up to resemble blm, and white riding a horse 1b thrown, when Marmaduke Is sent to the hospital In his stead and Chuck sent home. Cured of the film fever and back to bis old love, Molly O'Connors (Winifred Greenwood), Chuck receives a letter enclosing a check for $1,000 and a promise of a regular picture job upon recovery. Early In the scenes Chuck enlightens his family upon himself as an actor by acting all over the kitchen, mopping up the old man, his father, and knocking the plaster oft the wall of the floor beneath. His family doesn't like the plan of giving Sip'a steady $27.60 per po- sition as an Iron worker to became an actor. His girl, a stenographer at the studios, also tries to persuade Chuck not to try what she thinks is an Impossible task. One of the best captions displayed refers to a long line of '"Extras," mentioning that few in the line work over one full day a week. . During the screening, studio scones are much In sight. There Is cameralng within cameralng. Wfille not overmuch of the me- chanical end Is exhibited, there is enough of this to lend much Interest to the picture fan. It is in these scenes that Mr. Stone does his "stunts," the best of wblch Is a "Human Fly" bit "with a fall into a tank of water. Mr. Stone Is..athletic and acrobatic—among sta'e leaders ln\tbese Items and as good as the best in pictures, but he has emptied nearly his en- tire bag of tricks, as far as known, Into "The Goat." What will,be do to follow them. Un- less developing into-a screen player? "The Goat" as a title Is ribe nickname to Stone through doing altXbe%ork and receiv- ing" no credit In the picture. One caption ■de- scribed him as "No actor but, great with the rough work." \- . "The Goat" with Fred Stone*fl-i name at- tached for the first showing is a draw. That seems self evident at the Strand this week, where the picture is showing. If tbe name can continue to draw regardless, Mr. Stone's pic- ture engagement Is a happy one, but he should insist that Mr. Crisp direct all bis pictures. This one was so well taken care of by Mr. Crisp that it lightened Mr. Stone's burden immeasurably. Sime. THE ROAD TO FRANCE. Tom Whitney .Carlyle Blackwell F 'at. Bemls. Evelyn Greeley Jomi Bemls ....Jack Drumler Mollle" Muriel Ostrlche Robert Whitney George De Carlton Mrs. Whitney.....'. Jane Sterling Hoctor Winter Richard Nell! Mrs. O'Leary Inez Shannon Burns Henry West Hugo Kraus Alex Shannon Chief of Police Joseph Smiley Dennis O'Lenry Jamos Davis Little O'Lenry Girl Ell2abetb Kennedy "1 want the American people to know bow government papers, and the hero saving everything at the last mr-uent and getting tbe girl he loved, who had previously turned blm down because of his liking for strong drink and other forms of dissipation. Tbo picture could have been told In half the footage. Mr. Blackwell as tbe hero Is painstaking, but always "acting." Miss Greeley does her best with a role of little strength. Other members of the cast perform creditably. THE WOMAN WHO CAME BACK. This picture, a Paramount feature. Is founded on the dramatic play, "Leah Kieshna," In New York some seasons ago. It tells the story of a girl brougbt up by her fatber to be an expert safe breaker. She Is rescued from a shlpwrotk by a man whose namo she does not know, but whom she never forgets. Told by ber fatber to steal some famous pearls from tbe bouse of a rich man who Is about to present them to his fiancee she .at- ■ tempts to pull off tbe trlek. She Is surprised, however by the owner of the house, Who .proves to be tbe man who saved ber life. He lets "e- go -and she swears never to steal again. ' , ■ Tbe Jewels are stolen the same night by the brother of the girl the man—George Bayard —Is to marry. This man attempts to fix the blame on Lois—tbe girl—but It Is finally- : proven that he Is the culprit. The gang Is broken up and Lois goes away to work on a i ■p SaV Sfi Y farm. Here comes Bayard, bis engagement being broken oft, and uarrles ber. Ethel Clayton does good work in a strong and dramatic part and notable In ber support are Theodore Roberts, Elliott Dexter and Charles West Tbe story is well knit and In- terestingly told and there is some uncommonly good photography. ! Arthur Oliver, director of publicity for tbe Frank A. Keeney. Pictures Corp., hat resigned to take up some special political work In New Jersey, \ f Peggy Adams' and Olln Howland are starred in ''Romanes and Brass Tacks," the Para- mount-Flagg comedy which will be released next week. ^ "" R '.'. A' <y --'■ "• "...- [• . >: ————■———--fc——W—e*MS>, • . _ . ■ '.. • ;■■• : ' " ■ ■ :■'. • 5,3? §£*£> ,.. '-•--—. '""V . •. • 'iJ# -.p., ■■-.:,.-• .. ■' ■.';■ . -Ig - • «. 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