Canadian Moving Picture Digest (Apr 1923-Apr 1924)

eee merit, Page Bight ton’s a very close run for comedy action and_ entertainment. “Green As Grass” introduces Connelly in the condition which the title implies. Having a very ‘generous farmerfather, he is rewarded for his years and years of toil upon the family farm, by a mark of appreciation, a nag which has probably outlived its usefulness as “farm help.” But Connelly is proud of his Bonaparte possession and sets out to conquer the lady of his desires, in a rig attached to the horse. It seems that our “fair damsel” is wooed by a suitor with a “near gasoline buggy,” and obstructs in body and otherwise, the approach of Connelly to the domicile of his “lady love.” The “fair lady” has a father, who is shrewd enough to desire to provide his daughter with a home and points out the $3,000 home which the suitor of his daughter must purchase, if suitor is to be turned into “husband.” $3,000 to Connelly looks like a million, but a shower solves the problem, Connelly’s Bonaparte has an aversion to umbrellas, and the Arabian Steeds of Solomon ate weighted of foot in comparison to Connelly’s steed, under the “racing influence’ of an opened ‘umbrella. Therefore the desired home is purchased and the girl won, for Connelly sells his “noble steed” to a race horse breeder, who ‘buys him under the hypnotism of the “opened umbrella.” The idea 4s original, the horse-race, the real thing, furnishing thrills and amusement when Connelly wins. A comedy with a plot, weighty enough to keep it going, and not too weighty for hilarity of action. GFINAKE Your Choice,” Christie Educational, with . Bobby Vernon, although revolving around the old idea, of “father says Bobbie must get married,” handles this idea originally and in a manner whicli gets the most out of it. A “suspended sentence” over the head of Bobbie, who rolled himself into the police sta tion, rolling along on roller skates, © convinces Bobbie that papa’s idea that Bobbie needs a wife, should receive immediate consideration. Of course Bobbie did not know that father had already selected the wife for him, no other than the pretty daughter of his partner. Meanwhile Bobbie wires one of his “adored ones” to marry him, after writing four letters to four other ladies next in favor. An over-zealous butler mails the letters, which Bobbie had written, but left unmailed. The partner’s daughter appearing on the scene, is found to be nearest to Bobbie’s heart’s desire and it 1s with fear that he opens a wire, which leaves him free from a “Breach of Promise compromise. Bobby proposes to the partner's daughter and havin pleased PSA Sing Pictures Read The Digest Adventisuig tages CANADIAN MOVING PICTURE DIGEST himself and the family, it looks as if this time “true love is to run smoothly.” But four fair ladies, bent on matrimony, appear upon the scene and add considerable excitement, when it is learned that all of them will consent to link their life with Bobbie’s. The over-enraged suitor locks them up separately in different closets of the house, and prepares to elope with the “Chosen One,” but is stopped by an iraté parent, who has stumbled upon the “concealed animated feminity.”’ What’s left of Bobbie, is left to the real sweetheart, who agrees to “stick” after the other ladies have departed, cooled off by the statement from father that Bobbie is disinherited. Bobbie gets father’s money and his blessing and the only girl he really wanted after all. “Take Your Choice,” marriage or jail, is an excellent Christie comedy, which keeps the ball of fun rolling merrily. «7 Ost and Found (On a South Sea Island). R. A. WalshGoldwyn production, by Carey Wilson, featuring House Peters, Pauline Starcke, Antonio Moreno. The story deals with the theft of a seacaptain’s wife, by a white trader, who finds his Kismet in the jaws of a shark. The sea captain, (House Peters) recovers his daughter, who has -just been taken in marriage by Waki, South Sea Island Native Chief. There is an abundance of thrills and adventure, romance and all the primitive elements which control the destinies of civilized beings with primitive instincts. The local coloring of the South Sea Islands, the tropical and sensuous appeal tends to make the pic ture spectacular and sensational, and where plenty of action is desired this picture should prove most satisfactory. The photography is particularly fine and many of the scenes were so pictorially lovely that they brought forth exclamations of pleasure from the audience. The native dances and feuds, their wars and methods of revenge furnish the picture with ample thrills. eae Montreal Branch FamousPlayers Film Service Unusually Active Famous-Players, in addition to their British pictures playing at the Allen, are busy with a raft of specials, featured among which are “Down to the Sea in Ships” and three Goldwyns, “Backbone,” “Ragged Edge” and “The Last Moment.” In addition there is a special re-issue of Madame X with French and English re-titling. an ee eee ‘*bandanna Babe London’s Christie Contract Keeps Her Busy Babe London, the heavyweight girl of the Christie Company, has been doing some extensive travelling since she affixed her name to a Christie contract. Hardly had the ink dried on the paper before Al Christie whisked her off on a 4500 mile trip to Honolulu to play in “A Hula Honeymoon.” Babe just got rid of her sea legs when she hopped off on a four hundred mile jaunt to help out in the filming of “Winter Has Came,” up in_ the mountains near Truckee. Then she was shunted up the Sacramento, where she donned burnt cork and a and played an “Aunt Jemima” in Christie’s blackface comedy, “Roll Along,” and now she is at Westwood, in the extreme northern end of California, where Christie is filming a comedy with the big redwoods as backgrounds. They say travel broadens one. Babe was only fourteen pounds lighter than a load of hay when she _ joined Christie. If she broadens much more, they will have to broaden the screen to accommodate her. s “Daddy” Smashes Another Record at Hamilton Following “The Isle of Lost Ships,” which set up a new record of attendance at the Temple Theatre, Hamilton, “Daddy” succeeded in breaking it again by more than $200.00. Just the average amount of newspapeT space was used in the advertising O the picture. Several windows were obtained by the use of ingenious CO operative’ lettering of cards whic ‘carried black and white stills from scenes of the picture. Another stunt that created much 1nterest was the screening of the trailer together with several scenes from the picture on the main street from o’clock until after 9 each evening. We think that Hal Morgan’s pull with the Hamilton police force saved the situation, for the crowds watching the ie performance were numbered in the thousands. Arthur Moisan Harry Mee, Visitors To Montreal Recently e e ia Arthur Moisan, of the Victoria, Quebec, and Harry Mee, of a ee Theatre, Prescott, are among t a of-town exhibitors who have visiting Montreal recently. Subscribe To The Digest $2.00 a Year A | |