Exhibitors Herald (Jan-Mar 1920)

54 EXHIBITORS II K R A LD March 20, 1920 Dolores Cassinelli in the prison scene from "Tarnished Reputations" (Pathe). Dolores Cassinelli in TARNISHED REPUTATIONS Five-part drama; Pathe. Directed by Mme. Alice Blache. Published on March 14. OP1XIOX : Leoncc Ferret has given a very entertaining story to the screen. It is made interesting by the inclusion into the screen version of realism, both in portrayals and in settings. Dolores Cassinelli is natural and enjoyable in Jier delineation of an unsophisticated girl w ho is taunted by the ups and downs of life in her quest for happiness and love. Having a good working theme. Mine. Alice Blache has obtained admirable results in her direction. Smoothness of action is noticeable throughout. The assembling has been in adept hands, and the story can be followed without effort. A small working cast has relieved the picture of the complexity so often found. Albert Roscoe and George Deneubourg, two of the principals, work well into their characterizations. Ned Burton, though taking a lighter part, is noticeable while in the action. "Tarnished Reputations." offering more or less of a novelty in theme and good depicture, should meet with the approbation of the public and exhibitors alike. SYNOPSIS: Helen Sanderson becomes infatuated with Robert Williams, an artist. While painting a picture, "The Saint with the Lilies," in which Helen was the model, their friendship ripens into love. But Helen is awakened to life when Robert departs suddenly, leaving only a letter for a goodby. After the death of her aunt, she goes to New York to find her sweetheart after he has won fame with his picture. He has gone to Rome to paint a picture of the Pope. Helen, in financial straits, enters a garment shop to make a living. One night she is wrongly accused of accosting a man, and is sentenced to jail for thirty days. After her release, she visits the judge. There she meets George de Wenbourg. an author, who offers aid. He takes her to his heme and develops her into a great actress. Robert then returns to her and her love for him returns. Henry B. Walthall in THE LONG ARM OF MANNISTER Six-part drama; Pioneer. Directed by Bertram Bracken. Published State Rights. OPIXIOX: Based on the story by E. Phillips Oppenheim, which ran as a magazine serial a few years ago, this story gives Henry B. Walthall an exceptional opportunity to portray the role which fits him best — that of a wronged man, tirelessly seeking revenge, and then in the moment of his triumph realizing that it is better to forgive than to avenge. It is the Walthall of old. who takes the leading part in this story, the Walthall whose acting carried practically every picture he appeared in to success. Helene Chadwick, taking the part of Madame De La Mere, features Walthall's support. Her interpretation of the woman of the world who falls in love with the man she has determined to ruin is an exceptional bit of acting. The story is the straight chronology of a series of events, yet the surprising developments of the many angles sustains interest. The sinking of a yacht provides one of the big thrills. To realize fully on the possibility of the pictures, the exhibitor in his exploitation should emphasize the star and the author, names familiar to the great majority of theatre goers and magazine readers of the country. SYXOPSIS: George Mannister, a wealthy Wall street broker, is stunned when his wife leaves him to elope with Gaston Sinclair, a society man. He trails them for nearly a year. Finding them, he learns that his business enemies had put up a trap to make his wife believe him unfaithful and had then influenced Gaston Sinclair to lure Mrs. Mannister away. Mannister carefully made a list of the six people responsible, five men and a woman, and went back to New York to avenge himself. One by one he ruined the men who had ruined his life. His vengeance took different forms, and in each case he let the men's trickery and villainy be their undoing. Madame De La Mere, the woman who assisted in trapping him, was the last. Instead of punishing her, he effected a reconciliation between her and her husband. He then reclaimed his wife. Georges Clemenceau's THE STRONGEST Five-part drama; Fox. Directed by R. A. Walsh. Published as a special. OP1XIOX : Love is not an emotion readily associated with the popular conception of Georges Clemenceau, "The Tiger of France." Valor, determination, with their kindred train, suggest themselves first as typical of the Frenchman most often pictured and quoted during the war. Yet love, according to the photoplay which has been made from his novel, is in his estimation "The Strongest" of human emotions. It was to give voice to this belief that the man who played such an important part in the Peace Conference wrote the novel that has been pictured by the Fox Film Corporation. And, as is typical of the man, his point has been strongly made. It is this apparent inconsistency of character that patrons of the theatre exhibiting "The Strongest" will longest retain. The story itself is not greatly different from others of the same school that have gone before. It pictures the conflict that wages between the ambitious husband and the affection-starved wife. The struggle is between love and ambition, keenly waged, and ended in the triumph of love. A cast unfamiliar to followers of the screen is directed by R. A. Walsh in such manner as to give with satisfying fidelity the French atmosphere. The action is laid in France, and but one American character appears in the play. All of which is proper under the circumstances. An elaborate eight-page press book published in connection with the picture provides the exhibitor with ample material for exploitation. There is a great interest that naturally attaches to the name of the author. It should be a simple matter to attract large attendance to the showing, and the picture will satisfy the majority. SYXOPSIS: Henri, Marquis of Paymaufray, a man whose thoughts are wholly engrossed with the massing of wealth, denies his wife, Claudia, the affection she craves. Harle, an old friend, comes to visit and remains to love and be loved. In time a daughter is born and Claudia dies. Henri sends the child to boarding school and forgets about her until she reaches a marriageable age. when he seeks to promote her marriage to a supposed nobleman. Harle appears and seeks to dissuade him, withholding evidence of the Count's deception upon that gentleman's threat of exposure as the father of the girl. A young American has won her heart and Harle determines to bring about their happiness at whatever cost to himself. The girl is abducted by striking factory' workers and Harle rushes to the rescue. He is shot and Henri learns the truth about the girl's parentage. The happy ending follows when he denies his daughter entrance to their home and she goes to America with the man she loves.