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EXHIBITORS HERALD
January 21, 1922
Suggestions in the Stills
"My Lady Friends"
The stills reproduced above, from the First National attraction featuring Mr. and Airs. Carter DeHaven, were accompanied by following :
The prologue suggested here would be a quartette, composed of three women, representing the hero's lady friends, and a man, preferably singing the song which the late Clifton Crawford wrote and used in the stage
production. The song, which explains his motive in becoming thus entangled with the fair damsels, is "I Want To Spread a Little Sunshine." The music is easily obtainable and is sufficiently catchy to be taken up by the audience on its own merit. The same song could be put over equally well with a duo, as illustrated in the second still.
"Shattered Dreams"
"Shattered Dreams," Universal production featuring Miss DuPont, contains the Apache cafe scenes shown in the stills above.
In the productions offered during the past year or two, settings similar to this have figured frequently, many exhibitors who use presentation approximating them for prologue purposes. No doubt it will be a simple matter for many of these to reconstruct from
the stock room settings formerly used, making required alterations economically. The costumes of the players, happilly, are most important in conveying the proper atmosphere. Many of the cast may be non-professional, two dancers to carry the action being given chief prominence. A suitable presentation for the feature should be produced at little expense.