The Film Daily (1922)

THE i5B^ DAILY Wednesday, June 7, 195 Vol. XX No. 67 Wednesday, June 7, 1922 Price 5 Cents Copyright 1922, Wid's Film and Film Folk*. Inc., Published Daily at 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y., by WID'S FILMS and FILM FOLKS. INC. Joieph Dannenberg, President and Editor ; J. W. Alicoate, Treasurer and Business Manager; J A. Cron, Advertising Manager. Entered as second-class matter May 21, 1918, •t the post office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States. Outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 ■onths, $5.00; 3 months $3.00. Foreiso $15.00. Subscribers should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 71-73 West 44th St., New York, N. Y. 'Phone: Vanderbilt 4SS1-4552-S558. Hollywood, California — 6411 Hollywood Blvd. Phone, Hollywood 1603. Chicago Representative — Irving Mack, 808 S. Wabash Ave. London Representative — W. A. Williamson. Kinematograph Weekly, 85 Long Acre, London, W. C. 2. Paris Representative — Le Film, 42. Rue de Clichy. Central European Representative — Internationale Fihnscbau, Prague (Crecho-Slovakia), Wenzelsplatz. Quotations F. P.-L. .. 8614 85 SS-yg 4,500 do pfd Not quoted 'Gwyn .... 8K 7y/s 77/s 1,800 Grittith N'»i otmted Loew's ... 16V8 15^ 153^ 2,100 Triangle Nm quoted World Not quoted Film Week in Germany (Spec.al to THE HL.Vl UAli^V) Berlin— With a view of increasing the demand for German pictures in foreign countries a "Gennan Film Week will take place in Munich, Aug. 4-11. All producers here have been invited to send in their best productions the number being limited to three from one firm. It is expected to show these pictures to the visitors who will come to Munich and Oberammergau to see the "Passion Play." It is hoped that this plan will help th(' export of German product. Pick Atlanta Studio Site (Spec.al to THE FILM DAILY) Atlanta-Ashford Park, a 15 acre plot of ground on Peachtree Road about 8 miles from here will be the f!te of the Atlanta Studio Corp.'s plant. Actual work will be started shortly. This company is affiliated with the Southern M. P. Finance Corp. which will distribute through lloakinson. The otficers are Ralph B. Small, U. M. Dailey, vice-president and general manager; Henry B. Troutman, general counsel and G. L. Farley, secretary and treasurer. Ihe directors are Small, Dailey, Troutman, J. G. Inman, G. J. Gallaway, F. C. Munroe, Raymond Pawley. The executive committe consists oi Small, Dailey and Pawley. "THF. SPiCC OPTME PROGRAM" Newspaper Opinions "The Woman Who Walked Alone" — Famous Players-Lasky. Rialto HERALD — The principal interest attached t(j this picture lies in watching the expensive stellar cast perform » * ♦ It calls to mind "The Affairs of Anatol," and the woman it coTicerns is a sort of feminine Anatol. But, aside from this and the stellar quality oi the cast, the two pictures are only distantly related.* * * there seems to have been hardly enough story to go around for a worthy company. AMEKIC.\N — ♦ « ♦ many curious and strange situations. ♦ ♦ ♦ MORNING TELEGRAPH—* * ♦ The settings in England are attractive and the South African ones we assume are characteristic, ♦ * • The picture on the whole is very average material, done about as well as ever. POST — * * * is directed and cast in the usual Paramount way and scenically leaves little to be desired, but at times the story is unconvincing. * * * JOURNAL — * * * Nothing especially new ir. all this. But the banality of the play is saved by the charm of Miss Dalton and the sincerity of Milton Sills as the American. TELEGRAM—* * * Miss Dorothy Dalton exce's all her previous accomplishtnents on the screen. * * * in more primitive scenes she is doubly impressive as a wotnan in a wilderness. EVE. WORLD—* * * The film, another 01 George Melford's directorial offerings, is certainly well worth the seeing, even if one merely wants to see some beautiful photography. Dorothy Dalton, * * * is much better than she was even in "Moran of the Lady Letty." * * * GLOBE — While produced with an extravagance which is quite apparent and wonderfully well photographed, "The Woman Who Walked Alone" can hardly be said to furnish more than fair entertainment. Dorothy Dalton, * * * is given the opportunity of wearing a wide variety of clothes * * * but little chance to display her justly famous dramatic ability. RcK U S Pat Of! makes his debut with Paramount * ♦ * adds his naive personality and ability * * * dramatically and pictorially * * * of the highest tu'der. EVE. WORLD— * * * one goes away from "Over the Border" on these humid nights with a fond, fond memory of delightful snow scenes. Penrhyn Stanlaws directed for Paramount and has done a good job. "Over the Border"— F. P.-L. Rivoli HERALD — But what distinguishes this picture most above all of its kind is the treatment of it by its director, Penrhyn Stanlaws. * * * Miss Compson does some of her best acting in many months. * ♦ ♦ _ AMERICAN— » « • A story of the Royal Northwestern Mounted Police rushing through j.ll obstacles to punish bootleggers, or rather, smugglers. ♦ ♦ * Betty Compson ♦ ♦ ♦ showed some improvement over her previous impersonations. TRIBUNE — A very good picture if you like }t. If you don't like it, it probably won't entertain you very much. Aside from two cr three wonderful shots (with the camera) it failed to interest us in the least. DAILY NEWS— * * * Suspense is rife when Tom Moore, the cup of drugged coffee almost at his lips, is inany times interrupted. * * * You who like to gasp and hold your breSth will probably have a good time wb.ile he's doing this. POST — Romance is so easily woven around the picturesque Royal Mounted Police. Penrhvn Stanlaws has made "Over the Border," * * * a fairly interesting film. The thrilling exciting moments leave one too calm, a bit indifferent, but the beautiful white-mantled scenes dotted with stately and saucy evergreens are extremely refreshing. SUN — It affords genuine pleasure to see a film producer extract the picturesque, the dramatic and the romantic from a story and put it on the screen without overloading his picture with non-essentials * • * The adaptation of Sir Gilbert Parker's story of the Canadian snows. ♦ » * emerges from the hands of Albert Shelly Le \'ino as clear cut as is the photography of whirling masses of snow over frozen landscapes and the tense emotionalism of Penrhyn Stanlaw's scenes. In Betty Compson the producer had an ideal girl to place avainst such a background. ♦ ♦ * E\'E. JOURNAL — Bootlegging, moonshine and blizzards are leading motives of "Over the Border." EVE. TELEGRAM— * * * a charming love story tinged with Irish romance and humor * * * Miss Compson does some of her finest acting • * ♦ and Tom Moore who jrGolden Dreams" — Goldwyn J^ Capitol iTHERALD— * * * Producer seemed to be in a hurry to get to his climax ♦ * * enlists the services of the zoo in an enthusiastic and striking manner • * • but while the animals are good, they don't always get stellar sunport. N. Y, WORLD— * * * Every title is perfectly spelled, lettered, decorated and punctuated. Every gesture seems measured. Every batting of an eyelash seems timed. * * * In tliose particulars the picture is perfect, but at the end one murmurs gently, "Bosh." *■ * * All .\merican novelists who jeer at Zane Grey as a Sears-Roebuck literateur will love to see "Golden Dreams." AMERICAN— * * * suddenly the whole menagerie of a circus was uncaged and the snarling brutes lunge forward to a feast of human flesh. That was the big scene. • * • The possibilit.es were limitless; the show might have been brought to a splendid climacteric-finale right there. Well, it wasn't. ♦ ♦ » TRIBUNE— * * * It is a wild story, and it it holds your interest it will be because something is happening every moment, and not because you care a darn what becomes of any of the people in the picture. They seem singularly lacking in charm. MORNING TELEGRAPH— * * * Considered from every angle "Golden Dreams" i,' a bigleaguer. It is, of course, one of those tropical love stories in which the j emotions steam like Broadway asphalt on an i .August day. * * ♦ Claire Adams is stunning and desirable. * * * Madame Rose Dione is interesting as the Countess de Elberea. Carl ; Cantvoort is a splendid hero. * * * DAILY NEWS— "Golden Dreatns" is a slightly, ever so slightly, misleading title. * * * If they cry out for action, surely this director has answered their plea ! POST — » ♦ * Throughout there is plenty of action, good photography, and some good acting, which makes the film entertaining, but not an entertainment to be taken seriously. SUN — ♦ • • Palatable enough, if taken as a story of adventure, with one's sense of proportion and plausibility carefully laid to one side. * * * EVE. JOURNAL— There's more action than sense * * * but the action is s.o spasmodic that many of the spectators ♦ * * will probably let the sense of it go by the board and enjoy the action. * * » EVE. TELEGRAM— * * * Epough thrills to supply two or three filmms with excitement. * * * EVE. WORLD— ♦ ♦ • Could well be foregone. * * * MAIL- * ♦ ♦ An actionful Zane Grey melodrama, * * * apparently an effort has been made to see how much excitement and thrill could be crowded into • * * the picture. There is a wild plot and counterplot, a wild rushing hither and yon of mobs, tile principals, etc., wild animals cavort about — in fact, a wild time is had by all. GLOBE — * * * It is a dreary showing. * * * Not that this theme, hackneyed as it is, cannot be interesting if treated afresh. But treating it afresh is exactly what this film fails to do. There are all the old tricks — the same escapes, the same pursuits and so dispiritedly presented that one may believe tl at the minds that manipulated the inaking of this picture were tired of the claptrap themselves. * * * SUN — * * • Aside from the forceful w ; of Edward Earle, Barbara Castleton l Frank Losee, is noteworthy as marking other of those miniature Jackie Coogan-, < , have begun to pop out on the screen ul 1 , with enormous cap, overalls, sweater .mil | — except Jackie's natural histrionic abilit; EVE. JOURNAL— * * * The pro(lm.i apparently sought to make the story s\\ ciently intersting so that big scenes il thrilling moments would be unnecessary. ' any rate, the picture must stand or fall the fabric of the story and its interpretat It seemed to be wavering yesterday, ur r the pressure of stereotyped presentation.* EVE. TELEGRAM— While it is admit I that there is very little depth to the stc , il will be found very entertaining. GLOBE — ♦ ♦ ► Gives a new angle the old story of the youth from a sn country town who comes to New York make his fortune. * * * "False Fronts" — Amer. Releasing Cameo HERALD — Once again a replica of Jackie Coo.gan is presented * * * and the little boy in this picture makes as indelible an impression as a carbon copy usually does. Aside from this there is a potent qulity in this story of social hypocrisy. TIMES — More interesting than the picture itself is the background ♦ * * Except for the fact that it is more simply and honestly done than most stories of its kind and offers the finished acting of Frank Losee, it is just another photoplay showing how a youth who is led astray by social sham finally redeems htms..!. Weather Holds Up Games Old Kid Jupiter Pluvius got awful panning Saturday from t Fi'm League ball tossers. Out four scheduled games about two a a half innnigs were played. W;, First National and Paramount 1 for the lead, and Hodkinson and G< \,'yn in fine fettle, the boys we ail roarmg to go through desperati and discontent prevailed among t players, the league was not withe cne bright spot of sunshine. It f to the lot of Mae Murray. Even though she could not mani facture the genuine article out at t \arious ball parks, she did produ a wonderful imitation of the re tning in the hearts of fifty or mo kiddies at the Mae Murray-Sally Ji Brown luncheon held in Miss Mu ray's studio Saturday afternoon, finticipation of motoring out to ball game later the boys and gir were all presented with balls ai gloves. All League games scheduled fi last Saturday will be played off c Aug. 12th. Won Lost P( First National 3 1 .7! I'aramount 3 1 .71 Goldwyn 3 2 .5' Vitagraph 2 2 .5t Hodkinson 2 2 .5C Metro 2 2 .5( Universal 1 3 .2! Psthe 1 3 .25 Desmond Injured (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Los Angeles — William Desmot: was painfully burned when he carrie Laura La Plante and her moth< from a burning hotel at Summit near Truckee. This is the secon accident Desmond was in reccntl; the other when a clifT upon which \ was staiiding collapsed. Ph^rir— Bi-'-kman 9091 itEAL. SBRVICl 119 Fulton St., N. 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