The Film Daily (1922)

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THE 12 ■^t!k •j DAILY Sunday, December 17, 1922 Slight and Unoriginal Story Makes Rawlinson's Latest Only Fair Herbert Rawlinson in "ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT" Universal DIRECTOR Stuart Paton AUTHOR Louis Tracy SCENARIO BY Geo. C. Hull CAMERAMAN G. W. Warren AS A WHOLE Fair entertainment in this latest Rawlinson vehicle; offers plenty of excitement STORY Not original nor especially well handled; gives star chance to do his usual overacting DIRECTION Ordinary; considerably below the average for this director PHOTOGRAPHY All right LIGHTINGS Usual STAR Tries to be too expressive; has only a fair chance with this material SUPPORT Lillian Rich pleasing; others Sidney Bracy, Sidney de Grey, Jean de Briac, Dale Fuller EXTERIORS Suitable INTERIORS All right DETAIL Satisfactory CHARACTER OF STORY Picking up an overcoat that did not belong to him leads to hurried marriage LENGTH OF PRODUCTION 4,473 feet "One Wonderful Night" looks very much as though it had been made in just about that space of time for certainly Director Stuart Paton has not taken any great pains to make it entertaining. Even though the material was not worthy of an unusually fine production, with a little more care it might have been less nonsensical in its helter skelter action. From begin ning to end it is a series of chases with the entire cast piling from one room to another, in and out of taxi cabs, in a general state of perpetual motion. In this case it doesn't really provide speed but has a tendency to make the action of the hop, skip and a jump variety. Paton starts the story ofif as a mystery drama and for a long time you don't know what it is all about until finally the titles begin to clear things up and you discover that it is a plot of a girl's father to marry her to a Count so she will inherit a fortune left her on condition that she marry by a given date. This method of development may furnish thrills for some and the sort of suspense that it contains may make it the more interesting for them. Louis Tracy's theme isn't original, however, and the sudden marriage of hero to the girl is of a more or less familiar formula. The picture will satisfy an average crowd and there are a good many who may think it is thoroughly exciting. Those acquainted with the director's name and some of his good pictures may be disappointed in what he does with this one. Herbert Rawlinson takes advantage of every opportunity where he can overact. His performances usually sufifer greatly from this and he would be much more convincing if he made less obvious efforts to register facial expressions. Lillian Rich is pleasing as his leading lady and the cast is adequate. Story : John D. Curtis picks up an overcoat belonging to another. In the pocket is a marriage license with the names of Hermoine Fane and Jean de Courtois. Curtis visits Hermoine and finds she had hired de Courtois to marry her to escape a marriage to Count de Mauriat, arranged by her father so she would inherit a fortune. Curtis identifies the assailants of the overcoat owner. It develops that the "Count" is bogus and Hermoine decides to hold to her marriage to Curtis, performed to save her from the Count. Will Do For Star's Admirers and Where They Are Not Too Critical Box Office Analysis for the Exhibitor If you know they are easily thrilled and the type of action contained in "One Wonderful Night" will appeal to them, you can show it quite safely, and undoubtedly satisfy your folks thoroughly with it. Where Rawlinson is popular you probably won't have to do very much other than use his name. Play up the title with catchlines such as : "Be sure you can get your own overcoat. If you don't you never know what will happen to you. See what happens to John Curtis when he picks up another man's coat in "One Wonderful Night," Herbert Rawlinson's latest production at the blank theater." The title is a good one and should be easy to exploit. I