The Film Daily (1924)

THE -eMmk DAILY Wednesday, September 3, 1924 Newspaper Opinions "The Arab"— Metro-Gold. Columbia, Washington HEARLD — * * *is a worthy successor to Ingram's last triumph, "Scaramouche." It is a colorful and thrilling story of love and adventure in the land of the Sheiks, adapted from Edgar Selwyn's stage play. • * * POST — Novarro has the greatest opportunity of his career and he seizes it with a zest that sweeps all before him. Miss Terry looks lovelier than ever as the heroine. » # * STAR — Acting splendid, scenic effects magnificent, picturization superb and a very trite overworked plot. * * ♦ TIMES — * * * it affords the most convincing of all arguments why pictures should be screened on the exact locale of the story, instead of in Hollywood studios. "Behold This Woman"— Vitagraph Washington, Detroit FREE PRESS—* * * With a story that gets away from the regular run of screen offerings and succeeds in holding the interest from the very start. * * * NEWS — * * * an intricate but interesting film of the love adventures of a motion picture actress * ♦ * "Beau Brummel" — Warners Broadway Strand, Detroit FREE PRESS — John Barrymore, paragon of actors and the last word in matinee idols, has contributed another screen masterpiece • » * NEWS — * • * is a splendid and lavish production and a performance by Mr. Barrymore that quite equals his memorable escapades of "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde." "Beau Brummel" easily slides in the "great" class of movie productions. ♦ ♦ * "Code of the Wilderness"F. P.-L. Reade's Hip, Cleveland NEWS — * * * There isn't enough crisp action and colorful background in the film to carry it above the ordinary and the plot itself is somewhat motheaten. * * * PLAIN DEALER— This does not differ from most western tales, in which the foreman of the ranch is a he-man, a quick-onthe-trigger son-of-a-gun, ♦ * * "The Cyclone Rider"— Fox Fox, Philadelphia INQUIRER — For those who may be thrilled by automobile accidents, foul deeds, deathdefying leaps through the ether to narrow window ledges, speeding racing cars, mysterious, secret trapdoors, slouch-hatted thugs and suave villains, beauty in distress and the ever-brave hero. * * ♦ PUBLIC LEDGER (Morning)— To those who like color, humanness, pathos and everything else that goes to make up a picture with "a kick," we recommend "The Cyclone Rider." • * * RECORD—* * * Is just filled with the kind of action that makes the spectator grip his chair, hold his breath and wait for the something that never happens. » • * "The Female"— F. P.-L. Neighborhood Houses, Chicago DAILY NEWS — * * * is a specimen again of what can be done with a pretty good story and pretty good players toward the making of a picture that is nothing special at all, compared with what the same director and players have done in other pictures. "Her Marriage Vow" — Warners California, San Francisco (Week Ending Aug. 23) BULLETIN—* * * evidence of finished acting in a play calling for intense pathos interspersed with subtle comedy. * * * CALL and POST—* * * The plot, while poured into a more or less familiar mold, is handled with far more than the usual . dexterity and intelligence. ♦ » • '^ CHRONICLE — It is a genuine relief to find a photoplay which approaches the subject of marriage intelligently. "Her Marriage Vow" does just that. » ♦ * The picture is too good to be missed. * * * DAILY NEWS— * * * It is not a great picture, but a very fair one, entertaining, and says what it has to say with considerable pith ♦ » ♦ EXAMINER—* * * two principals go through an entirely familiar plot. Yet, it's an especially entertaining play * * * more particularly because Beverly Bayne acts the wife. "How to Educate a Wife" — Warners' Karlton, Philadelphia INQUIRER— ♦ * * It is of a comedic style and replete with amusing situations.* PUBLIC LEDGER (MORNING)—* * * is an jntimate farce, which is designed to appeal mostly to young married couples. They alone can appreciate fully the farcial situations. ♦ * ♦ RECORD—* * * Story hasn't much appeal. * * * "Judgment of the Storm"— F. B. O. Imperial, Montreal STAR — * * * though somewhat overdrawn, holds a strong heart-interest. * ♦ ♦ "The Last of the Duanes" — Fox Monroe, Chicago TRIBUNE— Zane Grey wrote the original story — and it's an interesting one. Full of western "atmosphere." Full of action. Full of opportunities for Mr. Mix and his famous horse, Tony, ♦ ♦ * "Lovers' Lane" — Warners' Garden, Milwaukee JOURNAL — This celluloid version of Clyde Fitch's play, has also lost something in its transference from stage to screen. The action lags, * * * The characters who have an excuse for being in the picture do credit to their roles. SENTINEL — The picture's chief appeal is in its picturesque rural settings, the fine selection of small town character types, and the generous gobs of pathos and bathos with which it has been weighted. "Manhandled"— F. P.-L. Century, Baltimore AMERICAN—* * * Gloria is good in more ways than one. So is Tom Moore, who is a gentleman friend worth having, money or no money. So are most of the rest of the cast. So is Allan Dwan, who has done a notable piece of directing. Capitol, Cincinnati TIMES-STAR—* * * Gloria Swanson runs the gamut of a number of roles in "Manhandled,'' • * * and manages to please to a moderate degree. * ♦ ♦ TRIBUNE — Gloria Swanson shows versatility » * * "The Man Who Came Back"— Fox Tivoli, San Francisco (Week Ending Aug. 23) BULLETIN— O'Brien fully establishes his claim to stardom in this photoplay. He is given a hard test ; and as the sneering, spoiled boy, the outcast in the vile dives and again as the romantic lover, he is called upon to interpret a wide range of emotions. C.^LL and POST — The picture belongs to the red-blooded, .he-man school in which a family quarrel involves the husband's beating up of his spouse. It is filled with realistic fights, and is directed with freshness and dash. CHRONICLE— Two-fisted melodrama as lithe, sinewy and well knit as its hero * * * "On Time"— Truart Isis, Indianapolis STAR — * * * The story is full of action and Talmadge has every opportunity to show his ability as a stunt performer. Many comical situations are brought in, and after depicting two days of breath-taking thrills, the picture is brought to a novel conclusion. "The Red Lily"— Metro-Gold. Allen, Cleveland NEWS — Mature meat, this one. Children may wonder what it was all about when the last reel has unwound, but grownups will go out of the theater thinking. * * ♦ PLAIN DEALER—* * » If you have been praying for better pictures, go see an answer to your prayers. "The answer is not perfect, but satisfying because Mr. Niblo credits his audience with some intelligence. PRESS—* * * It is hardly possible to sympathize adequately with so many woes in the time used to run off the reels of "The Red Lily." ♦ * * Madison, Detroit FREE PRESS— A play of the Paris underworld that is altogether different from the usual run of photoplays which display the seamy side of life * ♦ * NEWS — * * * It is a powerful drama of love trailed through the mire and back again, beautifully produced and acted but there is no getting away from the fact that it is depressing. * ♦ * "Single Wives"— 1st Nat'l Capitol, Montreal STAR — * * * the story will awaken a responsive chord in the hearts of many, for the plot is based upon that fertile source of marital infelicity, yearning for romance and tender tokens of affection on the part of the bride ♦ * • "Tiger Thompson"— Prod. Dist. Corp JRialto, Milwaukee SENTINEL — * * * An above the average photoplay of the western type. WISCONSIN NEWS— "Tiger Thompson" is a gem of a setting for all Carey's assets and one of his best Westerns. 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MONfr, Md OTIS HAIiLAN DIQECTCO By JAMtS UOVNG %° ■^W^^^^^^^P-^F** ' P.— ^.^—.^.y^^'.— y.p^^j^VF_^j_vy— ^-T— ^.F— ^.F %.> ^.y %.w ^j* ^.y ^^f'^^r^^M ^j ^^ ^-y ^.y ^j %.m "^ I SEASON 1924-1925 THIRTY FIRST-RUN PICTURES "The Turmoil" — Universal Rialto, Washington HERALD—* * * The powerful story is acted by a cast carefully chosen for the task and one of Universal's finest to date. * * * POST—* * * Henley, given a cast that shows most careful selection, has transcribed the book to the screen with an uncanny knack of "humanizing" moving shadows and as a result obtains "art" in its truest sense. * * * STAR — * * * Though in action it departs somewhat from the book-bound form, the backbone of the theme is there, as transferred to the screen. * * * -F.B.O. "The Woman Who Sinned". Apollo, Indianapolis STAR — The dullness of life in a small village and the lure of fine clothes and easy money provide the theme for the melodramatic screen play * * * TIMES—* * * It is old fashioned sexmelodrama with lot of villain sheik stuff, broken homes and then salvation and happiness. It is the time old pattern. The theme is ancient and manner of treatment is the same. * ♦ * THE BUDDY ROOSEVELT SERIES OF 8 IS THE QUICKEST SELLING ACTION SERIES EVERj FILMED Beacon Films, Inc., 454 Stuart St., Boston, Mass. (New England) Enterprise Distributing Corp., 87 Walton St., Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, No. & So. Caro.) Enterprise Distributing' Corp., 1000 Perdido St., New Orleans, La. (Miss. & La.) Enterprise Distributing Corp., 326 So. CI urch St., Charlotte, N. C. Federal Film Service Co., Mather Building, 916 G Street, Wash., D. C. (Dist. of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware & Va.) 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