The Film Daily (1924)

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12 DAILV Sunday, August 3, 1924 & "The Enemy Sex"— F. P.-L. Wisconsin, Milwaukee NEWS — The theater and chorus girl atmosphere is ever an interesting one, and though the picture and its title smacks of sex ai)peal there, it is skillfully handled and has every element of audience appeal. SENTINEL— Betty Compson does far better work than she has in some time and looks better and prettier than we thought she could. "For Sale"— 1st Nat'l Loew's State, Los Angeles (Week ending July 26) EXAMINER — * * * is interesting and occasionally melodramatic. It holds the audience * * * probably because of Claire Windsor's beauty and gowns, and Adolphe Menjou's acting, rather than because of the story itself. HERALD — The most striking feature about "For Sale" is that it affords means of another screen triumph for Tully Marshall. From the opening scene to finis this actor's work stands out brilliantly. * * » DAILY NEWS— "Cheap" is the only word needed to designate what on the program * * * is described as "Earl Hudson's Stirring Story of High Life in Modern Society." * * * Only the acting of the leading players saves it. RECORD — "For Sale" has the muchsought for society richness of dress and setting, with requisite contrast in scenes in a Montmartre dive. TIMES — Only minor characters shine in "For Sale." ad For Sale Rialto, Omaha BEE — * * * is one of the most impressive and colorful pictures of society life that has ever been shown in Omaha. DAILY NEWS— Claire looks beautiful in the gowns bought with Menjou's money. Ellis and Manjou do the exceptional acting. Strand, San Francisco (Week ending July 26) BULLETIN—* is an impressive and colorful picture, strong in dramatic values and amusing with comedy relief. CHRONICLE—* » * holds attention by [ts inherent merit as much as by the constant parade of beautifully gowned women, with beautiful women in the gowns that pass throughits scenes. DAILY I%WS— Not a new plot, but still good, as most old plots are, and presented in "For Sale" credibly and humanly. HERALD — Claire Windsor is fair as the bride on the block. Another member of the cast is Adolphe Menjou. who, in his usual part of the noble villain, adds much of needed merit to the picture. Metropolitan, Washington HERALD — The photography is splendid and the direction by George Archainbaud skillful and polished. STAR — The beautiful and cultured daughter of parents who are on the brink of financial ru'U proves a fascinating and lovely ps-,vn ..1 the combination game of love and money, depicted in "For Sale" * ♦ • TIMES — Displayed by a cast of brilliance headed by Claire Windsor, and garbed with flawless directing, this picture is bound to please the eye of every photoplay shopper. "The Gaiety Girl"— Universal Century, Baltimore AMERICAN — There are several reasons why "The Gaiety Girl" is worthy of your movie-going attention. Not the least of these is Mary Philbin. "The Goldfish"— 1st Nat'l Strand, Minneapolis TRIBUNE—* * * is a bright, sophisticated cinema version of the stage comedy. "The HUl Billy"— United Artists Loew's, Montreal DAILY STAR— Perfection is a difficult word but there is one performance • ♦ * that almost justifies its use. It is that of Ralph Yearsley as a moron, slow-witted, sensual and uncivilized * * * It is a perfect cameo, not an action exaggerated or out of place. Apart from this feature, however, "The Hill Billy" is aiT outstanding film in several ways. "Hold Your Breath"— Prod. Dist. Corp. Strand, Omaha BEE—* * * "Hold Your Breath", is a side-splitting comedy. "The Lightning Rider"— Prod. Dist. Corp. — Cameo, San Francisco (Week ending July 26) BULLETIN — * * * good entertainment. The suspense is sustained throughout, and there is plenty of rapid-fire action. CALL and POST— Harry Carey, the exponent of Western characters, has a splendid opportunity to show how versatile he really is in "The Lightning Rider." * * * CHRONICLE— A little slow in getting started, but once it gets under way "The Lightning Rider" makes a pretty fair Western picture. EXAMINER — Harry Carey is as pleasing a hero of western melodramas as any them. He can look grim, ride hard, roll a cigaret with one hand, and hang his head bashfully like Will Rogers. "Lily of the Dust"— F. P.-L. California, San Francisco BULLETIN — Miss Negri is given ample opportunity to register all stages of emotion, for which she has become famous, and carries the sympathy of the observer to the final flash. CALL and POST — The story is an interest holding one flowing naturally to a lifelike ending. Real life, as a rule, is nothinfi at all like the screen tries to show it to be, but in "Lily of the Dust" it is and the "happy ending" has nothing of force behind it. CHRONICLE — Negri does more steadily good acting in this picture than in any story she has had since she came to America ; and she looks superb all through the picture, wearing modish gowns in the scenes where she revels in riches, and looking beautiful even in the simpler dresses of the earlier sequences. DAILY NEWS — The setting, background characters, and the playing of Noah Beery create a forceful illusion of the European milieu. COMING SOON ai£ PRODUCERS DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION "The Lone Chance"— Fox Empress, Omaha DAILY NEWS—* * * improbable stuff BO well done it has a touch of probability. "Loving Lies" — United Artists World, Omaha DAILY NEWS — A motion picture in a thousand is "Loving Lies". It doesn't sneak out of the problem it creates. "Manhandled"— F. P.-L. Capitol, Montreal DAILY STAR — Gloria Swanson has an opportunity to reveal her versatility in the changing conditions of life she adopts, and she is just as attractive as the shop-girl as in her daring gowns of the later scenes. Her acting throughout is natural and entertaining. "The Marriage Cheat"— 1st Nat'l The Chicago, Chicago HERALD & EXAMINER— Adolph Menjou, as light and engaging a heavy as ever made the hero of a movie look like the three dimes of platitude, has been given too hefty an order in "The Marriage Cheat". * * * This is the wettest, not to say the soggiest, picture of the Summer. "Missing Daughters" — Selznick Strand, Milwaukee NEWS — Besides the many thrills, suspense and heavy action, there is a pleasing romance woven through the whole and a moral pointing out the dangers that lie in wait for a girl in a big city. SENTINEL — The picture is melodramatic, somewhat reminiscent of the white slave expose films that caused a furor some years ago. "My Man"— Vitagraph Victoria, Rochester HERALD — The picture is one of strong human interest and there are a number of dramatic scenes which provide the needed thrills. TIMES — George Randolph Chester's story of a state political boss who, by sheer force and daring, swept his way to victory even in love, is depicted in an interesting way "Racing Luck" — Asso. Exhib. Fox, Philadelphia BULLETIN— "Racing Luck", a hilariously funny comedy feature * * * INQUIRER— "Racing Luck" is too amusing a comedy to be adequately told, it has to be seen to be appreciated. RECORD—* * * a comedy with plcntyl of humor and many thrills ♦ * ♦ "The Reckless Age"— Universal Granada, San Francisco (Week ending July 26) BULLETIN— Denny demonstrates in "The Reckless Age" that he is a pretty good come i dian although he does a little bit of every | thing from fighting to a mad automobile race. CALL AND POST— The action is peppy from start to finish, and for those who care ^ more for action and less for the love elementS in a film play there is plenty of honest toH goodness he-man stuff. * • * ^ CHRONICLE — This makes an interesting situatioii, with plenty of conflict and a considerable amotmt of humor. DAILY NEWS— "The Reckless Age" a clean comedy. * • • _•: EXAMINER— • * • A delightfully merry. f story. * HERALD — In a picture that gallops joyfully through comedy and melodrama and adroit employment of slapstick and time mellowed thrills. * • ♦ "One Law for the Woman" — Vitagraph Rialto, Milwaukee NEWS — This dashing melodrama is of a high grade and despite the many little fallacies, thoroughly enjoyable, is enhanced by the interesting cast * * • SENTINEI^* ♦ * Savors of the western type of story. In producing it Vitagraph has provided a good cast that contributes substantially to its worth. ♦ * * "The Rejected Woman"— Metro-Gold. Neighborhood Houses, Chicago DAILY NEWS — An entertaining picture, a program number, is how this would classify. Park and Mall, Cleveland NEWS — It's a tribute to the acting that you take the story seriously while it lasts. Aim? gives no temperamental outbursts, but she does some lovely weeping. PLAIN DEALER— On the whole it is the sort of food the fiction-hungry majority will declare is pretty good stuflF, without reckon , ing that it is too long. "Revelation" — Metro-Gold. Palace, Washington HERALD — Motion picture fans who have] yearned for better stories find their prayers] answered in "Revelation" ♦ • » STAR — Some of the scenes are beautifully] photographed. George Baker has done rather! well with the material he had to work with.f TIMES — It is a strange tale, combiningl the laughter and tears of melodrama witbl an important episode of religious mystcism.f "The Spirit of the U. S. A."— F. B. O. Moon, Omaha DAILY NEWS—* * * from the audience standpoint, is round after round of applauseJ For "audience stuff", so called, Emory John-j son, his mother and scenarist, have outdone themselves. AT YOUR SERVICE ' AND Ml rcGGERs: PHOTO-ENGRAVING 250WEST54ISST. JUST WEST OF BROADWAY. N.Y. ART WORK,MAT,S,STEREOS,ELECTR0S. PHONES, CIRCLE 2450-1-2. I