The Film Daily (1924)

THE i^mk DAILY Monday, August 18, 1924 Newspaper Opinions "The Spirit of the U. S. A."— F. B. O. Fox-Washington, Detroit NEWS — And this first impression is good. Some of the photography seems to be a series of beautiful paintings. If the flagwaving and excess melodramatics had been discarded the whole endeavor would have been laudable. Delmonte, St. Louis GLOBE-DEMOCRAT— It is patriotic. It is a glorification of the Salvation Army and mother love. Too, there are thrills and sincere bits of acting by Johnnie Walker as Johnnie, the younger son of Mary Carr and Carl Stockdale as Mary and Thomas Gains. But it bewilders with the futility of it all. POST-DISPATCH—* * * Is a patriotic melodrama which goes back to World War days for much of its thrill and action. Actual war scenes filmed at the fighting front in Flanders in the uncertain days of 1918 form a picturesque and dramatic feature. "Tess of the D'Ubervilles"— MetroGold. State, Boston TRANSCRIPT— It is about the most irritating thing we have ever seen on the screen, and we have been irritated times without number. In place of a deep, fine, noble, resonant narrative, we have a series of incidents over which the deadening hand of the "effective" director has been laid with devastating results. "Tiger Love"— F. P.-L. Victoria, Philadelphia RECORD— "Tiger Love," * * * is suggestive of the story of "Robin Hood" * • * But instead of humor and such comedy as is set forth in the career of the English bandit there is sentiment and a stressing of the love element. "Unguarded Women"— F. P.-L. Park-Mall, Cleveland NEWS—* * * The cast do their best to make the story seem true to life. But it just can't be done. "Unguarded Women" will please those who do not take their movies too seriously. PRESS — A rather dumb story, it seems to this reviewer. Strand, Milwaukee JOURNAL — • * * Isn't a world beater, by any means, but it's an interesting story, well directed an(J well acted with plenty of Oriental decorations for settings. SENTINEL — The story throughout is decidedly dramatic in trend but it has the advantage of a splendidly balanced cast. "Wanderer of the Wasteland"— F. P.-L. — Missouri, St. Louis GLOBE-DEMOCRAT—* * * Is the best natural color feature film ever produced. In it is all of the glorious beauty of America's deserts. A blue, blue sky; hills and hills of ever-shifting sands, white and sun-scorched; a mirage; a crystal-clear oasis. All are graphically reproduced with the actual tones splashed extravagantly by nature's paint brushes. STAR — Irvin Willat, the director, has not become maudlin over the magic beauty of his settings. They are a perfect complement to Zane Grey's plot. They never dominate the story. On Broadway Astor — "The Sea Hawk" Broadway — "Girl Shy" Brooklyn Mark Strand — "The Fire Patrol" Cameo — "Fools In The Dark" Capitol — "Secrets" Cohan — "The Ten Commandments" Cosmopolitan — "Janice Meredith" Criterion — "Dorothy Vernon of Had don Hall" Liberty — "The Thief of Bagdad" Loew's New York — Today — "Maytime" Tuesday — "Men, Women and Money" and "Rainbow Range" Wednesday— "The Arab" Thursday— "Hit and Run" Friday — "A Self Made Failure" and "Riding Double." Lyric — "Love and Glory" Mark Strand — "Monsieur Beaucaire" Rialto — "The Covered Wagon" Rivoli— "Empty Hands" Next Week Astor— "The Sea Hawk" Broadway — Not yet determined Brooklyn Mark Strand — "Fools The Dark" Cameo— "Messalina" Capitol — "Secrets" (Tentative) Cosmopolitan — "Janice Meredith" Criterion — "The Ten Commandments" Liberty— "The Thief of Bagdad" Mark Strand — "Monsieur Beaucaire" Rialto — Not yet determined Rivoli — Not yet determined In Dallas Exchanges in New Quarters is fecial to THE FILM DAILY) Dallas — Several of the exchanges are now in the new building at Jackson and Harwood Sts Metro-Goldwyn, the Simplex Theater Supply Co., Producers Dist. Corp.. Southern States and Mid-West are in the building. Another new structure for exchanges, is being put up across the street. Mayor Louis Blaylock is the builder. When completed, it will house F. B. O., the M. P. Journal, the M. P. T. O. of Texas and the U. S. Army M. P. Service. Selects Legislative Committee (Special to THE FILM DAILY) Dallas — H. A. Cole, head of the state M. P. T. O., has been here for the past few days from Marshall. He has selected a committee to act as district chairman for legislative work to be done this Fall. r ' COMING SOON PRODUCERS DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION I "1. HUNT STRDMBERQ £> CHARLES R, ROGERS /irdsmts Priscilla Dean Slori^ 6y M h VAN LOAN DinAdbtf JEROME STORM ani HUNT STROMBERG EN'nRE PRODUCTION UNDER THE PERSONAL SUPERyiSIONOF^" HUNT STROMBERG SEASON 1924-192S THIRTY FIRST-RUN PICTURES Released November 23rd V;— '---/5.55,.^«^ ..J, -^^^ -,.>•-.;->;" .1 ■v'^;^Sv;;*»=3Jn'.l^,wwis!!■J^-:;: li^everybodysays UNIYERSALnODRES aieibebestlMqrinsjAit CARL LAEMMLE presents the picturization of MARY ROBERTS RINEHART'S famous novel starring Virginia VALLI with PERCY MARMONT Harry Pollard Production Nationally Advertised in The Saturday Evening Post. "K— THE UNKNOWN" is the kind of a picture that comes only a few times in the life of a motion picture company. Only at long, long intervals does there appear an eclipse of the sun. Time and again, over and over, there have almost been eclipses of the sun. But only once in many, many years do the planets exactly synchronize to the inch, to the second, so that the sun's light is shut off. So with motion pictures. There are hundreds and hundreds of very good pictures that almost eclipse all others, that almost blot out the memory of all other productions. But only now and then in a generation comes a "K — The Unknown." Here is to be found the fine synchronization of the work of geniuses that brings forth a genuinely great production. Mary Roberts Rinehart — the author Harry Pollard — the director Virginia Valli, Percy Marmont, Margarita Fischer, Maurice Ryan, Francis Feeney — the actors Louis Lighton and Hope Loring — the scenario writers have all combined, each in the exact degree necessary to produce an extraordinary picture. "K — The Unknown" will make motion picture history. It is human, right down to the depths of it. It speirkles with the best kind of comedy — the comedy of true characterization which makes people nudge each other and say: "Haven't you seen folks just like that?" Its problems are those that might confront any of us. It is smooth flowing, logical, absorljing in every moment. It makes every point writhout obvious effort, advances with precision and ends with a smile. "K — The Unknown" is a great picture — and when we say "great" we mean "great" as Webster defines it: "Great: distinguished by extraordinary features; of excellent quality; capable of producing large results; magnificent; imposing." That's "K— THE UNKNOWN." 1 One of Universal's first big 12 Jewels for 1924-25