The Film Daily (1918)

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Friday, September 6, 1918 DAILY Old Idea with New Twists and Great Comedy Titles. Is Pleasing Jewel Carmen in "LAWLESS LOVE" Excel — Fox DIRECTOR Robert Thornby AUTHOR Max Brand SCENARIO BY Olga Printzlau CAMERAMAN Frank Good AS A WHOLE Has good twists and excepting a few weak spots, registers as better than aver= age western comedy=drama. Some sure=fire titles help immensely. STORY The old idea of Shero being kept prisoner by bad man until she learns to love him, with new twists. DIRECTION. .... .Allowed a few discrepancies but gen= erally made 'this register very satisfactorily. Handled star to excellent advantage. PHOTOGRAPHY Good straight stuff; generally satisfactory. LIGHTINGS Varied from fine to ordinary. Gen= erally too uniform; no attempt for effects. CAMERA WORK Satisfactory STAR Pretty, made characterization register and was given titles which helped role consider= ably. SUPPORT Woodward very good. Others satis= factory except a few crepe beards which jarred and Nance characters didn't belong. EXTERIORS Fitted atmosphere; some picturesque shots. INTERIORS Satisfactory DETAIL A few discrepancies and Nance sequence would be better left out. CHARACTER OF STORY Is inoffensive and has popular appeal. LENGTH OF PRODUCTION f: .About 5,000 feet I WANT to congratulate whoever cooked up the titles for this one. With the exception of one or two which overreached, we had some real gems in this, and they contributed considerable to the offerings. They started this off with a rather good situation. We found Shero Jewel Carmen and her dancing partner, Edward Hearn, stranded in an Arizona town when the "burlesque" show they were with blew up and not having the wherewithal to return to the bright-lights, Shero thinks up the happy idea of having Edward im personate a bad bandit who was wanted, the idea being for her to capture him and get the reward. As per their arranged plans, Shero takes the stage and when the bandit sticks it up she starts to go through with the remainder of the act. When she pulls her gun, however, the bandit shoots her in the wrist and commands her to get off the stage, ordering the driver to beat it. Miss Carmen puts over some very good scenes where she starts to give the bandid the riot act, still thinking him to be Edward. He is still masked and refuses to speak, taking her to his cabin. We have considerable business between the two in the cabin, but Shero doesn't get hep until Edward, who had missed his cue, comes in with his hands tied. Of course, this didn't convince, but I don't think anybody is going to criticise it because it was amusingly handled. In the subsequent action, in which the bandit's gang comes in and makes demands upon Shero, Edward proves himself a coward and is kicked out by the dominating and feared leader when he comes in and disperses the gang. The bandit keeps Shero prisoner althoagn he makes no demands upon her and after a week or more, we see Shero meeting Edward, who has gained the confidence of the gang, and they plan to escape. When he suggests looting the cabin before they leave, however, she turns against him, her regard for the bandit having grown to strong admiration. That night, while attempting to escape alone', she overhears a plan of the gang to take their leader unawares and decides to return and warn him. In the meantime he has returned from the city with some clothes and luxuries for her and when she sees this she decides that she loves him and then we have the usual situation of the two in the cabin holding off the gang in a rather exciting gun fight. The bandit and Shero escape on a horse and we iris out on the two riding over the crest of a hill. We had some business in the first reel with a couple of Nance characters which I would certainly cut. It isn't funny ana will be disgusting to many. We had a painted backing in one interior shot which would have gotten by in a flash, but was held on so long that it will be picked out by most folks. This offered a capital role for Miss Carmen, who registered all the way. Henry Woodward, as the bandit, was very good and Edward Hearn put over his role satisfactorily except for his fakey beard in the final reels. Play Up Miss Carmen and Emphasize Comedy Element with Catchlines The Box Office Analysis for the Exhibitor Although there are several loose spots in the story of this, it lias been played chiefly for comedy and as such it is going to register big with the great eighty percent. I think your folks are going to like Miss Carmen better in this than in anything she has done recently because the role offers her splendid opportunities and she has made the most of them. The titles are unusually good and will get many laughs. As the title of this is liable to suggest wild, blood-andthunder western meller to the large majority, I would lay considerable stress on the fact that this is chiefly comedy, with many good touches and a pleasing romantic thread. Of course, this has shooting and all the usual meller incidents but the comedy element predominates and the titles relieve the melodramatic moments in such a way that the film, as a whole, will leave your audiences in a happy frame of mind. If Miss Carmen is a favorite in your community, I would give her considerable prominence in my advertising on this, because I have a hunch that she is going to impress very favorably in the role of the hard-boiled acterine who reforms when true love comes. You might stir up interest with catchlines like these: "If you met a bold, bad bandit who read Browning and Shakespeare, would you become interested? See Jewel Carmen in 'Lawless Love'." "Do you believe that the best way to win a girl's love is by 'treat'emrough' methods? Get some pointers from 'Lawless Love'."