The Film Daily (1918)

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Sunday, September 15, 1918 jM*\ DAILY Unique Characterization of Star Makes This Rather Interesting Priscilla Dean in "THE BRAZEN BEAUTY" Bluebird — Universal DIRECTOR Tod Browning AUTHOR Louise Winter SCENARIO BY William E. Wing CAMERAMAN Alfred Gosden AS A WHOLE Rather unusual treatment of old situations made interesting by characteriza= tion of star. STORY The old idea of newly=rich Shero from the sticks buying a place in society. DIRECTION Made this interesting by handling of star and players and developed individual inci= dents rather well but allowed several incon= sistent bits to creep in. PHOTOGRAPHY Just straight stuff; frequently very flat on exteriors. LIGHTINGS Varied from good to fair; frequently too uniform. CAMERA WORK Satisfactory STAR Certainly fitted characterization SUPPORT. . . .Thurston Hall very pleasing; Leo White played rather broadly; others satisfactory. EXTERIORS Generally satisfactory INTERIORS Acceptable; nothing unusual DETAIL Idea of Hero swimming to overtake mo= torboat will get laughs and insert of photo very poorly handled. CHARACTER OF STORY Nothing to offend LENGTH OF PRODUCTION About 4,800 feet IT CERTAINLY must be said that Priscilla Dean gets over as the hard-boiled dame from the sticks who comes to New York with a bank-roll and a determination to conquer the "four hundred." Whether or not your audiences will accept the idea of the thoroughbred society Hero falling for her indifferent attitude, "treat'em-rough" methods, snake-charmer coiffure and sartorial trimmings to match will depend entirely upon their sense of humor and frame of mind when they see this. I 'dor to plant the fact that Shero Priscilla was not the Puritanical maid that her name might Indicate, they had her smash windows and things and rough-house generally in the opening of this and then to establish her reverse nature in other moods they gave considerable footage to a medicine-faker so they could have Priscilla beat up a guy what pestered an "animule" which was a part of the show. Then they had Shero fall into a bunch of money and with it conies the desire to go to the city and be a highbrow. Accompanied by her aunt, who for some unexplained reason, took Shero's wild actions very quietly all through this, she "puts up" at a swell hotel and smashes a mirror with her fist when she is not satisfied with her beauty reflected therein. Shero. because of her bank-roll, is accepted in society's inner circle but when they wish a titled -ink on her for a soulmate she tires of the atmosphere and seeks diversion in a speedy motorboat. Then they pull a wild one. They have Hero Thurston Hall, who sees her from quite some distance, jump into the water to overtake her and save her from the coming storm. This will certainly get a groan from folks who stop to figure out things because the boat was sure traveling some. Shero sees Hero and conies back to pick him up, after which he pilots her'to shore. Hero asks to see her again, but she gives him the raspberry, having been led to believe through overhearing a previous conversation, that he had a neglected wife sticking around somewhere. Later finding that she loves him. however, and not wishing to give in to him, she frames with her discarded count to let it be rumored that they are engaged. At the reception at which the engagement is announced. Shero learns for the first time that the woman she thought to be Hero's wife was in reality his sister so there is a reconciliation and Ave finish with the clutch. Miss Dean wore an extremely "low and behold" gown in the ball-room stuff and the "double exposure" she registered all through her close-ups in the boat scenes caused a couple of elderly wimmin who sat back of me to keep up an incessant "Tsk. tsk. tsk" (or however you spell it) for about three hundred feet of film, but otherwise this contained nothing to offend. i^.p.rxA. Director or <y t _ „ , JVow directing J*or Gofdwyn^