The Film Daily (1918)

Sunday, September 29, 1918 DAILY Beautiful, Peppy Star in Amusing Comedy, Artistically Produced Constance Talmadge in "MRS. LEFFINGWELL'S BOOTS" Selznick>SeIect DIRECTOR Walter Edwards AUTHOR Augustus Thomas SCENARIO BY Edith Kennedy CAMERAMAN James C. VanTrees AS A WHOLE Amusing tangle centering about pair of slippers; has good twists and is inter= esting all the way. STORY Jealous husband and extravagant wife plot provides many amusing situations. DIRECTION Provided excellent atmosphere and developed action effectively. PHOTOGRAPHY Generally very pleasing LIGHTINGS Very fine CAMERA WORK Generally very good. Some ex= cellent composition on exteriors. STAR Beautiful and has personality and "pep" SUPPORT Ford pleasing; others satisfactory EXTERIORS Many beautiful shots with rain stuff well handled. INTERIORS Very good DETAIL Many amusing bits CHARACTER OF STORY For any audience LENGTH OF PRODUCTION 4,112 feet THEY had a good idea here and Director Edwards has handled it rather effectively with the result that this registers as the best thing Miss Talmadge has done for some time. The story centers about a pair of slippers and they gave us a good opening touch in this by introducing the characters "from the feet up." The slippers which cause all the trouble in this are a peculiar pair shown in an exclusive shop window and advertised to be the only pair in existence. Connie wants them, she does, but her hubby hesitates about the price and when he finally decides to purchase them, he arrives at the shop to find that they are just being purchased by George Fisher, a good-looking polo player who has previously given him cause for jealousy. When George finds the slippers too small the shop keeper produces another "only" pair and just as George is about to send them to his sweetheart, a messenger returns his ring and in a frenzy, he gives the slippers to the maid. In the meantime Connie has hocked her bracelet and purchased the original pair. When hubby sees Connie at the ball that night wearing the slippers, he of course thinks that George has presented them to her and although she denies the charge, he is still suspicious. While hubby Ford is away on business Connie visits George's sweetheart and a rainstorm prevents her from returning. Connie is chagrined to find George at her chum's house but they pretend not to have met before. In the meantime hubby comes home and finds Connie gone when the chum's father, who has been caught in the storm, comes in and tells him that George is over at his house with Connie, whereupon hubby starts for the house on horse-back. Previous to this, the noaccount brother of the chum, who has caused all the trouble by sending anonymous notes, has entered the house and is overpowered by George. Hubby comes in and explanations follow when the maid, who had conveniently found employment at the chum's house, produces the extra pair of slippers. We had some particularly beautiful exterior locations in this and I want to compliment Director Edwards for giving us a real polo game atmosphere instead of using stock flashes as in a production I saw recently. The rain scenes were very well handled and looked convincing. Miss Talmadge held the center of attention all through this although the supporting cast was satisfactory. Harrison Ford was rather pleasing as the husband find George Fisher did all that was required of him while Fred Goodwins, as the no-account brother, appeared to be the most natural actor in the cast. Others who appeared were: Mercedes Temple, Vera Doria, Herbert Prior and Julia Faye. HOBAKT HENLEY M.P.D.A. ~3>ii*actor o "PARENTAGE" Divectingf MAE MARSH iorGddwyn Givvent and ^oi't'hcoitiin^veleayes': "^ Face in the Dai-k" AllVomfcri'-'^Qcld Peai-f ""^*e Glorious Adventure"