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DAILY
Sunday, November 17 1918
Ship-Yard Scenes Will Excuse It With Many. Production Very Mediocre
The Box Office Analysis for the Exhibitor
Carlyle Blackwell and Evelyn Qreeley in
"THE ROAD TO FRANCE"
World
The ship-building activities in this will undoubtedly get it over and the title ought to pull business but they certainly spoiled a good educational feature when they let this rambling unconvincing spy plot dominate the offering. I have a hunch that most folks, after seeing this, will feel like the smalltown editor who summed up the performance of a barn-storming "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company in his village by stating that "The bloodhounds was good but they had poor support."
They'll enjoy the ship-building scenes in this, which were comprehensive and interesting and the newsweekly shots at the finish ought to get a hand, so I feel
that the average gang will be willing to overlook the unconvincing story to a certain extent and feel that they have been sufficiently entertained by the production as a whole.
In advertising this I would concentrate entirely upon the fact that this was produced in and around one of our largest shipbuilding plants and that the story was inspired by the statement of the Hon. Edw. N. Hurley, Chairman of the Emergency Fleet Board, that "A bridge of ships is the road to France."
Ordinarily, the production given this wouldn't warrant your making any noise about it, but because it is timely and because of the interesting ship-building stuff which helps to lift the curse off of the story and handling, I think you can afford to step out and boost this if you concentrate on its educational merits and make no promises further than that.
Triangle Presents
William Desmond
in
DEUCE DUNCAN
directed by Thomas N. Heffron
H
e can use a gun
! But when his ardor is
aroused by the appeal of the little woman who is being persecuted by an escaped convict — bare fists are the weapons with which he conquers and rescues.
"BILL" DESMOND at his best, in one of the strongest dramas he has ever had, guarantees box-office value and entertainment that you can't afford to neglect. Your audiences relish his physical energy and force — his intense personality.
A Triangle Play at a Fair Price for Mutual Profits released by the
Triangle Distributing Corporation
1457 BROADWAY NEW YORK
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