The Film Mercury (1926-27)

Hollywood, Calif. THE FILM MERCURY, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1926 Page Fifteen I Views and Reviews! •“THE BAT,” a First National production, adapted from the stage play. Directed by Roland West. Critical Viewpoint. The film version of -The Bat” holds to the same solution as the stage “play. As theatre audiences were thrilled by the mysterious ^happenings in this story, so do the movie fans react. Of course, no mystery can stand critical analysis, and should be .■watched in a mood similar to that of listening to a ghost -’■story. .£ The film is not as awe inspiring as the play. The loud slamJining of a door or a like effect' |is devastating in a theatre when June's nerves are tense. Then too, the bat wears a silly head Jon the screen to hide his identity. And the end of the picgture where they nearly catch rthe bat, only to lose him again 5 and again, becomes tiresome. However, it is one of the best ^directed mystery photoplays I Shave Seen in the silent drama. Jewell Carmen is attractive and icapable. Louise Fazenda adds Jthe comedy touches. The rest Jof the cast is adequate. £ Box Office Angle. The average audience should enjoy the Sfilm. As the suspense of the ^picture will be spoiled for latefjcomers, it would be well to pergmit no one in for the last reel. I —A. L. INTERNATIONAL K1NEMA RESEARCH Hollywood Security Bldg. Foreign and American Research Photographs Specially taken by our ASSOCIATE CORRESPONDENTS Set Construction, Miniatures, Set Dressing, Movable Mats, Paint on Glass, Backings BLACKTON’S NEXT FILM “The American” will be the title of J. Stuart Blackton’s next production for Warner Brothers. The theme of the story will embody the American ideals of freedom and is supposed to have been suggested to the director by the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt. • • • William V. Mong has been signed for a role in the William Fox production, “What Price Glory?” Glaum Vs. Ince Suit Thrown Out of Court Louise Glaum’s claim of $405,000 against the estate of Thomas H. Ince has been thrown out of Probate Court by Judge Willis, it was learned Wednesday. The action also contained the assertion that Ince’s finances were at such a low ebb in 1921, three years before his death, that Miss Glaum personally loaned him and J. Parker Read, Jr., $5,000.00. ROSENFELD IS TO HANDLE BECK FILMS The plan of Arthur F. Beck, president of Embassy Pictures Corporation, to establish a distribution office in his Hollywood studios, is being put into effect. Charles Rosenfeld, prominent in the state-right field and head of Dependable Pictures Corporation, has been named to handle the new phase fo Beck enterprises. He is now enroute to Chicago and points East on a circuit of the key cities. 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