Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1919)

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/^MOTION PICTURF yncn i magazine u $ cert; certain light comedy element that is worked in successfully, the girl whom Bill wins in the end. Seena Owen takes the part of "the common cause" (vitagraph) A war play built around the eternal triangle. Sylvia Breamer and Herbert. Rawlinson portray the husband and wife. whom the war reconciles. J. Stuart Blackton has directed this picture with excellent judgment, especially in introducing the comedy relief of an English Tommy whose fad is collecting helmets. Lawrence Grossmith makes this part stand out distinctly. Little Charles Blackton makes a decided hit in his small part. "Arizona" (artcraft) Our own irrepressible Fairbanks is as effectively enic. gaining as ever in his new release. His part, that of a young soldier who is wrongfully accused 'of carrying on an affair with his Colonel's wife, possesses an element of the dramatic that is generally missing from Fairbanks' pictures ; however, Doug smiles his way thru tense moments to an anticipated close-up with Margery Daw. "under the greenwood tree" (artcraft) There may be, and undoubedly are, flaws in this picture, but the poetry and romance of its exceptionally beautiful exteriors are so pictorially pleasant that they seem indeed minor details. Elsie Ferguson's idealistic beauty has perhaps never been so apparent as in this imaginative tale of a society girl who cannot find the romance she so desires among h e r every day suitors and happe n i n g upon a band o f gypsies, conceives the plan of pretending to be a gypsy herself. She buys a wagon from them — and promptly runs into her romance in the shape of Eugene 0 ' B r i e n, showing excellent judgment. "Und e r the Greenwood Tree" is in substance a beautiful picture worthy of Miss Ferguson's love 1 i n e s s, but scarcely worthy of her intelligence. Madge Kennedy tries to look like a chorus girl in "A Perfect Lady" (Goldwyn) but as usual registers refinement Frank McIntyre is the jovial hero in Rex Beach's satisfying picture, "Too Fat to Fight" (Goldwyn) "a lady's name" (select) Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford are a team of players from whom we have come to expect unusually smart and pleasant comedy. "A Lady's Name" is an adaptation of Cyril Harcourt's play. Connie takes the part of a young writer who inserts an ad for a husband in order to get material for a new novel. Every type of man answers the ad, Harrison Ford being the most pleasant one. The whole is characterized by being played with a keen sense of the ridiculous and no effort to touch the subliirie. Zazu Pitts plays the part of a little maid of all work in a manner which justifies our prediction of her future possibilities after having seen her in "The Little Princess" with Mary Pickford. "code of the yukon" (select) This story has a distinct Rex Beach atmosphere, but is from the pen of Anthony Paul Kelly. Mitchell Lewis is starred as Jean Dubois, an uncouth prospector. Villainous miners try, not only to steal his mine, but his wife as well, but are prevented by a dancehall girlie who points out to Jean the one who ruined his {Continued on page 112) Geraldine Farrar has all the mannerisms of a Prima Donna in "The Hell Cat" (Goldwyn)