Motion Picture (Aug 1922-Jan 1923)

Page scan 000523 from Motion Picture

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture
Date:
Aug 1922-Jan 1923
Publisher:
Brewster Publications, inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture Magazine (Aug 1922-Jan 1923)
Leaf #:
000523
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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(irMDTION PlCTURn ^IhOl I MAGAZINE -N I The New Teacher — Fox Just a little bit of flufif is this picture which gives Shirley Mason an opportunity to wear a sentimental halo. The story skips along aimlessly, telling about a girl whose impulse drives her to do something worth while. And so, living up to the title, she becomes a school teacher in a poor section of the city. It is so colorless that it ofifers no sparkle at all. We must have the pathos. Naturally teacher's sympathy is drawn to a waif whose blind sister and worthless father have made her life a nightmare. Here is a sample of its fluffiness. One of the kiddies is marooned at the top of a flag-pole. The kind policeman who helps him down is none other than the manly hero who has joined the force to protect teacher. Shirley Mason is deserving of better things. Call it a sugar-coated lollypop and let it go at that. Above, Alice Calhoun in "A Girl's Desire"; at the left, a scene from "What's Wrong With Women"; and below, Wanda Hawley in "Burning Sands" The Fighting Guide — Vitagraph The strong man of westerns — William Duncan— has an enj oyable opus of the plains in this ; a comedy-melodrama, with the humor standing out conspicuously as somewhat "different." It's a snappy little idea which introduces the star as a guide impersonating a nobleman. Of course its central theme has become slightly worn — -in that it presents the impersonator saving a girl (Continued on page 110)