Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1925)

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2568 Motion Picture News Irish Luck (Paramount — Seven Re3ls) (Reviewed by Frank Elliott) THERE has been a universal demand of late for better stories for Thomas Meighan, something off the beaten path of the upright youth who is always suffering because of the sins of others. "Irish Luck," supplies this demand. Here we have Tom in the dual role of Lord Fitzhugh, an Irish aristocrat and Tom Donahue, a New York traffic cop, who Avins a trip to Ireland when he pulls down first prize in a popularity contest. And Tom makes good in both roles. The entire company went to Ireland to make most of the picture and during the action of the interesting plot, the observer is treated to some delightful shots of Dublin, the Killarney Lake country, the historic old abbeys, the quaint villages and the Blarney Stone itself which, of course, Tom kisses in regulation fashion. THEME. A romantic drama that opens in New York and switches to Ireland where a traffic cop, because of his resemblance to a nobleman is able to save that gentleman from plotters after his estate and to win a pretty Irish colleen. PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS. The opening scenes showing the children collecting the votes for Donahue, the scenes on the deck of the Leviathan, the travelogue shots. EXPLOITATION ANGLES. Go after the Irish organizations and communities strong. Put on a Irish Jig contest. Try and find an Irish jaunting cart to use as a bally-hoo. DRAWING POWER. The largest houses should do business with this one if properly exploited. SUMMARY. At last a good story as a vehicle for Tom Meighan. Made in Ireland amid picturesque and historic scenes. Gives star opportunity for display of histrionic ability. A fine cast. A great treat for the Irish. THE CAST Tom Donahue ) Thomas Meighan Lord Fitzhugh \ T . „,.. Lady Gwendolyn Lois Wilson Douglas Cecil Humphreys Earl Ernest Lawford Doctor Charles Hammond Aunt Louise Grafton Tjncje S. B. Garrickson Adapted by Thomas J. Geraghty from Norman Vernier's Saturday Evening Post serial, "An Imperfect Imposter." Directed by Victor Heerman. Photographed by Alvin Wyckoff. SYNOPSIS. Tom Donahue, a New York traffic cop, wins a popularity contest, giving him §2000 and a trip to Europe. Tom decides to visit his relatives in Ireland. In that country everyone notes the striking resemblance between himself and Lord Fitzhugh. Winning a large sum at a race in the lord's name, he visits the nobleman to inform him of the fact. The two become chums. Lady Gwendolyn coming to take her brother, Fitzhugh, to the bedside of a dying uncle, finds Tom. It's love at first sight. Tom nips a plot to rob the nobleman of his uncle's estate, frees him from kidnapers and weds Lady Gwendolyn. Irish Luck (Paramount) PRESS NOTICE THOMAS MEIGHAN plays a dual role in "Irish Luck," his latest starring vehicle, which comes to the Theatre, commencing. . As a New York traffic cop vacationing in Ireland as the winner of a popularity contest and as Lord Fitzhugh, an Irish aristocrat, Tom departs radically from his recent type of characterization. Mr. Meighan and his company went to Ireland to make this picture which is rich in those Irish scenes made famous in song and fable — the Killarney Lakes, the Blarney Stone, the Phoenix Park race track, views of Dublin and quaint Irish villages. Tom is supported by a cast which has been carefully selected as to type CATCH LINES An Irish star in a swift moving Irish story. Made in Ireland with the Lakes of killarney. Muckross Abbey. Dublin Thomas Meighan, star of Paramount's and the Blarney Stone as the back"Irish Luck." ground. Tumbleweeds (Wm. S. Hart Prod.— United Art.— Seven Reels) (Reviewed by Frank Elliott) BILL HART comes back! There isn't the least doubt but that this vehicle will put the man who made two guns famous back on his pedestal of popularity. Never has he had anything half as pretentious as this stirring epic of romantic chapter in the winning of the west — the great dash of the homesteaders into the Cherokee Land Strip between the states of Kansas and Oklahoma in 1889. And our hat is off to King Baggot for the masterful manner in which he has transferred this story to the screen. Not only has he achieved an atmosphere of magnitude, but he has packed in such box office ingredients as heart appeal, human interest, tense drama, pathos, comedy and through it all a delightful romance has been woven. While the picture has more than its quota of thrills, the big wallop of the bunch is the dash of hundreds of homesteaders on horseback and in all sorts of vehicles into the land strip as a government cannon gives the signal to "step on it." THEME. An epic drama of the settling of the Cherokee land strip in which a former ranch boss becomes a homesteader himself and puts to rout a couple of "Sooners." PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS. The dash of the homesteaders. The fights between Hart and the plotters. His escape from the "bull pen," and his wild ride to win the Box-K site. EXPLOITATION ANGLES. Boost this as the comeback of Bill Hart. Put over book store display on novel. Put a covered wagon ballyhoo on streets. DRAWING POWER. O. K. for the best houses in the land and should please the most jaded fan. SUMMARY. One of the best pictures Bill Hart ever turned out and by far the most pretentious. Has a real plot, many big scenes, a good cast and a wow of a climax. THE CAST Don Carver William S. Hart Molly Lassiter Barbara Bedford Kentucky Rose Lucien Littlefield Noll Lassiter J. Gordon Russell Bill Freel Richard R. Neill Bart Lassiter Jack Murphy Mrs. Riley Lillian Leighton Old Woman Gertrude Claire Old Man George Marion By Hal G. Evarts. Directed by King Baggot. Adapted by C. Gardner Sullivan. SYNOPSIS. The Cherokee Land Strip, having been opened to the homesteaders, Don Carver, range boss of the Box-K ranch, finds himself out of a job. Riding into Caldwell, rendezvous of the homesteaders, Don meets Molly Lassiter, after giving her villainous brother a beating. Don, with others signs up for a piece of land. Don wants to get the Box-K site. So does the brother and Bill Freel. They bring about Don's arrest as a "Sooner," and then start out in advance of the hour set by the government for entering the strip. Don escapes and in a wild ride gets to Box-K to find the villains ahead of him. Don proves the two are themselves "Sooners," as well as murderers. He weds Molly. Tumbleweeds (United Artists) PRESS NOTICE -|X7ILLIAM S. HART re" " turns to the screen at the Theatre, commencing , in "Tumbleweeds," adapted from the Saturday Evening Post story by Hal G. Evarts. It is the finest starring vehicle this popular actor has had during his shadow stage career. The story deals with a colorful chapter of the old West — the last dash of the American homesteaders and the settling of the Cherokee Land Strip between Oklahoma and Kansas in 1889. The picture is rich in dramatic power, heart appeal, romance, adventure, hard riding and, of course, some typical Bill Hart fights. CATCH LINES Bill Hart's army of admirers will be glad to welcome him back in this production, which in point of magnitude eclipses all his former efforts. A powerfull epic drama of the last dash of the Wm. S. Hart, star of "Tumbleweeds," American homesteaders. Filled with a United Artists release. hard riding and typical Bill Hart fights.