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MOTION PICTURE NEWS
GRUB-STAKE, THE. Produced by Nell Shipman Prod. Distributed by American Releasing Corp. Released Feb. 18, 1923. Star. Nell Shipman. Director, Bert Van Tuyle. Length, 6,408 feet.
Synopsis: Alaskan melodrama with educational interest because of the wild animals shown in their native haunts. Alaskan gambler entices young girl to Klondike through a fake marriage. The girl learns the truth, and with her invalid father makes her escape. She becomes lost in the wilds and after hardships is discovered by the son of a dance hall woman, who has a cabin in the hills. A romance develops between them. They discover a lost mine. The gambler is killed by a fall over a cliff.
References: Reviewed issue March 24, 1923, page 1454.
First Run Showings: Page 1273. Mar. 17, 1923.
Advertising: Pages 3273, Dec. 30, 1922; 631, Feb. 10; 795, Feb. 17. 1923.
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HANDS OF NARA, THE. Produced by Samuel Zierler Photoplay Corporation. Distributed by Metro. Released Sept. 18, 1922. Star, Clara Kimball Young. Director, Harry Garson. Length, 6 reels.
Synopsis: Adaptation of Richard Washburn Child's novel. Faith healing Is the dominating element. Story has its setting first in Russia, then moves to New York's East Side and on to Fifth Avenue. Nara, a Russian refugee, comes to the United States. A sculptor models her hands. She is taken up by society and meets Claveloux, a doctor and scientist. She becomes a healer — healing by faith. Discovers her power through a mountebank. Ultimately brings about recovery of Claveloux's mother. He had previously derided her ideas on faith. Her accomplishment wins his love.
References: Reviewed issue Aug. 19, 1922, page 919.
First Run Showings: Pages 1137, Sept. 2; 1259, Sept. 9; 1610, Sept. 30; 2418,
Nov. 11; 819, Feb. 17; 1271, Mar. 17, 1923.
Advertising: Pages 130-1, 138, July 8; 1444-5, Sept. 23; 2249. Nov. 4; onepage insert, Nov. 25, 1922.
Newspaper Displays: Pages 1257, Sept. 9, 1922.
HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD! Produced by Daniel Carson Goodman. Distributed by Equity Pictures Corp. Released Feb. 28, 1923. All-star cast Director, J. Searle Dawley. Length, 6,047 feet.
Synopsis: Society drama. Mr. and Mrs. Davis, wealthy and happily married for over twenty years, are parents of a twenty-year-old son. A similar condition exists with the Bells, parents of a seventeen-year-old daughter. Mrs. Davis and Mr. Bell tire of the quiet and conventional life at the same time. Their wild ways bring them together and they are discovered emerging from the apartment of Mrs. Davis by Miss Bell. Each eventually realizes the folly of breaking happy homes, und with the climax comes the engagement of the young couple of the families.
References: Reviewed issue March 31, 1923, page 1679.
Advertising: Pages 202, Jan. 18; 468, Jan 27; 846-7, Feb. 17, 1938.