Motion Picture News (Nov-Dec 1923)

December 29 , 1923 3059 Newspaper Opinions on New Pictures expression, and Mrs. Buster or Natalie Talmadge, Paw Keaton and Buster, Jr. We feel sure you'll giggle and roar." Sun : " There has seldom been a funnier conceit than Buster's train. Really, you must see it. It is a train to remember. Buster, given a funny situation, can make you shriek out unexpectedly and temporarily attract the attention of everybody away from the screen.'" Tribune : " The picture is a burlesque of the well known feud melodrama. Keaton has chosen regular people to assist him." W orld : " Three generations of Keatons combined yesterday on the screen of the Rialto to present one of the most amusing comedies in months. A vast deal of fun is derived from the vicissitudes of travel in a specimen of the earliest railroad train." " Tiger Rose " — Warners — Metropolitan, Baltimore Baltimore News : " Lenore Ulric proves to be just as ingratiating on the screen as on the stage. . . . An intelligent little person, indeed, is Miss Ulric and she proves that a true actress can carry her art from the stage to the screen without dropping anything in transit. ' Tiger Rose ' is ably directed, with the dramatic interest mounting steadily." Baltimore Post : " ' Tiger Rose ' is full of action and thrills. ' Standing Room Only ' signs were hung out. . . . Marvelous outdoor settings enhance the picture. Most commendable is the acting. Lenore Ulric, as ' Tiger Rose,' fitted the role and name perfectly. " Courtship of Myles Standish " — Associated Ex. — Majestic, Grand Rapids Herald : " The combination of 'The Courtship of Myles Standish,' a screen masterpiece in every respect and the likable star, Charles Ray, in person, gives the Majestic Gardens for this week a program of unbeatable appeal and merit. Mr. Ray and Frederic Sullivan, the director, have produced a truly magnificent document." " Mark of the Beast " — Hodkinson — Pastime, Chicago Chicago News : " ' The Mark of the Beast,' from Thomas Dixon's novel, is a photoplay that has unusual originality. It moves along somewhat like life; it is hard to divide its characters into the wholly good and the wholly bad; we sort of like all of them." " Lucretia Lombard " — Warners — Strand, New York American : "Irene Rich, who did such splendid work as the Queen in 'Rosita,' puts thought into her work as Lucretia Lombard. She is intelligent and she is forceful, and she looks like a real woman, not like an ingenue dressed for the part." Mail : "Exhibitors need have no fear for the box office when this picture comes to their theatre. Warner Brothers have created and surmounted obstacles with an agility that was most refreshing and unique." Moring Telegraph : "The Warner Bros, have done well by the author in giving her story a fine screen presentation. It is fundamentally a good moving picture, containing the triangle theme and a goodly share of thrills." World: "Very well acted melodrama of a three-cornered love affair, with two women in suppressed combat over he possession of a man. It is cast and mounted nicely and the introduction of scores of frightened animals racing before the spread of the flames was extremely effective." Evening Journal : "Especially good effects in the flaming woods and the raging fire." Sun and Globe : "Splendid acting. Irene Rich. Marc McDermott, Norma Shearer and Monte Blue . . . give performances that are as sincere and fine as anything seen in the films this year." Times Square Daily : " A real box office hit. . . . Monte Blue and Irene Rich are featured at the head of a strong cast. . . . The honors of the picture must be handed to Norma hearer who plays the secondary woman role." Evening Telegram : "Spectacular thrills follow each other uninterruptedly in this Harry Rapt production. The drama of conflict steadily develops to a crescendo of emotions, thence rising to the whirlwind climax where two women, rivals for the hand of the same man, gain each other's loyalty and friendship amid the horrors of forest fires and turbulent flood." " Forgive and Forget "— C. B. C. — Karlton, Philadelphia Bulletin : " ' Forgive and Forget ' at the Karlton. gives a new twist to the eternal triangle. The interest in the story reaches its height in the struggle of a young, neglected wife to win back her husband's love. Estelle Taylor very admirably takes the part of the neglected wife." Public Ledger : " The director has gathered together a fine collection of screen stars. Estelle Taylor is splendid as the young wife who thought she was hurting no one but herself by flirting. It has many gripping scenes which appeal to lovers of pictures." Evening Ledger: "' Forgive and Forget' is an admirably well-acted production. It illustrates in a striking manner the married life of the so-called ' fast set.' For those who crave excitement there is plenty to keep them in suspense." Inquirer : " ' Forgive and Forget ' realistic. A story that could be told about many present-day homes. Wyndham Standing is fine as the pre-occupied husband and the wife is admirably portrayed by Estelle Taylor. It is a picture that is replete with action." Record : Estelle Taylor and Pauline Garon are pleasant to look at and act as though humor and tragedy cause some animation." North American : " ' Forgive and Forget ' at the Karlton should please. It is well played by a cast that includes, besides Estelle Taylor as the wife, and Wyndham Standing, Pauline Garon, Raymond McKee, Philo McCullough, Vernon Steele, Josef Swickard, and Lionel Belmore." A Woman of Paris — United Artists — California — Granada. San Francisco Chronicle: "A satisfying picture: a different picture; a new picture built along entirely new lines, a picture for which we should be thankful." Examiner: "Absorbingly interesting. A grim narrative along truthful lines with fascination in the telling." Bulletin : "A picture that warrants being seen more than once. Mr. Chaplin has given to the world a finished photoplay in every respect, and one that will be remembered when thousands of others have been forgotten." Daily News: "'A Woman of Paris' will be seen time and time again by the more discriminating of picture lovers." "The Acquittal" — Universal — Cameo. New York Evening World : "We've seen a good many movies in our time, but we want to go on record as stating that never have we seen a better working out of a court-room scene or the workings of a District Attorney's office than we beheld at the Cameo theatre yesterday when 'The Acquittal' was unwound for the first time for public approval. 'The Acquittal' is due to spread thrills around by the bushel." Mail : " 'The Acquittal,' Rita Weiman's my St e ry melodrama, which had a sucessful stage appearance, has been made a gripping motion picture. It kept the spectators at the Cameo yesterday guessing out loud, but never guessing correctly who committed the murder." Morning Telegraph : "' The Acquittal ' which is at the Cameo theatre this week, is keeping the audience on the edge of their seats. It is rattling good melodrama, with mystery well sustained until the very last minute and it has the added attraction of having Claire Windsor in the leading role." World: "There is as fine and full and tremendous a moment on the screen of the Cameo this week as there is to be found anywhere on Broadway. This includes drama of all kinds now on view, high, low and medium brow. It comes in that exciting court-room scene." Telegram : " ' The Acquittal ' has all the excitement of following a big murder story in the newspapers." Tribune : " ' The Acquittal ' has been adapted from Rita Weiman's stage play and put on the screen by Universal with an excellent cast. No one can say that Clarence Brown, the director, has not done everything in his power to keep up the suspense in this mystery play. It is a very interesting picture.'' " The Shepherd King "—FoxCentral, New York American : " It has been done with a fineness and sincerity that indicates that Mr. Gordon Edwards, the director, knew what he was doing. ' The Shepherd King ' is one investment that Mr. Fox can point to with pride." Times : " It is undoubtedly one of the most striking and beautiful spectacles, with huge throngs and great scenic structures. ' The Shepherd King ' is an entertaining motion picture." Morning Telegraph : " It has dignity, sincerity and fidelity welded to strong dramatic intererest. There can be no doubt of the appeal of this new Fox production. It can be a feature on any bill, in any section." Evening Post : " The scenic effects are beautiful. The scenes are stirring and on the whole, ' The Shepherd King' is an entertaining motion picture." "Our Hospitality" — Metro — Rialto, New York Times : " ' Our Hospitality ' will cause the Rialto to echo and reecho with roars of laughter." Telegram : " Keaton appears at his best in ' Our Hospitality.' It is an amazing and amusing picture. It brings to the screen a phase of American history as yet untouched -by the camera, the period of nearly 100 years ago when the first railroads in the United States were being built." Journal : " A thoroughly fine picture. The first laugh is sprung when Buster, riding one of those queer bicycles that were propelled by the rider pushing his feet along the ground, is held up at the intersection by a traffic cop, ancient enough to have saluted General Washington at Valley Forge." Post : " Full of good comedy. As an added feature Keaton does one of the most daring feats ever pictured in films. It would spoil it to tell about it, so see it for yourself." World : " It's pretty safe to say that Keaton should be the star of ' Our Hospitality,' but it would be a mighty hard task to say which Keaton. For there's Buster, with his old chief face-without-a-laugh $ut&guntier