Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1918)

2092 Motion Picture New. "A SOCIETY SENSATION"— BLUEBIRD Was Formerly Called " Borrowed Duchess 99 AN advance review of this picture was given in issue of Sept. 14 on page 1751, under the temporar title, " The Borrowed Duchess." The picture will undoubtedly please picturegoers, as it is the sort they now demand, a ligh comedy and romance drama. It also keeps the interest well all the way through. Miss Myers' pleasing personality helps the picture a great deal. Being a clean attraction, it should prove suitable for all audiences. Released Sept. 23. — Length, 5 reels. — P. S. Harrison. THE CAST Carmel Myers, Fred Kelsey, M. Rudolpho de Valentina, Harold Goodwin, Zasu Pitts and others are included in the cast. Author: Perley Poore Sheehan. Scenario by Hope Loring and Paul Powell. Directed by Paul Powell. THE STORY Captain Parmalee, a fisherman, has an obsession that he is of royal family and descended from the nobility. He has dwelt on this idea for such a long time that he eventually comes to live the part as well as he is able, and dwells on a most brilliant future for his pretty daughter, Sydney. When Mrs. Jones, who is a social climber in San Francisco, hears of this she conceives the idea of playing a joke on Mrs. Bradley, the social leader of the town, who has gone out of her way to snub her on numerous occasions. She convinces Captain Parmalee that she believes his claim to royalty. Flattered, Parmalee consents to " lend " Sydney to the clever Mrs. Jones. As a result, the fisherman's daughter is taken to San Francisco and introduced to society as a Duchess. But it soon develops that Parmelee's claim to noble lineage is false. Mrs. Jones, fearful lest her plan prove a failure, goes into conference with her lawyers, and when through she has arranged a family tree for the Parmelee's so secure that even an expert could not pick a flaw in it. In high glee Mrs. Jones watches her plan go to success, for Mrs. Bradley's son falls in love with the fisherman's daughter, unaware of her true identity. When she believes the time ripe for her revelation Mrs. Jones makes the announcement that Sydney has not a drop of royal blood flowing in her veins, that she is an imposter and that she is purely and simply the daughter of Captain Parmalee, a fisherman. But despite all this, young Bradley follows the girl of his heart back to the fisher village. He encounters a young fisherman who also loves the girl, and who suspects the sincerity of Bradley's motives. In a fierce fight Bradley wins out, and after that only a few minor complications remain to be swept away before the young people are united. AD TALK Carmel Myers, the rising young Bluebird star, will be, presented in her latest picture, "A Society Sensation," on of week at the theatre. This is a novel picture by Perley Moore Sheehan, author of many stories and photoplays, in which a fisherman's daughter is passed off in San Francisco society as a lady of nobility, to gratify the whim of a social climber who warns to be revenged on the social leader, who snubbed her. Her idea is to throw the girl and the son of the social leader as much as possible in each other's company, hoping that they will fall in love. And her hopes are well realized. When she thinks the affair has reached the dramatic moment, she tells the truth regarding the identity of the girl, hoping to humiliate the boy and his mother. But much to her chagrin the lovers rise above such petty things as lineage and name and remain happy with one another. It is said that Mr. Sheehan's story is based on the facts of a similar case that occurred in San Francisco society only a short time ago, a case the details of which were suppressed out of regard for the girl and her family. But whatever the origin of the plot it remains that it makes one of the most entertaining phtoplays that the management of the theatre has presented in some time. Carmel Myers does dainty ad appealing work in the part of the fisherman's daughter. Those who are acquainted with her performances in the past can well realize that this role is exactly suited to her. Her support includes Alfred Allen, Fred Kelsey, M. Rudolpho de Valentina and others of note, The picture is attractively staged in respect to every scene. Don't forget the date, " for " A Society Sensation " is one of the real treats of the season. CATCH LINES A fisherman's daughter introduced to San Francisco as a Duchess — and getting away with it. Carmel Myers latest and best Bluebird. Captain Parmalee thought about royal lineage for so long that at length he began to imagine noble blood coursing in his own veins. As a consequence, he sent his daughter to San Francisco and introduced her as a Duchess — and San Francisco society took it all in good faith. The popular Bluebird star of " My Unmarried Wife," " A Broadway Scandal," and " The Marriage Lie " in another success. Because she bore a grudge against the society leader of the city, Mrs. Jones introduced a fisherman's daughter into her circle as a Duchess. The son of her rival fell in love with the girl and Mrs. Jones thought her triumph would be complete when she revealed the humble lineage of the imposter — but instead, she herself was humiliated, as the love of the young people rose above pride of race. A story which takes you from a little fisher village on the coast of California to the highest society in San Francisco. Directed by Paul Powell, one of the ablest pupils of D. W. Griffith. Featuring Carmel Myers, the young star who has risen to fame in the short space of a year. MANUFACTURER'S AIDS PAPER: — Two 1-sheets, two 3-sheets, two 6sheets. All the paper on this feature is unusually attractive. PHOTOS FOR LOBBY DISPLAY :— Selection of scene and star stills for newspaper cuts and lobby advertising. Advertising and text cuts for newspaper exploitation procurable at exchange. Stock cuts of Carmel Myers in one and two-column sizes available. SLIDES, MUSIC CUE SHEET, WINDOW CARDS. SUGGESTIONS A romantic drama with a sustaining touch of melodrama is "A SOCIETY SENSATION." It also possesses a deal of comedy, an angle to 1 accentuated, as audiences seem to be desirir comedy these days. Carmel Myers, a rising star in the Bluebirl co stellation, is featured and should be advertis< prominently. She is becoming known throui the good pictures given her and her natural ts ent. A line to plug on the advertising is suggest by the fact that the story is based on fact, ha ing been derived from a similar case occurring San Francisco only a short while ago. 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