Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture News
Date:
Jan-Feb 1922
Publisher:
New York, Motion Picture News, Inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture News (Jan-Feb 1922)
Leaf #:
000160
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Motion Picture News was the leading film industry trade journal during the 1920s. Founded in 1908 as a counterweight to the dominant Moving Picture World, the News was the voice for the independent, non-Trust, producers. Later Motion Picture News expanded its coverage to the entire industry, supporting the independent exhibitor with objective film reviews, summaries of programs at theatres across the nation, activities of regional exchanges in the cities with regional exchanges, and excellent coverage of the coming of sound and screenings and stage shots at the major New York City theatres. -- David Pierce, 2013
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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490 Motion Picture News “Its Strength and Pathos Fa New York Critics unanimous in declaring it a picture so realistic it grips you to the handrails— Acting Called Exceptional IT’S THE ALMOST PERFECT PICTURE “ The best film we have seen this year, and for that matter it might hold the lead in our enthusiasm for the other 364 days, because this is the almost perfect picture. The excitement is whipped to a pace which makes the spectator hang on to the handrails. We thrilled with relief and satisfaction. Barthelmess is an altogether eloquent and convincing hero. The atmosphere is real.” — Heywood Broun in the New York World. IT HAS VITALITY AND IT LIVES “ Persuasive and cumulatively exciting photoplay. It seems real. Its scenes get you. It has vitality. It lives as a motion picture. Mr. Barthelmess does the best work of his screen life, it is more finished and promising. The others of the cast are more than adequate. The story really happens to you while you are watching it.” — New York Times. MOST THRILLING FIGHT EVER! “ A regular riot of a fight without rules. Such a battle was screened at the Strand, — what I like better than anything in the realm of film. Ah, but that was a fight to set a standard of realism for many a month. Richard Barthelmess handled his role admirably.” — Joseph Mulvan ey in the New York A in eric an. FAIRLY TEARS HEART IN TWO “ ‘ Tol’able David ’ is more than tol’able. He is great. It is one of the really fine pictures of the year. It is more real than any picture we have ever seen. Barthelmess does the best work of his career. It is one of the most complete and sensitive character studies that have come to the screen. A thoroughly interesting and exciting tale — out of the ordinary. Action aplentv with a pathos and strength that fairly tear your heart in two. A superb bit of direction, coupled with excellent acting. The entire picture is uniformly superior, a picture with character, beauty and feeling. You can’t afford to miss it.” — Helen Rockwell in New York Morning Telegraph. Inspiration Ri Pictures present t A First National Attraction Watch it at First Runs!