Moving Picture World (Sep-Oct 1925)

Gle>“1 £*$55 ^ssocial rmctro rpeoPTVTsUf For the Milan d!’l"c 'hoW^i3 -4—-rrX I sgSSs* "'K -' , thought dea his way husband SM es °« n *, tha« ''°r° -icceptah^e o:\\ are hud ,l,,s in FranCLci "is ''ro,T" H an, l )';"myBm-s wde Mary « look after ^understood and ,r,\ection is> . . t^c ne'K111 Rossips get b"5^ teturna from ' the ,sca^dhe scandal blows ove £rit*ore P^tures Rel^e Glenn Hunter and Edna Murphy in His Buddy’s Wife with Douglas Gilmore, Flora Finch and Marcia Harris John S Woody. PRESIDENT Produced and directed by Tom Terriss MOTION PICTURES TODA/ Story By T. Howard Kelly vs* city a grealb^^ Cas,' t'u heroine, and , s Gil MarVuoU>. 0"K'ta ?iora Fine" n?« H*rSo Kmg , Xne’he 1*^*,,. ^fby « «*££ ^a g- FILM DAIL/ T HTom T«*i« L ■ Henry Cro^\ France Now that folks are back from their vacations, full of pep and enthusiasm, they crave virile stories, full of red blood and iron. Here’s one that will grab their heart strings and start the tears. They’ll talk about it. Everyone who sees it will mean several more at your box office. You can’t keep a good picture a secret. “HIS BUDDY’S WIFE.” Associated Exhibitors’ Photoplay. Stars Glenn Hunter. Director Tom Teriss. Length, 7 Reels. — A crackerjack audience picture, this starring vehicle for Glenn Hunter should exert wide appeal. There is nothing new in the way of a story, but it is the type of photoplay that the tans delight in; tnere is pathos action and sentiment, with a number of vivid war sequences thrown in lYr gemd measure^ The at nToV phere is true to nte~ and colorVuT the plot is nicelv worked out so that right up to the end, it keeps you guessing as to the hnai outcome. 1 here is nnTfllng here lhal has not been done legions of times, but since the fans seem to like them this way this is a point in its favor rather than otherwise. The narrative may be described as Enoch Arden brought up to date. Two chums at the outbreak of the war are buddies in No Man’s Land. They both love the same girl, but Bill was lucky enough to marry her before embarking for France. Through all the grim tragedy of war with its stark realities and sordidness, they both cherish the memory of this sweet girl. When Bill is called on to per from a hazardous mission, he leaves his wife’s picture with his best pal. telling him in the event of his death, to go back and take care of the girl. Bill is swept down in the melee of battle, and his pal faithful to his trust goes back to the girl. Complications arise, and to silence the wagging tongues of idle gossips, he marries Bill’s wife When all is going well, the ghost from the dead appears in the flesh and Bill's pal. with a nobility prompted partly by unselfishness and partly by love, leaves the twb lovers together. Glenn Hunter as the youth, _ is well cast and Edna Murphy, as the wife, is daintily wistful and winsome. Others deserving of a word of mention are Flora Finch and Gordon Begg The piece was I adapted by Tom Terriss from a story in Smart Set by T. Howard Kelley, and capably directed by Mr. Terris FINE B. O. FILM