Paramount Press Books (1918)

EXHIBITOR’S PRESS BOOK PRESS STORIES PUBLICITY and ACCESSORIES • FAMOUS PLAYERS -LASKY CORPORATION ,, _ * ADOLPH ZUKOR pres JESSE L. LASKY Via Prvs. CECIL B. DE M ILLE Dinar Cu AD CUTS and MATS IMPORTANT NOTES ON ENID BENNETT’S PHOTOPLAY “THE MARRIAGE RING” ENID BENNETT, STAR. TALENTED as she is charming, Enid Bennett, the popular Thomas H. Ince-Paramount star, | has won an envied place in the foremost rank of | American screen players. Miss Bennett, who is one of the most captivating of the Thomas H. Ince galaxy of stars, is a young artist of engaging personality whose beauty, coupled with rare artistry as an actress, has rallied beneath her standard an army of admirers of a magnitude to which few cinema stars may lay claim. Under the tutelage of Mr. Ince, Miss Bennett has blossomed forth into the flower of her maturity as an exponent of the best the silent drama is capable of offering to the motion picture loving public. Her success in “The Biggest Show on Earth”, “A Desert Wooing”, “The Vamp” and “Coals of Fire”, her recent screen offerings, was enormous. Her role in “The Marriage Ring”, that of a wife who, after being degraded to the uttermost by her scoundrelly husband, finds release from torment and happiness in the love of a worthy man in Hawaii, is vastly different from anything she has essayed hitherto, but in its portrayal, as the picture evidences, her genius has risen to loftier heights of artistic expression. FRED NIBLO, DIRECTOR. JH RED NIBLO, for many years a prominent figure in the legitimate drama, who recently became the husband of Miss Bennett and made his screen debut in her support in “Coals of Fire”, directed “The Marriage Ring” with signally gratifying results under the supervision of Thomas H. Ince. Mr. Niblo possesses all the requirements needed for successful direction — poise, discretion, sagacity, knowledge of screen technique and cultivated dramatic taste. In his direction of his wife’s latest starring vehicle he has exhibited all these qualities in the highest degree. THE SCENARIST. rTH HE story of “The Marriage Ring” was written by John Lynch, a most capable screen writer. Mr. Lynch is author of several notable film successes. His work is characterized by skill of a high order and his knowledge of screen .technique covers a wide range. A BEAUTIFUL STORY . ANNE MERTONS, a woman of refinement until she became the wife of Hugo Mertons, a gambler and all-round crook, is forced to assist him in fleecing men of wealth. She tires of this degrading employment and resolves to quit her husband. When he suspects her design he arranges to go to Honolulu where, he is convinced, his field of operations may be successfully enlarged. He entices a wealthy man from Honolulu to his apartment in San Francisco with the design of fleecing him in a game at cards. The visitor catches him cheating and after denouncing the couple as crooks, he makes complaint to the apartment clerk, who orders them to vacate their rooms. Anne, who has received a ticket to Honolulu from her husband, announces her intention to quit him whereupon he threatens her with a revolver. She seizes it and in the struggle that follows the weapon is discharged and Mertons falls to the floor apparently dead. Anne escapes from the room and steams for Honolulu, believing herself a murderess. On the steamship she meets Rodney Heathe, a wealthy sugar planter with whom she falls in love. He is accompanied by his mother who invites Anne to stay at her home. Meanwhile Mertons recovers from his wound and goes to Hawaii as assistant to Koske, a German spy who has been commissioned by Berlin to burn the sugar cane on the Island. Mertons sees his wife, forces her to leave the Heathe plantation and imprisons She overhears Koske and her husband complete the details of their plot, escapes as the fires are started and with the aid of some natives saves the Heathe plantation from destruction. She is overpowered by smoke and found by Heathe who is caring for her when Mertons, half blind and burned almost to a crisp, enters and falls dead at their feet. Anne and Heathe then plight their troth. THE SUPPORTING PLAYERS. 1WI ISS BENNETT’S support in “The Marriage . Ring” is of the highest class. Her leading man is Jack Holt, an actor with a fine personality, while Robert McKim, one of the best villains on the screen, has an exceptional role. Charles K. French, a^ splendid actor, and Maude George and Lydia Knott are seen to great advantage in congenial parts. TABLE OF CONTENTS Front Cover — Billing Inside Front Cover Production Cuts and Mats Page Editorial and Contents. . • 1 Special Feature Article... 3 Cast and Story 5 Press Reviews 7 Advertising Cuts and Mats 9-11 Advance Press Stories 13-15 Accessories • ■ 17 Mail Campaign 18-19 Inside Back Cover — Advertising Posters Back Cover Current Releases her in his hut.