Paramount Press Books (1919)

Advance Press Stories on “Puppy Love” To Be Sent to the Newspapers Prior to and During the Display of Lila Lee’s New Photoplay. A Paramount Picture A ROMANCE OF SWEET 16 IS LILA LEE’S NEW PICTURE, TUPPY LOVE’ Dainty Paramount Star Has Delightful Role in Fine Photoplay. A ROMANCE of sweet sixteen — such is “Puppy Love,” Lila Lee’s latest Paramount picture which will be exhibited at the theatre next She is the daughter of a hod carrier who has inherited wealth. She is pretty and full of the joy of life. Her sweetheart is romantic also. At the time when their "love” has become a tremendous passion, she is torn ruthlessly from his side and sent away to a town which is overrun with old maids. He goes to the village as a cub reporter to write up the afflicted burgh for the Sunday section of his newspaper. There is another admirer — a fat youth who suffers fearfully from the separation. He, too, goes to the village, to become an anchorite. The town dude also learns to like the girl. There are mislmderstandings. The girl tells the boy she hates him. She sends back his presents. He finds an old album containing pictures of half the village belles when they were in their teens. He uses these to illustrate the story of the town. Meanwhile, dying of love, the girl proposes to the fat boy that they elope ; then she writes the other boy and tells him what his cruelty has driven her to. The old maids are indignant at the article and set out to chastise the author but light on the wrong man — the lad who is eloping with the girl. Finally the boy and girl make it up — but whether they ever get married, the author doesn’t profess to know. Harold Goodwin is the leading man. CHARLES MURRAY FAMOUS COMEDIAN IS IN ‘TUPPY LOVE” Celebrated Irish Character Actor Supports Lila Lee in New Photoplay. DO you recall the old team of Murray and Mack? They made us laugh a number of years ago, when double Irish and double Dutch comedy was one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Then Mr. Murray went into screen work. His appearances in Paramount-Mack Sennett comedies have stamped him as one of the most brilliant burlesquers and legitimate comedians in the country. Recently, when “Puppy Love,” Lila Lee’s new Paramount picture which will be shown at the theatre next was being made in the West, they needed a comedian to play the role of her father, a hod carrier risen to wealth. Mr. Sennett was importuned and he loaned Charles Murray for the occasion. The latter enjoyed his dip into legitimate photodrama immensely. He kept everybody roaring, from cameraman to star, and did some of the funniest acting of his career in the character. Lila Lee is, of course, delightful in this story of Youth and Summertime. The rest of the cast is also fine, according to report. It is said to be one of the pictures of the year that you can’t afford to miss. R. William Neill was especially engaged to direct Lila Lee in this picture and he has produced what is declared to be a real gem among films. Mr. Neill is known for many fine pictures including a number of Thos. H. Ince productions for Paramount, starring Dorothy Dalton. He is an adept at the direction of pictures wherein the comedy and dramatic elements are felicitously combined. OH, DAYS OF YOUTH! LOVE’S SWEET HOURS, DAYS OF TUPPY LOVE’ If You Want to Return to Them For an Hour See Lila Lee in “Puppy Love.” IF you want to make an excursion backward in time, just climb into a seat at the theatre next , pay your fare as you enter and in a very short time, you’ll find yourself back in the years when ‘love is young in springtime’ and all the world is before you. Lila Lee is the star of the Paramount picture “Puppy Love” which is guaranteed to transport you into the past. It is a story by Monte M. Katterjohn, directed by R. William Neill. The latter calls “Puppy Love” a story of Youth and Summertime, and he has hit the nail on the head. It is delightful — that’s the only word to describe it. And as for comedy — never anything better was done by Mark Twain or his successors. Charles Murray is the comedian — you know, for you’ve seen him in Paramount-Mack Sennett comedies — and he is simply a “scream.” The entire cast is good. The story is good. The star is wonderful, and you’ll be simply carried away by the sweetness and the charm of the production. In “Puppy Love,” which is describd as a genuine novelty in the comedy-drama line, Miss Lee plays another of her delicious youthful roles, while Mr. Murray is seen as her father, an Irish hodcarrier who rises to wealth and fame and marries a lady of distinction. His attempts to “bust” into society are said to afford many laughs. The support headed by Harold Goodwin is unusually praiseworthy. 13