Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

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And, proving that you never can tell about a woman, particularly when she is a star, she does the most satisfying work that she has accomplished before the camera. Although she has heretofore been the coldest and most elusive of film actresses, she is appealing in this picture and you cannot help believing in her, even if you have never believed in her before. The story, written by Nalbro Hartley and directed by Edward Dillon, is just another version of "The Ugly Duckling." Mrs. Castle is the homely daughter of a musical comedy star. When her mother meets a violent death, she is left alone in the world. Out of pity, a "man about town" marries her. She is such an impossible frump that she drives him to Egypt, probably in search of Cleopatra. When he comes home, he finds her a swan. And does he love her? I'll say he does. William P. Carleton is the husband. '^HIS WIFE'S MONEY— Select Gold and romance here are not good teammates, particularly when the woman in the romance has the gold. In "His Wife's Money," Eugene O'Brien is seen as a young man who absolutely refuses to be suffocated by the luxury showered upon him by the heiress whom he marries. So he goes West to accumulate his own little pile, which he does with ease and dispatch. It isn't a complicated story and it isn't a brilliant one but it has a proper, — and not an improper, — amount of romance for Mr. O'Brien. It was produced by Ralph Ince and busy Zena Keefe plays the role of the lady with the money. THE PRINCE OF AVENUE A Universal The music cue for this picture is "East Side, West Side, All Around the Town." James Corbett is seen as the son of a ward boss who don't know nothing about society. But he humbles an ambitious politician, who needs his support but doesn't care for his manners. And he marries the daughter. Jack Ford directed the picture and made it a properly exciting story of the underworld of politics. Gentleman Jim is a real screen star. The younger generation will remember him as a handsome actor and not as a pugilist. APRIL FOLLY— Cosmopolitan As soon as the action of "April Folly" began to shift from Canada to South Africa, we knew that Cynthia Stockley was the author of the story. However, you need not expect another "Poppy^" Marion Davies' newest picture is merely the usual comedymelodrama. The picture is one of those "story-withina-story" affairs. Miss Davies is a magazine writer who makes herself the heroine of a great diamond robbery mystery. She reads the story to a publisher who not only accepts it but marries the writer. Some writers have all the luck. To us the best part of the picture comes when Miss Davies, after hiding in a trunk for several days, pops up and covers the villains with a gun. She looks fine and fit and wears a beautiful negligee. In fact, all the way through the picture she wears beautiful negligees. The Authors' Leagus ought to give her a vote of thanks for presenting the writing profession in such an attractive light. THE CAPITOL— Hodkinson "The Capitol" gives us a picture of the Washington of yesterday. Augustus Thomas' drama is several years old. The story, which centers about the wife of one of those incorruptible politicians, is conventional and it has been rather ineptly filmed. Leah Baird has a mother-and-daughter role. The same villain pursues her in both characters. The most interesting scenes are those which show the public building, streets and old houses of Washington. The atmosphere is correct but the story is out-of-date. However, a drama of Washington today would be too heart-breaking to screen. THE LAST STRAW— Fox Buck Jones is the name of Fox's new rowDoy star. He is first and foremost a stunt artist. He comes from the circus and apparently there isn't anything he doesn't know about horses. The story of "The Last Straw" shows Buck Jones rescuing a beautiful Eastern girl, played by Vivian Rich, from the dangers of super-effeteness. The West is again pictured as the land of bravery and daring — most of the daring being enacted by Mr. Jones. J BURNT WINGS— Universal Bayard Veiller's drama "The Primrose Path" furnishes the plot for "Burnt Wings." It is the story of an artist who is saved from starvation by a noble wife who sells herself to get money to pay for her husband's training. 'Tis not a pleasant tale but it has its dramatic moments. Unfortunately, you are not able to sympathize with the human beings who inhabit the story. Frank Mayo is seen as the artist, who is not an admirable sort of person. Josephine Hill is the wife. Betty Blythe is the vampire who tries to break up the already shattered home. Miss Blythe is an immensely clever actress. THE WILLIAM J. FLYNN SERIES— Republic William J. Flynn, former chief of the Secret Service, decided to "tell all." He proceeds to do so in eight pictures of two reels each. The stories are taken from the official records and they prove that life very often runs wild and melodramatically. The first three pictures in the series are "The Silkless Banknote," "Outlaws of the Dtep" and "The Five Dollar Plate." There is enough material in each of them for a five reel picture. For terseness of action and for human interest, they rank with the O. Henry series. Wilson Mizner wrote the scenarios and they are models of brevity. The "crook stuff" is lightened with plenty of comedy and many scenes of unpretentious pathos. Herbert Rawlinson is the star of the series. He is the master detective. He has a likeable personality and he plays with dash and spirit. Of course, his appearance in the series will do much to make it popular. Every advertisement in PHOTOPLAY 5IAGAZINE Is guaranteed.