Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1923)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section ioi The Shadow Stage [ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 1 ] THE AFFAIRS OF LADY HAMILTON — Hodkinson rpHE German producer takes a mean delight *■ in the portrayal of historical English indiscretions. This time the victim is Lady Hamilton, who had as many affairs as she had gowns. The poor lady comes to a bad finish — but her road of life is not a monotonous one, and that's something! The German idea of an intrigue is slightly heavy — as are the German heroines. Not for children. DEAD GAME— Universal X_TOOT GIBSON does some hard riding and ■*■ ■'■some quick thinking, in this picture. For there are two husky villains and a whole flock of confederates to be foiled — and all in six reels, too. But Hoot outguesses the outlaws, and gets the girl and even manages to escape from a trackless, and waterless, desert. Not an unusual western, but a good one! THE PRODIGAL SON— Stoll Film Corp HpHIS picture is so steeped in gloom that, ■*■ after a few reels of it, the sunlight seems green and the birds don't sing pretty. Churchyards, and death-beds; lost loves and debts and bitterness chase each other through the heavy shadows. Hall Caine may have written it, and all that — but it needs something to make it bearable. There are some splendid flashes of acting — but they are only flashes. SOUL OF THE BEAST— Metro A LITTLE abused Cinderella of the circus ■*»■ runs away with an elephant. They romp off, together, into the depths of the Canadian forest, and have ever so many adventures! Finally they become separated, and the girl is again reduced to the estate of a little drudge in a cheap tavern. But love enters the scene and all ends well. Even the elephant is in the final happy fade-out. WHAT WIVES WANT— Universal A NY director, with sense, would murmur ■**-"Who knows?" — and let it go at that! But this must needs follow the beaten track of elaborate parties, and another man, and whatnot until the brain reels! With a final, not very original realization, by the husband in the case, that all business and no love will wreck any marriage. There's a self-sacrificing sister, too. TRAILING AFRICAN WILD ANIMALS — Metro HpHIS picture, made by the Martin Johnsons, ■*■ is the best of its kind. Probably because fewer animals are slaughtered to make a movie holiday. In fact, the only animals killed are the ones that run amuck — and were quite obviously put out of the way in self defense. The best animal close-ups ever made, and some tremendous thrills. Terry Ramsaye's titles are a feature of the picture. THE CRITICAL AGE— Hodkinson A NOTHER of Ralph Connor's Glengarry •*»-stories — and slightly better than the last one that was picturized. The story is well told, but the force of the book is entirely lost, as is the spiritual element that was such a feature of all Connor's work. 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