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From all indications, 1924 bids fair to be a Happy New Year for picturegoers. It certainly has started well, and among outstanding pictures viewed, must be counted Norma Talmadge's Ashes of Vengeance, which cine-goers will have opportunity to see during the present month. There is a charm and dignity attaching to this latest effort of the popular Norma which outranks anything we can recall in any previous effort of the talented First National star. The picture is longer than customary with the regular cinema but so are The Covered Wagon, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and other outstanding features, which provide a full evening's entertainment. Ashes of Vengeance was heralded as
PICTURES TO SEE THIS MONTH
Miss Talmadge's most ambitious effort, and for once the herald was not mistaken.
The Costume Picture.
The costume picture has come into its own,
and to quote a once popular ditty " Everybody's doin' it " and, on the whole, very well.
Now comes Richard Barthelmess with a costume picture and an English story that should go a long way towards establishing this undoubtedly talented artist and protege of D. W. Griffith in his rightful place in the hearts of British picturegocrs. Of the success of Barthelmess abroad there can be no question. His Tol'ablc Daz'id — a picture which, by the. way. delighted British critics, but curiously enough found less favour with the public — gained the Gold Medal for merit in America. Barthelmess is worthy of and sure of popular approval anywhere, and while it is never safe to predict, we venture to say that in The Fighting Blade, a romance of the days of Cromwell, Richard will come into his own in Great Britain. A feature of this picture is the talented work of Dorothy McKaill. the Yorkshire girl who has risen to front rank
FEBRUARY 1924
in America, and who was last seen in Mighty Lak a Rose, a picture which gained fame through its presentation last Autumn in Dartmoor Prison, under unusual circumstances.
Children of Dust.
Picturegoers who remember the delights of Humorcsque, will be glad to learn that the director of that picture, Mr. Frank Borzage, has followed up this work, with another appealing photoplay, Children of Dust, which will be presented by First National Pictures Ltd., during the coming month. Having much of the tender heart interest, and many of the moments of deep sentiment and light comedy, which made his other picture famous, Children of Dust will be welcomed as a further contribution from such a famous director as Frank Borzage. In the cast are Pauline Garon, Johnny Walker of Over the Hill fame, and Lloyd Hughes. The story, of a particularly appealing type, tells the loves of a poor boy for a little rich girl, and how, despite the obstacles created by social barriers, love finally wins out.
Altogether Ashes of Vengeance. Children of the Dust, and The Fighting Blade form a notable trio amongst the month's best offerings
Each of them possesses those very elements which assure a picture of success — heart appeal, romance and stirring action. Each contains stars of undoubted talent and proven accomplishment, and each is remarkable for the genius displayed by that frequently forgotten hero " the man behind the megaphone."