Picturegoer (1922)

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54 THE PlCTUI5E-GO&f? MAY 1922 Film Star Sells Watches A curious camera position Chester H it hey directing a strange shot /or a Wallace Reid future To Readers of " Picturegoer " 1 [V/TV previous advertisements in these! columns have brought me such whole hearted response that 1 am simply overwhelmed by the enormous number oi orders received. Letters of satisfaction and testimonial- received by every post i inundate me daily. Here are a couple, the originals of which, and of hundreds more, can be scon at any time at my premises. Somerset Cottage, Malvern Links. 25/3/3*. " I am more tlmn pleased uitli the watch received and am forwarding P.O. for another." (Miss) V. lit KSTON. South Lowestoft. 30/3/23. "1 have received bracelet watch safely. Many thanks. I am more than satisfied, and will recommend you to my friends." (Miss) . In view of this, i have decided for the present to desert the " Movie " world, and to yive my readers a further opportunity of purchasing these amazingly cheap watches. Having secured the entire new stock of another reliable manufacturer, I am now able to bold out the exceptional offer of an elegant 4-guinea genuino (iold-hlled, expanding Bracelet Watch, jewelled movement, timed to a minute a month, 4 O /£ for | 0/0 Guaranteed 5 years. Post free. Embodied in this unique offer you have surety that ymir money will ,h: refunded if not more than pleased— under the usual " Picturcgoer" guarantee. 1'tne Art Catalogue sent to any reader Post /-tee Send post card to-day. AN IDEAL GIFT FOR MEN What more approp r i a t e present could you give him than this 3guinea solid Silver, Hall marked Pocket Watch with j (Well e d lever movement ? Guaranteed h ir 5 sears. which costs you ONLY 18/6 If unable to send full cash, send -■ ', deposit in each 1 the rest in weekly instalments to :— DEREK DALE 37, Bcrnen Street. Oxford Street, London, W.l (THE PARAMOUNT Co). suited to Iter. The plot is highly artificial, too, and though the general production is good, the film as a whole cannot be called a winner. It is the story of an Italian girl, and much of the action takes place in and on a lighthouse. It was the outcome of ideas gathered by Francis Marion and Mary Pickford when they were in Italy many months ago. Wonderfully realistic animal scenes form the great attraction of Kenan, the James Oliver Curwood story in its screened form. There are also tine snow and blizzard scenes, and an unusual story, for the biography of the wolf-dog " Kazan " and his mate is the first consideration. A human interest has been added, and we get a hero, heroine and villain ; but the four-legged actors are the most engrossing. Uncannily patient must the directors and camera-man have been to secure the necessary shots of so many different animals, both wild and tame, and, in the end, "Kazan " the dog brings a murderer to justice after he had successfully evadeti the law for some time. Snow-storms, too, are undoubtedly the real thing, though there is just one lapse which keen -eyed " fault "-finders are sure to spot sooner or later. Jane Novak heads a very good cast, and Edwin Wallock is an exceedingly realistic villain. The dog " Kazan " seems almost human in his intelligence, and the atmosphere of the North is quite perfect. The younger of the fair Novak sisters, Eva, also appears on British screens this month. She plays heroine in The Torrent, a feature that seems as though it ought to have been a serial. Action is rapid, and though the story is obvious, it holds much suspense in its primitive melodramatics. The heroine jumps overboard a yacht to save herself from a hated husband. There is the usual convenient island upon which she is seen later a refugee. Others are likewise cast away there, and a gang of villains and an aviator figure in some romantic and thrilling episodes, during which hero and heroine alternately rescue one another. Jack Curtis is a most repulsive villain ; Jack Perrin a manly hero. He certainly earns his money in this film, for he is tied fiat on his back to a floating raft whilst the surf dashes over him. The photography is good, especially the storm at sea and the night scenes, which were taken by the aid of powerful searchlights. Fans who like finding " faults " should give this picture their full attention. France sends us this month one none too interesting society drama, with pretty Huguette Duflos as its star. Its title is The Love Trap, and though the story is commonplace, it is commendably simple, and the acting good and generally convincing. From Italy come two dramas, the first a mystery photoplay, in which a murder is committed, and the identity of the man responsible for it is cleverly concealed until the very end. This features Rina Maggi, and M. Parnol, and Emma Farnesi, and will please most film fans. The other is A Poor Young Man, with Pina Menichelli and Gustave Salvini in the principal roles, and is a society story with an unusual type of heroine. It is well produced, and the characters are interesting, though the acting, which is of the usual Italian quality, will irritate some folk by its peculiarities. Dramatic situations abound in Just Outside the Door, in which J. Barney Sherry, Betty Blythe, and Edith Hallor play the chief parts. The story hinges upon a millionaire employer's infatuation for a girl, the welfare secretary of a big factory. She has a brother who is a ne'er-do-well, and to save him she does everything in her power and is befriended by the fiancee of the millionaire. It is a somewhat complicated plot, and crowded with incident, which, however, is so well handled that the drama of it grips all the time. The feature is beautifully produced, and some lovely garden and interior scenes are shown. The benevolent-looking middle-aged millionaire, played by J . Barney Sherry, is the most interesting of the characters ; Betty Blythe makes sympathetic a rather unsym pathetic character ; and Edith Hallor is an intense and quite satisfactory heroine. The long-drawn-out police [Continued ••« pagi 56,