Picture-Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1918)

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The Screen in Review 115 cheer us with their comedy and leave the war in Europe. "The Danger Game," "Up the Road with Sallie," "Mr. Fix-It," "A Dog's Life," and "His Majesty Bunker Bean" are molded to make us laugh. Let's look into them a little closely. Boy, page the man who insisted the screen did not develop original writers ! We'll introduce him to Roy Somerville, fair, fat, and (age deleted), the merry author of "The Danger Game," in which Goldwyn stars Madge Kennedy. Roy speaks of Griffith as "Griff," which is some accomplishment in itself. He learned to do this while working in the old Fine Arts shop, doing stories for Fairbanks, the Gish sisters, and all the others. A year ago he came out of the West to free-lance, and "The Danger Game" is his best bet so far. Goldwyn, you may possibly remember, had Irvin Cobb, Roy Cooper Megrue, Margaret Mayo, and a number of others all ready to write pictures or to sign their names to adaptations from their stage successes. But, though Cobb may be a magic name in the magazines, and though Megrue may delight with his stage farces, the work of these two gentlemen has not been a knock-out on the screen. They do not know screen writing. Roy Somerville does — as witness Goldwyn's decision in producing his original scenario ; and the result — Madge Kennedy's best farce. Why they call it "The Danger Game" and attempt to pass it off as a melodrama is beyond me. It is in reality a merry farce, full of surprises and humorous situations and cleverly acted by Miss Kennedy and Tom Moore. "Up the Road with Sallie" is another delightful farce, featuring Constance Talmadge. Sprightly, spicy, witty, humorous, and pretty it is. Miss Talmadge is of enchanting appearance — that is, to my susceptible male eyes — Instead of hero and villain, there are two heroes The Wav Out."