Screen Opinions (1923-24)

200 SCREEN OPINIONS WEEKLY SERVICE which destroy the plant. This latter is splendidly accomplished, and hands out a genuine thrill to the spectator. The supporting cast does good work, and the picture can be relied on to give good satisfaction. STORY OF THE PLAY Bruce Henderson is fired from his position as manager of a powder and fireworks plant because he deals in too hot-tempered a fashion with the various grievances that are continually happening. Lucille, daughter of John Danby, owner of the plant, marries him, but later leaves him because of his unreasonable temper. Later, believing that his successor. Mower, is stealing from Mr. Danby, Bruce enters the plant in disguise, taking a menial position for purposes of detecting the crime. When he is about to expose the culprit, Mower’s agents, in a last effort to rob Danby, are caught in the act by Lucille, who is then shut in the safe along with her father. In getting away, Mower shoots at Bruce and hits a case of explosives which starts a series of explosions that destroy the plant. Bruce releases Lucille and her father, and takes them to safety through an underground tunnel, in which is moored a boat belonging to the thieves. The story ends with reconciliation between Bruce and Lucille. PROGRAM COPY — “The Flaming Hour” — Featuring Frank Mayo If you want to see one of the most thrilling explosions ever staged don’t miss “The Flaming Hour,” featuring Frank Mayo and a splendid cast. It’s an A-l melodrama. “WOMEN MEN MARRY”— Class A (Especially prepared for screen) Story: — Experience of Girl Adopted by Wealthy Employer VALUE CAST Photography — Very good — Roy Overbaugh. Emerie Rogers Florence Dixon TYPE OF PICTURE— FASCINATING. Dick Clark E. K. Lincoln Moral Standard — Average. Aunt Gertrude Julia Swayne Gordon ■ 1 11 — ■ Hetty Page Margaret Sedden Story — Very good — Drama — Family. Eleanor Carter Hedda Hopper Cast — Very good — All-Star. Lord Brooks Fitzroy Cecil Chadwick Author — Very good — Adelaide Heilbron. Direction — Very good — Edward Dillon. Adaptation — Very good — Adelaide Heilbron. Technique — Very good. 1 — — Spiritual Influence — Neutral. February 1 to IS, 1923. Producer — Genius Films F'ootage — 5,986 ft. Distributor — State Rights Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE— False Pride Must Have a Fall. Interesting Picture — Direction Very Good — Cast Well Chosen “Women Men Marry” is not only interesting in subject matter but is unusually well developed and is played by a cast of players chosen for type and talent. For instance, no one could portray more convincingly the snobbish Emerie Rogers, whose pride has a dreadful fall when she learns that in place of being a daughter of one of the oldest families of the country, she is merely the butler’s daughter. And Hedda Hopper has both the intelligence and the appearance to play the role of Eleanor Carter effectively. E. K. Lincoln, too, is quite the type for the role of Dick Clark, a college man without money posing as butler to the purse proud. Then there is Lord Brooks Fitzroy, so ably portrayed* by Cecil Chadwick, who manages to get a goodly amount of comedy out of the part. The picture is well directed, and one of the most skillful touches is noticeable in the pronounced method in which the formalities of the rich are presented. This has just a shade of irony. The settings are beautiful, and altogether the production is quite worth while. It is well suited to neighborhood houses in the best residential sections. STORY OF THE PLAY Emerie Rogers, reared in the belief that she is the daughter of a rich man, does not dream that the cook and the butler of the household are really her parents. A trip to England with Aunt Gertrude, bent on marrying her to a title, ends by her falling in love with a ship stoker on the return trip. Later the stoker, who turns out to be a college-bred man without money, enters the service of the Rogers. The death of Mr. Rogers, who has married his secretary, reveals the truth about Emerie’s birth. Sixty days after his death a second will is read which, instead of cutting her off as at first supposed, gives her a beautiful country estate and cash to run it. Dick Clark, former stoker, becomes her husband. PROGRAM COPY — “Women Men Marry” — With an All-Star Cast Neither her training nor her snobbish pride could restrain Emerie Rogers from falling in love with a mere man. You’ll find plenty to amuse in “Women Men Marry,” with an all-star cast. No Advertising Support Accepted!