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SCREEN OPINIONS WEEKLY SERVICE 205
Oar Classifications Are as Follows:
Class AA — Masterful. Class A-b — Superior. Class A-c — Excellent. Class A Very good.
Class B — Good. Class C — Average. Class D — Fair. Class E — Poor.
Every picture reviewed in SCREEN OPINIONS is analyzed according to its established values before arriving at a conclusion. The. independent summary in “Our Opinion’’ is submitted to you for final judgment, because in all cases you must have the last word when it comes to selecting the pictures. A thorough reading of “Our Opinion” will give a clearer idea of the nature of the picture, so that you may be better able to judge its money-making possibilities for you, its entertainment value and suitability for your patronage.
“PILGRIM”— Class B
(Especially prepared for screen)
Story: — Escaped Convict Takes Refuge in Parson's Clothes
VALUE CAST
Photography — Very good— Humorous. Escaped Convict Charlie Chaplin
TYPE OF PICTURE — Humorous. Girl ... Edna Purviance
Moral Standard — Average. A Visitor Sidney Chaplin
Story — Good — Farce-comedy — Adults.
Star — Good — Charlie Chaplin.
Author — Very good — Charlie Chaplin.
Direction — Good — Charlie Chaplin.
Adaptation — Good — Charlie Chaplin.
Technique — Good. —
Spiritual Influence — Neutral. February 15 to 28, 1923.
Producer — Charlie Chaplin Footage — 4,000 ft. Distributor — First National
Oar Opinion
MORAL O'TFIE PICTURE— None.
Not Up to Chaplin Standard — Some Originality, Vulgarity
We are not as sure about success of the latest Charlie Chaplin feature as we have been about some of his former productions. “The Pilgrim,” which has plenty of good farce situations, gets a poor start when Charlie as an exconvict assumes the garb and duties of a parson, hiding behind ministerial robes until he is discovered, arrested, and later set free at the Mexican border because of the sheriff’s admiration of his bravery in rescuing a widow’s mortgage money from a burglar. The scenes during the chase after the burglar are exceedingly humorous, and so also are those at the dinner table when the guest’s hat is discovered in the pudding. Chaplin reverts to one or two of the old comedy standbys that are tainted with vulgarity. The most original thing about this comedy is the effort of the sheriff to convey to his prisoner that he wishes to give him his freedom. The ex-prisoner, wending his way homeward, playing safe with one foot on one side of the border line and one on the other is sure to get a laugh.
STORY OF THE PLAY
An ex-convict, making his escape, steals a suit of clothes belonging to a parson who has gone in swimming, and boards a train. On reaching the next station he is mistaken for the new minister and becomes an object of interest in the community. Not daring to reveal his identity, he allows the farce to continue, until in rescuing mortgage money stolen from a widow, he is discovered and arrested. The sheriff, impressed with his effort to be honest, takes him to the Mexican border and frees him.
PROGRAM COPY — “The Pilgrim” — Featuring Charlie Chaplin
There’s a punch in every inch of “The Pilgrim,’’ in which Charlie Chaplin pulls a number of original farce comedy stunts. Don’t miss the best laugh of the season, in which an ex-convict tries to prove up to the dignity of the clothes he wears.
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