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SCREEN OPINIONS WEEKLY SERVICE
PROGRAM COPY — “Salome” — Featuring Nazimova
A life for a kiss ! This was the sin of Salome when she loved the physical body of Jokanaan beyond the call of the soul. Here is the superb Nazimova at her best in a play by the famous author, Oscar Wilde. Don’t miss it.
“LUCKY DAN”— Class C
(Especially prepared for screen)
Story: — Cowboy Earns a Wife Through His Inheritance (
VALUE CAST
Photography — Average — Not credited. “Lucky Dan” Richard Talmadge
TYPE OF PICTURE — Ordinary. (Remainder of cast not available)
Moral Standard — Average.
Story — Average — Comedy-melodrama — Family Star — Average — Richard Talmadge.
Author — Average — Not credited.
Direction — Average — Not credited.
Adaptation — Average— Not credited.
Technique — Average.
Spiritual Influence — Neutral. February 15 to 28, 1923.
Producer — Phil Goldstone Footage — 4,700 ft. Distributor — State Rights
Our Opinion
MORAL O’THE PICTURE— None.
Ordinary Production Fails to Give Star Proper Opportunity
“Lucky Dan” is an ordinary picture in which Richard Talmadge is not given the opportunity that he deserves. The director has paid little attention to putting the star’s personality over, and consequently a good deal of the action falls flat. The plot, in which a trivial romance is about all there is, doesn't interest strongly. But as a saving grace Talmadge does a few acrobatics for exercise.
STORY OF THE PLAY
Lucky Dan, a romantic cowboy, falls in love with a pretty girl, and persistently pursues her in spite of her father’s objections to him, principally on the grounds of poor business ability. It so happens that Dan inherits a fortune when the tune of his prospective father-in-law changes, and he becomes the “fair-haired boy.”
PROGRAM COPY — “Lucky Dan” — Featuring Richard Talmadge
Lucky Dan loved a girl more than her father loved him. But love plus an inheritance proved too much for the enemy, and so the tale ends happily. Don’t miss seeing somersaulting Dick Talmadge in his latest.
“FURY”— Class A-c
(Especially prapared for screen)
Story: — Sea Captain Punishes Man Who Wronged Mother
VALUE
Photography — Excellent— Roy Overbaugh. TYPE OF PICTURE — Brutal— Interestin; Moral Standard — Good.
Story — Excellent — Melodrama — Family. Star — Excellent — Richard Barthelmess. Author — Excellent — Edmund Goulding. Direction — Excellent — Henry King. Adaptation — Excellent — Edmund Goulding. Technique — Excellent.
Spiritual Influence — Good.
Producer — Inspiration Pictures, Inc.
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Minnie
Captain Leyton
Morgan
Looney Luke. . Boy’s Mother. .
CAST
Richard Barthelmess
Dorothy Gish
Tyrone Power
Pat Hartigan
Barry Macollum
Jessie Arnold
February 15 to 28, 1923.
Footage — 8,709 ft. Distributor — First National
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