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ALL THE “TRUTH” ABOUT PICTURES 215
PROGRAM COPY— “The Darling of the Rich”— Featuring Betty Blythe
You have never seen a more beautifully gowned production or a more lovely star than the one who greets you in “The Darling of the Rich.” Betty Blythe is the star who plays in a thrilling melodrama, supported by an excellent cast.
“BARRIERS OF FOLLY”— Class C
(Especially prepared for screen)
Story: — Ranchman Saves Girl’s Property from Crooks
• VALUE CAST
Photography — Average — Not credited. Tim Buckley George Larkin
TYPE OF PICTURE— Sensational. May Gordon Eva Novak
Moral Standard — Average. Wallace Clifton Wilfrid Lucas
■' Madge Spencer Lillian West
Story — Average — Melodrama — Family. Perry Wilson Bud Osborne
Star — Average — George Larkin. Wong Foo Karl Silvera
Author — Average — Theodore Rockwell.
Direction — Average — Edward Kull.
Adaptation — Average — Not credited.
Technique — Average. ■ — — " ' ■
Spiritual Influence — Neutral. February 15 to 28, 1923.
Producer — Russell Productions Footage — 4,800 ft. Distributor — State Rights
Our Opinion
MORAL O’THE PICTURE — Be Wary About Trusting Strangers.
Average Melodrama for Cheap Localities
“Barriers of Folly” is an average western melodrama, a part of which is enacted in Chinatown. Eva Novak does as well as possible with the role of the girl who trusted a stranger and found herself imprisoned in a Chinese den. George Larkin is satisfactory as the hero, who not only discovers oil on the ranch owned by the girl but rescues her from the enemy and later marries her. Audiences in cheap sections will be much pleased with this picture, which is, however, not strong enough in artistic or entertainment values for the better residential sections.
STORY OF THE PLAY
Jim Buckley and May Gordon own neighboring ranches. When May has been lured away to the city by a crook he follows and rescues her from a den in Chinatown, and saves her ranch and his own, on both of which he has discovered oil, from the crook. The story closes with their betrothal.
PROGRAM COPY — “Barriers of Folly” — Featuring George Larkin
Jim Buckley’s judgment of the wily stranger who lured the girl he loved away to the city proved correct when he had to stage a series of wild adventures to save her. See this melodrama, with George Larkin and Eva Novak ; it’s of the thrilling sort.
“GIMME”— Class A
(Especially prepared for screen)
Story: — Newlyweds Adjusting Financial Problems
VALUE
Photography — Very good — John J. Mescall. TYPE OF PICTURE— HumorousProblematic.
Moral Standard — Good.
Story — Very good — Comedy-drama — Family. Cast — Very good — All-Star, with Helene Chadwick and Gaston Glass.
Authors — Very good — Rupert and Adelaide Hughes.
Direction — Very good — Rupert Hughes. Adaptation — Very good — Rupert Hughes.
T echnique — Good.
Spiritual Influence — Good.
Producer — Goldwyn Footage
CAST
Fanny Daniels Helene Chadwick
Clinton Ferris Gaston Glass
Mrs. Roland Ferris Kate Lester
Clothilde Kingsley Eleanor Boardman
Claude Lambert.. David Imboden
Mrs. Cedily McGimsey ' May Wallace
Miss Annabel Wainwright. Gloria Woodthorpe
John McGimsey H. B. Walthall
Lizzie Jean Hope
February 15 to 28, 1923.
-5,767 ft. Distributor — Goldwyn
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