Screen Opinions (1923-24)

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 (Continued on next page) No Advertising Support Accepted!