Screen Opinions (1923-24)

ALL THE “TRUTH” ABOUT PICTURES 231 “STORMSWEPT”— Class D (Especially prepared for screen) Story: — Friendship of Two Seamen Threatened in Quarrel Over Woman VALUE Photography — Good — Ben Reynolds. TYPE OF PICTURE— Uninteresting. Moral Standard — Average. Story — Fair — Melodrama — Family. Cast — Good — Featuring Noah and Wallace Beery. Author — Fair— H. H. Van Loan. Direction — Fair — Robert Thornby. Adaptation — Fair — Winifred Dunn. Technique — Fair. Spiritual Influence — Neutral. Producer — Not known Footage CAST William McCabe Wallace Beery Shark Moran Noah Beery Ann Reynolds Virginia Browne Faire Nelda McCabe Arline Pretty Snape Jack Carlyle March 1 to IS, 1923. ■5,000 ft. Distributor — F. B. O. Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE— None. Slender Plot Has Fine Sea Backgrounds, But Is Poorly Developed Unfortunately the plot of “Stormswept” offers very little in the way of entertainment. The story starts out with a big idea which causes the spectator to grope indefinitely for some moral issue concerning unbreakable bonds of friendship, for nothing of account happens. The sea atmosphere is excellent, and much interest should be aroused from this fact. One of the thrilling moments of the picture occurs when a madman climbs the mast of the light ship during a storm and smashes the lamps. Another point of interest in the picture is the fact that the Beery brothers, Wallace and Noah, appear together in the two leading roles. Needless to say, their work is beyond criticism. The story concerns two men whose friendship is formed through association on a light ship. The first break occurs over a woman picked up from a foundered row boat. When one of the pair learns that she is the wife of his friend and the cause of his unhappiness, he forgets the jealousy that caused him to attack him. The unscrupulous woman scorned, the two men shake hands, vowing undying friendship. “WHILE PARIS SLEEPS”— Class C (Adapted from "The Glory of Love") Story: — Artist’s Model and Lover Victims of Sculptor’s Jealousy VALUE CAST Photography — Good — Rene Guissart. Bebe Mildred Manning TYPE OF PICTURE — Sensational. Santados Lon Chaney Moral Standard — Average. Lover Jack Gilbert Story — Average — Romantic melodrama — Adults. Cast — Good — All-Star. Author — Average — Pan. Direction — Average — Maurice Tourneur. Adaptation — Average — Not credited. Technique — Good. ■ ■■ ■ . Spiritual Influence — Neutral. March 1 to 15, 1923. Producer — Maurice Tourneur Footage — 4,850 ft. Distributor — W. W. Hodkinson Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE— None. Unpleasant Story Has Convincing Atmosphere An unhappy choice of subject destroys to a certain extent the claim to merit of the Maurice Tourneur production “While Paris Sleeps.” There is little to be gained in spending time on the unnecessary screening of horrors; and after the final reel of this picture is run all you have to carry away with you is the memory of a troubled romance which is overshadowed by the jealousy of a sculptor and the machinations of a madman who became demented over (Continued on next page) No Advertising Support Accepted!