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SCREEN OPINIONS WEEKLY SERVICE
“ONE MILLION IN JEWELS”— Class B
(Especially prepared for screen)
Story: — Feminine Crook Gives Life to Save Detective She Loves
VALUE
Photography — Good— W. B. Teurs.
TYPE OF PICTURE— Adventurous.
Moral Standard — Average.
Story — Good — Melodrama — F amily.
Stars — Good — Helen Holmes and J. P. McGowan.
Author — Good — J. P. McGowan.
Direction — Good — J. P. McGowan Adaptation — Good — J. P. McGowan. Technique — Good.
Spiritual Influence — Neutral.
Producer — Brush Photoplays, Inc. Footage
CAST
Helen Morgan Helen Holmes
Burke J. P. McGowan
Sylvia Ellis Elinor Faire
Jane Angle Nellie Parker-Spaulding
George Beresford Charles Craig
William Abbott Leslie J. Casey
Morgan Herbert Pattee
March 1 to 15, 1923.
-5,326 ft. Distributor — American Releasing Corp.
Our Opinion
MORAL O’THE PICTURE— None.
Detective Story Rich in Adventure
“One Million in Jewels” brings two of the screen’s favorites back to life — Helen Holmes and J. P. McGowan. These players who in years past popularized themselves in thrilling serials and other melodramatic productions should meet with a good reception in this picture in which they co-star. The story, written and directed by J. P. McGowan, is an entertaining tale of how Burke, a secret service agent, hounded Helen Morgan who attempted to smuggle a collection of valuable jewels into the United States disguised in a box of chocolates. Helen falls in love with the detective and when he is attacked by her associates she steps between him and a deadly bullet and dies in his arms. Burke then realizes that Helen loved him. Helen Holmes has all of her old time vigor, and J. P. McGowan is just as sturdy a hero as of yore. We predict good success for “One Million in Jewels,” which is ordinary melodrama of the kind the masses like.
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“LAST HOUR”— Class C
(Adapted from “Blind Justice”)
Story: — Reformed Crook Saved From Sacrificing Life for Friend
VALUE CAST
Photography — Good — Max Dupont. Steve Cline Milton Sills
TYPE OF PICTURE — Unpleasant — Saidee McCall Carmel Myers
Sensational. Philip Logan Pat O’Malley
Moral Standard — Fair. Tom Cline Jack Mower
. i ■ . — Reever McCall Alec Francis
Story — Average — Melodrama — Adults. William Mallory Charles Clary
Cast — Very good — Featuring Milton Sills and “Red” Brown Walter Long
Carmel Myers. Governor Logan Eric Mayne
Author — Average — Frank R'. Adams.
Direction — Average — Edward Sloman.
Adaptation — Fair. — -Hilda Hollis.
Technique — Average. 1
Spiritual Influence — Neutral. March 1 to 15, 1923.
Producer — Edward Sloman Footage — 6,929 ft. Distributor — Mastodon Films, Inc. (C. C. Burr)
Our Opinion
MORAL O’THE PICTURE — Sins Committed Two by Two Must Be Paid for One by One
Unpleasant Detail Marks Production
No matter how much entertained one may be with the picture, “The Last Hour,” in which an excellent cast has been employed, we must confess that the director has handled the subject in an unwholesome way. And again we must admit that he had his hands full with a story whose main characters are crooks. The role played by Milton Sills is truly heroic, for Steve Cline is a fine fellow, who has long since reformed and earned himself respect and a fortune in an
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