Screen Opinions (1923-24)

242 SCREEN OPINIONS WEEKLY SERVICE “NOTORIETY”— Class B (Especially prepared for screen) Story: — Waif’s Passion for Notoriety Involves Her in Murder Case VALUE Photography — Very good — Not credited. TYPE OF PICTURE— Sensational. Moral Standard — Average. Story — Good — Melodrama — Family. Cast — Very good— All-Star. Author — Good — William Nigh. Direction — Good — William Nigh. Adaptation — Good — William Nigh. Technique — Good. Spiritual Influence — Average. Producer — North-Weber Footage CAST “Pigeon” Deering Maurine Powers Ann Boland Mary Alden Author Beal Rod La Roque "Batty” George Hackathorne Horace Wedderburn J. Barney Sherry Tom Robbins Richard Travers Dorothy Wedderburn Mona Lisa Van Dyke Gibson John Galsworthy Theatrical Agent Anders Randolph March 1 to IS, 1923. 8,000 ft. Distributor — State Rights Oar Opinion MORAL O'THE PICTURE — Notoriety Is a Short Cut to Oblivion. Entertaining Melodrama Teaches Valuable Lesson “Notoriety” is a picture that will be welcome in any theatre, any community. It has an excellent moral which is well pointed, and is presented in a fetching melodramatic style. It does not stand out as a particularly artistic production, nor is the plot without its weak spots; but that is neither here nor there in the question of the lesson it teaches, and the average person is going to be very well satisfied with it. The idea of investing the passion for notoriety in a young and uncultured girl was a happy thought; for in so doing the dangerous character of said desire is most easily pictured. Who would have thought that a mere child could so crave publicity that she would pretend to crime? And yet the idea works out naturally and effectively in the picture. Maurine Powers is remarkably well suited to the role of the waif “Pigeon.” This beautiful young actress is deserving of more frequent appearance on the screen. Mary Alden as Ann, a woman whose desire for fame made her a headliner in the newspapers and then swept her into oblivion, is excellent. George Hackathorne, Rod La Roque, Mona Lisa and other members of the cast are entirely praiseworthy. STORY OF THE PLAY "Pigeon” Deering, a waif, so desires notoriety that on the occasion of a certain murder she pretends to have been the person who committed it. After it is proved that she could hare had nothing to do with it, the mother of the lawyer for the defense takes her to her home in the country to save her from a couple of agents who seek to exploit her. She falls in love with and marries the young lawyer. PROGRAM COPY — “Notoriety” — Featuring an All-Star Cast Destiny was kind to “Pigeon” Deering when it threw a protecting arm about her and saved her from herself. Beautiful Maurine Powers, Mary Alden, George Hackathorne and Rod La Rocque are included in the cast of this unusual melodrama. “CLOUDED NAME”— Class E (Especially prepared for screen) Story : — Return of Man’s Memory Clears Situation for Lovers VALUE Photography — Good — Jean Logan. TYPE OF PICTURE — Interesting. Moral Standard — Average. Story — Poor — Drama — Family. Cast — Good — Featuring Norma Shearer. Author — Poor — Tom Bret. Direction — Poor — Austin O. Huhn. Adaptation — Poor — Not credited. Technique — Poor. Spiritual Influence — Neutral. Producer — Logan Productions CAST Marjorie Dare Jim Allen Smiles Stewart Leighton Sam Slocum Ben Tangleface Norma Shearer .Gladden James .Yvonne Logan . . Richard Neill • Charles Miller ..Fred Eckhart March 1 to 15, 1923. Footage — 5,000 ft. Distributor — Playgoers (Continued on next page) No Advertising Support Accepted!