Screen Opinions (1923-24)

3 ALL THE “TRUTH" ABOUT PICTURES wayward brother, believes she is false. The situation clears and Peggy, forgiven, continues on the road of romance. PROGRAM COPY— “Just Like a Woman”— With an All-Star Cast, headed by Marguerite de la Motte and Ralph Graves Pretty Peggy Dean taught her snobbish aunts a lesson they would not soon forget, and incidentally that actresses can be just as good as other folks. Marguerite de la Motte and Ralph Graves head the cast of this interesting production. “WHERE THE PAVEMEHT ENDS” — Class A-b (Adapted from “The Passion Vine”) Story: — Romance of Missionary’s Daughter and Youth of Tropical Island VALUE CAST Photography — Superior — John F. Seitz. TYPE OF PICTURE— Romantic— Thrilling. Moral Standard — Good. Story — Good — Drama — Family. Cast — Superior — All-Star, with Alice Terry and Ramon Navarro. Author — Good — John Russell. Direction — Superior — Rex Ingram. Adaptation — Superior — Rex Ingram. Technique — Superior. Spiritual Influence — Good. Producer — Metro Footage — Matilda Spencer Motauri Captain Hull Gregson Pastor Spencer Napuka Joe April 1 to 15, 1923. 7,006 ft. Alice Terry . .Ramon Navarro . . . .Harry Morey Edward Connelly John George Distributor — Metro Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE— None. One of Ingram’s Best — Beautiful Scenic Backgrounds — Ramon Navarro a Distinct Success A simple story has been used effectively in the latest Rex Ingram production, “Where the Pavement Ends,” a story so simple in plot and construction that its screen presentation, entrusted to other hands than Mr. Ingram’s, might have resulted in just an ordinary movie. As it is the production is one of unusual beauty. The character of the native youth, Motauri, as played by Ramon Navarro, is clean, manly and decidedly different from the general run of screen impersonations. There is not a moment of the picture in which Navarro loses sight of the romantic quality of the part he plays. His Motauri is indeed a picturesque figure, and had this young actor not already established himself in the heart of the public, there could be no question regarding the niche he is to fill among popular screen artists. Alice Terry, as Matilda, daughter of a missionary on a tropical island, is more exquisite than ever, and in this picture she seemed to the writer more natural and sincere in her work than ever before. The staging of the picture on the rugged coast line of a tropical island, with some genuine natives taking active parts, affords a number of interesting and beautiful scenes. A beautiful and thrilling series of scenes occur where Motauri takes Matilda a short cut to the shore down the steps of a waterfall. This is one of the most convincing thrills that we have seen in pictures, for closeups record that in this apparently dangerous descent through mad waters no one is doubling for the players. Another thrilling moment occurs where Captain Hull Gregson (played by Harry Morey) and Motauri clutch in deadly conflict, leaving the former a corpse on the floor of his home. This fight is especially well staged and drags the spectator to the edge of his seat. The director has extracted the last drops of romance from the story even to the scene at the edge of the falls, where Motauri, after failing to win a promise of marriage from the girl he loves, dies with his hands entwined in the passion vine. Edward Connelly gives a good performance as Pastor Spencer, and Harry Morey is excellent in the role of the brutal, unshaven Captain Gregson. STORY OF THE PLAY Matilda Spencer, daughter of a missionary in the island of Wailoa, is loved by a native youth, Motauri. When the brutal Captain Hull Gregson, who keeps the saloon at the other end of the village, wins her father’s consent to marry her because he has promised to close the saloon, and has also presented the mission with a door lantern, she listens to Motauri’s love and consents to go with him to the neighboring island where he is the chief of the islanders. Gregson has forestalled Matilda’s escape by ordering all the boats to be removed from the shore. Motauri, in search of a boat, is made prisoner by Gregson, who a few moments later is killed (Continued on next page) No Advertising Support Accepted!