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Percentage
Masterful [Class A-a]— 100%
Superior [Class A-b]— 95%
Excellent [Class A-c] — 90%
Very Good [Class A ] — 80%
Figure Values
Good [Class B ] — 65%
Average [Class C ] — 50%
Fair [Class D ] — 40%
Poor [Class E ] — 25%
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“IN THE DAYS OF DANIEL BOONE”— [Serial] 80%
(Adapted from historical facts)
Story: — Adventures of Daniel Boone and Foster Son Overcoming Enemies of American Patriotism
VALUE
Photography — Good — Howard Oswald.
TYPE OF PICTURE — Historical, Sensational. Moral Standard — Good.
Story — V ery Good — Melodrama — Family.
Stars — Very good — Jack Mower and Eileen Sedgwick.
Author — Very good — Jefferson Moffit. Direction — Very good — William Craft. Adaptation — Very Good — Jefferson Moffit. Technique — Very good.
Spiritual Influence — Good.
Producer — U ni versal
CAST
Jack Gordon Jack Mower
Susan Boone Eileen Sedgwick
Daniel Boone Charles Brinley
Capt. Charles Redmond Albert J. Smith
Claire De Voe Ruth Royce
Simon Girty Duke R. Lee
General Braddock Hershall Mayall
Colonel George Washington . . Duke R. Lee
Judge Henderson Frank Farrington
James Monroe Jack Lewis
July IS to 31, 1923.
Distributor — Universal
Length — Fifteen Episodes
Our Opinion
MORAL O’THE PICTURE — Debt We Owe to the Pioneer Patriot.
Inspiring Presentation of Historical Facts — Thrilling Action in First Four Episodes
“In the Days of Daniel Boone” is even more inspiring than that othen excellent serial made by Universal, “In the Days of Buffalo Bill.” The first fo“r .?pisodes Slve fine promise and it is expected that the remaining twelve will live up to what the director has led us to anticipate. The action is sufficiently rapid to hold the attention every inch of the way, and the detail appears to be authentic. A great many Indians are employed in the picture, and the language of the red man is used in some of the scenes. Duke R. Lee lacks nothing in dignity for the correct portrayal of George Washington, but he is not the type to make the character convincing — no amount of makeup could make lum look like “the father of our country.” Jack Mower plays the role of Jack Gordon convincingly. This character may not be authentic, but it fits the story, which must have a lover. Eileen Sedgwick is dainty and altogether satisfactory as Susan Boone, and to return to Duke R. Lee, this excellent actor
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