Screen Opinions (1923-24)

“BOOK THE NEW PERCENTAGE WAY’’ 19 secutive comedy plot or the relative connection of funny business that is the life of the average farce comedy. The dividing of the action between three ages, prehistoric, mediaeval and present day, keeps the imagination jumping from one plane to another without sufficient satisfaction to make it worth while. However, Buster Keaton himself is as always, funny as they make them, and with an appropriate musical accompaniment the picture will prove more entertaining than the writer believes it will be. STORY OF THE PLAY The story of this picture is merely a succession of events that might happen in the affairs of man, showing the similarity between the emotions and inclinations of the man and the woman in prehistoric ages, in the mediaeval age, and at the present day, presented via farce comedy methods. PROGRAM COPY — “Three Ages” — Featuring Buster Keaton If you like fantasy mixed with farce comedy, you will be pleased with Buster Keaton's latest and funniest screen effort. “SILENT PARTNER”— [Class A] 80% (Adapted from story of same name) Story: — Woman’s Successful Effort to Save Gambling Husband from Financial Ruin VALUE Photography — Very good — Walter Griffin. TYPE OF PICTURE— Interesting. Moral Standard — Average. Story — Very good — Comedy-drama — Family. Star — Very good — Leatrice Joy. Author — Very good — Maximilhan Foster. Direction — Very good — Charles Maigne. Adaptation — Very good — Sada Cowan. Technique — Very good. Spiritual Influence — Average. CAST Lisa Coburn George Coburn Ralph Coombes Harvey Dredge Cora Dredge Jim Harker Gertie Page Mrs. Nesbit Mrs. Harker.. Owens . . . Chas. Nesbit . . . .Leatrice Joy . . .Owen Moore . Robert Edeson Robert Schable . Patterson Dial . .E. H. Calvert ..Maude Wayne . . .Bess Flowers . . . .Lura Anson .Bert Woodruff . . . Robert Grey September 15 to 30, 1923. Producer — Paramount Footage — 5,866 ft. Distributor — Famous Players Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE — Luxury Founded on Speculation Is Like Building Your House on the Quicksands. Interesting Theme With a Lesson and Hint for the “Silent Partner” The exhibitor in the neighborhood house should have good satisfaction with “The Silent Partner,” which is a picture that women will like, and over which men will smile and scratch their heads, especially those with a predilection for gambling. The hero, who thinks that the short and sure cut to wealth and luxury is to be found on Wall Street, discovers at the crisis of his career that his wife, or “silent partner,” is the only member of the firm with a grain of common sense. The situation is amusing and quite thrilling at times. Leatrice Joy is charming as the wife who went the limit on clothes, to all appearances, and while she copied expensive gowns with her own hands, put the large checks she drew from her husband presumably for clothes, in the bank against a rainy day. Owen Moore is not well suited to the role he plays, but gets away with it fairly well. The cast is good throughout, many of the setW tings are unusually artistic, the photography is good, and altogether “The Silent Partner” is an entertaining picture. STORY OF THE PLAY After Lisa Coburn’s first shock at her husband’s determination to give up his job to gamble in stocks, is over, she looks about her for a way to provide against the inevitable evil day. To live up to her husband’s ideas of what a wealthy man’s home should be she pretends to buy expensive clothing, and in fact uses all sorts of excuses to extract money from him. The result is that when his enemy breaks him in the market she has sufficient funds to tide over the situation. PROGRAM COPY — “The Silent Partner” — Featuring Leatrice Joy You’ll find something to think about in the way that pretty Lisa Coburn handled a gambling husband. "The Silent Partner” features Leatrice Joy, with Owen Moore playing the role of the husband. No Advertising Support Accepted!