Screen Opinions (1923-24)

‘BOOK THE NEW PERCENTAGE WAY” 23 “ROUGED UPS”— [Class A] 80% (Adapted from “Up Stage”) Story: — Romance of a Scotch-Irish Girl Who Found a Husband at the Stage Door VALUE Photography — Very good — John Arnold. TYPE OF PICTURE—Interestirtg— Spirited. Moral Standard — Good. Story — Very good — Comedy-drama — Family. Star — Very good — Viola Dana. Author — Very good — Rita Weiman. Direction — Very good — Harold Shaw. Adaptation — Very good — Thos. J. Hopkins. Technique — Very good. Spiritual Influence — Average. Producer — Metro CAST Norah MacPherson Viola Dana James Patterson III Tom Moore Mamie Dugan .Nola Luxford James Patterson II Sidney de Gray Mariette Arline Pretty Mr. MacPherson Francis Powers Mrs. MacPherson Georgie Woodthorpe Billy Dugan Burwell Hamrich September 15 to 30, 1923. Distributor — Metro Footage — 5,150 ft. Gar Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE — None Outstanding. Spirited Production — One of Viola Dana’s Best — Human Appeal and Some Comedy Viola Dana’s latest feature, “Rouged Lips,” is one of her best. It should prove satisfactory in any theatre, clean, full of ginger, neatly directed and edited, and with plenty of the romantic as well as a number of laughs. Miss Dana is at her ease in the role of a Scotch-Irish girl who found her bent in the chorus of a musical comedy. She also found a young man waiting for her at the stage door. Her attempt to please him by spending all her money on clothes and a racing car introduce two interesting situations, one of pathos and the other of comedy. The best laugh in the picture occurs where she tries to take the car home through heavy traffic without learning how to drive. Tom Moore is excellent in the lover role, and a good cast supports the star. STORY OF THE PLAY Norah, a Soctch-Irish girl, bereft of her parents, evolves from the position of an eighteen dollar a week dentist’s clerk, to a thirty-five dollar job in the chorus of a musical comedy. Norah’s wholesome character and lack of fine clothes cause some of her associates to jeer her, but the tables are turned when a fine young man chooses to drive her home in his car. A crisis arrives in Norah’s romance when, believing that her Jimmy would like her better with a swell outfit such as the other girls wear, she spends most of her savings on clothes. The effect on Jimmy is different to what she expected, and it is not until a friend enlightens him that he is certain that the finery has not been bought with another man’s money. Norah’s final throw is to purchase a racing car with the rest of her money, and the story closes with Jimmy towing her home when the car stalls in traffic. PROGRAM COPY — “Rouged Lips” — Featuring Viola Dana One of the best of comedy-dramas. Come and see how one chorus girl succeeded in winning a husband. “Rouged Lips” presents Viola Dana at her best, supported by Tom Moore and a good cast. “HARBOR LIGHTS”— [Class C] 50% (Adapted from story of same name) Story: — Romance of Naval Officer Saved from Arrest by Dying Man’s Confession VALUE CAST Photography — Average — Not credited. Lieut. David Kingsley Tom Moore TYPE OF PICTURE— Ordinary. Dora Nelson Isobel Elson Moral Standard — Good. Lena Nelson Annette Benson — — — — — — — — — — — Capt. Nelson .Gordon Begg Story — Good — Melodrama — Family. Mark Helstone Gibson Gowland Star — Good — Tom Moore. Mrs. Helstone Mary Rorke Authors — Good — George R. Sims and Frank Morland Gerald McCarthy Henry Pettitt. Nicholas Percy Standing Direction — Average — Tom Terriss. Solomon Jeff Barlow Adaptation — Average — Not credited. Old Tom Judd Green Technique — Average. Detective Wood A. B. Imeson Spiritual Influence — Neutral. — — September 15 to 30, 1923. Producer — Ideal Films, Ltd. Footage — 6,000 ft. Distributor — Pathe Exchange, Inc. (Continued on next page) No Advertising Support Accepted!