Screen Opinions (1923-24)

72 “BOOK THE NEW PERCENTAGE WAY’’ Our Opinion Good Regulation Feature — Spicy Melodramatic Action “Tipped Off” is true to the melodramatic type after which the story is fashioned. It moves at a good tempo, and has the punch that is expected in crook stories with oriental atmosphere. Noah Beery is satisfying in the role of the Chinese philosopher, Chong Wo, and James Wang, as his aide, is most convincing. Neither Arline Pretty nor Harold Miller are quite strong enough for the parts they play, but will satisfy the ordinary audience, inasmuch as the action of the picture with a cast of familiar and capable players. Among the best in the cast are Tom Santschi, Stuart Holmes and Thomas O’Brien. You can count on “Tipped Off” to please the average audience. It has no outof-the-ordinary features, but it just good melodrama. STORY OF THE PLAY Mildred Garson stages a fake robbery in the home of Anthony Moore to prove to him that she is able to play a part in a play that he is writing. Her plans miscarry when she is caught by some real bandits, who pack her up and take her away. She escapes and is protected by Chong Wo, a Chinese philosopher through whose efforts the criminal, who has also shot Anthony Moore’s butler, is discovered and made to confess. The close shows the betrothal of Anthony and Mildred. PROGRAM COPY — “Tipped Off” — Featuring Noah Beery, Arline Pretty and Tom Santschi Thrilling melodrama, a fascinating romance and the punch you like in the pictures you see. This is what you will find in “Tipped Off,” in which a Chinaman protects a white girl and restores her to her lover. “WILD PARTY”— [Class A] 80% (Adapted from story of same name) Story: — Girl’s Wild Adventure on First Newspaper Assignment VALUE Photography — Verv good — Clyde De Yinna. TYPE OF PICTURE— Humorous. Moral Standard — Average. Story — Very good — Comedy — Family. Star — Very good — Gladys Walton. Author — Very good — Marion Orth. Direction — Very good — Herbert lilache. Adaptation — Very gonfl — Hugh Hoffman. Technique — Very good. Spiritual Influence — Neutral. Leslie Adams Basil Wingate ) Stuart Furtli f ' .1 aok Cummings . . . . Blanche Cartwright Paul Cartwright.... “Scissors” Hogan.. Bess Furth Mrs. Furth Mr. Furth Jasper Johnston.... City Editor CAST Gladys Walton Robert Ellis Freeman Wood Dorothy Valerga Sydney DeGray Lewis Sargent . . . ^ . Esther Ralston Kate Lester Joseph W. Girard Sidney Brace William Robert Daly Producer — Universal November 1 to 15, 1923. Footage — 5,034 ft. Distributor — Universal Our Opinion MORAL O'THE PICTURE— None Outstanding. Plenty of Humor and Star at Her Best This is one of the best of the Gladys Walton features, and should satisfy wherever it is shown. Miss Walton is afforded plenty of opportunity for spontaneous comedy, and a role that is interesting. A good comedy plat has been made the most of by the director, and a cast chosen according to type and talent. The bootlegger, played by Lev/is Sargent, gets plenty of laughs as he tries in vain to extricate himself from a situation in which he is kept prisoner in a couch into which he has crept to avoid detection. The happenings in the cabin where lovers, husbands and wives are drawn by fate into a series of amusing complications are humorous enough for any audience. The action moves at a rapid tempo and with satisfaction to the spectator. Robert Ellis does well as the lover, and Dorothy Valerge and Sydney DeGray are outstanding members of the cast. < STORY OF THE PLAY Leslie Adams’ ambitions are finally the cause of her securing an assignment to cover a scandal story for the newspaper with which she has been employed in the capacity of secretary. (Continued on Next Page) No Advertising Support Accepted!