Screen Opinions (1923-24)

80 •BOOK THE NEW PERCENTAGE WAY’ “MAN WHO WON”— [Class B] 65% (Especially prepared for screen) Story: — Westerner Sacrifices Life Helping Miner to Bring Back Eloping Wife VALUE Photography — Good — Not credited. TYPE OF PICTURE— Interesting. Moral Standard — Average. Story — Good — Melodrama — Adults. Star — Good — Dustin Farnum. Author — Good — Ewart Adamson. Direction — Good — William Wellman. Adaptation — Good — Ewart Wellman. T echnique — Good. Spiritual Influence — Average. Bill Jessie James Scipio Birdie Toby Jenks . . Sunny Oaks. . Sandy Joyce. . Minkie Conroy The Twins. . . The Drunkard CAST Dustin Farnum Jacqueline Gadsden Lloyd Whitlock Ralph Cloninger Mary Warren Pee Wee Holmes Harvey Clark Lon Poff Andy Waldron Kenneth Maynard ( Muriel McCormack 1 Micky McBan Bob Marks Producer — Fox November 15 to 30, 1023. Footage — 5,050 ft. Distributor — Fox Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE — Serving Others Is the Privilege of the Brave Good Western Melodrama — Sure to Please Average Audience — Hero Role Sympathetic “The Man Who Won” is a good general purpose melodrama of the western type, with a hero role that will arouse sympathy and admiration, especially in the ordinary class house. Dustin Farnum is quite satisfactory as Wild Bill, the westerner who stood by the weaker man in an effort to avenge the theft of his wife and to bring the woman home to her children. Jacqueline Gadsden is charming as the woman, and wins sympathy for the character in her portrayal of the role. The western atmosphere is well established, and a redblooded group of characters are typified by a capable cast. The hero’s ride in the stage coach with a shipment of gold to the bank, and his death in serving a fellowman are quite thrilling. If your audience is composed of that average movie fan type, “The Man Who Won” should go over well. STORY OF THE PLAY Wild Bill, a rough westerner, is touched by the appeal of a miner for a good horse to ride in search of the man who stole his wife. He not only gives his best horse, but takes a hand himself, and drives the stage coach with a shipment of gold to the bank to draw out the villain and his men, and to enable the husband to make his way to his wife in safety. The ruse works and the man gets back his wife, but Bill loses his life in the service of huraanitv. Husband and wife are reunited and happy once more, the wife having discovered that the man who had fascinated her was not what she had supposed. PROGRAM COPY — “The Man Who Won” — Featuring Dustin Farnum You will be fascinated by this tale of self-sacrifice on the part of a bold westerner. The hero role is played by Dustin Farnum, who is supported by a red-blooded cast. “SHIFTING SANDS”— [Class B] 65% (Adapted from story of same name) Story: — Romance of Woman Who Seeks Isolation on Desert and Meets Man She Loved and Fled From VALUE Photography— Very good — Walter Blakely and Silvano Balboni. TYPE OF PICTURE — Sentimental. Moral Standard — Average. Story — Good — Drama — Adults. Cast— Good— All-Star. Author — Good — R. C. Wells. Direction — Good — Fred Leroy Granville. Adaptation— Poor— Not credited. Technique — Fair. Spiritual Influence — Neutral. Producer — Luxor Picture Corp. Footage CAST Barbara Thayer Peggy Hyland Dr. Willard Lindsay Lewis Willoughby Yvonne Lindsay Mile. Valia Pierre Moreau Richard Atwood Samuel Thayer Gibson Gowland Leroy Lindsay (child) Tony Meldord Leroy Lindsay (man) Douglas Webster November 15 to 30, 1923. -5,098 ft. Distributor — W. W. Hodkinson (Continued on Next Page) No Advertising Support Accepted! C *