Screen Opinions (1923-24)

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109 Pj'* 5)}))/X>)0 “BOOK THE NEW PERCENTAGE WAY” 3t afforbs us! mucf) pleasure fEo fjabe tfje privilege of totstfjmg |9ou anti pours! our Sincere Cfjrtetmas Greetings! Me are, mbedi, grateful als!o, Jfor tfje sipIenbttJ Support gtoen Ms! burtng tf)te pear. Screen (Opinions! ns 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% Every picture reviewed in SCREEN OPINIONS is analyzed according to definite standards before arriving at positive percentage value. The independent summary in “Our Opinion” is submitted to you for final judgment, because in all cases you must have the last word when it comes to selecting the pictures. A thorough reading of “Our Opinion” will give a clearer idea of the nature of the picture, so that you may be better able to judge its money-making possibilities for you, its entertainment value and suitability for your patronage. “WHITE TIGER”— [Class A-c] 90% (Adapted from story of same name) Story: — Adventures of Three International Crooks in England and America VALUE Photography — Excellent — William Fildew. TYPE OF PICTURE— SensationalHumorous. Moral Standard — Fair. Story — Excellent — Melodrama — Adults. Star — Excellent — Priscilla Dean. Author — Excellent — Tod Browning. Direction — Excellent — Tod Browning. Adaptation — Excellent — Tod Browning and Charles Kenyon. Technique — Excellent. Spiritual Influence — Neutral. Producer — Universal Footage — 7,700 ft. Distributor — Universal Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE— None Fascinating Melodrama, Capably Directed and Edited — Small But Excellent Cast Humorous melodrama if capably produced never fails to please, and of this type is the latest Priscilla Dean special, “White Tiger,” in which Miss Dean is supported by an astonishingly small, but talented and well-selected cast. The fact that the story is written and directed by the same person no doubt has much to do with the consistency and smoothness of action which, together with a certain humorous angle from which the characters view their various adventures, gives the production a fascinating quality that will keep any audience in good humor. Wallace Beery’s portrayal of Hawks, an international crook, (Continued on next page) imintmittttuMimmHmmttmtttttittHttiratuMtMMtttttMMiMMH i ttmtm mammma No Advertising Support Accepted! Sylvia Donovan Priscilla Dean Dick Longworth Matt Moore Roy Donovan Ray Griffith Hawke's' D°nneIi } Wallace Beery December 15 to 31, 1923.