Screen Opinions (1923-24)

SCREEN OPINIONS TELLS THE TRUTH 123 she is about to fall a prey to the lure of money and a home, when fate steps in and the rich man is killed. Her lover, a song writer, finally claims her and they start life over again together. PROGRAM COPY — “Broken Hearts of Broadway” — Featuring Colleen Moore, Alice Lake and Johnnie Walker You are going to like this tale of Broadway life as it is really lived. Colleen Moore and Alice Lake are the girls who choose each a different route to happiness. Johnnie Walker plays the lover. k “TO THE LADIES”— [Class A] 80% (Adapted from play of same name) Story: — Husband Wins Success Through Business Efficiency of Wife VALUE Photography — Very good — Karl Brown. TYPE OF PICTURE— Humorous. Moral Standard — Good. Story — Very good — Comedy — Family. Cast — Excellent — With Theodore Roberts, Edward Horton, Louise Dresser and Helen Jerome Eddy. Authors — Very good — George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Direction — Very good — James Cruze. Adaptation — Very good — Walter Woods. Technique — Very good. Spiritual Influence — Good. Leonard Beebe John Kincaid.. Elsie Beebe. . . Mrs. Kincaid.. Chester Mullin, Mary Mullin.. Tom Baker.... Bob Cutter... CAST Edward Horton Theodore Roberts Helen Jerome Eddy Louise Dresser Z. W. Covington Patricia Palmer Arthur Hoyt Jack Gardner December 15 to 31, 1923. Producer — Jesse L. Lasky Footage — 6,000 ft. Distributor — Famous Players Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE — Efficiency and Nerve Lead to Success Polite Comedy Ripples With Subtle Humor — Excellent Cast and Direction Once in ever so long a comedy of real merit comes to the screen, and to this class belongs “To the Ladies,” for which a splendid cast has been selected. Persons familiar with screen talent will appreciate the significance of the names Theodore Roberts, Louise Dresser, Edward Horton and Helen Jerome Eddy. And to these are added Arthur Hoyt, familiar in comedy roles, and Z. W. Covington, not so well known to moving picture audiences, but tremendously efficient. Patricia Palmer also does well, and Jack Gardner gives a performance equal to any in the production, with limited opportunities. The situation in which clerks in the office of a large factory vie with each other in courting the proprietor’s favor with the hope of being made office manager, is highly humorous, and developed in the peppiest fashion by Director James Cruze. The scenes in Leonard Beebe’s home when he is visited by the manager and his wife are full of laughs. The preparations for the visit, and the amusing tragedy of the occasion in which a pair of suspenders which Mr. Beebe has hurriedly concealed in the piano assert themselves when Mrs. Beebe attempts a piano solo, are among the enjoyable moments of the picture. But then every moment is a new bit of entertainment, and the exhibitor will have excellent satisfaction with this production. STORY OF THE PLAY Leonard Beebe, a clerk in the office of the Kincaid Piano Company, is efficient in his work, but lacks the push required to win promotion. His wife, however, is determined that he win the position of manager and urges him to let people know whenever he puts over a big thing. An invitation to a salesmen’s banquet causes a stir of preparation and studying of speeches by three of the office staff. The wind is taken out of Leonard’s sails when Tom Baker repeats word for word the very speech he had memorized from a book on the subject. Mrs. Beebe covers her husband's embarrassment by making a speech which she says is what he intended to say, but is unable to do so because of an attack of Laryngitis. Beebe is made manager, and is all but unseated when Baker tells the truth about the speech. Mrs. Kincaid is the good angel who causes her husband to reconsider his decision to put Beebe back in his old position. PROGRAM COPY — “To the Ladies” — With Theodore Roberts, Louise Dresser, Edward Horton and Helen Jerome Eddy Here is a comedy you should not miss. Come and see how Leonard Beebe won success through the efforts of an efficient wife. In the cast are Theodore Roberts, Louise Dresser, Edward Horton and Helen Jerome Eddy. Unbiased and Independent Reviews Only !