Screen Opinions (1923-24)

SCREEN OPINIONS TELLS THE TRUTH 177 Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE— Treat Other Men’s Daughters as You Would Have Other Men Treat Yours. Moral of Story Gets Over — Direction and Cast Satisfactory — Production for Cheaper Houses “Other Men’s Daughters” is the type of story that goes very well once in a while. It is essentially “cheap stuff,” but it does contain the moral teaching intended by the author, which gets over in the picture, especially with the second class audience, who will not object to the unhappy situation in which a girl finds her roommate to be her own father’s sweetheart. We believe that the picture really has a mission, no matter what its faults are, and that it will give satisfaction by reason of its spicy qualities. Some dashes of comedy are injected, and cabaret scenes, which are usually a part of a picture of this type, are present. The subtitling is not quite up to the mark for better class audiences. The cast is an average one, Bryant Washburn and Mabel Forrest portraying the leading roles with good judgment. STORY OF THE PLAY Nathan Kane, a prosperous business man, is unusually strict with his daughter, Dorothy, who finally resents her father’s treatment of her friends to such an extent that she decides to leave home. In a San Francisco hotel she meets the Alaska Kid, who pays her bills and finds her a home with a girl next door to him, and also gives her work typewriting his letters. It turns out that the girl she is rooming with is her own father’s sweetheart. At a banquet where her father is entertaining a number of questionable women, among them Dorothy’s new girl friend, the matter comes to a head, and the Kid, who finally realizes that Dorothy is the right type of girl, takes her home to her mother, after which he becomes engaged to Dorothy. The father has the lesson of his life when his own sin is uncovered. PROGRAM COPY — “Other Men’s Daughters” — Featuring Bryant Washburn and Mabel Forrest The man who thought he was privileged to live his own life as he pleased, found that if he would be happy he must practice what he preached. ‘‘Other Men’s Daughters” will make you think. Bryant Washburn and Mabel Forrest are the stars. “MAN FROM BRODNEY’S”— [Class A] 80% (Adapted from story of same name) Story: — Adventures of English Soldier of Fortune on Oriental Island VALUE CAST Photography — Good — Steve Smith, Jr. Hollingsworth Chase J. Warren Kerrigan TYPE OF PICTURE — Thrilling. Princess Genevra Alice Calhoun Moral Standard — Average. Lady Deppingham Wanda Hawley ■ Mrs. Browne Miss DuPont Story — Very good — Melodrama — Family. Robert Browne Pat O’Malley Cast — Very good — All-Star, with Alice Cal Neenah Kathleen Key houn, J. Warren Kerrigan, Wanda Hawley Rasnea .Bertram Grassby and Miss DuPont. ■ Author — Very good — George Barr February 15 to 29, 1924. McCutcheon. Direction — Very good — David Smith. Adaptation — Very good C. Graham Baker. Technique — Very good. Spiritual Influence — Neutral. Producer — Albert E. Smith Footage — 7,156 ft. Distributor — Vitagraph Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE! — None Outstanding 0 Adventurous Spirit of Story Gets Over with Good Cast and Fast Direction “The Man From Brodney’s” is the sort of picture that the average audience likes to have handed to it once in a while. The fabulous kingdom stuff is not good for steady diet, but in this case it pleases because the director and his assistants, including the excellent cast, cause things to move rapidly and often mysteriously. Alice Calhoun makes a pleasing picture as the princess of the kingdom, who discovered that being a princess is not nearly as interesting as being a mere woman with a real man lover. Wanda Hawley gives a satisfactory performance as Lady Deppingham. In fact she is quite charming in the role. And Miss DuPont and Kathleen Key, the other feminines in the (Continued on next page) No Advertising Support Accepted!