Screen Opinions (1923-24)

182 ‘BOOK THE NEW PERCENTAGE WAY” Strongheart’s nightly wanderings he meets and falls in love with a beautiful female dog, known as Fawn, and brings her home to hide her and share his food with her. He finds his master ill with pneumonia and when his sweetheart, Sally, and his friend, Alec McLeed, believe him dead, Strongheart, with true canine intuition, beats him in the face until he shows signs of life. When the dog team races are announced and David sees an opportunity of winning money to prove himself innocent of an accusation back home, Strongheart, Fawn, and one other dog form the team with which he wins. When they return to the settlement, Sally is shocked to see David embrace a woman who is waiting for him. It turns out that the woman is his stepsister, and that she has come with news that Strongheart’s legal master, whom David was accused of murdering, is not dead, but has recovered. The story closes with the betrothal of Sally and David, and the two dogs discovering their own happiness. PROGRAM COPY — “The Love Master” — Featuring Strongheart Don’t miss Strongheart, the “wonder dog’s” most thrilling production, “Tha Love Master.” Romantic and inspiring is this tale of two dogs in the wilds of northern Canada. A good cast supports the star. “NO MORE WOMEN”— [Class A] 80% (Adapted from story of same name) Story: — Romance of Young Man Who, Crossed in Love, Swore Off Women, and Met His Fate in the Wilderness VALUE Photography — Very good — Not credited. TYPE OF PICTURE — Humorous — Romantic Moral Standard — Average. Story — Very good — Comedy-romance. Cast — Very good — All-Star, with Matt Moore and Madge Bellamy. Author — Very good — Elmer Harris. Direction — Very good — Lloyd Ingraham. Adaptation — Very good — Elmer Harris. Technique — Very good. Spiritual Influence — Neutral. Producer — Associated Authors, Inc. CAST Peter Maddox Matt Moore Peggy Van Dyke Madge Bellamy Daisy Grenshaw Ruth Clifford “Beef” Dorgan Clarence Burton Tex George Cooper Howard Van Dyke H. Reeves Smith Randolph Parker Stanhope Wheatcroft February 15 to 29, 1924. Distributor — Allied Producers Footage — 6,180 ft. Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE — No Use Running Away from Love — It’s Bound to Get You Sometime Wholesome and Entertaining — Should Get Across in Any Locality — Good Comedy — Romantic Situation — Attractive Cast The entertainment quality of “No More Women” is quite above the average. The picture in addition to having a good story to present, is capably directed, and carefully edited. Matt Moore is excellent as the young man who went to the mountains to be rid of the fair sex, after building a little home for one of them and then suffering the chagrin of being jilted. Madge Bellamy is delightful as the girl who knew the first time she set eyes on Peter Maddox that he was meant to be her man, and Ruth Clifford gives a good performance as the inconstant sweetheart. The scenes in the mountains where Peggy Van Dyke pursues Peter, and wins his sympathy and eventually his love through a pretense of being injured when her automobile upset her over an embankment, are alive with refined comedy. George Cooper and Clarence Burton, as the would-be bandits, are as comical as can be, and altogether “No More Women” is a thoroughly enjoyable picture. STORY OF THE PLAY Peter Maddox is much chagrined when Daisy Grenshaw, for whom he built a cute little nest at the seashore, not only declares the home much too small to suit her tastes, but throws him over for another. Peggy Van Dyke, a rich man’s daughter, who serves as a waitress to discover something about how the other half lives, sees Peter and marks him for her man. Later he is employed by her grandfather on a geological job which takes him to the mountains. There Peggy pursues him, and finally lands him. And when Daisy, who has changed her mind, discovers Peter’s whereabouts and also follows him, she finds the tables turned, and is forced to vacate permanently on behalf of Peggy. PROGRAM COPY — “No More Women” — Featuring Matt Moore and Madge Bellamy Peter Maddox found that love will find a man out, even in the wilderness. No use running from a girl like pretty Peggy Van Dyke. You’ll like “No More Women,” which features Matt Moore, Madge Bellamy and a good cast. No Advertising Support Accepted!