Screen Opinions (1923-24)

SCREEN OPINIONS TELLS THE TRUTH 187 and by the time that Tom’s employer, realizing that he is unfit for office work, offers him a position as manager of his orange farm, she has decided to leave him. Tom puts to work the knowledge gained at an agricultural school, and later Laura, who has in the meantime been tempted by Martin Sheldon, a former unscrupulous admirer, decides to do the square thing and follow her husband to the farm. Laura becomes the good angel in the affairs of the Metcliffe’s, daughter of Laura’s tempter and her husband, when she leads the wife back to the straight road. PROGRAM COPY — “Cause for Divorce” — With an All-Star Cast Laura Weston found out before it was too late that the permanent happiness of married life consists in trying to see things from your partner’s angle as well as from your own. A good cast plays “Cause for Divorce,” including David Butler and Fritzi Brunette. » “RESTLESS WIVES”— [Class C] 50% (Adapted from story of same name) Story: — Wife Misunderstands Husband’s Absorption in Business, and Leaves Him to Return When Poverty Threatens VALUE CAST Photography — Average — Jack Brown. Polly Benson Doris Kenyon TYPE OF PICTURE — Sensational — James Benson James Rennie Ordinary. Hugo Cady Montagu Love Moral Standard — Fair. Hobart Richards Edmund Breese Pelham Morrison Burr McIntosh Story — Average — Drama — Adults. Benson’s Secretary Edna May Oliver Cast — Good — All-Star. Curtis Wilbur Coit Albertson Author — Average — Izola Forrester. Mrs. Drake Naomi Childers Direction — Average — Gregory Lacava. Mr. Drake LeRoy Grooms Adaptation — Average — Mann Page. Mrs. Cady Maud Sinclair Technique — Average. Dorgan Tom Blake Spiritual Influence — Neutral. Lawyer Richard Thorpe February 15 to 29, 1924. Producer — C. C. Burr Footage — 6,041 ft. Distributor — State Rights Our Opinion MORAL O’THE PICTURE — So Long as Idle Women Look on Matrimony as a Playhouse, Trouble Must Result (Not Strongly Marked) An Average Domestic Tangle Production — Theme Hackneyed and Direction Only Fair “Restless Wives” gets a good start with the young couple of the story on their honeymoon. And even in the early stages of their misunderstanding the sympathy of the audience is apt to be touched. Of course most of the sympathy will be centered on the husband whose foolish little wife prefers gaiety in the city to a quiet time where hubby can rest. In the latter half of the picture one grows tired of the type presented in the role of the wife, wondering why we have to be bored with unpleasant, foolish feminine types when there are so many of the real sort to pick from. If the production considered its moral thoroughly and consistently there would be no fault to find. However, we believe that the cheaper grade audiences will be pleased with “Restless Wives” from which it is doubtful if they will gain any real good. Doris Kenyon and James Rennie are excellent as the husband and wife in question. Edmund Breese Burr McIntosh, Naomi Childers and Montagu Love are interesting figures in the picture. The cast is capable throughout. STORY OF THE PLAY Polly Morrison marries James Benson, a handsome young business man, who, after the honeymoon is over, becomes so absorbed in his work that he forgets that girls of Polly's temperament expect endless attention from their husbands. In a resentful mood Polly allows Curtis Wilbur, a man who “introduces business to society and society to business,” to make love to her. Realizing that Polly is not in good company Benson persuades her to go to the place where they spent their honeymoon. But restless Polly returning to town suddenly early one morning, is discovered later entertaining a noisy crowd at her home. Benson’s attitude toward the guests is taken by Polly as a personal insult, and she decides to leave and go to her father’s home. When her father, who becomes bankrupt, kills himself she returns to her husband. A later trip in the country 'almost ends in tragedy, when the lodge takes fire from an overturned lamp. PROGRAM COPY— “Restless Wives”— With an All-Star Cast Polly Morrison learned a lesson that all restless wives should know about. See what happened to one misguided woman who selfishly abandoned her husband in the sensational production “Restless Wives.” Doris Kenyon and James Rennie play the leading roles. Unbiased and Independent Reviews Only!