Screen Opinions (1923-24)

No Advertising Support Accepted! 77 “DANGEROUS BLONDE”— 80% (Adapted from “A New Girl in Town”) Reviewed May, 1924 Theme — College Girl’s Struggle to Regain Father’s Letters from Vamp VALUE Photography — Very good — J. Rose. Moral standard — Fair. Story — Very good — Farce -Com. — Adults Star — Very good — Laura La Plante. Author — Very good — Hulbert Feetner. Direction — Very good — Robert F. Hill. Technique — Very good. Spiritual influence — Neutral. Moral — None. CAST Diana Faraday Laura La Plante Royall Edward Hearn Mr. Faraday Arthur Holt Gerald Skinner Philo McCullough Henry Rolfe Sedan Producer — Universal. Footage — 4919 feet. Distributor — Universal. The Opinion Taken in the spirit in which the director has meant it “The Dangerous Blonde” will be found highly amusing as a burlesque on the hen-pecked husband and the domineering wife. The scenes in which the wife “wipes up the floor” with the husband appear to be a trifle overdone, but the rough-andtumble style of some of these scenes will appeal strongly to the cheaper element Laura LaPlante is charming in the role of Diana Faraday. Margaret Campbell is an excellent comedienne and Arthur Hoyt is splendid in the role of the husband who blames his waywardness on his wife’s determination to reform the world. The college football team at work, the romance of Diana Faraday with the college fullback, and her adventures in recovering her father’s naughty letters are high lights of the picture. “RIDGWAY OF MONTANA”— 80% (Adapted from a story of the same name) Reviewed May, 1924 Theme — Romance of Cattle Man and Capricious Flapper VALUE Photography — Very good — H. Neumann Moral standard — Average. Story — Very good — Drama — Adults. Star — Good — Jack Hoxie. Author — Very good — W. MacLeod Ralne Direction — Very good — Clifford S. Smith Technique — Very good. Spiritual influence — Neutral. Moral — None. CAST Buck Ridgway Jack Hoxlo Aline Hanley Olive Hasbrouck Simon Hanley .....Herbert Fortier Steve Pelton Lou Meehan Rev. McNabb Chas. E. Thurston Producer — Universal. Footage — 4843 feet. Distributor — Universal. The Opinion Jack Hoxie is in usual form in this vigorous western production. Miss Hasbrouck is wonderfully well adapted to flapper roles and is at least half of the charm of “Ridgway of Montana.” The locale of the picture is pleasing, ranging to the snow fields at the mountain tops. The thrills of the picture are about the average class showing the hero rescuing the girl from a runaway horse. The charm of the picture as before said centers in the capricious romance of the flapper who followed the man who refused to be vamped, into the new fields, then ran away after he had married her, and discovered that she really loved him when he rescued her from a bandit. A good bet for any theatre. “SWORD OF VALOR”— 65% (Especially prepared for the screen) Reviewed May, 1924 Theme — Romance and Adventures of an American Soldier In Spain VALUE Photography — Average — Roland Price. Moral standard — Average. Story — Good — Melodrama — Family. Star — Good — Snowy Baker. Author — Good — Jefferson Mofflt. Direction — Good — Duke Worne. Technique — Good. Spiritual influence — Neutral. Moral — None. CAST Captain Brooks Snowy Baker Tnez Dorothy Revier The Don Percy Challenger Elena Eloise Hesse Producer — Phil Goldstene. Footage — About 4676 feet. Distributor — State Rights.