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Screen Opinions Tells the Truth
“CHANGING HUSBANDS”— 90%
(Adapted from “Rolets”) Reviewed July, 1924
Theme — Woman’s Temporary Change of Place Causes Complications
VALUE
CAST
Photography — Excellent — Bert Glennon Moral standard — Average.
Story — Excellent — Comedy — Family. Star — Excellent — Leatrice Joy. Direction — Excellent — Frank Urson. Technique — Excellent.
Spiritual Influence — Neutral.
Moral — None.
Gwynne Everett
Eva Graham
Oliver Everett Delia
Leatrice Joy
Leatrice Joy
Victor Varconi Zasu Pitts
Producer — Paramount.
Footage — 6799 feet.
Distributor — Famous Players-Lasky.
THE OPINION
Teems with originality and fun. Not a dull moment. Suitable for any theatre and any audience. Motorcycle pursuit of automobile amusing slapstick accessory. Wife anxious for stage career changes places with actress, her double, who can’t make good. Screaming complications occur when friend husband arrives home sooner than expected. Zazu Pitts and Raymond Griffith have principal comedy roles. Victor Varconi, a newcomer to the screen, excellent in husband role. Leatrice Joy charming in double role.
“YOUNG IDEAS”— 80%
(Adapted from "Relative Values") Reviewed July, 1924
Theme — Girl victim of lazy relatives rescued in marriage by rich man
VALUE
Photography — Very good — J. Rose. Moral standard — Good.
Story — Very good — Comedy — Family. Star — Very good — Laura La Plante. Direction — Very good — Robert F. Hill. Technique — Very good.
Spiritual Influence — Average.
Moral — Help others to help themselves.
CAST
Octavia Louden Laura La Plante
Prichett Spence T. Roy Barnes
Eloise Louden Lucille Rickson
Bob Louden Buddy Messenger
Producer — Universal. Footage — 4095 feet. Distributor — Universal.
THE OPINION
Plenty of human interest and good comedy. Should go big with any audience. Subtitles a bit raw but not objectionable — designed to add punch to action. Scenes in photograph gallery when lion breaks loose very funny. Most of comedy borders on farce. Types and cast interesting, character portrayal well done. BuddyMessenger and Bertie Loomis, Lucile Ricksen and Lydia Yeamans Titus have big end of comedy. Star and leading man satisfying. Something doing every minute, and abundance of laughs.
Yes — We Have No Bananas
The old tightrope act, with its many bad falls, presented daily by exhibitors, of picking their pictures without further facts than the name and producers’ announcements and advertisements, is replaced by exhibitors who select their winning pictures through SCREEN OPINIONS. The “bad guesses” in pictures is the thing that knocks the biggest profits out of the exhibitor’s business.)