Screen Opinions (1923-24)

No Advertising Support Acta»tt<l! THE OPINION This la a good production for neighborhood house a» well a# for transient theatre*. Bill sensationally. Your patrons will not be disappointed. Action swift and interesting. The murder mystery nicely worked out, and the secret of the murder is kept to the very end. Artistic setting# are used in homes of wealth. The editing and subtitling are done with a view to box office success. THE STOKY Standlsh is employed by a crooked diamond firm. The head of the firm is murdered and Standish is arrested on circumstantial evidence. His wife, a writer, feels that the murderer may be drawn back to the scene of his murder, and rents the former home of the murdered man. What she had hoped for happens, and her Husband I# acquitted. “CHRISTINE OF THE HUNGARY HEART”— 80% (Adapted from novel of same name) VALUE Photography — Very good — Henry Sharp Moral standard — Average. Story — Very good — Drama — Adults. Author — Very good — Kathleen Norris. Cast — Very good — All-Star. Direction — Good — George Arched n baud. Technique — Very good. Spiritual Influence — Average. Moral — Unselfishness greater than love. THE Reviewed November. 1924 CAST Christine Madison Florence Vidor Dr. Alan Monteague Clive Brook Ivan Vianney Ian Keith Stuart Knight Warner Baxter Dan Madison Walter Hiers Producer — Thomas II. Ince. Footage — 7500 feet. Distributor — First National. INION Neighborhood houses as well as transient and high priced theatres will And this production satisfactory — especially to women. Sections are described almost entirely with closeups. This is effective principally because Vidor photographs well, and also because her emotional work will bear close scrutiny. The story of woman whose hunger for petting caused her to overlook the fact that her desires were selfleh. Is interesting although sobby. THE STORV Piqued at Alan, her second husband, Christine leaves him. Later she run# across her first husband after escaping from a prison hospital. She befriends him and is discovered by Alan just as Stuart dies. Reconciliation and happiness. “RIDir KID FROM POWDER RIVER”— 80% (Adapted from story of same name) VALUE Photography — Very good — V. E. Miller. Moral Etand&rd — Average. Story — Very good — Melodrama — Family Author — Very good — R. L. Schrock. Star — Very good — Hoot Gibson. Direction — Very good — Edw. Sedgwick. Technique — Very good. Spiritual Influence — Neutral. Moral — None. Reviewed November 1924 CAST Pud Watkins Hoot Gibson The Girl Gladys Hulette Spider Tully Marshall Steve Lannlng Walter Long Kansas Lou Gertrude Astor Producer — Universal. Footage — 5727 feet. Distributor — Universal. THE OPINION Entertaining western. Any audience will like it because the people of the picture are natural, and because of the alert action — something doing every minute. Some pleasing comedy occurs where the girl slaps Bud’s face because he spanks her dog. People will get a laugh out of it. as well as thrills and genuine suspense. Tully Marshall and Walter Long also do good work. A bad man revealing his better self through love of his daughter is a pleasing feature. THE STORY Bud Watkins meets a pretty girl with whom he quarrels over a saucy dog, and later finds himself employed on her father’s* ranch. The discovery of a murderer and the rescue of the girl from a would-be lover consume the remainder of the story, “GIRL IN THE LIMOUSINE” — 80% (Adapted from a play of the same name) VALUE Photography — Very good — Konnekamp. Moral standard — Fair. Story — Very good — Farce Melo. — Adults Author — Very good — Avery Hopwood. Cast — Very good — Larry Senion. Direction — Very good — Larry 8emon. Technique — Very good. Spiritual Influence — Neutral. Moral — None. Reviewed November, 1421 CAST Tony Larry Semon The Girl Claire Adams The Butler Carlie Murray Aunt Cicily Lucille Ward Freddie Oliver Harding Producer — Chadwick Pictures. Footage — 5800 feet. Distributor — First National. THE OPINION Funny and original. A trifle risque in parts, but not objectionably so. The average neighborhood house will like it, although persons inclined to prudishness will not approve of the bedroom scenes. Tn these scenes Larry is dressed in feminine pajamas with ruffles. His adventures trying' to extract himself from this embarrassing position are very funny. THE STORY Two boy rivals seek love of one girl. Twenty years later Freddie steals a inarch on him and marries the girl. Tony, drunk, is robbed in a limousine, and finds himself under his former sweetheart's bed attired in silk pajamas. Her aunt mistakes him for the girl’s husband, and embarrassing complications follow fast