The Film Renter and Moving Picture News (Mar-Apr 1923)

*® 38 THE FILM RENTER & MOVING PICTURE NEWS. March 24, 1923. REVIEW OF NEW PRODUCTIONS—Continued. He becomes interested in her, and agrees to get her a. place to live. The next day he rents an apartment for her, and they become, as she wishes, pals. Later, they enter into a business ‘partnership which, chiefly owing to Miriam’s cleverness, is very successful. | In the meantime, Valentine has grown tired of her bargain with Moreland, and comes to Geoffrey. Mixiam, whose gratitude to Geoffrey has grown into a deep love, is miserable. Valentine asks Geoffrey to take her away, and on the dey they are arranging their elopement, Miriam arrives, at the flat with a gift for Geoffrey. Geoffrey is annoyed, and Miriam is about to leave when she sees from the window the approach of Valentine's husband. She sends the couple into anctker room, and telle Moreland that she is the only woman allowed in thet apartment. He believes her, and goes. Miriam’s self-sacrifice touches both Valentine and Geoffrey, and Valentine decides to return to her husband. After arranging the details of a South American business deal with his associate, Luis Valdez, Geoffrey breaks off the business partnership with Miriam. Valdez asks Miriam to go to South America with him. She consents, leaving a note to tell Geoffrey that she will never finish the voyage. Geoffrey realises that it is Miriam he loves, and pursues the steamer in a hydroplane. He overtakes the vessel just as Miriam dives overboard, and rescues her. So the South American trip is turned into a honeymoon. In this picture, which is adapted from a play produced in London in 1914, Elsie Ferguson has the lead as Miriam Moore, and, especially in the later parts where she has to express her affection for Sherwood, makes quite a success of the part. Mary Maclaren as Valentine makes the most of a smaller part. Exhibitors should see this picture for themselves before booking to determine whether or not it is suitable for their patrons. The Censor has awarded it an A certifieate. | vr Cap'n: Kidd. An Eddie Polo seria’ which gives him occasion for performing his well-known stunts. RELEASED BY INTERNATIONAL CINE. Length, Fifteen Two-Reel Episodes. Release Date, July 80. 1928. WNOUR episodes of this serial were screened in London Iast week, and reveal enough of the story as a whole to form _@ good opinion as to its vigorous treatment and general appeal. Episede I. opens with the deathbed of a descendant of a seventeenth century adventurer, who telie the storv of her forbears to Edward Davis, her grandson. who bears the same name as the seventeenth centurv adventurer who fought Cantein Kidd in old days of the Spanish Main. This incident, of course, leads to the older story being told upon the sereen with all sorts of adventures and stunts such as the schoolbov wilt revel in. A sword fieht oceuns as soon as the older Edward Davis appears, and elimbing, fighting, and diving stunts appear and reappear at close intervals. The outline of the story is as fellows: Edward Devis loves and marries Jamice, deughter of Sir Bicherd Sanderson. who has promised her to Lord Bellamy. Sir Richard is killed, and Fdward Davis is accused falselv ef the murder. Ha escapes. and is shanghaied on to the Albatross, which shertiv after is attacked hv a pirate ship under Captain Kidd. Davis is eomrelied to serve the pirate. and. shortly after. when another ship is attacked, Davis finds his wife a passenger and her jewele part of the hootv. Persecuted. she jumps overboard, and is washed ashore on an uninhabited island where. later, Captain Kidd and Fddie are also washed up. After a fight between the two men, the chart of the island ypon which is hidden the treasure is found upon Captain Kidd, and, later, the two survivors come to England. . From the fourth episode onwards the story enters the modem phase and shows the hero being thwarted in his efforts to regain the treasure. The resources of civilisation, motor cars, bridges, and the like, provide variety in the stunts, but the interest is not held so tightly as in the earlier episodes. Nevertheless, Eddie Polo manages to perform mighty deeds, all in his accustomed manner. All those who are attracted by the breath-seizing stunts of this type of serial will find this story equal to their demands, and juveniles will rejoice in them. Brawn of the North. Alaskan story with Strongheart, the dog, as star of the picture. RELEASED BY FIRST NATIONAL. _ Length, 5,300 ft. Release Date, August 20. JViTH Strongheart, the canine star, in the title réle, this First National offering, as may be anticipated, takes the spectator away into the snow country of AJaska, where the dog is the companion of she dwellers in the gold region. Quite a good stery is told in the course of the picture, the only exception that could be taken heing the footage given to the scenes of dog-sleds driving on ower the snow. A little judicious cutting of these scenes would greatly improve the picture, To a bleak and desolate camp in Alaska, Marion Wells and ‘‘ Brawn,’’ her dog, are making their way in order to assist Lester Wells, the girl’s brother, and her fiancé, Howard Burton. At the time of her arrival Burton is indulging in a drunken spree, and becomes so abusive that Marion breaks off the engagement. Fuddied and dangerous with liquour, the man picks a quarrel and Lester is killed, Burton only succeeding in escaping from the vengeance Brawn tries to mete out by making a sensational jump over a cliff. A terrific hurricane sweeps down on the camp, and Marion, dazed and lost in the snow, is fed bv the dog to the cabin of Peter Coe, a miner who has spent three years in solitude in the wilds, and is now returning to civilisation. Brawn is caught in a trap, and Peter goes for the missionary doctor to gain his assistance. The latter, finding that Peter and Marion are living in the same shack and are not married, {s horrified, and the miner, in order to protect the girl’s name. forces an immediate marriage on her without attempting to impose upon their position. Thinking that he has taken advantage of the situation, Marion holds the utmost contempt and hatred for her husband, but time | brings the realisation. of her love for Peter. The couple set out to the mine fer their honeymoon. Eventually, Peter and Marion (their union now blessed with a baby) start back for the settlement. Brawn, seeing that they are deserting him rejoins Lady Silver, a timber wolf, and Peter and Marion momentarily leave the child in an attempt to lure him back. Meanwhile, a ‘slinking grey cincle of gaunt forms is approaching. Famine-maddenef wolves, with bared fangs and glittering eyes, gradually close in upon the sleeping infant. ; Then comes a dramatic imtervention. Brawn, summing up the situation. fights his waw through the wolf pack with the child in his teeth, and. carries it in safety to the settlement. Petar and Marion return to find the sled empty, and come to the fonclusion thet their baby has. perished. Marion is demented, but the couple push on tewards the settlement. Thefirst to meet them is the faithfs} deg, whe runs out barking his welegme. Not