Tullar's Weekly (October 1923)

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First Episode of Universal’s new historic chapter play looks 0. K. “THE DAYS OF DANIEL BOONE” Chapter Play No. 1—“The Country’s Need” DIRECTORS Frank Messinger and Jay Marchant CAMERAMAN Howard Oswald AUTHOR Jefferson Moffat CO-STARS Jack Mower and Eileen Sedgewick SUPPORTING CAST Charles Brinsley, Duke Lee, Ruth Royce, Frank Farrington. PHOTOGRAPHY Good CHARACTERIZATIONS Satisfactory This chapter play opens with a fine staging of Braddock’s defeat by the Indians. The detail of the British troops and the Indians are carefully covered, and the battle is a thriller. Daniel Boone is given a white boy by a dying Indian. This boy becomes the male star of the piece in the character of Jack Gordon, played by Jack Mower. Boone’s daughter, Eileen Sedgewick, is saved by Gordon from an attack by Dirk, played by Lee, which is cause for a real battle between the two. The colonial forefathers, beaded by Wash- ington and Jefferson, meet at Colonel Henderson’s and decide that Boone and Gordon shall be sent to obtain the support of the Indians to the Revolutionary cause in case of war; but Dirk, a tory spy, hears the orders and reaches the Indians first, and attempts to win them over in sign language. They capture Boone, and the vote of the Indians is 10 to 10 for execution. Gordon, disguised as a chief, works his way to the council and votes for Boone just in time. But Gordon is discovered and his disguise torn off. No. 2 will tell what hap- pens then. Dramatization of American history is surely a worthy work for any producer. Carl Laemmle has the right idea, and he is going to give us a very inter- esting, instructive and thrilling chapter play in this one. The kids will go wild about this on Saturday afternoon, and lots of the grown-ups will enjoy it, too. Jack Mower looks fine in this, and meets all the requirements of the stellar part he plays. Eileen Sedge- wick is very pleasing and knows her stuff. Charles Brinley makes a splendid Boone—reminded me of Bridget - in “The Covered Wagon,” played by Marshall. Duke Lee does the crooked heavy in real bad man style, and Washington, Jefferson and Colonel Henderson are well played. Serials are good to bring them back. They are good Saturday stuff when the, children come. This one deserves a good run. It is more carefully made and directed than the “Buffalo Bill” serial, in which some of the serious scenes were actually laughable. I wish T had been taught some history this way. Instructive and interesting historical film, good for special show for teachers and pupils. “LAND OF THE INCAS” Prizma-Hodkinson 1 Reel This is a good educational, based on scientific re- search among the ancient, extinct race of Peru, the Incas. It is beautifully photographed in colors and shows many mummies of not only persons but cats and dogs. These people, like many of the ancients, appear to have known more about embalming than is now known. Many of these mummies were buried with articles they used. These people were marvelous weavers of ponchos, many of which are shown. Am sure the ladies in the audience all wanted to take one home. The metal work and clay work of these people are shown to have been skillful, even without modern tools. This film of a lost civilization is instructive and interesting. If I were running a picture house, I would run this film, and give a special showing of it to the teachers and their pupils. A short lecture on the Incas by a history teacher would go well with this film. Police get stung in the beehives, and Adams and Eve get married in this comedy. “A GOOD SCOUT” Educational DIRECTOR Arvid Gilstrum STAR Jimmie Adams This is a well-directed comedy, with some good stuff in it. The star is good. There were plenty of laughs among the audience. The wife buys a cook book on “How to Please a Husband,” but the hubby thinks the biscuits she makes are vulcanized. Adams, as a book agent, calls and is selling the same book. The wife sets the Pomeranian watchdog on him. Adams blows the dog back in the kennel, smiles at the lady, and canvasses her. Then comes the real watchdog, and exit book agent. He runs so fast his feet actually smoke. The dog is dog- gone dogged and chases Adams into a big pipe, where a tramp, asleep, loses his clothes. Cliff Bowes, who looks like the real thing to me, is a flirt, and does his stuff well. Upon release from jail he is told by the fat police department to flirt no more. The first flapper he meets is a beener, and he falls, and the poliec chase him into the same bunch of haj r cocks that the dog has put Adams in. Great mix-up of dog, cop, book agent, flirt, pitchfork and hay cock. Adams flees to a Boy Scout camp and is made cook. The rains submerge the camp and the range floats away. The monkey gland division of old men in the camp is a scoop. The bear is a bear, and the book agent surely does the fastest digging on rec- ord to get away from him. No use. The police get stung in the beehives, where Adams and Eve decide to get married. Funny titles, good double exposure, trick photography, and some angels. Bowes, as the hula girl, a hit. Some good swimming. Was run with an old Nazimova film and saved the show. But the flapper is stamped on my memory. “APPLESAUCE” Lyons-Arrow 2 Reels DIRECTOR Eddie Lyons CAMERAMAN Ray Ronesey STORY Eddie Lyons STAR Eddie Lyons SUPPORT Ruth Hiatt and Glen Cavendar DIRECTION Fair PHOTOGRAPHY Fair Ruth Hiatt, as the dapper flapper piratess, is about the best eye-catcher in this one, and Glen Cavendar gets over his stuff as the first mate of the pirate ship in good shape. The members of his crew are good. It's a pretty good idea to have a classy leading lady in comedies of today, because even old men in the audi- ence have their eyes open. There are places in this that get the laughs, but they are too far apart, due more or less to excessive footage to certain sequences where figures move about but get nowhere. If it were re-edited, this condition could be improved. The coughing and sneezing stunt is worked successfully in this one when Lyons knocks