Variety (November 1917)

p_ -rm MOVING PICTURES 43 THE HUNGRY HEART. Just what there Is about "The Hungry Heart" other than the name of the etar to make that feature stand up for a week's run at one of New York'* leading picture the- atres on Broadway Is hard to say. The pic- ture la a Famous Players-Paramount releaae with Pauline Frederick starred. Miss Fred- erick plays her usual type of herolo role In the piece, which has as Its plot one of the likewise usual triangle stores that In this case is just as Impossible hodge podge, much tainted with the atmosphere of Improbability. The playing other than by the star Is quite on a par with the story Itself. The leading man and the heavy are well nigh Impossible and the direction reeks with inaccuracies. Mlsa Frederick as the heroine marries a chemist, too rapt in bis work to give her the love and attention she craves, and when ehe asks that be permit her to share his work he refuses. A year or more passes and a child Is born, then four additional years elapse and the. child is grown and the wife again approaches the husband with a request he permit her to assist in his research work, but again Is met with refusal. Then she visits her mother, telling that she haa de- cided to leave her husband. Mother sends her right back to her home and family. On her return she discovers that her husband has taken in a partner who has furnished some needed cash (although the chemist's home looked like a mansion about a city block in length), and the husband insiste the wife be nice to the bankroll guy. Just for that she falls In love with him. While assisting the husband in some work the financial backer Is injured in an explosion which destroys part of the fittings In the laboratory, and the hus- band has to go all the way to New York to replace them. While he is gone wire and mouey man declare their love for each other and clinch. When the husband returns and discovers It he consents to a divorce, with the wife keeping the custody of the child, and leaves. Alter the divorce la granted he comes back and asks his wife to help him in the laboratory. The two are getting along nicely when the lover again turns up. Right there the husband pulls the prize bone of the game, He scares the lover and the latter takes it on a run, while hubby tells wifey he is willing to start all over again and give her another chance. At that the picture might have been called "For His Che'lld's Sake'' as well as "The Hungry Heart," and there would have been more sense to It. As a program picture it will pass on the strength of the star's name only. Fred. MOLLY ENTANGLED. Molly Shawn Vivian Martin Barney Malone Harrison Ford Shawn Noah Berry Jim Barry O. S. Spauldlng Mrs. Barry Helen Dunbar O'Mara C. H. flow Ian Mrs. O'Mara Jane Keckley Leary W. A. Carroll In her latest Paramount offering pretty Viv- ian Martin has little to do besides looking captivating and dancing an Irish Jig. She doea both to your heart's content. The story Is a simple one. Molly Shawn was married at midnight to Jim Barry to save tho Barry fortune for the family that had helped the Shawns in the long ago. Everybody thought Jim (who had fallen down the cellar steps) was on his death bed when Molly married him but Jim upa and recovers and Molly's heart is breaking for the love of Barney Malone. In the end the discovery is made the priest who married them was an impostor and Molly and Barney are free to wed. The main Inter- est is in the artistic way the story Is told— in Irish fashion—and In the extraordinarily faithful and attractive Irish scenes. Just a sweet -little tale for the folks who want clean, entertaining pictures, free'from guile and the murky turmoil of sex strife. Miss Martin Is as sweet and winsome as a summer breeze and everybody In her support gave capable and Intelligent assistance. Jolo. Piedmont Pictures Corporation OF NEW YORK 729 Seventh Avenue Confidential Buying and Selling Agent for United States and Foreign Countries. William Duncan DIRECTOR and STAR GREATER VITAGRAPH SERIAL •177 "The Fighting Trail Forthcomiaa Releases—"Dead Shot Baker.** "The Tenderfoot" and «ther "Walfvllle Tales** by Alfred Henry Lewis THE SCARLET CAR. Richard Harding Davie la credited with the authorship of the story of "The Scarlet Oar," a Bluebird which stare Franaiyn Farnum In type much larger than the piece. It waa directed by Joeeph DeOraaee. Aa a scenario It la an awful conglomeration of claptrap melodrama. Hero la first revealed aa a wild young man who spenda hit time playing pool. "The girl" la the daughter of the oaahler of the bank, whoae name la Paul Revere Forbes, a lineal fleecea'tnt of the historical Pan! Revere of Revolutionary fame. The bank prealdent and hie son have speculated with the bank's funda. Caahier finds It out, threatens to tell the dlrectore, le etruck on the head, suppoeed~to-be dead and placed In an automobile by the two men with the aid of the broker handling the stolen funda Broker Is told to take the body down the road and leave It there. The embesslement Is laid at the caehler'e door. Broker'e ear la wrecked and he le killed. Forbes Is nowhere to be fund. Olrl le given a borne with the bank president's family and her engagement la an- nounced to the eon. Meantime the hero, whoee father rune a email newspaper In the town, learning his father's affairs are In a critical condition, buckles do»n to work. When the bank prealdent calls at the news- paper office and requeeta a notice of the en- gagement party the hero, for no sensible reason, teara the list of those present Into shreds and throws It Into the president's featuree. Pure horseplay that doesn't belong. The wrecked auto Is sold at auction and hero e father buys it. Chauffeur engaged by father finds in the car the broker's wallet. The cor- orner or police never thought to look In the oar for any clues as to the Identity of the victim. In the care Is also found the missing cashier's hat wltb hla name on the sweatband. Hero has the "clue," goea to presidents home night of the engagement party and telle girl he believes prealdent and eon are the em* beaslera. She agrees to elope with him. 8on overbears and gate into oar Instead, driving girl to a roadhouae In storm, gets minister and tries to make her marry him. Hero rescues her, beats up son. In adjoining oabla girl sees "ghost" of her father, with long whiskers. This Is played by a very poor char- acter actor. There are no programs at the Broadway by which he can be Identified, whloh Is a merciful provision. Sure enough it le her father, who has lost his mind and bellevee himself the original Paul Revere, the mid- night rider. Father had torn out of the bank's ledger the page on which waa recorded the deficit of $85,000 used for the epeoulatlon. He had hidden It, but doesn't remember where he bid It A Paul Revere "midnight" ride Is staged for him; he is aeked for "the papere" and rushes Into the bouse to bring ft from Its hiding place and the villains are thereby "confronted." Doea the hero get the girl? Oueas. A tiresome feature, made especially eo through the ravinga of the demented oaah- ler. JOtO. New York Tribune: "EVERY MOTHER WHO HAS GIVEN HER BOY TO HER COUNTRY SHOULD SEE 'OVER HERE.' 'Over Here' shows in the minutest details how our soldiers are made fit to go 'over there.' ANY ONE WHO IS INTER- ESTED IN WINNING THE WAR WILL BE INTERESTED IN THIS PICTURE." Moving Picture World: " 'Over Here' is strongly imbued with the spirit of patriotism, not alone through the nature of the picture itself, but by means of subtitles which are stirring and which make the picture an inspiration to work and fight for the 'freedom oi democracy.' " VARIETY i " 'Over Here' is a two-reel picture distributed by World, showing in a most interesting and often a most inspiring way how the big cantonments are created for the reception of our troops. "The main interest in such a production, aside from the patriotic feature, which is exceedingly com- pelling, is the speed and efficiency of the entire pro- ceeding. 'Over Here' winds up in a blaze of fervor." Motion Picture News: " 'Over Here' will be a worthy addition to any and all exhibitors' programs. It is timely, instruc- tive and presents a pictorial review of activities in which we are all interested. A worth-while picture which the exhibitor of every neighborhood can book and be assured that he will have presented a picture that every patron has enjoyed." Sunday Telegraph: " 'Over Here'—incidentally a most appropriate and effective title—is a very graphic motion picture. It is needless to say that it will be given an en- thusiastic reception wherever shown. It is an enter- taining and informative picture^ which everyone will be eager to see." Dramatic Mirror: "The picture has great informative value in that it shows the people of this country what can and has been done with their dollars in government pre- parations. 'Over Here' is calculated to interest all classes of theatre-goers." WORLD - PICTURES Exclusive Sales Agent