Variety (December 1922)

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riday. December 29, 1^22 t --.I': \ ^ ■•,. , V UNITED AQTISTS COnPOfiATION ^ MARY PICKFORD • CMAIiLIC CMAPUN • OOUOLAT FAIttOANKjT .. 0-W. GWFriTMj ^ *'Otie Exciting fiight/* The first genuinely up=l:o-date mystery picture ever filmed: Brimful of love, laughter and thrills. A frantic search for a missing half million dollars. Stealthy figures and peering eyes; Sliding panels and secret doors. The funniest black-fece come- ; V ^ ;^r diaii possible. And a tremendous storm scene as a. gorgeous, ■ 'V--C/^ dynamic cKnmx. "';■ ■••'^^^-^v... . ,#.. :..,,,' "^Orphans of the Storm/Ow ^ A Griffith incturizatioii of the famous "The Two Orphans** as the ^ ^ 1 ? basis tor a historicaUy- accurate presentation of the titanic upheavals of the Frendi revolution. The sweetejst love story of all history. Scenes of pa^m splendor among the aristocrats as the rabble riots for bread. The **great4ride" as a Griffith climax. ^ ■ ] ^WayDownEast/r :mt' :-mmmw Foremost anibng the most popular pictures D. W. Griffith ever ^ made. Melodrama and romance; comed^ and adventure; box- office certainty evenrwhere every time. A cast beyond criti- cism or comparison. A picture for the small town theatre as ^ well as the big city. And there*s the Griffith thriller in the ' "^^ form of A smashing ice scene. r * ^ream Street, ''': ' .; '^^'^:,: -; ^''%MM .:: I ::^'^i^ • ^ A truly Griffith feature in every sense of the word, picturing the famous Limehouse district of London. A tenderly beauti- ful love story for the romantically inclined, plus mystery and ^ melodrama as only Griffith himself transfers td tiie screen. The great director is at his best in this picture of beauty in the midst of squalor..: ^ - ^The Love Flower, '' ^ A D. W. Griffith triumph from all phases of picture-making.\ A wonderful story that runs the gamut of all the human emo- tions—love, hate, revenge, forgiveness. Superb settings on a -.J-:c^ tropical isle, with marvellous photography showing a battle to the death deep, deep, in the water at the foot of a towering : ^-^^ cliff. A real thriller. zii^_ ^Broken Blossoms,'' '-^^~~W^' ; The most artistically beautiful picture this master producer ever filmed, with real entertainment for all classes. Not a **high-brow" picture, but a tremendous n\elodrama of the London Limehouse district, with a love story so tenderly told as to bring tears—tears that wash away sadness and make beauty seem more beautiful. ^he White Rose,'' —— ;...;.;,,' Now in course of production. ■i ■- : I 4 :n