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Sunday, June 20, 1920
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Very Sympathetic Story With Star Well Cast
Eugene O’Brien in “THE FIGUREHEAD” Selznick-Select
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well cast and finely handled spectacular scenes result in very satisfactory picture. LOY eee Just suits star—well constructed and containing rising suspense. DERECTION Rs: Contains number of slips in timing of parallel sequences and in detail. PHOTOGRAPHY Good er esr ye 8 Very good Eee eS ee a iw Commendable ee eee eee, eee Fe Beds. se. e's Right at home Se OR Dern, . Very good; Anna Nilsson opposite RA hiGRIORS 3.4... Varying and very appropriate Realistic OR PAT oe, Director shouldn’t have let star look so slick after fight or shown romantic touches in middle of golf tournament. Sona GweneOUESTORY:....... Idler nominated mayor by crooked politicians as “figurehead’”’ —he turns tables on them. LENG HAO PRODUCTION..... About 5,500 feet Here is a distinctly pleasing picture with the star very well cast in a story that caters directly to the common sympathy and which rises in power of suspense as the action progresses.
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The role of the sportsman and society idler, nominated for mayor by conniving
politicians as a figurehead, who turns upon them and makes a winning fight for a clean ticket suits ugene O’Brien to the ground and he makes as much of the part as its many possibilities afford him.
There are some excellent mob scenes coming in the latter part of the picture during the very realistic debate between Sheridan Dows, the figurehead, and his ie that printed in his paper about Dows causes a riot in the
opponent, Durfee. scandal Durfee has hall which is only broken up by two mounted policemen who charge up the aisle and take the much menaced Durfee in charge. Vhis whole sequence is excellently done and carries no small amount of sus pense and thrill. Vhe election night scenes are also
well pictured with all the various details of the real
article. ihe picture as a. whole: registers very well indeed. After Dows has been nominated he starts in
winning popular favor to the dismay of Durfee and his minions, who believed the opposition ticket would win in a walk. The story merely relates of the manner in which Dows fought against them and won. The best dramatic sequence aside from those already mentioned is the one in which Durfee plans to frame up Dows with Mary, his fiancee and co-worker. How this plan is frustrated makes a stirring sequence although the action parallel to it showing the reporters and cameramen coming to get the scandal story is not timed correctly with the main line.
O’Brien gets very satisfactory support from such capable plavers as Anna Nilsson, Joseph Girrard, Ed
win Stevens, Ed Brady and Kate Price.
LUTHER REED
AUTHOR OF:
BELOW THE SURFACE
ADAPTER OF:
BEHIND THE DOOR MARY’S ANKLE LETS BE FASHIONABLE
The Four Big Thos. H. Ince Successes of the Year AUTHOR OF the three-act comedy “DEAR ME” now in its 16th week at Court Theatre, Chicago