Wid's Filmdom (1920)

; @ rae Sunday, August 15, 1920 wid DAILY 3 eT LATIN IE DOR RE LE SE EI DD CE. OREM LTS REM ARO So Snappy Novelty Comedy With Star in Series of Water Stunts Annette Kellerman in “WHAT WOMEN LOVE” “Sol Lesser—First National RE DAS TOOL LOGE ald rh sv race foe o« +» «geen N. C. Watt POUR LOS IR MIO el og take on Rae Bernard McConville BREEN Fan. C2 Ea Nake Sigtia a Seng: <-+ See Not Credited Bree AEN Scents hci c eis... ee Not Credited AS A WHOLE ...... Good novelty comedy with rapid action throughout and showing star at acquatic stunts BLO Wwe nie: ; Not an awful lot to it, but it supplies a thread of interest and many amusing comedy sequences PER eK OO Net ir eee si. FESO: ss Very good RRA) CRC Ve ony tthe os oes Generally excellent LIGHTINGS 5... ... Very good; under water scenes very clear eR ICABWY ORK to iiiray ahs. . See eS Very good SAA Ee), A Arete Shows a world of athletic ability and pep SUET GE ASR De © eB ic «| Very good Beds LOIS Wee onsets «okie on MS oe Fine PALES Ped CRC SmI ts Soy os Fas sala sols = = Good BEL CLT an Aa he carihae oe Sa oo Generally all right be se Heroine falls in love with hero after he proves himself able to fight for her PeNGLHtOnerROUUCTION ...diu... 6,377 feet What women love, take it from this picture of that name, is cavemen. This conclusion may seem a hit sweeping and arbitrary to pop up at the end of a novelty comedy such as this, and it really is the only inconsistent point in the entire picture. Otherwise the production is a comedy of entirely reckless values. Annette Kellerman proves herself an athlete of general all around ability as well as a mistress of aquatic stunts, but these latter furnish the sensations of the picture. There is plot sufficient to supply a fairly coherent thread of interest throughout the picture and the novelties and thrills provide a substantiating degree of it. Miss Kellerman appears as Annabel Cotton, the tomboy daughter of a would-be reformer. The gymnasium scene used to introduce her will draw many a laugh particularly her bout with the unwilling butler. The next comedy sequence is the one in which she dives beneath the fisherman’s boat, rocks it, twirls it around in the water and fastens his boat to his own line. This one is certainly rich in extravagent comedy although if realism is looked for one has to excuse Miss Kellerman’s long stay beneath the surface by mentally awarding her with a pair of lungs of immense capacity. The ocean beach is the scene of some good stuff in which the star, surrounded by a group of the everpresent bathing girls, and a couple of purity league scouts are the principal figures. At the end of this sequence Miss Kellerman executes a number of the fancy dives she is noted for. Willie, Annabel’s suitor, practises up on boxing, etc., in order to be a match for her. His transformation from a senseless fop into a rugged hero affords opportunities for more comedy, few of which have been overlooked. In the end Willie proves himself a caveman by rescuing Annabel from an ex-prize fighter and a rough neck crew of a tramp vessel, into which he had taken her a captive, ignorant of the bad character of the general surroundings. Miss Kellerman has been carefully handled in her closeups and registers very attractively. Wheeler ‘Oakman does some good work as Willie and Walter Long is successful in creating a brutal heavy. Carl Ullman, Ralph Lewis and Bull Montana complete the cast. This One Ought to Go Big¥With All Audiences Box Office Analysis for the Exhibitor “What Women Love” is a very fine novelty comedy. At the Strand, New York, it seemed to please immensely and laughs were numerous. Probably at houses of all other types it will go over as well and doubtless in some of the smaller ones it will register a bigger hit. The comedy is novel and the thrills unusual. This combination of entertainment, set to the tune of brisk action, is pretty sure of registering with all audiences. The title appears to have been chosen for its advertising purposes and for the fact that it suggests a story with a dominating element of sex. This latter isn’t the case. Considering the picture’s character, the title is a little off and in advertising it will be well to bring out that the picture is a novelty comedy and nothing else. Play up the star, her acquatic stunts and the fact that this is the first picture she has had in a long while. Feature the fact that it’s a comedy. You can get over the title with such a line as, “What type of man is most. favored among women. ‘The caveman, the dillatante, the artist? See this whirlwind comedy and the conclusion it points to.”