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T“Poisoned Paradise” Proves New Era of Film TechniqueDays of Same Tricks Being Used by. All Concerned in the Making of Picture 'Over, Says Producers, and 1 Offer Preferred Production to Prove. 11 Claims of'Statements 1Poiatmed Farad ise,’* the new Preferred picture 1 proves conclusively that the era of a nov screen tech-nlquo ia definitely upon us-Onen upon' n* time picture follcs-r the author,, the scenarist, tbo dlrec-, tor the players and the1 thou Band and one others who are concerned with tho making' of a' sctceh-play—ail lined the same bug of'tricks. Whether the story was a wild'and woolly western, a drmdfci q£ exclusive Rceiety or a c ob turn BKapectacl e, one v/ne pretty sure to see the crushed roue, the dying canary or the other little bifs of liokutn that every movlo fan knowfi by heart. V• Oho ffiinHfar. only with Teal life was always apt to wonder why there .was. d revolver In every single library tafile that ever van d* movie prop. • And, of course,- everybody knows the old scene'where the villain with that leering of hie, locked the floor, slipped . tho key in hia pockeC and chased the heroine arodnd thp, room—Jiiet prior- to the Jierp'a entrance r;throupli the'- window or piayhe^dowri ttie chimney.It Is something like this last situ-’avion Chat appears Jn Poisoned Paradise in such an absolutely new Rftrb that you won't eyei? recognize it. The villain, Kaymond Griffith, arrives safely, in pursuit of the‘heroine, Clftra Bow. Ho starts after her but Clara proves*herself not the old-fashioned heroine but une skilled in tile art of self-defense, preparodT edness and all the other devices with which thy modern flapper is endowed.Here's whore Director Gaspler staged aomeihipg'now ,£hd different, for Clara doesn't shrink back In fean at all. ahc retaliates beautifully and when the villa In' makes for the door, Clara beats him to It, lOuks It |ieV-self and proceeds to use her fists effectively in proving* to him that she doosjn't like him.1?ho hero doesn't entpr at all bu.l thii sirene ends happily, for when the villain Is thoroughly acarnd Into repentance, t|ic heroine takes the key from her dress, opens the -door nail orders him to come from under the table and leave.Which proves thut Gas til or is a dl-rectpr oC originality and daripg.
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Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, US
Sun, Feb 17, 1924
Page 33
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Raymond L.
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