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Mark UTwain’s■ /A Connecticut YankeeIs Wm. Fox's Second Big Fil m Achievement This SeasonUnlike Over the Hill'—It s a Mass of Mirth and Merriment A Few Excerpts from Reviews in the Los Angeles Papers“Whatever yon do, don’t miss the picturaation of Mark Twain’s great, satire, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.’ It's a pippin.” Kay Markson in the Los Angeles Record.“Mark Twain lives again in the picturization of his great and lovable humor. The screen version is a colossal achievement inasmuch sis it combines a period of fifteen hundred years ago with modern slang told in the most laughable titles that ever graced the silver sheet. This is a picture that will banish dull care, and the public will go not once but many times to be refreshed by its spontaneity, its satire and delicious comedy. The subtitle writer deserves the Croix de Guerre.”—Marion Russell in the Billboard.“Sitting enthroned among the ?ods of laughter, Mark Twain must have heard the swelling thunder of the roaring humans in Miller’s Theatre last night. ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court’ triumphed across the screen — a kaleidoscopic monument of rich humor, keen satire, breath-taking adVentures and touches of rare human motion. It is a ’laugh epic’ of the screen. Rarely has an audience been held so rapt in the ‘thrillscenes’ or been so convulsed with laughter at the remarkable gags.!”—Los Angeles Record.“Hurrah for Mark Twain and for ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.’ For hark ye, the most brilliant comedy drama in the history of picturedom is here. The picture is on view at Miller’s and the big audiences are fairly pulling the house down. ‘Make 'em laugh, make ’em cry, make ’em thrill IV D. W.Griffith said once, and the Yankee does all three superlatively. Its comedy has Charlie Chaplin's brilliantaliveuesa and great common humantouch; it has lightning flashes of William de Mille’s fine whimsy; it has moments as great as some' of Griffith’s own; it has touches of 'Miracle Man’ spiritual vision, and yet it is much more, for it is all Mark Twain. Never have I seen a house more rocked with laughter.”—Grace Kingsley in the Los Angeles Times.“A tremendous screen novelty, bubbling with modem humor, and deliciously whimsical in its contrived absurdities. It is entertainment of the highest sort; it is production, not reproduction; it is a screen achievement, not the transforming of a book to celluloid. I congratulate William Pox for having produced another Lawigreat success that will delight the . iner.world, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court’ is an honor to the screen.”—Arthur James in editorial in Moving Picture World.A ten week pre-release run in Los Angeles, where it taxed the capacity of Miller’s Theatre at every performance, is the record behind “A Connecticut Yankee.”“Had Mark Twain lived to be present he would have called it a great day. The Fox production retains all the Twain humor, and never once over-stretches an opportunity by'putting in false, notes or forced action. The picture is elaborate without being too spectacular. I have no idea how many reels it took to tela the story—all I know is that when the end flashed on the screen I said: 1 Oh, is that all there is! ’ The Fox authorities should have been on hand to hear some of the pleasant things that were whispered about yesterday. ‘ ’—Louella Parsons in the Monpng Telegraph.“A spectacle in which dignity, monstrous edifies and gorgeous panoply' vie with a Constant ninning comedy to keep the audience in high spirits. Dlumined throughout fey the master wit of the great American, humorist, Mark Twain.”—Florence Lawrence in the Los Angeles Exam-Played at the Columbia Theatre, San Francisco at One Dollar AdmissionOUR PRICES: ?Adults, 50c plus 5c war tax; Children, 22c plus 3c war tax Boxes, 68c plus 7c war taxCONTINUOUS SHOW SUNDAY FROM 1:30 TO 1]
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Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Sat, Oct 15, 1921
Page 11
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