Word: matte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bunker. Bean. Harry Leon Wilson's extraordinary story of a timid young man who imagined he was an Egyptian potentate and made good on the confidence he gained from ruling in his dream, has been pretty badly mangled on the screen. Matt Moore, able comedian, is miscast, being for one thing several years too old. The twists of character and the strange development of fantasy are lost. The film descends to the vague and chaotic level of slapstick comedy...
...Baxter Butted In. If good fun and beauty be the meat of movies, play on. Matt Moore is funny and Dorothy De Vore is beautiful, and, if the picture is silly, it is no worse. The hero works in the advertising department of a big newspaper and, since he is also a dreamer, fits there as well as a prayer in a poker game...
...Narrow Street. Quiet, light comedy. Matt Moore, as a muddler, is unmuddled by Dorothy Devore, waif. Conventional but commendable...
...Hindu villain, an airplane rescue. In the present instance, a death ray was included to give that natty modern touch. No matter how often you have been to the cinemas, the incoherent multitude of these manufactured thrills serves a sure purpose. There is an inevitable, if factitious, reaction. Matt Moore and Patsy Ruth Miller assist materially in making the discerning spectators feel like fools in the dark for enjoying such arrant debris...
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