Word: shannons
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...country on a firm budgetary foundation (which it had to construct) ; has introduced important agricultural reforms; has overhauled the Irish cattle and dairying situations (with the result of improving Irish quality) ; and has helped to launch Ireland's industrial revolution. To this Mr. Henry Ford and the Shannon River Power development (by German engineers) have contributed most. But Ireland's young "Old Men" have done extremely well...
...London 50 years later. Here the faint recollection of her deeds by officials who have come to decorate her gives the play an ironical and momentary lift. What The Lady with a Lamp need's is more lifts. A Widow in Green- Sue (Claiborne Foster) meets Tommy Shannon (Ernest Glendenning) in an English tea shop. To him the brief relationship that follows is delightful companionship. To Spinsterish Sue it is a prelude to marriage. When he suddenly rushes away to Africa. Sue tells everyone in town that she has married Tommy, rushes away to America. There she hears...
...that they have small resemblance to life. A crook (Clive Brook) on the point of being executed for murder, confesses to a priest. His confession, which constitutes the main portion of the picture, shows that, though innocent, he is maintaining a pretense of guilt to shield his daughter (Peggy Shannon). Good shot: a kitten playing with the ball of wool under which the crook has cached a roll of stolen money...
...Secret Call (Paramount) is mainly notable because its leading lady, Peggy Shannon, is being publicized as the successor to itty Clara Bow, whom she replaced in this picture when Actress Bow became "indisposed...
Stuart Walker, able technician of Indianapolis and Cincinnati stock companies, has handled the story well but shows his unfamiliarity with the cinema by not moving his camera around enough. Actress Shannon photographs prettily. Less provocative than Clara Bow, she shows more signs of histrionic intelligence. The story, borrowed from a 20-year-old play, is still ip to date in outline but its motivations re rusty, its crucial moments creak a little...