“COMMON SENSE BRACKETT”

(Monarch Photo Play — Six Reels) REVIEWED BY H. S. FULD

THE exhibitor that goes into the open market for a change from the program might do well to book this latest of the state rights productions from the studios of the Monarch Photo Play Company.

“Common Sense Brackett” is another”Way Down East,” and is a beautiful story of the ”Old Folks at Home” or down on the farm. Comedy situations galore, good rural atmosphere, splendid photography, good acting on the part of a competent cast, a clever plot interestingly told, and quite a few tense moments, all help to make this number a good investment from a box office standpoint.

The Long-Lost Daughter Is Found
Bruce Brackett, the proprietor of a small country hotel, marries the leading woman of a road show, who in a fit of longing for the sight of the white lights of Broadway once more, leaves him, taking their only child with her. Brackett after a fruitless search for his wife and daughter, comes back and adopts an orphan girl of his home town.

Sixteen years later this girl discovers, by an interesting chain of developments, that a new arrival in the town who is giving dancing lessons, is the long lost daughter of her adopted father. Fearing that she will lose the love of the man she has called” father”‘ as long as she can remember she keeps her discovery a secret.

Brackett, with the tragedy of his own life ever before him, warns a neighbor against making a drudge of his wife and neglecting her. Through his efforts another scandal is averted and for a reward is reunited with his daughter.

The story runs along smoothly and is bound to please any audience. Those in the cast deserving of special mention are: William Frederic as Brackett, William J. Sorrille as Newton Offertt, his neighbor, and Baby Joan as Little Marion.


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