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FROM THE BOOK:
Lady
of the Night - Critics' Verdict:
"The
make-up of the dance hall girl is something new for Miss Shearer,
especially as it is rather exaggerated. She has imbued this
character with a great deal of sympathy, and particularly unforgettable is
that scene where she visits the room of the man she loves the same evening
that he is escorting the other girl to a dance, and offering her proof of
his devotion."
Edwin
Schallert in the Los Angeles Times, March 9, 1925
"Miss
Shearer, in this picture, has accomplished one of the most difficult
characterizations that fall to the lot of a motion picture actress to
portray. That of two girls in two entirely different worlds.
This has been done with a clear and well defined contrast, Miss Shearer
taking both roles extremely well.
"If
you have not had the pleasure of viewing this picture, it would be well
worth the much as Miss Shearer is ably supported by Malcolm MacGregor, and
the rest of the cast is ver good."
E.
Merrill Noel in Film Fun, August 1925
"Miss
Shearer does the best acting she has ever done. She is splendid as
Molly, who wears weird clothes and has a flair for imitation aigrette feathers.
She is comely, sympathetic and attractively gowned as Florence."
Mordaunt
Hall in the New York Times, March 2, 1925
"A
slight little tale of the romance of two girls of marked resemblance, who
fall in love with the same man - with the one from the society circles
winning out in the love stakes when the rival, suppressing her feeling in
the romance, gives Norma Shearer her opportunity to flash some really
inspired acting. It is an intelligent performance, one marked by
real understanding and authority. Monta Bell has dressed it up with
shafts of humor and human touches. The story shows what good
direction can do in giving breadth and color."
Motion
Picture, June 1925.
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