Broadway Arizona (1917)

60% User Rating

50min

While on vacation in New York, millionaire cattle rancher John Keyes falls in love with musical comedy star Fritzi Carlyle. Recognizing the opportunity for a great story, Fritzi's press agent encourages her to accept the Westerner's proposal of marriage, only to deny it the next day in a wave of newspaper publicity. Disheartened, Keyes returns to Arizona and Fritzi continues performing until she suffers a nervous breakdown. Reading of Fritzi's misfortune, Keyes returns East, kidnaps Fritzi and takes her to Arizona. There, the change of climate performs wonders and she recovers quickly. Meanwhile, her stage manager sends detectives after her, and when they arrive in Arizona ready to arrest Keyes for kidnapping, Fritzi explains that the whole adventure was an elaborate publicity stunt and announces that she and her Arizona cowboy are going to be married.

Lynn ReynoldsDirector

Cast

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Olive Thomas

Fritzi Carlyle

George Chesebro

John Keys

George Hernandez

Uncle Isaac Horn

Jack Curtis

Jack Boggs

Dana Ong

Press Agent

Tom Guise

Old Producer

Neola May

Indian Squaw

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Darrick38

Rating 60%

August 24, 2021

This is not great movie, but also not a bad one. It plays a little quickly, but things did move at a more brisk pace in these early movies, most lasting roughly an hour. A bit uneven, with an ending I didn't particularly like, but with some good scenes. Olive Thomas, who cranked out five films that year, not counting an uncredited cameo in another, does a decent job with this role, getting better with each film.