Julian Johnson
Julian Johnson's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Mickey (1918)
100%
“Whether she is falling down a well, leaping through an upper window in a ball gown or visiting New York [Mabel Normand] is startling, vivacious, girlish, and always funny.” –
Photoplay
Mar 23, 2023
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Southern Justice (1917)
75%
“A good scenario, good acting, good photography.” –
Photoplay
Aug 29, 2022
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Upstairs (1919)
88%
“This is not a Mickey, but it is the best thing Miss Normand has done since Mickey.” –
Photoplay
Jun 2, 2021
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The Dream Girl (1916)
86%
“The Dream Girl is practically the first soundless operetta to really exploit [Mae Murray].” –
Photoplay
Jun 2, 2021
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The Eternal Sapho (1916)
60%
“In The Eternal Sapho, [Bara] shows flashes of character definition and intense dramatic expression which she has not previously manifested. The piece itself is ponderously negligible.” –
Photoplay
Feb 6, 2021
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Daughter of the Gods (1916)
90%
“Seldom has any photoplay been conceived with such a wealth of varied material, with thrills so interspersed between moments of quaintness and closeup bits of expressive pantomime.” –
Photoplay
Dec 5, 2020
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The Fall of a Nation (1916)
43%
“It is not good entertainment because it is neither original nor spectacular. At this writing, twelve hours after witnessing the display, it is impossible to recall one battle scene.” –
Photoplay
Nov 20, 2020
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Deliverance (1919)
88%
“Miss Keller herself is a marvel of intuition and mechanical perfection, but I think the story, the human interest, is almost spoiled by the enormous amount of propaganda so unnecessarily inserted into the last reels.” –
Photoplay
Nov 10, 2020
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Unpardonable Sin (1919)
43%
“An impressive photoplay, filled with splendid characterizations, remarkable photography, and a thoughtful perfection of detail which honors the intelligence of the beholder.” –
Photoplay
Nov 5, 2020
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The White Heather (1919)
80%
“The trouble is not with the director, but with the piece.” –
Photoplay
Nov 4, 2020
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The Iron Claw (1916)
100%
“This is a good serial, of its kind.” –
Photoplay
Nov 4, 2020
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Wildcat of Paris (1919)
80%
“Miss Dean is her flashing self -- not always nor often a good actress, but always an effervescent [presence].” –
Photoplay
Oct 21, 2020
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Anne of Green Gables (1919)
100%
“William D. Taylor's direction of the picture is pleasantly adequate without being in any way original.” –
Photoplay
Sep 29, 2020
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Ravished Armenia (1919)
91%
“William N. Selig comes back as a producer, this time in the interests of oppressed Asia Minor, for it is he who made this interesting, though sometimes horribly detailed pictorial recount of a little people's long struggle for liberty.” –
Photoplay
Sep 5, 2020
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Salome (1918)
78%
“This edition of the adventures of Herodiade's daughter is not a sin against morals; it is only a vast, colossal assault on common sense.” –
Photoplay
Sep 3, 2020
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The Darling of Paris (1917)
86%
“Miss Bara throws herself into her delineation with the wholeheartedness for which she is noted, and is an Esmeralda passably true to novel and period.” –
Photoplay
Aug 18, 2020
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Hearts of the World (1918)
95%
“I think the main secret of Griffith's clutch at people's hearts is his'patient preliminary exposition of every detail of his characters' lives.” –
Photoplay
Aug 13, 2020
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Civilization (1916)
83%
“The thrill of the spectacle must ever be secondary to the thrill of emotion, since it appeals to the brain instead of to the heart. Mr. Ince's spectacle is tremendous, its mechanical equipment a revelation, save in one respect. His air fleet.” –
Photoplay
Jul 29, 2020
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The Miracle Man (1919)
95%
“As a study in genuine human beings, as an exhibition of the instinctive triumph of the better nature when that better nature has a chance... I do not recall that the silversheet has ever offered anything any better than this.” –
Photoplay
Jul 27, 2020
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Arizona (1918)
71%
“The play has only one speed, and that's the third.” –
Photoplay
Jul 22, 2020
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