Out Yonder

Cyril Chadwick sets out from Huntley Gordon's yacht with his aunt, and capsizes their rowboat. They are rescued, and they want to do a good turn for their savior. It turns out to be Olive Thomas, the daughter of lighthouse keeper John Smiley. There are complications, like Luise Prussing, who wants to marry her wealthy host. And what about the ghost that Smiley and his assistant, Edward Ellis, keep seeing?

This early vehicle for Miss Thomas shows off her great beauty, but it doesn't give her much to do. Instead, we are confronted with a melodramatic plot, offered in the long, slow, still takes that were common in American films in this period. Overall, it is a mediocre story, betraying the common and almost unconscious snobbery of the era, and of interest largely because the following year, Miss Thomas would have a breakout hit in THE FLAPPER. Ralph Ince's direction is efficient, if a tad uninspiring, but DP Harold S. Sintzenich's lighting is outstanding. Still, in Miss Thomas he had a great subject for his camera.