Beyond (1921 film)

Beyond is a 1921 American drama silent film based on the play The Lifted Veil by Henry Arthur Jones. The film was directed by William Desmond Taylor and produced by Jesse L. Lasky. It stars Ethel Clayton, Charles Meredith and Earl Schenck. The feature was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was set in part in New Zealand.

This film is preserved incomplete at the Library of Congress with only three of the five reels.Reviews for the film were generally mediocre. The New York Daily Telegraph September 11, 1921 praised Claytons performance saying she did exceedingly well with the role of the daughter, and noted that the film would not hold ones attention so well were it not for the star Clayton and the well thought out direction of William D. Taylor. The Moving Picture World September 17, 1921 said of the film, the big dramatic points seem to miss fire and the death of the second wife is a trick of the dramatists to bring about a happy ending. J. S. Dickersons review in the Motion Picture News September 11, 1921 was critical of the film saying, the ghost of Ethels mother shows up every so often to explain that everything will come out all right, but she never tells her anything that will aid in bringing this about...About the only place Beyond may be expected to go over is at a spiritualistic camp meeting...it has no theme worthy of respect nor technical construction unusual enough to command interest. ........

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