Beyond (1921 film)

Beyond is a 1921 American drama silent film based on the play The Lifted Veil by Henry Arthur Jones.

On her deathbed, the mother of Avis Langley begs her to watch over her wayward twin brother, Alec.

She declines to reveal that she is alive, however, until the accidental death of Viva creates the possibility of her reunion with Geoffrey.The director, William Taylor told the Los Angeles Times in 1921 that, "motion pictures are in their occult age...mysticism has a strong grip on popular fancy, there are those who absorb with avidity every new idea in the subject, from the ouija board on.

[4] 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 dramatist’s to bring about a happy ending".

[4] J. S. Dickerson's review in the Motion Picture News (September 11, 1921) was critical of the film saying, "the ghost of Ethel's 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".

Film still of French and Clayton