1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1927)

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100 ENTERTAINMENT "1000 and Or.e" GROUP 135 (Continued) ENTERTAINMENT General ** Quality Street (6) Marion Davies in a faithful and sympathetic production of Sir James Barrie's famous work. (XIII) ** Rex in Black Cyclone (6) A man befriends a horse and is in turn rescued by the animal. XV) ** Road to Romance (7) Ramon Novarro as the adventurous young hero of Conrad's famous novel, Romance. (XIII; Robinson Crusoe (4) From the famous story. 112; Romeo's Dad (2) Tom Wise, Gail Kane and Conrad Nagel in a playlet written by Rachel Crothers. (56, 1*13) "** Romola (10) Lillian and Dorothy Gish in George Eliot's classic of the Italian Renaissance, entirely filmed in Italy. ** Rose Marie (9) Renee Adoree in spectacular picturization of succe;;::musical comedy. Plot centers about ^Northwest Mounted Police. (XIII) The Roughshod Fighter (5) Wm. Russell in a drama of Virginia in the days of reconstruction. Entertaining and educational. (56, 113) Rover's Big Day (1) The story of a homeless dog in a small town. XVI) ***The Ruling Passion (7) A realistic comedy of millionaire (George Arliss turning garage-man for relaxation. One of the finest films for communitv use. (XXIV) ** Sally, Irene and Mary (6) Adaptation of successful musical comedy, depicting romances of three chorus girls. (XIII) Sally Shows the Way (5) A Polly anna picture. Smiles and their effects on the life of a hardened old lady. (23) Secret of the Pueblo (5) Neal Hart in a story of the cliff-dwellers. (56, 113 | The Seventh Bandit (6) Harry Carey feature. (XV) Sharazad (5) Backgrounds for this Arabian Nights romance are the natural settings of Florida with the members of the winter social colony as actors. (134) Shore Acres (5 Version of the stage play. (112; The Sky Raider (6) Romance of the air, starring Capt. Nungesser. (XV) ** Slave of Fashion (6) Norma Shearer and Lew Cody in comedy concerning adventures of small town girl under assumed! identity in city. (XIII ) Sloth (5) A patriotic subject. '112) ***The Soul of the Cypress (1) Legend of the soul of a dryad and a young musician woven about the cypress. Effective photography. Adapted for community programs. I XIX; The Speed Spook (6) Johnny Hines comedy. (42) ** Spring Fever (6) William Haines in uproarious comedy of business and golf. (XIH) ***SteIIa Dallas (10) Fine acting by Belle Bennett of a mother's heroic and pathetic sacrifice for her daughters future welfare. Strong. (XXIV) Stop, Look and Listen (6) Larry Semon in a story of an indigent theatrical troupe. (XV) ** Suds (5) Mary Pickford aa a little laundry drudge who builds aircastles from the soap-suds. (XXIV) ***The Thief of Bagdad (11) Douglas Fairbanks' finest achievement in the realm of fanciful and fantastic adventure from the Arabian Nights. ( XXIV) ***The Three Musketeers (12) Rollicking, lively rendering by Douglas Fairbanks of Dumas' great romantic novel. (XXIV) ** Through the Back Door (7) Mary Pickford as poor little war refugee who finally finds herself a sen-ant in her own mother's house. (XXIV. ** Tillie the Toiler (7) Marion Davies in comedy drama based cn newspaper cartoon feature by Russ Vvestover. XIII ** Tin Hats (7) Rousing post-war comedy. Adventures of three rookies in the A. E. F. who arrive in Brest on Armistice Day. (XIH) The Tomboy (6) Light comedv melodrama. Clean fun for voung and old. ( XXXII A j ** The Torrent (7) Greta Garbo and Ricardo Cortez in story based on Ibanez gripping novel of Spanish opera singer. (XIII) Tricked (2) Rousing drama of the Northwest. (23, 3 7 A, 56. 6 9, 113) ** Twelve Miles Out (8) John Gilbert in action drama based on famous play of Coast Guard and rum-runners. ''XIII) The Two Orphans (5) The wanderines, troubles and joys of two orphans. (23) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (3) An under-sea film. (112) ** The Understanding Heart (7) Outdoor story of forest rangers in big tree country of California and Yosemite Valley. (XHI) ***The Voice of the Nightingale (1) Exceptionally artistic production in color. Dramatic tale of children and a bird. (42)