The Film Daily (1919)

24 zali DAIL.Y Sunday, Jimt 30, l»tO Short Stuff Universal has a reel that should prove quite a puller. Its title is "Hiding in Holland," and it shows what are said to be exclusive views of the German Crown Prince after he had been banished to the Dutch Island of Wieriengen. The film has been built up to a full reel with scenes in and about the island, and most of the footage showing the Crown Prince shows him walking along a road. There are two scenes that bring him close to the camera. The reel has been filled out with titles ridiculing the Crown Prince and the Hohenzollern family in general, and Uni-, versal bills it as a comedy. Also the picture shows how motion picture of "Gott's Junior Partner" were obtained. A covered truck was used, and His Lowness did not know the pictures were being taken. The latest Mutt and Jett release from Fox is titled "Pets and Pests." It is the sort of a cartoon that, put on right, gets the laughs. Jeff has lots of pets, which become the bane of Alutt's existence. And in his usual gentle manner Mutt bififs Jeff' on the bean, proving that pets are unwelcome. A Sunshine comedy with a full cjuota of laughs is "A Milk-Fed \'amp." The chief funmaker in this two-reel offering is a monkey that pulls lots of monkey business. Plenty of incident is introduced, and this oft'ering is up to Sunshine's standard.Lots of pep and jazz is introduced in usual fast slapstick manner, and the film maintains a fair rate of speed throughout. All in all it's a thoroughly acceptable comedy number. The most recent Silk Hat Harry cartoon shown by educational is a funny piece of work entitled "The Breath of a Nation," a 500-foot' burlesque on prohibition. A still funnier subject that is sure of getting the laughs, is Happy Hooligan's "A Wee Bit o' Scotch," which treats of war in a mighty amusing manner. After getting off to a rather .confusing start, Pathe's latest serial, "The Great Gamble," peps up a bit in the second episode and soon begins to show itself as a thriller as far as stunts are concerned. The serial was written and, directed by Joseph A. Golden, and produced by Western Photoplays, Inc. There is nothing original about the story, and some of the titles are very stiff and stilted. However, the main idea is to get lo-ts of stunts into the film, and after necessary facts have been registered in. the first episode the serial gets going in typical serial style. Anne Luther and Charles Hutchinson are featured. The former does good enough work, as seen in the early episodes, and the latter is a daring and dashing worker. He pulls many thrilling stunts. All in all, the serial holds fair promise. Included in the cast are Warren Cook, Richard Neill, Billy Moran, William Cavanaugh and Edith Thornton. The latest Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement released by Educational contains much matter that should interest fans. The reel gives intimate glimpses of stars in their homes, etc. The subject shows Elsie Janis and her mother, contains the pictured history of the marriage of James Cruze and Margaret Snow in 1913 and also brings their baby to the screen. Louise Glaum is seen also with her mother off stage, and there are view of Clara Kimball Young on her vacation. Other features are behind-thecamera glimpses of one of Mack Sennett's comedy companies, and views of Anita Stewart and her husljand. "Ambrose's Day Oft'" is a two-reeler offered by the Frohman Amusement Corp. In the oft'ering Ma.ck Swain gets back to his usual comed} style and registers a few laughs. There is nothingexciting about the number, however — it is just straight stuff. The film shows quite a number of attractive bathing girls of the Californit beach variety, and these scenes are pleasing to the eye at least. Mack and an East Indian ruler change clothes and some amusing mix-ups follow. Another Harold Lloyd subject put out by Pathe, marked for release during the week of Julv 20, is a one-reeler titled "At the Old Stage Doo'r." In this one Harold registers a few laughs when he tries to make a, hit with the leading woman of a musical comedy. The film brings to the screen some dainty maids in dainty stage attire, but its chief claim to comedy interest is in Lloyd's efforts to get into the stage door of the theater, and the business he pulls with a cop and others during a rainstorm outside. Bebe Daniels is also in the picture.