Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Aug 1919)

( CLASSIC t ; spectator nearby inquired with a friendly I show of interest. “Yes — thanks for the compliment,” I rejoined, only to be greeted with a bewildered stare. I And then the judge began to try his f cases. He was a dignified judge, with a full realization of the importance of his I position. His pocket, we soon found, 1 needed small change that morning worse i than the City Hotel needed guests, for i no matter what the offense, the punishi ment was always the same ; [ “Ten dollars fine.” I “Meet you after court, Judgie,” one of the reporters whispered. “Keep it up and you’ll have a roll by night.” And now he called the trembling Emmy and her companion before him. i “Your name?” lie thundered, just as j much as this particular judge could j' thunder. “Sylvia Fair ” “Tell him it’s Smith,” whispered her companion, who insisted upon being i original at any cost. “Smith,” Emmy faltered. ' “Young woman, I should send you to ' the Island,” the judge commented, pleas' antly, when he had heard her case. “People who frequent places of ques1 tionable character deserve punishment, ! but as this is your first offense you may go free. Remember, the next time will mean thirty days on the Island.” * Anyway we are glad we succeeded in j slipping by Metro’s telephone operator, I Avhile Miss Wriggles is still able to enjoy J her daily bone, and we are glad we were i chosen to be a reporter. Henceforth |i our coat-of-arms will bear the motto: I “When in doubt, sneeze!” '! The Celluloid Critic i; {Continued frotn page 77) 't Manila, meets her father, who is governorgeneral, and marries the young chap, i “The Forbidden City” drags dramatically. 1 The Chinese atmosphere varies in effectivei; ness. Sometimes it is quite obviously the i camouflaged Occident. Thomas Meighan is stodgy as the lover, who becomes governor[ general by the simple expedient of becoming j gray at the temples, while Reid Hamilton is I stiff and uninteresting as the daughter’s sweetj heart. _ Somehow “The Romance of Tarzan” (NaI tional Film Corporation) rather stirred our [ risibilities. Herein the redoubtable Tarzan, j raised in the jungle by apes, invades civilizai tion, falls in love, becomes involved with a j vampire lady and goes back to the peace of his j jungle wilds. Then the fair young ingenue comes to him and all ends well. All this I sounds uneventful enough, but Tarzan, in ■civilization, has an invigorating habit of tearing off his coat at odd intervals and mussing j up a whole ballroom. While we suspect that E. R. Burroughs only tried to write a pleasant romance, the movie makers of the Tarzan sequel seem to be trying to point the moral i that nature produces morality, while civiliza1 tion doesn’t. , Elmo Lincoln plays Tarzan with all the histrionic skill of a physical culture director. And who — oh, why — the close-ups? Enid Markey is colorless as the heroine. __ “Shootin’ _Mad,” the first of Gilbert ‘Broncho Bill” Anderson’s “return-to-thescreen” dramas, is quite hopeless. Mr. Anderson doesn’t seem to believe that the photoplay Jias advanced since he left it. ( Seventy -nme) Before and After Taking {Continued from page 55) called out, “Oh, mother, I’m hungry. I want something before I go to the studio.” “What do you want?” Dorothy settled the question by immediately announcing: “Bread and jam.” And without even realizing that they were doing so, the Sisters Gish had given the photo-man the chance he was looking for. “Here’s where we get the real home atmosphere,” came a murmur from under the focusing cloth. “Oh, gee !” cried Dorothy ; “you’re not going to take this, are you ?” “Oh, there’s the car!” cried Lillian. “I’ll be late if I dont go now.” So Lillian sped back to work, and 'Dorothy finished her bread and jam in silence. “What next?” she said. “Well, you can sweep out the diningroom. That will tell the world that you are industrious. Where’s the broom?” “We dont use a broom in the diningroom. Some salesman was here last month, and now mamma has a brand new vacuum-cleaner.” “Can you use it?” “Yes, but I dont like to. I tried it for an hour just for fun, but it’s really work.” “Fine ; let’s go !” And here’s Dorothy with the V. C. — and an awfully tired expression. She says the expression is not muscular, but purely mental. But it looks real, anyway. “Is that all?” “Yes, thank you.” And Dorothy started upstairs to take off her towel dust-cap that she had used for costume. Just half-way up the stairs, however, she stopped to wipe newblown dust from the bannister, and, without her knowing it, the shutter opened and closed again. And thus did the younger Gish sister close her day of housework. “Good-by !” she called, from the head of the stairs. “Good-by !” we answered. “Oh — and be sure to tell them that we ‘love the great outdoors.’ ” Gossip of the Pacific Coast {Continued from page 60) a slight case of flu, but is out electioneering for Judge Thomas P. White, who is a friend of hers. At Big Bear Lake Dorothy Phillips almost lost her life when Big Sam, the tallest tree there, crashed down after being struck by lightning. 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