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GOLDBECK
THE COSSACKS
T1 HE first half of this picture goes to really unnecessary extremes to prove that the hero is a sissy. That fact having been established, it requires only the twinkling of an eye to convert him into the boldest and bloodiest of Cossacks. From then on, things go from bad to worse. Turks are slain indiscriminately. John Gilbert and Ernest Torrence are tortured right before your eyes. And worst of all, a Turkish sabre is run straight through the beautiful diaphragm of Nils Asther, who is the hero of the piece so far as I am concerned, as no other man can hold my gaze when he is in the vicinity. This is all about the love affair of a Cossack maiden who prefers John Gilbert to Nils Asther. Renee Adoree is this lovely but misguided girl.
THE BUTTER AND EGG MAN
J UST as butter and egg men have been dropped from our •/ slang vocabularies, along comes a picture showing intimate glimpses of one. A timid boy comes to town with a lot" of his grandma's money to spend. Two phoney producers want him to back their show, so they get the leading lady to put the works on him, and as soon as he gets his wind back after the first kiss, he starts writing cheques. It all ends to the boy's satisfaction, but without many thrills for the audience. This should have been saved for talking pictures. Furthermore, no amount of comedy neckties and foolish grins can make jack Mulhall into an innocent boy from the country. Greta Nissen and Gertrude Astor are the ladies involved.
FAZIL
A^R. SHEEHAN must have been away when Fox concocted this picture. I tried conscientiously to find its good points, but I'm afraid there are none. If you are a Charlie Farrell enthusiast, you will go anyway. Yes, this is a sheik picture, after all these years. Charlie is the very disagreeable Hadji Fazil, who marries a little Parisienne without revealing any of his family traits, and then gets her back home and treats her like poison. As for the girl, she can't decide whether she wants to stay or not. So to settle it all, they die together. Greta Nissen is the meek little wife. Charlie is neither fish nor fowl — neither a fiery sheik nor his own sweet self, and the titles are dreadful.
OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS
D ICTURES are certainly getting better. Don't miss this one, if you really want to be entertained. It has practically everything. Youth, pep, good-looking women, attractive clothes, and an awfully good story. The titles are funny. It's all very smart and modern, and Joan Crawford looks and acts better than she ever has. The cast also includes Dorothy Sebastian, Nils Asther, Eddie Nugent, Johnny Mack Brown, and other celebrities. And the big thrill is the small new blonde, Anita Page, who, in her second part, steals the picture from Joan Crawford and gives a performance that would be unusually good even for a big star. The story is about three modern girls, and how they get husbands and how they lose them.
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