Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1927)

SAVES YOUR PICTURE TIME AND MONEY The Best Pictures of the Month LOVE TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS THE WIND ROSE OF THE GOLDEN WEST THE STUDENT PRINCE MILE-A-MINUTE LOVE The Best Performances of the Month Lillian Gish in "The Wind" Greta Garbo in "Love" Jack Gilbert in "Love" Mary Astor in "Rose of the Golden West" Janet La Verne in "Mile-a-Minute Love" Aileen Pringle in "Tea for Three" William Boyd in "Two Arabian Knights" Louis Wolheim in "Two Arabian Knights" Gilbert Roland in "Rose of the Golden West" Ivan Petrovitch in "The Garden of Allah" Casts of all photoplays reviewed will be found on page 1 5Q TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS— United Artists THIS is real comedy. "Gags" to be sure, but new ones, — and spicy! Although the action starts in the trenches, it is not just "another old war story. " A hard-boiled army sergeant and one of his men are gassed, recuperate to go into a fistic encounter and be captured by the Germans. They escape, in the stolen white uniforms of two Arabic prisoners. Past watch dogs, beneath electrified wires, into the arms of more prisoners. They land on a ship bound for Arabic cities, where they encounter one of the harem-variety beauties. Naturally, both fall for the veiled, mystic woman. How to outrival one another? The sergeant soaks the clothes of his private, who retaliates by stealing the pants of his superior. Then the Turkish rival and the plot for the doughboy's extermination. A duel — but you must see it. The clever titles add materially to the picture, even though they are a bit risque in places. Louis Wolheim, the new screen-actor with a face so homely that it requires no make-up, will make a hit in this picture. You will remember him as Captain Flagg in the stage version of "What Price Glory." William Boyd rises to new comedy heights. He is funny, yet sympathetic. Mary Astor sparkles by her dashing young beauty. To Lewis Milestone, the twenty-nine year old director, goes the credit for the production. He started with a drama script, threw it away and created a comedy. Over the heads of the children, but lively entertainment for the rest of the family. THE STUDENT PRINCE— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer WHEN the doctors disagree, it is usually hard on the patient. It was in this case. Ernst Lubitsch originally directed the picture. John Stahl redid the love scenes. Someone else inserted new backgrounds. Yet above the doctoring triumphantly rises the deeply poignant love story of Karl Heinrich and Kathie, of the German prince and the pretty serving maid who loved him so devotedly she made him study and go back to his kingdom, though it broke the hearts of both of them. The distinguished work of the entire cast gives the picture its greatest appeal. Equal honors go to Ramon Novarro as the Prince, Norma Shearer as Kathie, Jean Hersholt as the tutor and Phillippe de Lacy as the young Prince. This is a film for all young hearts from babyhood to beards. MILE-A-MINUTE LOVE— Universal A LITTLE child will lead this straight into the box-office hits. Exactly as Chaplin's "The Kid" belonged to Jackie Coogan, this Reginald Denny vehicle belongs to fiveyear-old Janet La Verne. Give Reggy a hand for his business sense and big heartedness in submerging his work in favor of the little girl's. Reggy is a bachelor, who, on the day before his wedding, becomes a father. The child is an orphan who firmly adopts Reggy as her male parent, thereby getting him in a series of misunderstandings with his frigid fiancee and eventually finding him the right wife. A charming picture, censor-proof, comic and tender. The cast is great. Fred Newmeyer is congratulated for his direction and Alfred DeMond for his subtitles. Take the children. 53