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THE THEATRICAL FIELD
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1107] McFADDEN'S FLATS (First National)
Charles Murray and Chester Conklin team through an agerl plot centering around the amirable feuds of an Irish rontractor and a Scotch harher. All the known Scotch and Irish jokes are trotted out for inspection, and these, with an oversupply of slapstick and some melodrama, constitute an hour's mild entertainment, if you can jhink of nothing better to do. (See Film Estimates for April.)
[108] THE YAISKEE CUPPER (Producers Distributing Corporation)
A thrilling race between two clipper ^hips, one British and one American, with bontrol of the rich Chinese tea trade as the brize, puts a capital climax on a well told story. William Boyd is featured as the voung American skipper, and Elinor Fair is jhe English girl to whom he loses his heart, pood sea scenes, a strong, if obvious, plot,
lenty of action, charmiing costumes, and
competent cast make this an effective pic
ure. The rivalry between Great Britain
nd America for supremacy on the sea is ^resented with dignity and a trace of hisoiical accuracy, and calculated to appeal 0 even the most casually patriotic.
109] HEAVEN OI\ EARTH (Metro-GoldwynMayer)
Highly reminiscent of The Exquisite Sinn . featuring the same players, Renee Adi(t' and Conrad Nagel, this is a pleasant ill If yarn about a French youth who ran u.iv from home to be a gypsy. UndisII' uished by any profundities of plot or tiahts of dramatic acting, it contrives to e fairly passable entertainment.
110] AiS AFFAIR OF THE FOLLIES (First National)
111 which the Follies star marries a poor boy illi no job, but with a great determination ot to let his wife support him. It's a noble esolve, but it doesn't feed the hungry, and so
there's trouble almost immediately. Billie Dove and Lloyd Hughes play the lovers satisfactorily, and Lewis Stone is a wealthy, elderly admirer who magnificently renounces his hopeless passion to act as peace-maker and adviser to the young couple. Just mildly interesting. (See Film Estimates for April.)
[Ill] LET IT RAIN (Paramount)
Douglas MacLean as a United States marine has his troubles and his love affairs, all of which are interesting, and a few genuinely amusing. The girl in the case is played by the diminutive Shirley Mason. Wade Boteler is good as our hero's bitter enemy and partner in stirring up trouble, and Frank Campeau is a stern admiral, hot on the trail of the mischief-makers. With all the ingredients for a good time, this is not, for some reason, as conducive to chuckles as most of Mr. MacLean's comedies. (See Film Estiinates for April.)
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[112] DON JUAN (Warner Brothers)
Never tell me that the exquisite John Barrymore is in pictures for the sake of his art! If he isn't there for the sake of a little laugh at the expense of the dignity of his worshipful producers and his adoring audiences, then I mistake entirely that naughty gleam in his eye and the unnatural gravity with which he frequently overacts. The Don Juan plot