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December, 1928
267
Titles of Films (Actors) (Producers)
For
Intelligent
Adults
Interference(Evel3m Brent) (Para.) A remarkable "all-talkie" — fine voices— excellent reproduction — dignified crook story — but the "sound" seems to slow up the story greatly. Wide division of opinion as to entertainment value, but it shows unmistakable advance in sound pictures.
Lingerie (Alice White) (Tiffany) Rather sophisticated story of how the little French girl, "Lingerie," wins out over the unfaithful wife of the American doughboy she met and loved in war-time.
Loves of An Actress (Pota Negri) (Para.) Mediocre story with Pola attempting the role of the great French actress, Rachel, as she played with the affections and wealth of various lovers.
Marked Money (Junior (^oghlan) ( Pathe) Rather cheap melodrama with boy hero. "Just the stuff that goes good at a children's Saturday matinee." says the movie press, but we should say children deserve better.
Masks of the Devi! (John Gilbert) (Metro) Gilbert is exceedingly selfconscious as "handsome" hero-villain, admiring himself constantly in mirror. His occupation is seducing women, tricking his friends and posing for a painting of a Saint for the church. A new fade-out device is used monotonously to show the "thoughts" of the character — the hero's only thought seems to be how he would look kissing every woman he sees. ("Pretensious piffle," says one judge.) (See Review No. 93.)
Me Gangster (June Collyer) (Fox) Another crook picture, duller than usual, based on a young gangster's diary. Three-fourths glorification of the gangster-hero — the rest subtitles and final reformation.
Melody of Love (Mildred Harris) (Univ.) All-talkie (Universal's first) with some good voices — but some of the "sound" terrible. Wholesome enough war-hero story, where little French girl wins out over American fiancee. Obvious and unobjectionable.
Naughty Duchess, The (H. B.
Warner) (Tiffany) The artful heroine momentarily poses as the Duke's wife and finds it impossible to stop. Rather original little story, bordering on "bed-room farce."
Outcast, The (Corinne Griffith) (First Nat'l) The stage play fairly well screened. Decidedly sophisticated and rather well acted. But, of course, Corinne is not Elsie Ferguson.
Plastered in Paris (Sammy Cohen) (Fox) Vulgar burlesque of the Foreign Legion. Slap-stick at its worst. Two drunken American soldiers adventure from Paris to Palestine.
NoUble
Mediocre
Worthless
Perhaps
Stupid
Passable
Fair
Interest! nr
No
For Youth
(15 to 20)
For Children
(under 15)
Passable
Beyond them
Doubtful
Hardly
No
No
Mediocre
Hardly
By no
No
means
Unwhole
No
some
Good
Perhaps
Doubtful
No
Doubtful
No
No
No
Titles of Films (Actors) (Producers)
Power (Wm. Boyd) (Pathe) Two construction hands on a dam are lady-killers in town. Gold digging vamp outwits them.
Power of Silence (Belle Bennett) (Tiffany) Rather morbid melodrama of devoted mother who comro its murder and keeps silent for twenty years.
Red Lips (Chas. Rogers) (Univ.) Usual sort of a "college" story, with college athlete, girl from the city, etc.
Revenge (Dolores del Rio) (United Artists ) Unusually picturesque setting for unusual gypsy characters. Fiery heroine well played by Del Rio.
Romance of the Underworld (Mary
Astor) (Foxj Decidedly above average "crook" play — genuinely human, with notable acting by Robert Elliott.
Sally's Shoulders (Lois Wilson) (F. B. O.) Fairly realistic humble life, with "crook" and "booze" elements. Sophisticated.
Show Girl, The (Alice White) (First Nat'l) Jazzy, night-clubby story of Broadway, with "sex-appeal" heroine. (See Review No. 102)
Singapore Mutiny, The (Ralph Ince) (F. B. O.) Brutal melodrama of usual Ralph Ince type, with the hard-boiled Ince committing suicide at end to save hero and heroine.
Stool Pigeon (Olive Borden) (Columbia) Underworld drama concocted according to usual formulas.
Streets of Illusion, The (Virginia
Valli) (Columbia) Ordinary thriller of stage life and jealousy. Two guns, one loaded and one not, are the chief actors.
Varsity (Charles Rogers) (Pata.) A drunken janitor at Princeton ( IIj has son in college who does not know his father. There is no football game! But much drinking, and the worst talking sequence to date (by Chester Conklin). (See Review No. 98)
Wedding March, The (Von Stroheim) (Para.) Nearly a record for the vast amount of time and money spent on production. (Question as to how much it is worth on the dollar.) Prodigious film of Vienna before the war, showing profligacy in high circles. Von Stroheim both acting and directing. Strong, realistic, thoroughly revolting in places. Notable for bigness and cost, rather than for art and charm. (See Review No. 95)
Mediocre
Hardly
Mediocre
Interesting
Amusing
Passable
Hardly
No
Hardly
Mediocre
Interesting
For
Youth
(15 to 20)
For Children (under 15)
Doubtful
No
Hardly
No
Passable
Perhaps
Good
Good
Entertainins
Unsuitable
Passable
Hardly
No
No
No
No
Hardly
No
No
No
Perhaps
No
Doubtful
No