Exhibitors Herald (1926)

HAL ROACH Jb resents RE fine Horse A Drama from the History of the West by HAL ROACH DIRECTED AND PRODUCED By FRED JACKMAN The amount ot thought that h*’ay 1Jeas ,n,o this picture shows 'n » a hostU DAILY. Rex in ^ “The Devil Horse prod. Hal >tnucK Dist.; P<‘ll<e reviewed The Devil Horse Se touch o* ""'^VHe^oodBroun^ ■"■i-i!?,:?irt;TttHmu.ionr.c,ute/r such Picturcsmar,' ce and society drama ca I Drawing-room iar better thrJ 1 he done on the stage as wet the tih^ph^lay. represent the mo ?“%i«ur." in its” true, sense. FILM REVIEWS “VARIETY” j scene with the star for laughs, although not billed. A1 Green directed the picture and played the director in the cast. While Al may never become the screens most wonderful leading man, he certainly did put this bit \ the matter of cost "JZlla Cln" looks as though ft had been put on for a little nickel. Fred. THE DEVIL HORSE Hal Roxrh proJucMon. released throujh . ,he nn„ itarrlnit ••Re*.” horse. Directed v Fred JacUman. with »U>ry by Rooca holmyrapherl by Floyd Jackman *nd Oeorpe Stevens, with titles by Malcolm ‘-.1 showing In Hotel . kltotR son trying to saddle the Vlld creature U Included, and gives a corking excuse Sor some broncho-bustin’ scenes the like of which the screen haan't reproduced in many days. "Tbs DevH Horse’' reel for reel. and~ru&cTehtjL_p# JP.qjalkl? xakfma CanuTCTKo' worTiTs cEamp oowboy nnd a riding fool, la the young herd What ho lacks In movie looks he makes up for In his rough rldlDg. while the dther actors of the cast are thoroughly satisfactory. -Rex" gives a good composite per formance. and Insofar as tho lay man Is concerned, he will not bother to figure out what labor may have been involved. He will take It for what It appears to be — a western story with a handsome home bj> the leading character, and as such It qualifies in every way. That It »a better thanJ'Slagit w* clone' la the mo>f supine g^SS3^81^ Jack "Wagner and Roland Asher null j picture Y“K'™, nl!iv not l>e I r.bu hero. CanuU « hc ; , . best actor asailah^ Fskilled horseman a 1 Sr/S"’McCom.cU is «bc -Robert KortmanUtc lo sior; u Type of Story ‘ '°"C j llls Jccnl1 Roach offers a. ot her with-gcx. .air novel | the nears most o \cast as far | human direction, tator And I Wa study in itself i..c " \vav in* ourd , wapon train He prows colt Indians '^ncl becomes up to hate the In > appearancc /terror to death among them means t a fine t Coy At l i Juno 1. Running kiiier.W. A Blacky and . . Morrow Gladys ci.n Wolf, the Indian. Robart Kurt r ii’..rrO'V Roy Cleni— ,k cjrson UaMf Frsd J*ckq his is the third of the hors . v,ir.«-< made by Hal Roach, tho flH being "Kirfg of the Wild Horses" ““ "Mack Cyclone" the second. ,es "The Dev.l Horae." best and on T$eal novjliy JjiaUL exhibitor' whose a_udicncsi bit fed up on blor}gIncd__l ih’the saving of the ||,,,,^rfs pal an inffii 1926. SNIN G • pi t • than thal SCREEN *** ,r"t I story Is b> lIa • • T 1 1 ^ P»vh 1 scenic U^whilatstt j i first sttas?: I Entertainment value. Appeal'0" • ,• • »udl<nC* vy Vsry oood I ' Hal Roach made box office histoty_wlth I his ■•The’Kmg'Vf Wild Horses" and repeated the performance with "STack Cyclone. His new horse picture^ "The' Pevll Horse/J^ [air to eclipse its predecessors, for the reasons” that it boasts a much stronger story ( and belter production than the former Rex , vehicles. , „ ... , ■The Devil Horse** deals principally with ■ a horse's hatred of Indians, engendered by the massacre of a wagon train party ot pioneers and consequent mistreatment of the h mse, then a suckling colt. Grown to ■ full stature, the horse preys upon nearby > Indians, whose warlike nature causes much t friction with federal troops. There are thrills aplenty In this producr tion. A fight between rival horses is one e of the high lights which, while weak In d spots, carries interest all the way. It has r the novelty advantage, which should make i‘ patrons talk about It. If you’ve played the other pictures featuring lira horse, you know wffal" box office strenlthlhesq, pETures have shown. This one Is Vetter than the .others and shoOT prove a genuine hltTn any class house. Sell this on the horse "ana promise Some rare feats of horsemanship (performed by Yakima Canutt), and some real hair-raising situations (six reels) “‘AMUSEMENTS” H n .... . u is a-i-1 so constructed that it bi in u i-. '.c actions of the black hoi into the sqb-p!ot. will ;C i i.s some vicious Indians. >. r,i..ent fort and the daughter r.e commander. •)i» f Prowling Wolf, a very mean guy, is the Indian villain, and Is set go; ting the major's girl. To do s ho stirs many tribes into wax•.> Except for a wild and pre•ious ride made by "Rex" and vr Garson. a frontier Bcout. they uUl have been successful. And it ends that GArson wins tho girl and "Rex goes Into an equine clinch with ' I*i«ly." a silver mare. Previous to the beginning of the real story, It was "planted" that "Rex" haled Indians. As a colt hei had been driven away from tn* boy who j-.vlpoil milk that he might get strom: and. fill up those awkward legs which are the rightful, thoiigb erstwhile, heritage of any colt. This hoy turned out to be Carson ninny vears later. Meantime i-norsv h.id galloped over the piqlne as a terror to any Indians, for he knew t)'*-ni by smell. Garson. too. bated th«. redskins because they bad urdered his parents. When "Rex" met Garson It made . _ great scene, because the Indiana I had bound lum end left him whtirfe > hey knew the horse would soon ;>ear. lo oking on "Rex" iu; a fiend, the redsltir.s naturally -expected him to tear up Garson. Somewhere back In the hOrk«*» memory (which the Buhtillea logically enough explain) wae the recollection of a small boy feeding a tjny eoit with a bottle and nipple. "Rex." instead of . tearing £\non to places, made friends aBd before 4on£ was his pal. The situation of Oar Vaimei Smith , ? ’fsiupwiccked.'* - '•,h HeubUerr/ hax taken a aomewhM HiW ' ' ; Interesting nnd r«P>^ m0,;“' .* ^ 1 wreck scenes cf recent moatl... V'» . me reports some months ago that „ and came close in a real | lslan-’ on which t« lanfi t the Brfa-l^a.' tn*s+u In „ an ln«l>an scout Sfi ”«hc intcrestinP angles '“L^^BSETSvcIty Pierres . r ,Rh"cu" io ItacAtr "" „(hrr H thej\CHT H orscs ' x Tilkiug Rcx staijt talkin' , ,cst. . them m f°r y:rc(j Jackman' 'Dirood°-and it must have presented ! unusual difficulties. Hal Roach ’ Author ;-reri jackman— Hal |oy I Scenario pu s 5 a im: . Audience Appeal: This is the sort of picture that will come as a grateful relief after a heavy season of "jazzmania,’' • society stuff and comedies. It should evoke, by its novelty, a hearty interest everywhere. How To Sell It A finp chance I EVEN I ^ vJoRI.D — ..Rt? '* a r y among piclure aclors and d .halt Tu_o.ar .ieaR ,ng ihefi cbuIiTBe Turned ...to Wmi they would show so poorly in cornp»r.son that (hey would no more than get into the p.c# as extras m the ^erd Rex leads ^ „t>v«! made nest of *» "Sldpwreek^J CltlS REX AT THE ROOSEVELT | rntbc offers comparatively fe* 1 raim >-mgth pit* urea, and these are on Broudwmy Al .»« J„,n, rioo.cvflt Tuoadoy evening l»< ;v .mmnn r«. •< iiw -t-r: i ' .s a (ralur;.. diML, ”.»n n almost ons. hivKcaw “I'd «kh P'cl>ir». confining. »i«. , i) la' n An outline v ouM u I much the conventional w.xtem, II * roichlyTrLted !»• Indians a. . * ’^‘amvoVr'lhc' “ smell, and a lo j»ith f«4 b>» r tl,|t°ri» »»y in Imagine . convantlonwl ^nlcdhl ^ isril"; It la aklllfully contrWfd ^ ® n cleverly Tlv* truly magnificat ■■'5* Roach Cameramen ■r Geo. Stevens i)od photography Ida 1 Locale Beet 1 Length Floyd Jackman Direcl >pkl Authcl Scenaf Cameil Sag Th< 'gaaous ^°rSe E^Tr" hy F°«n l E u e rf estern ^,Ve this theTnZTrrr--L-F r*a Wf McCann™' The KH,er , , Roac'< Tody Auth, Pafhepicture 'oocn. Di '27‘T” C,, wa Canutt . theme c d Ja<k»ian y c e — ,n which Rev ,P/C drafna of U/ , P R O D lights0 rhi Ti,,0n high he twee . men'*; EX Ao/T-a 1 C,"'f wmsUd* star .S^GEes. ...YVJL ^gT„!:s'p SCW,S -n interest baet^ Tlu: children. J h Hate, y'h. Six fieri] ,'f.Rl‘Str,buterl by pa.h M. P.