The Film Daily (1924)

THE Sunday, September 14, 1924 Short Subject Reviews sJiB^ DAILY 31 "The Sun-Down Limited"— "Our Gang"— Pathe A Laugh-Getter Type of production. .. .2 reel comedy There never was a cliild who didn't love to play "train." Director Robert MacGowan has taken advantage of this fact in his latest "Our Gang" comedy. And how the kids, young and old, will love it. There are thrills, real ones, in this, too, when little Mickey Daniels and the fat boy, Joe, take advantage of the engineer's absence to try their hand at running the locomotive. They run it all right, but they can't stop it. Fortunately however, they can make it reverse. Little Farina gets her foot caught in the track in the way of the engine. NufiE said! Afterwards the kids construct their own train. The engine is one dog power: that is the dog, fastened on a leash, tries to get a cat that is in a cage just out of his reach. When they want the train to stop, they pull down a slab of wood, shutting the cat from view. This one is a laugh-getter if there ever was one. Don't pass this by. "The Game Hunter" — Universal Contains Some Smiles T^pe of production. ... 1 reel comedy Bert Roach is starred in this, although both Neely Edwards and Alice Howell share honors with him. "The Game Hunter" is rather better than the average product that this trio are turning out. There is a good sequence in which a motorcycle driven by Roach comes very near to tipping during the length of the ride. Roach is seen in his usual role of butler. The comedy is good for several smiles and a few laughs. "Between Fires" — Universal An Excellnt Western Type of production. . . .2 reel comedy 'This is an excellent western of its kind. There are no unusual twists in the story or action, but the players are very well selected and do nice work. There is a good thrill race at the finish, and exciting action all the way through. The photography is very good, too. After shooting a I crooked gambler in self-defense, Frank Dowling escapes to his home. [His sister, Ethel, hides him in the fireplace but the sheriff who is in love with Ethel discovers him and after handcufifing him goes to get help. On his way he is told that the Igambler is not dead and has confessed Ithat Frank shot him in self-defense. [Returning to the house, the sheriff [finds that Frank has escaped and is Iriding toward the border. Knowing Ithat the posse there will shoot him Ion sight the sheriff and the girl ride [after him and lasso him just in time Ito save .him. Frank Kingsley and lEdmund Cobb arc the men. The Igirl, who is quite attractive is unInamcd. 'Low Bridge" — Century-Universal Fairly Enjoyable |Type of production. .. .2 reel comedy Buddy Messinger, the star of this [Century, is aided and abetted by a [little colored boy called Bubbles, who |.s good for almost all the laughs in [:his. Martha Sleeper is the girl but [jhe hasn't much to do. Kiddies will probably enjoy this, but it drags somewhat toward the finish. Cutting would help considerably. The scenes where Bubbles is thrown around in his efforts to escape the wrath of Buddy's father are the most amusing bits. A home-made boat that is sailed through a flooded apartment is a novel feature of this comedy. "Stupid But Brave"— Educ'l A Real Comedy Type of production. .. .2 reel comedy Here is another peach of a comedy of which Al St. John is the star, author and director. The work he is doing in these comedies is consistently funny and good. It isn't so much what he does, but the way he does it, although there is a chase in this that is one of the funniest things seen in a long time. St. John is trying to get across country without any money by a specified date in order to get a promised job. A gang of prisoners working on a road grab him and take his clothes, leaving him a suit of stripes. The different ways he gets rid of this suit will send them into howls of laughter. Finally he is running along in his B. V. D.'s when a bunch of runners come along. They are competing for a prize of one hundred dollars. He runs with them, wins the race, grabs the prize and is gone before the constable finds out he is a stranger. Then he starts after him with a shot-gun. This one is a real comedy. Get it. "Dirty Hands" — Educ'l Entertaining Kid Comedy Type of production 2 reel comedy This is a very entertaining kid comedy. There is a baseball game that they'll surely enjoy. Jack McHugh is a regular boy and the rest of the "fellers" are very natural. There are some effective sequences m the latter portion of the film in which a flock of dogs appear and are exceptionally well handled. They try in every possible way to evade the dog-catcher and are successful. There is a happy ending, too, when a poor little boy gets a big reward for returning the dogs to their owner. Altogether a satisfactory short reel. "Little Robinson Corkscrew"— Sennett— Pathe Amusing Type of production . . .2 reel comedy As comedies go, this, the second of the Mack Sennett Star Brand comedies, is entertaining and amusmg. It stars Ralph Graves, who will be remembered by your folks for his work in "Dream Street' and other dramatic roles. It is a surprise to see him doing slap-stick, knock-about comedy. Not that he doesn't do it satisfactorily, but it seems rather a pity to let him do this sort of thuig when he can do dramatic work. "Little Robinson Corkscrew" contains many of the usual Sennett stunts, the inevitable chase, the hasty marriage of the villain to the wrong girl whose identity is hidden behind a veil. Graves docs some rather funny acrobatic stunts and flops, and is entirely satisfactory in the part. Others include Alice Day, Andy Clyde, Charlotte Mineau. 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