The Film Daily (1926)

toy, February 28, 1926 f-^5^ DAILY 191 [ewspaper Opinions "Hands Up" — Paramount Walnut, Cincinnati ■QUIRER— * » * It would require the ower of a medieval hermit not to laugh le ludicrous events that are depicted. Karlton, Philadelphia FLLETIN— • • * It is a combined Civil and Western comedy and provides Grifwith some highly amusing situations. QUIKER— * • • The picture is full ughs from start to finish, while Mack and Griffith divide the honors. * * * 'BLIC LEDGER—' * • Raymond Grif IS the Southern spy knows his comedy s perfectly and while he plays farce up le hilt he never once overacts. * * • iCORD— • * » It is all pure comedy some satiric touches which are amus though too much of it is mere slap» * • New Lyric, Minneapolis AR — * * * This is an amusing film, an incoherent story as a background foil for Mr. Griffith's many witticisms. Palace, Washington ;RALD— * * ♦ And while it is slapcomedy to the 'nth degree, it is still , suave and a tiny bit sophisticated. AR — * * * Particularly colorful are the s with the Indians. Somehow, "Hands just misses being a really clever com "His Jazz Bride" — Warners Circle, Cleveland AIN DEALER—* * ♦ In this tale of bickerings and mushy sentimentalism )ven another broken romance. * • * chuckle merrily over a splendid hour's entertainment. * * * TIMES — * * • The diadem of praise goes to Ernst Lubitsch for the making of a picture production of super-spohistication, that to all intents and purposes is going to prove a surpassing attraction for film-going audiences. * ♦ * Capitol, Montreal STAR — * * * To take an epigrammatic play with little action and transform it into a notable film is a feat indeed. • • • "Lorraine of the Lions" — ^Universal Rialto, Washington HERALD—* ♦ ♦ The play is one of continuous thrills. ♦ ♦ » STAR — * * * Would make a nice, imaginative nightmare, but is too great a tax upon credulity in broad daylight. It has all the delightful lack of logic which characterizes dreams. * * * "Mannequin" — Paramount Palace, Montreal STAR—* * * A thrilling drama of modern life, with speedy action from the first reel to the last, and some very good acting on the part of the four principal characters. "Hogan's Alley" — Warners Metro, Baltimore fN — * * * The juiciest piece of bunk has been drawn across the screen for time. But bunk or not, we sat there laughed. * * * 'Infatuation"— First Nat'l Wisconsin, Milwaukee ;NTINEL— ♦ * • Corinne Griffith it er loking than ever in her latest picInfatuation," which made the tawdry nee and slow moving plot much easier iar through its seven reels. * * » ISCONSIN NEWS—* * * The trouble it in what it offers — but what it doesn't It is in no way original ; no climaxes impress or thrill ; the Egyptian atmoe is colorless and without mystery — it every way unworthy of Corinne. • • * "Irish Luck" — Paramount New Grand, Minneapolis /AR — * * * Mr. Meighan is much at ; in this picture and there is a charm t his presentation tliat Meighan fans like. • • * 'Just Suppose"— First Nat'l Grand Central, St. Louis JOBE-DEMOCRAT♦ * * Is an imin of many past suctesses, and, as imins go, is weak. But it is entertaining degree, and has the virtue of starring helmess. * ♦ * dy Windermere's Fan" — Warners Forum, Los Angeles <AM1NER— • * • Sans all the sophision and cynicism of the written play, ly Windermere's Fan" at the Forum week brings a new triumph for Lubitsch. KPRESS— * • • As Lubitsch has transed it the plot is engrossing, because he elaborated on details which were mere ications in Wilde's play, and done it with vivid style, humor, dramatic sense and al to universal emotions that the picture s one spellbound. * • ♦ ERALD — * * * Lubitsch has given his tion of the popular play a delicate interition with the characteristic "Lubitsch" h. * ♦ * ECORD — * • • Director Lubitsch conthe mighty switchboard of dramatic ents, dallying delightfully with theme, ing out fuses and then finally, tired of ing with his htunan dolls, he calls a inserts a happy ending and lets us "The Masked Bride"— M.-G.-M. State, Cleveland NEWS—* * * Clever subtitles, pleasing directional touches and scenic art, coupled with efiicient acting, tend to make "The Masked Bride" rather agreeable entertainment for the average audience. * ♦ * PLAIN DEALER—* * * Rathbone, as the Apache, does the best work, and the passing years appear to have rested very lightly on Francis X. Bushman's matinee idol smile. * • * TIMES — * * * The scenes are elaborate and much money was probably spent to get the right effect, but with a worn-out story and weak acting, the poor director couldn't do much. * * * Piccadilly, Rochester DEMOCRAT — * * * We infer that the director did as well as could be expected with such existing conditions as a banal plot, a dominating and mistaken leading woman and a superfluity of detail in setting. • * • HERALD — • ♦ * The settings are elaborate, the atmosphere is "colorful," and Mae Murray is her usual self, and that about sums up the picture. • * * JOURNAL — * * * It is a colorful adventure story laid in Paris and the Montmartre with Miss Murray as a French dancer, enmeshed in a strange Apache plot. * ♦ * TIMES-UNION—* * * Is a rather trashy, flashy vehicle, displaying Mae Murray's physical charms and her ability as a dancer. "What Happened to Jones" — Univ. Orpheum, Chicago AMERICAN—* * • Reginald Denny is one of the most entertaining men in films, judging from "What Happened to Jones," which is making the Orpheum again resound with hilarity. • * • HERALD—* * • There isn't much sense to the Denny comedies. But who cares when you can laugh a lot? Laughter was loud in the Orpheum, and there was plenty of it. * * * NEWS—* * * A farce, a study in the art of the provocation of human laughter, is what we may find in this exhibit. * ♦ • TRIBUNE—* * * It's a fast and funny farce comedy — -foolish and improbable and ludicrous. * * • "When Husbands Flirt" — Columbia Kings, St. Louis TIMES—* * * The film will never be ranked as a great or original work of art, but it affords good amusing entertainment with a world of laughs. ♦ • * "When the Door Opened"— Fox Figueroa, Los Angeles EXAMINER— • ♦ • It is directed by Reginald Barker, who has built about the emotional stress of the title an elemental atmosphere of suitable and powerful force. California, San Francisco BULLETIN — * * * Mae Murray is at her best in the colorful environments of the Parisian night life. This is again proven in her latest picture. * * * CALL AND POST—* * * There is very little instruction or edification to be gamed from seeing Mae Murray in "The Masked Bride," but there is mighty good entertamment. • • • CHRONICLE — * * * Miss Murray looks very pretty indeed, although she has gone back to the squared mouth makeup and does several of the scenes with a considerable amount of art. EXAMINER—* * * There's a heap of action, plenty of romance, fair contmuity and a complicated enough plot to satisfy the most blase of thrill-seekers. • * * NEWS — * * * An entertainmg picture, written to order for Mae Murray and successfully giving her wide opportunity to display her peculiar charms. * * * "A Woman of the World"— Paramount State, Detroit FREE PRESS-* * * Although there are bits of real drama in the piece, it is essentially a comedy with Chester Conklin, in one of the richest roles he has ever enacted. » « » Missouri, St Louis GLOBE-DFMOCRAT— • * * On the whole, it is a sophisticated and humorous splurge that owes its merit to the excellent direction ol Malcolm St. Clair. ♦ * ♦ TIMES—* * * The picture is devoid of interest and slow in action. Pola Negri's acting is nothing wonderful and neither are her gowns. * * * Hold Convention in April Pittsburgh, Pa.— The M. P. T. O. of Western Pennsylvania will hold its sixth annual convention here April 19-20. Manager Averts Riot Whiting, Ind. — Gentle words issued from the stage to the backs of the audience by Mrs. Anna Grogan, manager of the Hoosier during a fire, are held responsible for averting a riot. Warn Houses to Get Licenses Philadelphia — A warning has been issued to theater owners to take out their new licenses by the fire warden, who threatens to close all houses who have not done so by March 1. Lease Up-State House Syracuse, N. Y. — Fitzer-Syracuse, Inc., have taken a 10 year lease on the new community theater built by the Davidson & O'Brien Co. The house, which seats 1,500, is expected to open April 1. New House for Buffalo Buffalo— A 1,500 seat theater is to be erected in the South Park section, according to announcement by George Hanny, Jr., of the South Park Amusement Co. It is to open in the fall. Completes "Bom to Battle" Hollywood — "Born to Battle" has been completed by Tom Taylor for F. B. O. under direction of Bob De Lacey. Taylor will shortly start on the "Arizona Streak." "What Fools Men"— First Natl Metro, Washington POST * * * The picture is merely a train of events in which a daughter contributes to the downfall of her father and helped to set him on his feet again, but interesting at that. * * * TIMES — * * * It is a picture that makes a good effort to grapple with life and it does so with fair success. It is an entertaining production. • • * "Womanhandled" — Paramount Grand Riviera, Detroit FREE PRESS—* * * It is a picture of alternate thrills and laughs, with pretty views of western scenery and a lot of interesting situations, * * * Metro, Los Angeles EXPRESS—* * * It is a cleverly ironic picture that combines hilarity with sly ridicule of popular Western romancing. » * * HERALD — * * * "Womanhandled" is very entertaining and must be classed as good. It is full of good clean humor with a very clever love story. * * * RECORD — * * * As for Director La Cava he is rather new at the megaphone game, and lacks a true sense of continuity and even tempo. * * * TIMES — * * * This is the neatest, wittiest little picture put on the screen in a long time. Arthur Stringer wrote the original story. * * • Eastman, Rochester DEMOCRAT—* * * "Womanhandled" is really a delightful bit of nonsense for the most part, well acted and well directed. • • * HERALD — * * * It shows in an amusing and entertaining manner the reverse side of the West as pictured by Zatie Grey and other famous writers of Western fiction, poking good natured fun at the popular conception of ranch life. * • * JOURNAL — * * * Mr. Dix gives a good picture of Bill Dana and does not seem to see that most of it is bosh. He plays him earnestly and sincerely, two qualities which Mr. Dix always has in his acting. * • * TIMES UNION— * * * The picture is delightful in its burlesque of the popular "western' film and it is crammed with ridiculous incidents. • • * Metropolitan Completes Three Los Angeles — "Paris at Midnight," "Whispering Smith" and "Forbidden Waters" have been completed at Metropolitan Studios. In Control in Princeton, W. Va. Princeton, W. Va. — Goodwill Theater, Inc., through a number of recent deals, has gained control of the entire theater field here. Gardiner Representative in Atlanta Atlanta — F. F. Sturgis, European representative of L. J. Gardiner, manufacturer of Gardiner Velvet Screens, is here on a brief visit, preliminary to sailing for Europe. Amundsen on Tour with Polar Film Raold Amundsen, explorer, is appearing in a number of theaters throughout the country in connection with "The Amundsen Polar Flight." Further publicity is being given the picture through a series of syndicated newspaper articles written by Lincoln Ellsworth, partner of Amundsen in the flight to the North Pole. Consensus of newspaper opinions of pictures at Broadway houses this iveek will be found on page 197. New Wyoming Unit to Build Cheyenne, Wyo. — Articles of incorporation for the Capitol Investment Co., organized to construct a theater, store and office building on the corner of 18th St. and Capitol Ave., were filed with the Secretary of State. The incorporators are: Percy Smith, of the Percy Smith Mercantile Co.; Wm. Dubois, architect; C. C. Riner, of the C. W. Riner real estate and insurance agency; and N. F. Gobe, of the Stock Growers National Bank. The corporation is capitalized at $300,000.