The Film Daily (1926)

THE ;gB^ I DAILV Short Subjects "Egged On"— F. B. O. Some Great Gags Type of production 2 reel comedy "Egged On" presents the latest and the funniest flivver joke yet perpetrated. The whole picture is replete with new gags but the one about the flivver is a real "wow." Charley Bowers' comedy deals with the invention of rubber egg shells, or a process of rubberizing the shells so the eggs won't break in transit Charley has an opportunity to sell his invention to a big egg syndicate but must provide a crate of the nonbreakable eggs as proof that the patent is good. His efforts to gather a crate of eggs in short order provide many laughs but when finally he gets enough eggs and places them in a basket in the engine section of his flivver j'ou get the real laugh of the two reels. In the course of the ride back to hero's shop the heat of the motor hatches the eggs and wher Charley lifts up the hood (and here the cartoonist got in his hand) dozens of shiny new flivvers come bursting from the shells, — coupes touring cars, sedans, runabouts, — all kinds of Fords. The Ford takes on a motherly responsibility and starts "clucking." Immediately all the little Fords come rolling back, smuggle in under the Ford and in true hen fashion the flivver wheels collapse and the car settles down to cover the brood. eral confusion of hero and the prince and the episode of the barrels rolling down the hill, which still further complicates the mistaken identity angle, brings some good laughs Average comedy but with enough humor to satisfy. "The Radio Franks" De Forest Phonofilms A Vaudeville Film Type of production....! reel Phonofilm The Frank brothers who are well known to radio fans give their usual performance for screen production, and the Phonofilm creates the illusion of a stage performance as the piano plays and the vocalist sings in perfect time with the projected pictures. The performers give five numbers, interspersed with their usual gags. In these days when so many exhibitors are adding vaudeville numbers to their programs, here is a type of offering that supplies such a demand right on the screen. The illusion is so realistic that when the final number ends you feel that you must give them a hand, as if you had just witnessed a personal appearance of the entertainers on the stage. The audible effects of piano and voice are quite impressive, seeing that you are witnessing only the shadows of the artists on the screen. A real novelty that should fit into any program where something out of the ordinary run is sought. and homes of the present inhabitants of Mount Sinai and includes many hne views of the surrounding country. Sepia tinting adds greatly to the beauty of the scenes. Sunday, June 13, 19.| r^ "Painless Pain" — Century Universal Tricky Stuff Type of production. . . .Z reel comedy Wanda Wiley carries the comedy as the girl in love with a boob dentist. He is out of luck with no customers, so Wanda gets an idea to drum up trade. She hires a iiusky to walk along the avenue punching pedestrians in the jaw right and left and knocking them down. Then Wanda comes along and hands them the dentist's cards. When she gets back to the office, there is a string of patients, but the dentist has gone out. So she takes his place, and makes the customers suffer while she practices. Some comedy is injected by the use of tricky apparatus, that pulls the teeth from a half dozen patients all at once. She feeds too much gas to several men, who float to the ceiling and stay there till the gas evaporates. Teeth extracting is a rather painful subject to laugh about, but this is handled with considerable novelty, and the good comedy antics of Wanda Wiley get it over nicely. escape. It catches in a board at end of a truck, and the comedia given a wid ride through trj Later the hook catches in a rope ing hoisted up a skyscraper, hook gives way, and Bobby drop; a pilp of mattresses a dealer is tr; to sell. The mattress proves i ouality by saving his life. The c er gives Bobby money for food. 18 m I ID' "Dinky Doodle in Wild West Bray Cartoons Western Burlesque Type of production 1 animated. The artist is discussing the ^ West and Indian warfare with in cartoon characters, Dinky and dog. They brag about what they c do to Indians if they met them, the artist obliges by drawing th< stage coach in which they go ri off in search of Indians. The 1 magically appear inside the coach, make Dinky and the dog oners and take them before chief. They are taken into a tei be scientifically scalped, but prove too clever for the reds They escape back to the artist, sued by the savages, who win™ by scalping the one lone hair fror.h artist's bald head. Good burlesqj frontier westerns, and the carl are well drawn. "Nothing Matters"— Hamilton Educational Laughs Aplenty Type of production. .. .2 reel comedy "This situation comedy is crowded with incidents well gagged up. It holds the interest with a nice change of pace throughout. Lloyd Hamilton as the amateur detective in a small town runs up against two city slickers. They work a stunt with an "indestructible safe" on the hicks and get away with a lot of money. Lloyd trails them to a mysterious house in Chinatown. Here the Oriental in charge sets a vamp to work to ruin poor Lloyd. Here the comedian does his best w-ork as he tries to resist the wiles of the fair charmer. It works up to a good finish with Hamilton accidentallv inhaling opium fumes and going off into a happy daze. He see imaginary fairies, whorr he chases to the roof. Making a wild dash for them, he lands in the street. "Rah Rah Heidelberg" Van Bibber Series — Fox Fairly Good Amusement Type of production. . . .2 reel comedy Once again the timid Van Bibber comes out a hero through no fault of his own. Van is touring in Heidelberg and is mistaken for a prince who is stopping at the same inn A mix-up in identities and a duel are included in the comedy that ensues There are some good laughs but the offering is not consistently amusing There is a good finish, however, with a familiar but laughable gag in the duel sequence which ends in a gen Pathe Review No Pathe Diversified Offering Type of production. . 1-reel magazine "Feathered Freaks" shows the entertaining qualities of a trained cockatoo from the Zoo when adopted as a household pet. He is put through a variety of stunts that are amusing and instructive. "The Magic Eye" shows the marvels of commonplace things as revealed by the microscope. The ordinary things connected with the kitchen cook stove are used for purposes of demonstration, but a small electric stove is here used to show what happens to foods when transforn.ed by heat. Corn starch develops some remarkable changes in structure. Likewise the humble potato. Tnen the pop-corn is made to do some lightning change acts as heat transforms it. Highly entertaining, this offering. "American Colleges ' series completes the number with interesting views of Leland Stanford University. Some fine shots are shown of the Reserve Officers Training Corps manoeuvering with field artillery, and also the extensive athletic activities of the students. The diversity of this offering holds n wide .'ippeal for any aud'cnce. "Scared Stiff"— Hal Roach Pathe Fun With Thrills Type of production•. .2 reel comedy Clyde Cook plays the part of the goofy chauffeur. He is hired by the villain to drive him as he elopes with the heroine. It so happens that Cook loves the girl, too. He purposely loses his way, and they are forced to take refuge in a mystery house where a scientist lives with an enormous gorilla. The animal escapes from his cage, and peers over the transom of the room occupied by the girl. Then he visits the villain in his room and almost kills him from sheer fright. Plenty of thrills, for the gorilla sure is a vicious looking customer. The comedy comes later when the gorilla walks downstairs and encounters Cook. He is just dumb enough not to be scared, and his antics with the beast are good for lots of chuckles. The director handled the gorilla exceptionally well, and Cook gets all the comic values possible. '} "Trapped" — Mustang — Univer Good Action Type of production. . . .2 reel we As a United States game wa Fred Humes gets into some fa! tion with plenty of fights and tl He meets Mary Moore retu from boarding school to her f:^ cabin, little realizing that he US( cabin as a cache for a gang who the furs there which they havj gaily trapped. Humes is on j trail. When he traces them t cabin, the gang attacks him. saves him when he learns ths daughter loves him. Later Moot Humes off when the gang is rea remove the furs. He lays a tri the game warden. He shoots th the door, but the girl's cries warned Humes to jump back, gang leader comes out to find E lying on the floor. As he bendi Humes jumps up and ends it al finish fight. Good, snappy actio "The Mountain of the Law" Fox Variety Interesting Sce7iic Type of production....! reel scenic "The Mountain of the Law," as Mount Sinai is called, is graphically and interestingly pictured. Scenes are accompanied by descriptive and informative sub-titles which recall the historic facts of religion and tell about the various points of interest connected with the miracles of the age. The reel shows the convents "Till We Eat Again"— Christie Educational Some New Gags Type of production. . . .2 reel comedy Bobby Vernon and his sweetie are stranded in the big city with no mo'ney t o buy eats. In Bobby's boarding house the landlady gave a party when the star boarder absentmindedly paid his bill. But Bobby owed so much she wouldn't let him attend the feast. So from his room above he cuts a hole in the floor Usinp' a sponge on a string he gets som" soup. With a fishline he hooks the chicken, but the hole in the floor is too small to drag it through. As the star boarder starts upstairs after him, Bobby escapes with his sweetie A good gag is worked with a clothes "Black and Blue Eyes" Standard Comedy — F. B. Good Laughs Tvpe of production. . . .2 reel ci '"Black and Blue Eyes" ha brand new idea but it has been ed to advantage and affords an age amount of laughs. It coi the anticipated joys of fatherhc which hero finds a baby's d_r his wife's sewing basket and ii lately imagines he is to be a So great is his glee that he up his office and gives all hi ployees a month's vacation, trip home from the office, wh wife phoned and said she had prise for him, gets in some laughs and brings hero a vari adventures. When finally he home he discovers that twin; arrived — not at his house but hanrrer which is still sticking in Bobby's jacket as he makes his hasty I next door neighbor's. litw