The Film Daily (1929)

THE jsday, August 29, 1929 ewspaper Opinions ! "The Cock-Eyed World" Fox Roxy, New York ERICAN — * * * a lusty, ribald talkie wlH provides two hours of diaphragm shimmy : entertainment. * * * There is dearth ,( Lt, and no real good reason for the stll being told. The depth of "What Price CM" is missing. * * * ■ wever, if anyone asks you about a pic «worth while seeing . . . you can tell r Cock-Eyed World." ll.iLY MIRROR — It's he-man entertainifl— funny, rough and occasionally a little Sing. * * "l:tor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe give r performances as the sergeants. The rll: picture is excellently cast. le direction. Great acting. Thrilling scenes. Colorful dialogue. And what ga ! A lulu entertainment, especially for flobust masculine fans. .INC. WORLD — * * * will undoubted! forge on to an enviable success wherever itj shown, but it will attain to that succel because it is a sequel to "What Price Glly." that masterpiece of another .ay, rather mse of its own intrinsic value. For, tain by itself, it must be disappointing to ■producers. * * * Much of the dialogue questionable taste, and a little of it is ■ar. Lily Damita * * * She overacted irl very scene, and she seemed bent upon irlessing upon beholders that she is end with a fetching figure. McLaglen and gave fine performances * * * d Brcndel, a former vaudevillian, has one he best parts in the cast * * * Every ; he appeared you got a laugh, and it was entirely due to the dialogue either. IRAPHIC — More ribald than rollicking, king the salacious with sly innuendo, e Cock Eyed World" is somewhat in the iner of barroom comedy, bif. 'the duo who linate it are so entertaining and the pic• so smoothly directed and so completely . 1 cast it will be a success even in the t|k towns where half the! dialogue will go Ir the heads of the listeners. UKKALD-TRIBUNE— For all of Mr. ' ilsh's expert direction, some fine acting by :tor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe, and asionallv brilliant dialogue by William K. ■lis, "The Cock Eyed World" is a disuniting spectacle, viewed either way * it is a wobbly, ill-constructed plot, practily insuring much of the inept characterizan that occurs. * * * McLaglen and Lowe ly stoop from consistently excellent permances in the sentimental interludes. MORNING TELEGRAPH—* * * There ■ numerous comedy situations that bring nest-to-goodness guffaws and it is a case of 'ag, you're it" for these two likable, though ugh chaps, as one gets the better of the her. Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe, e two actors who were Flagg and Quirt, spectively, in the screen production of .V'hat Price Glory" keep up their excellent ork in this film. HOST—* * * audiences at the Roxy these lys are finding plenty to laugh at — and .me of it is pretty low-down laughter, too. SUN — * * * a spectacular slapstick comedy -rowdy, sexy, occasionally vulgar and almost ways funny. Indeed, the sardined throngs at flocked to it * * * seemed to relish it ghly. their laughter reverberating through e cathedral depths and heights of the theater, is, in short, good diversion — and it reprents the first earthly venture that the talking ms have offered. TELEGRAM— Victor McLaglen and Edund Lowe acquit themselves nobly throughit, and ring up so many laughs between iem that the box-office success of "The ock Eyed World" is a foregone conclusion. TIMES— The chief assets of "The Cock yed World" are its boisterous comedy, its lection and the acting of Messrs. Mcaglen and Lowe. Such are its properties at it likely will remain a tenant of the oxy for a few weeks to come. WORLD — All the talking film comedies lich have gone before are puny pikers ^ngside this raw, rowdy and tempestuously nny sequel to "What Price Glory?" which s come to the Roxy under the title, "The )ck Eyed World." * * * I have no hesincy in reporting it to be the most hilariously wising thing which ever I have seen and 'ard on the audible screen. * * * Kunsky and Trendle to Retire from Circuit Detroit — Publix is instituting a series of changes in the Kunsky organization, now owned 100 per cent. John H. Kunsky is retiring from the chain, to devote his time to the four local vaudeville houses he still owns. George Trendle is to remain with the organization until Jan. 1. Meanwhile, Walter Immerman has been appointed new general manager of the circuit. Blank Chain Management Added to Rubens' Duties Des Moines — J. J. Rubens, head of the Great States chain, recently acquired by Fox. has been given jurisdiction over the Blank circuit in Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois, also Publixowned. More Sales on Raytone Shorts Arthur Lee of Ameranglo Corp. has secured the foreign rights on the 12 one reel and 12 two reel shorts being produced by W. Ray Johnston under the brand name of Raytone Pictures. Fischer Film Exchange have acquired the rights for Ohio and Kentucky, while Premier Pictures Corp. has secured Eastern Missouri and southern Illinois rights. Herman Rifkin of Rayart Distributing Co. of Boston has purchased the New England territory. "Hearts in Exile" to Go Out as Roadshow Sam E. Morris, vice president of Warners, has set Sept. 14 as the prerelease date for "Hearts in Exile." starring Dolores Costello, which will be presented as a roadshow. "Music Tax" Drive Under Way in Dallas Territory Dallas — In a drive to collect music license fees in this territory, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, has filed suit in Federal Court, El Paso, against S. G. Alderete, El Paso exhibitor. Other similar suits are to be filed against exhibitors who haven't paid the "music tax," states Felix D. Robertson, attorney here for the society. 174 Canadian Houses Showing Sound Films Toronto — There are 174 theaters showing sound pictures in Canada, according to Col. John A. Cooper, president of the M. P. Distributors and Exhibitors of Canada. Western Electric equipment predominates with 71 machines installed. Melotone is second with 19 installations. Publix Plans Invasion of Schenectady Schenectady, N. Y. — Publix is preparing to enter the local situation, it is understood. The proposed house is to seat 3,000. ▼ THE 1930 ▼ FILM DAILY YEAR BOOK Is Now in Preparation Out in January The Standard Reference Work of the Motion Picture Industry for the Past Ten Years «• -» <» <• -» « Covers Everything Goes Everywhere