Motion Picture Classic (1923, 1924, 1926)

The Celluloid Critic mtihued from page 49 ) ;iml then i li«>ld touch <>f burlesque. Then il s\\ ings into a melodramatic climax as the head designer goes to j.iil and wrecks the business as a result You catch the pathos as the 1 .11 tnei s an submerged in gli iom Barne) Rernartl, who created tin* character oi Potash, humanizes it in such a manner that he fairly speaks -Mi Mexander Carr who created Perlmutter in the original makes an excellent foil. The director has given it a fine sympathetic treatment. \nd we catalog it .-is worth seeing. A CUMBERSOME, heavy picture is the German importation. '"Monna \ anna" | Fox), which is entirely devoid of any dramatic interest and which is filled to overflowing with huge mobs of extras and flowery titles. They miss Lubitsch over there and aside from "Peter the Great." the land of the Rhine has fallen behind the procession. Here we have the mediaeval tale of love and war in Pisa as sponsored by Maeterlinck. 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