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ceeds in proving entertaining because of its atmospheric opulence, its colorful incident— and the personalities of the players. It has a title with more than its share of magnetism. Consequently it will appeal to the younger set. What is revealed of plot has been looked over time and again, but its obvious points will be overlooked in the general excellence of the production — and the spirit with which it moves. And there's where Joan Crawford steps up and takes a bow.
She it is who vies with another girl to win a gilded son of wealth. And there's a lot of animation in those scenes in which she and Anita Page strut their stuff. The picture is beautifully mounted and the array of shots help in making one forget the plot's shortcomings. It is synchronized in places to bring emphasis to the incident — and most of the synchronization is in harmony with the detail it expresses. Nils Asther and John Mack Brown and Edward Nugent carry out the principal masculine assignments and do very well. You should like "Our
THIS MONTH
4 Devils Our Dancing Daughters
The Wedding March Moran of the Marines The Mating Call The Battle of the Sexes
At the top is a scene from "Our Dancing Daughters," a picture of the jaiz age— with Anita Page, Joan Crawford and John Mack Brown carrying out the chief assignments. At the right Richard Dix tells Ruth Elder he loves her in "Moran of the Marines," a picture of a leatherneck who eventually has the situation well in hand. Below are Eric Stroheim, author, director and star of "The Wedding March" and Zasu Pitts
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Dancing Daughters" — it is fairly hot.
Let Not Vigilantes Put Asxinder
left anded wallop directed at the boys who wear the white sheets in this picture — written by Rex Beach and givingTom Meighan another opportunity to play a strong, silent, but suffering he-man of the soil. It is entitled "The Mating Call" and develops a triangle in that Tom goes to the front over there and remams faithful to his spouse for four long years only to return to discover some goings-on around the old homestead. The vigilantes volunteer to straighten out the trouble but overlook the fact that one of their number is a conspicuous violator of the hearth. They also overlook the fact that a woman may lure a man to play around'a bit.
It is a single-track story, but it is forcefully
presented with just sufficient conflict to make
it interesting despite the fact that you can spot
the ending as early as the first reel. The
Meighan man has two leading women here,
one being Evelyn Brent, the other, Renee
Adoree. Both give excellent performances and
appeal to you in entirely different ways.
So it shapes up as perfectly K. O. It is right up
the Meighan alley and James Cruze, the director, has
brought forth a good romantic swing in the plot besides
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