Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Jun 1929)

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Of course, it was Gloria's idea that he enact the part of Handsome in "Sadie Thompson." But the record doesn't show that he demurred overly much. Perhaps the name of the character appealed to him. I've heard it stated that in this part he did everything, or almost everything, which he, as a director, would frown upon. But he put it over just the same. Give the kid credit. He's clever. Give him credit, too, for a few photoplays which have really meant something in the deaf and dumb racket. Which is what the smott creckers called the movies before they became noisy and loquacious. He has made more than his share of good ones. Many a reputation has been builded on less firm foundation. ReGlorifying Gloria THERE is "The Wanderer," for instance. And "The Thief of Bagdad. "Both of these evidence his flair for the spectacular, his appreciation of beauty, and his ability to express that appreciation on the screen. He made "What Price Glory?" and demonstrated his ability as a realist, his ingenuity, and a certain mental virility which was not apparent in his pretty pictures. We'll forgive him " Carmen." If for no other reason than that in translating the ancient story into cinematic terms, he disclosed an independence of spirit, a willingness to blaze new trails, a disregard for precedent, which are much-needed and seldom found in the celluloid industry. They didn't think "Rain" couId.be adapted for a photoplay. They were afraid to try. But \Valsh turned the trick. And remember that he was so hemmed in by restrictions that he couldn't even use the name of the stage play as a title. Everything considered, he gave us a remarkably faithful, an eminently memorable filmdrama. One that rescued the great Gloria from the slough of "Sunya," and replaced her on the high pinnacle of popularity which was formerly hers. Now Walsh has directed about a hundred and twenty-five pictures during his career. Of these the four which have been mentioned are something in the nature of epics, as that much abused word is understood in movieland. A small percentage, you say? Well, who has done better? Who has made four really outstanding photoplays during a period devoted to grinding out over a hundred? Has either Von Stroheim or Ciriffith or De Mille or Lubitsch or Brenon? You tell 'em, I'd stutter, i^dd Walsh's name to these five, and you have the six directors who mean anything to the public. W ho pull patronage for their pictures. And of the six, Walsh is by no means last. An Incurable Actor W.ALSH is a NewYorker, born and bred. \\ hen he runs on to the Big Town, there's alight in the window for him at the old home in the West Nineties. That's where his brother George lives. And his sister, former wife of Hoppe, the billiard champ. And his dad, a little chap to have sired two such stalwart sons, and one of the few Irishmen with sense enough to have selected a Jewish partner. They made so much money to-' gether, that now Pop Walsh is retired, and has leisure and capacity to enjoy a proud and hearty camaraderie with the boys. Raoul went to school over on the Jersey side of the Hudson, at Seton Hall. When he was graduated, the old man staked him to a trip around the world. And after two years of travel, the durned fool went into the movies. That was Paul Armstrong's fault. It was the playwright who introduced him to D. W. Griffith. And it was D. W. who tried to make an actor of him. If the Old Master had known what serious competition he was inducting into the industry, he would have kept him an actor. As it is, the leopard's spots are visible through the protective coloration of the director. For instance, Raoul works for Fox. The Fox sound device is Movietone. There will be many pictures synchronized with it. Therefore those who know most about its various ramifications will be the whitehaired boys. In order to familiarize himself with sound picture technic, Raoul determined to make a quickie two-reel yellie. For the story, he selected one of those trick yarns written by O. Henry. After he began shooting, it became impressed upon his consciousness, that he was wasting story material. With not too much expansion, he had plot for a feature. It never occurred to him to be at all squeamish, or doubtful regarding his ability to make a talkie. So he went to Sheehan, the arbiter of Fox destinies, and sold the idea of making a fulllength film. Before he's through it may develop into a special, or a super-special, or a super-super-special. There was just one question Sheehan asked. "Who's going to play the bandit?" "Who do you think?" chirped Raoul, "I'll play it myself!" To the CaveManner Born AND so he did. He grew a mustache for the role, so he'd look more Pancho Villa-nish. And the funny part is that in the dialogue sequences he speaks English with a decided Spanish accent, just as they do below the border. They're whispering about the picture now. Saying it's a wow. That it will make the little senorita Maria Alba, one ver' beeg Stare. Judge for yourself when you see " .\ Caballero's Way." Someone has said that mankind should be the study of man. Yet, most men find the study of woman far more fascinating. Thus it is perhaps interesting to set down the purely impersonal philosophising of one who has supported an array of beauties (on the screen, of course; don't be silly!) and has been enabled to lay down the law with perfect impunity to a galaxy of temperamental femininity. Besides this, you know, \\ alsh has shown that he possesses great clarity of vision in endowing his pictures with a romanticism which pro\'ides a censorproof kick, a vicarious thrill, to the Judy O'Gradys and Colonel's ladies who pay the box-office freight of the picture business. Sam Goldwyn is reputed to have answered a query in two words, " Im-possible." Walsh disposes of the feminine problem in three, "Keep 'emguessing." He declares that there is no place in the heart of a maid for the Dobbin-like male whose every reaction may be graphed in ad\-ance. Milady likes the man who may kiss, or who may knock her cold. Those are Walsh's ideas on the subject. Wonder if he'll put them into eft'ect in his new menage. 78