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Speakeasy The Bridge Of San Luis Rey
Hearts In Dixie The Divine Lady
The Trial Of Mary Dugan The Letter
showing these dusky-hued entertainers at the business of being themselves. And the best entertainment is given by Stepin Fetchit as a shiftless no-account.
It is handled in a light vein with just a dash of pathos which creeps forth in the death of the shiftless one's wife and the separation of their boy from his old grandpappy. There is a large group of singers present. Their songs record well. So does the dialogue. Altogether, it's something out of the ordinary, and, because of it, worth seeing.
You'll All Be Pleased With Damita
MUCH tragedy stalks through the film version of "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," with Fate on the warpath guiding the destinies of a very hapless little group of people. But while it releases its tragic tone toward the inevitable demise of its characters — with little or no sweetness and light — it does succeed in inviting attention through the tempestuous acting of Lily Damita. Her voice isn't needed here. Her actions are larger than words, and much more expressive. So she lives and loves intensely with the abandon of a wildcat pouncing on its prey.
The picture follows the story in all of its essentials. It concentrates on a handful of
Above, Corinne Griffith as Lady Hamilton and Victor Varconi as Lord Nelson have a fleeting moment of happiness in "The Divine Lady." At left Lily Damita surrenders to the romantic ardor of Don Alvarado in "The Bridge of San Luis Rey." Below, a scene from "The Letter," a triumph for Jeanne Eagels
characters, though some are handled in an episodic manner — leaving the action, as it were, and being represented offscreen. There is no sop thrown toward a happy ending. It has a prologue and an epilogue — with both identical in treatment. If it gets tiresome in places, it is because it plays on a single theme with no variations. In the cast are Ernest Torrence, Duncan Rinaldo, Don Alvarado, Henry B. Walthall and Raquel Torres. Since Damita's character is the dommant one, naturally she steals the picture.
Sounds from New York and Environs
SEE and hear New York's subway, Broadway," etc. So goes the ballyhoo on "Speakeasy" — and sure enough, the noises peculiar to New York are given undue emphasis in this picture. The sounds have been collected to give authenticity to a story of the big town — one built around an educated pugilist and a sob sister from a daily. The idea, an old one, builds interestingly because of its New York sketches. The subway, Madison Square Garden, Times Square, the Belmont track — these are the main props which carry the characters through the plot.
The pugilist turns a deaf ear to the sob girl's entreaties but eventually succumbs to her charms. But he takes a couple of hefties on the chin before he realizes {Continued on page 95)
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