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Laurence Reid Reviews The New Photoplays
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( 1 ) Above, Maurice Chevalier contributes his Gallic talent with the aid of Claudette Colbert in "The Big Pond." At the right, Vivienne Segal and Allan Prior lend their voices toward making "Bride of the Regiment" appealing. Below, Clara Bow is back with part of the fleet in "True to the Navy"
Chevalier Chews Chicle
MAURICE, the Paris Personality Boy, is what th^ doctor ordered for the film fans, whether he porV tray prince or pauper. No matter what the vehicle, Chevalier and his old straw hat make an unbeatable team. In "The Big Pond" he forsakes the musicals to play almost straight in an amusing little corned heavy laden with hokum.
Discovered as a "Frenchie," Maurice is brought to God's Country and put to work in a chewing-gum i factory. It's all a conspiracy to show the girl that these here, now, foreigners can't hold a candle to our one or ; two-hundred-percent Amurricans. But Chewy laughs i last, winning the girl and the plaudits of the audience by inventing a rum-flavored cud that flaunts Volstead.
With all this delightful nonsense the star adds another feature to those ornamenting his bonnet of popu , iarity. And Claudette Colbert, who has her own stellait j rights, offers an agreeable foretaste of what may be expected of her in better roles.
Rendered Tunefully
WAR may be all wrong to some folks, but to "The Bride of the Regiment," it's just , a chance to give in gracefully. The picture is a** singing-cinema version of that operetta from which "The Lady in Ermine " was evolved for the silent screen. This time Vivienne Segal is the semi-nude descending a staircase. Walter Pidgeon is the amorous huzzar who sleeps so inopportunely, and Allan Prior, the bridegroom, who is on the outside looking in.
The music has been subordinated to the story, a decidedly risque fragment which calls forth embarrassed laughter from the audience during its more intimate moments. The plot, you know, is about the girl who must make the supreme sacrifice in order to save her brand-new hubby from the villain's firing squad. And, gosh, how she hates to. But, war is war. Although if you believe in Santa Claus, maybe you'll agree that it was all a dream. The few songs are well done.
Neatly Nautical
TRUE TO THE NAVY" is carefully cut to cling form fittingly to the figure of Clara Bow. It is a slimmer and better figure, if you must know. And in relegating pounds, Hollywood's hot-haired hoyden has regained pep. If not an outstanding achievement, this latest film is at least better than several recent predecessors. And Clara's obvious effort to please the customers is not unavailing.
Three guesses as to the fable! Yes, that's right the first time. Clara has a sweetheart on every ship, and when they all reach port together. Bow takes a reef in her stern sheets and flies before the storm. But there's a gunner who hits the bull's-eye of her heart. And true love triumphs. Not, however, until the star has her emotional moment. And not before there is a battle-ro\ al between the Navy and a mob of Tia Juana landlubbers.
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