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A Movie That Moves
IT'S thorough entertainment, this "Good Intentions," which breezes across the screen with such refreshing sprighthness. It is that rarity — a movie that moves. It has verve, vitality and vivacity. It sounds a new note in relief of the routine of movie monotony.
The story is a debonair drama of dashing, high-hat highwaymen, and through its colorful sequences runs a vivid thread of romance. The dialogue is as crisp as the characters are convincing. And William K. Howard, credited with the creation of both, has contributed in addition a clean-cut cameo of directorial craftsmanship.
Edmund Lowe shares ample honors with Earle Foxe. And there are enough laurel leaves left to adorn the histrionic brows of Marguerite Churchill, Regis Toomey and Henry Kolker. By all means have "Good Intentions" among your movie "musts." It's one of those rare ones which you'll remember.
Sweet Sentiment
IHEY'VE made the crux of "Courage" censor-proof by shrouding the illegitimacy of a ] in a hazy explanatory dialogue dealing with dream babies and spiritual daddies. In the stage play the youngster was frankly the
Eroduct of his mother's love for an old sweeteart. And much of the show's dramatic strength lay in that fact.
As it stands \n the picture, "Courage" is a sob-sister story of mother-love, which perhaps deserves to rank as a lesser "Stella Dallas." Belle Bennett plays the persecuted mother with sincere enjoyment, and her conception of the character, while sugary, will be approved by sentimental movie-goers. Leon Janney, as the youngest of her brood of seven, proves an excellent player, devoid of the precociousness so objectionable in many sub-juveniles. Marian Nixon is pretty florid as the fault-finding daughter, and Blanche Frederici superb as the hatchetfaced aunt.
First-Rate Talkie
HERE is our erstwhile girl-friend, "Ex-Wife," all cleaned up and called "The Divorcee." For the most part, the picture follows in the footsteps of the book with a very fair fidelity. Only in the final flashes has Hollywood weakened so that Norma Shearer finishes her picture in the embrace of Chester Morris. Meantime much footage is devoted to the extra-marital affairs of the heroine, whose initial error is credulity in believing her husband's credo of a single standard.
The picture adds to Miss Shearer's stature as an actress. She makes an alluring heroine, and her portrayal benefits through new confidence in her ability. Apparently she is being carefully groomed for new heights of stardom. After "The Divorcee" there seems no rca.son she shouldn't gain them. Chester Morris does well with a slender role, and in this different type part renews confidence in his talent. A succession of gangster portrayals very nearlv put Chester on the spot.
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THIS MONTH
Courage The Big Pond
The Divorcee Bride Of The Regiment Good Intentions True To The Navy
(2) Above, Edmund Lowe and Marguerite Churchill have their romantic moments in "Good Intentions." At the left, Belle Bennett has another appealing mother role in "Courage"— with Leon Janney as the youngest of the brood. Below, Norma Shearer and Chester Morris make "The Divorcee " worth seeing
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