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Thomas Meighan plays the very brave and gallant hero in The Alaskan
The lovely Florence Vidor as the tragic Barbara Frietchie
Vera Reynolds and her loyal quartet in Feet of Clay
Gloria Swanson and Ian Keith in Her Love Story
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Ronald Colman and May McAvoy in Tarnish
Critical Paragraphs
Barbara Frietchie
FOLLOWING the usual pattern of Civil War romances in that the central figures must represent a young officer of the North — and a belle of the South (for purposes of conflict) — this adaptation of Clyde Fitch's celebrated play provides moments of interest in its war scenes — in the glamour of atmosphere suggestive of ante-bellum clays — and in the very sympathetic and sincere performance of Florence Vidor in the title-role.
This pattern has been ground thru the movie mill for many, many years. It has lost much of its appeal as a result. Certainly there can be no indication of suspense or novelty. But somehow it succeeds in stirring the pulse with its war episodes — and some thrilling bits when Colonel Frietchie's daughter defies Stonewall Jackson's troops and unfurls the Stars and Stripes. A good picture of its kind.
Feet of Clay
/^•ecil De Mille, the grand architect of films, has again ^""' constructed a picture which is saturated with opulence. He pilots a group of characters thru domestic complications, attempting to point a moral on the way — and while his latest may not measure up to realities, it carries ocular appeal, a goodly amount of sex appeal — and much fine photography. Cecil plunges into the hereafter, too. Because he is always doing the unexpected, one is constantly surprised. Which probably accounts for long lines at box-office windows where a De Mille picture is the attraction.
Presumably Cecil has seen the novel drama, Outward Bound, which cast an uncanny spell over its New York audience last winter. Anyway, he takes his sinners, a trespassing husband and a trespassing wife, and makes them wander in the eerie atmosphere between life and eternity. It is well suggested — this bit of the picture. Up to this point we see a lot of carryings . on by a little group of playboys and playgirls. It is much too long — and is mostly hokum. But De Mille never becomes boresome. He
knows the value of surprises.
Her Love Story
"Perhaps you can blame it on the law of averages, but the fact remains that Gloria Swanson, after triumphing in several outstanding photoplays, has one which suffers badly in comparison with Manhandled, There isn't much for her to do except to look like an ill-treated and much
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