Movie Age (1927)

PAGE 22 MOVIE AGE ■ j$==s====^g=--rrr-atr; — . Jt The PICTURE GUIDE Little Tips on New Pictures M * -3C V. ■ tC. ' M— -»C — A Boy of the Streets Distributed by Rayart. STAR: Johnny Walker. SUPPORT: Mickey Bennett, Betty Francisco. TYPE: Romance-melodrama. TIME: The present. LOCALE: An American city. LENGTH: 6 reels. SYNOPSIS: Ned Dugan is appre¬ hended while attempting to rob the safe in the home of Gallagher, a builder. Mary Gallagher, daughter of the builder, who has taken a liking to Jim¬ mie, Ned’s young brother, exonerates Ned, and the gang with him escapes. Ned reforms and is given a job by Gallagher. Ned is thrown in jail through false accusations by Wainright, a crooked politician. Gallagher is also arrested because his building col¬ lapsed, injuring people. Jimmie learns that Wainright is at the bottom of a plot by which poor concrete was used in the building. In the end Wainright and his gang are placed in the hands of the law, Ned and Gallagher are freed, and Mary and Ned are happily united. HIGHLIGHTS: Several fights, Ned reforms, the building collapses. For the Love of Mike Distributed by First National. STAR: Ben Lyon. SUPPORT : Claudette Colbert. TYPE : College story. TIME: The present. LENGTH: 7 reels. SYNOPSIS: Mike, who has been brought up by three foster parents, is sent to Yale and in his last year be¬ comes captain and stroke on the crew. He offends his foster parents and Mary, his tenement sweetheart, by get¬ ting drunk and making a scene on a visit home. Returning to college, he gambles heavily, loses, and gives a forged check for $10,000. The gambler, to whom he has given the check, threat¬ ens to disclose him unless he promises to throw the race with Harvard, so that the gambler can bet against Yale and get his money back. The race starts. To win means disgrace. To lose means to forfeit the confidence of his school friends, Mary and his foster parents who are looking on. He decides to win. At the pier the gambler presents the check and threatens disclosure, but the three fathers push him into the water, and Mary and Mike are happily united. HIGHLIGHTS: Comedy moments, Mike wins the race, the gambler is pushed into the water. The Rush Hour Distributed by Pathe. STAR: Marie Prevost. SUPPORT: Harrison Ford. TYPE: Comedy romance. TIME: The present. LOCALE: Aboard a liner and at a fashionable resort. LENGTH: 7 reels. SYNOPSIS: Margie Dolan, starting across the ocean as a stowaway, meets Finch, just a great big oil man from Oklahoma, through D u n r o c k and Yvonne, adventurers who have designs on Finch’s money. At the Riviera, Yvonne becomes enraged at Margie be¬ cause of Dunrock’s attention to the former stowaway. In the meantime, Dan Morley, Margie’s sweetheart, hears of Margie’s trip across the sea and starts in pursuit, arriving at the Riviera as Margie and Yvonne are about to have a duel with pistols. A shot is fired and Yvonne swoons, with the idea of getting Margie into trouble and so indirectly getting money out of Finch. Finch rushes Margie to their hotel, where she meets Dan. Yvonne and Dunrock are exposed and Dan and Margie decide to spend their honey¬ moon at Niagara Falls. HIGHLIGHTS: The duel, several ex¬ citing events at the Riviera, comedy moments. Out All Night Distributed by Universal. STAR: Reginald Denny. SUPPORT: Marian Nixon. TYPE: Farce comedy. TIME : Present. LOCALE: Aboard an ocean liner. LENGTH: 6 reels. SYNOPSIS: Following a night spent in an automatic elevator which fails to work, John Graham, wealthy bach¬ elor, and Molly O’Day, actress, are mar¬ ried. A clause in Molly’s theatrical contract states she will lose $100,000 if she marries, so they keep the wed¬ lock a secret. Molly sails with her company for London and John goes aboard as the ship surgeon. His short¬ comings as a doctor cause many funny scenes. When the manager of the show proposes to Molly she reminds him of the contract. John comes slid¬ ing down a ventilator into Molly’s arms as the manager tears up the contract. HIGHLIGHTS: Comedy scenes aboard the vessel, the night in the ele¬ vator, the ending. The Gingham Girl Distributed by F B O. STAR: Lois Wilson. SUPPORT: Geo. K. Arthur. TYPE: Comedy drama. TIME: The present. LOCALE: New York. LENGTH: 6 reels. SYNOPSIS: Johnny Cousins is in love with Mary Thompson who makes her living selling home-made cookies. Following a talk with Bartlet, son of a biscuit king, Mary conceives the idea of enlarging the cookie business and leaves for New York, accepting $100 from Johnny saying he has a half in¬ terest in the business. With the help of Bartlet, Mary establishes the Blue¬ bird Cookie Co., in New York, and the business becomes a great success. When Mary refuses Bartlet’s offer of mar¬ riage, the latter demands $100,000 which he has invested in the Bluebird Co. Mary hasn’t the money, but Johnny appears on the scene as the representa¬ tive of a rival and produces a $100,000 check to buy Bartlet’s interest. Then there is the happy ending with Mary and Johnny being partners for life. HIGHLIGHTHS: Comedy moments, a cabaret scene, Johnny produces the $100,000. Silk Stockings Distributed by Universal. STAR: Laura La Plante. SUPPORT: John Harron. TYPE: Comedy. TIME: Present. LENGTH: 6 reels. SYNOPSIS: Sam, a hosiery sales¬ man, entertains some lady buyers, one of whom puts a pair of silk stockings in his pocket. When he arrives home, Molly, his wife, discovers the stock¬ ings, tells her tale of woe to the court, and, much to her surprise and chagrin, receives a divorce. Sam and Molly visit friends who live near each other. The judge told Molly that she and Sam must stay apart, or the divorce will be void, so Molly decides to hide in Sam’s room, be found, and so end the divorce, but she gets into another man’s room. After many entanglements she gets into Sam’s, and when the guests break in she is “compromised” in Sam’s arms and the divorce is hopelessly voided HIGHLIGHTS: Comedy moments, the divorce, the reunion.