The Moving picture world (January 1926-February 1926)

258 MOVING PICTURE WORLD January 16, 1926 "What^s the World Coining To^* (Pathe — Comedy — Two Reels) THIS Hal Roach-Clyde Cook comedy deals with that imaginary time when woman will have usurped man's place in the world and will have become the more influential sex. The supposed events of a hundred years from now are treated in a highly fantastic and farcical vein and should keep audiences in roars of merriment. Men dress like women and have their sweet feminine ways, while women wear breeches and boyish bobs and stalk the screen in manly fashion. Cook is married to a manly young beauty who rules him with an iron fist when not out sporting with other blushing men. Domestic quarrels finally center around the indignant appearance of father-in-law, with father-in-law more readily getting his just deserts than any mother-in-law nowadays. Katherine Grant i.s excellent as the manly woman. Others having good parts are Martha Sleeper, Laura De Cardi and Jimmie Finlayson. Richard Wallace directed. — Sumner Smith. ^The Whirlpool of Europe^ ^ (Fox— Variety— 756 Feet) ADDITIONAL interest is attached to this issue of Fox varieties because it deals with that portion of Europe in which the spark was ignited that caused the world war and brings out the fact that this section now included in the new Jugo-Slavia has since the earliest times been the scene of conflict between opposing forces. There is a view of the street corner on which Archduke Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated, this event precipitating the great conflict. The camera also takes us through the rugged and beautiful section of Dalmatia pointing out fortresses and historical spots where Turks battled with Venetians and where the Roman Emperor Diocletian lived. There are a number of scenes of striking photographic beauty and the reel as a whole should prove entertaining as well as instructive.—C. S. Sewell. "Hot Cakes For Two'' (Pathe — Comedy — Two Reels) ALICE DAY again shows to advantage in this Mack Sennett subject, with excellent support by George A. Beranger, Marvin Lobach and Joseph Young. Alf Goulding directed. Alice is a girl of the corn fields who, in the big city with the intention of being a movie actress, flips corn cakes in a restaurant. A persistent admirer is supplanted in her affections by a movie sheik. He stages a movie rescue of a drowning girl, so Alice, posing as an heiress, gives him a chance to rescue her too. Later he discovers her real identity but true love wins. The close of the picture is especially effective, with a steam shovel aiding the lovers to escape interference. The moral of the picture ought to be caught by movie-struck girls everywhere — it is, you haven't got a ghost of a show in Hollywood. The picture itself is good fun, but we like Alice Day so well that we feel she could be given a better subject.— Sumner Smith. tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^^ Here They Are/ Fighting Tailor, The — Fox Film Facts — Red Seal Hair Cartoons — Red Seal Hot Cakes for Two — Pathe Lighter Than Air — Pathe Pathe Rcviezv No. 3 — Pathe Reelvic^i't — Red Seal Searchlights — Red Seal Song Car-tune — Red Seal What's The World Coining To? — Pathe Whirlpool of Europe, The — Fox iii::iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^^^^^^^^^ *The Fighting Tailor*' (Fox — Comedy — Two Reels) THIS issue of Fox Imperial Comedies is of a different type from the usual run issued under this brand name. The action concerns a young Hebrew lad, son of a tailor, who favored by Fate in a fight with a gang of toughs so impresses his Irish sweetheart that he is signed for a ring fight with the champion. He takes an unmerciful drubbing but is elated as his share of the purse is $600, which immediately causes his father to withdraw his objection to "box-fighting." Georgie Harris who did good work in some of the O. Henry stories was a good selection for the Jewish lad and is thoroughly amusing in this character. There are a lot of humorous incidents including the fight itself and some rough and tumble stuff in the gymnasium and it is above the average as a laughmaker. — C. S. Sewell. "SearchUghts" (Red Seal — Instructive — One Reel) WITH this issue, Red Seal inaugurates a new series called "Searchlights" made by Urban-Kineto Corp. The first section deals with sound waves showing by various experiments that they are the result of vibrations, as for instance the flickering of a candle in response to a musical note. An interesting experiment shows the odd designs assumed by sand on a metal plate when a violin bow is rubbed across the edge. Other experiments show effect of a violin bow on glass and the ever-different designs traced by the swing of a vibrating body. The second section deals with rare white animals, albinos as they are known, and includes weasels, ferrets, dear, rattle snakes, tortoises and their near relatives in this class, the blue fishfrogs. This reel is entertaining and instructive.— C. S. Sewell. "Ko^Ko Song Car 'Tune" (Red Seal— Song Film— One Reel) KO-KO, Max Fleischer's famous cartoon clown has his "Kartoon Kwartette" rendering the familiar old song of a past generation "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom Der E" in issue E of this series. As usual the words are thrown on the screen with a marker jumping from one to the other keeping time with the music. When the chorus is reached this marker is replaced by a ballet girl who dances from one word to the other and does stunts. — C. S. Sewell. "Reelview" (Red Seal — Magazine — One Reel) THIS is the first issue of a new series offered by Red Seal, made by UrbanKineto Corporation. There are two sections, the first dealing with pottery making in the Orient. There are views of the city of Tunis showing the pottery dealers, this being one of the principal as well as one of the oldest occupations of the country. Other scenes show the making of different kinds of pottery, the men doing the light and skilled work and the boys the more strenuous work of mixing and kneading the clay. The second section deals with nature in its less peaceful moods, with scenes of storms, ships covered with ice, angry waves, effect of wind storms, and the havoc caused by floods.— C. S. Sewell. "Film Facts" (Red Seal — Magazine — One Reel) HAY-MAKING and silkworms furnish the two subjects in issue 1 of Film Facts. The evolution of the industry of cutting and harvesting hay from the primitive to the modern tractor-drawn combination harvester and loader. Especially interesting are the scenes showing the breeding of millions of silkworms and their care as well as the manner in which the silk is unwound from the cocoon. This should prove especially interesting to the female contingent as should the course of the silk which they admire so much. An instructive and entertaining number of this series issued by Red Seal.— C. S. Sewell. "Hair Cartoon" (Red Seal — Cartoon — One Reel) HERE is another lot of clever cartoons drawn by Marcus of the New York Times. By clever manipulation of the hair and mustaches Snub Pollard's picture is changed into Jack Holt and Charles Chaplin into Rudolph Valentino. Other faces are manipulated until they appear as Charles Murray, Mabel Normand, Irvin Cobb and Harold Lloyd. It will afford amusement for the average patron and furnish added zest in enabling them to guess who each drawing will be. — C. S. Sewell. Pathe Review No, 3 (Pathe— Magazine— One Reel) THIS features another installment of a series showing Knud Rasniussen driving his dog teams across Arctic spaces to the last outpost of civilization, before penetrating the real tenors of those bleak regions. "Makers of Men" shows West Point preparing America's military manhood for perilous days, and "The Sea Rover" is a study of seagulls in Pathecolor. — Sumner Smith. "Lighter Than Air" (Pathe — Cartoon — One Reel) IN this Cartoonist Paul Terry has his animals and farmer riding high in the air on soap bubbles. But pride always comes before a fall and they flop to earth when envious mice shoot holes through the bubbles.— Sumner Smith.