The Moving picture world (July 1926-August 1926)

August 28, 1926 MOVING PICTURE WORLD 551 Reviews of Little Pictures with a Big Punch **Dummy Love** (Educational — Two Reels) Bobby Vernon gives his fastest comedy stuff to this Christie feature, and he is capably supported by Frances Lee, pictured here, and Thelma Daniels, with Jack Duffy riding along throughout with the star. It's the story of Bobby bending every effort to get a girl, Frances Lee, married, so that he can marry the girl of his choice. Miss Daniels. Bobby sets about kidnapping Miss Lee, and her uncle (Mr. Duffy) is equally anxious to see her married to the man he chooses for her. The finish is quite fast. — Chas. £. Hastings. A Knight Out'* (Pathe— One Reel) D OMANTIC COSTUME pictures of chivalry are amusingly burlesqued in this Aesop Fable cartoon, which shows Henry the Cat rescuing his sweetheart, who has been kidnapped by a knight in armor. His trusty steed climbs a rope to the castle tower and there are several other laughable but utterly impossible feats. A thoroughly entertaining number. — C. S. Sewell. **Screen Snapshots (C. B. C— One Reel) SCREEN SNAPSHOTS NO. 18 presents one of the last camera shots of the late Willard Louis, that splendid actor who succumbed Irst week to typhoidpneumonia. Others shown are Al Jolson, in a golfing skit; Patsy Ruth Miller, Eva Novak, Ralph Lewis, Greta Garbo, Tom Mix and William Fox, Louise Fazenda and Monte Blue. — Chas. E. Hastings. Screen Snapshots (C. B. C— One Reel) TP HIS ISSUE of Screen Snapshots presents Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Sherman (Pauline Garon) ; Billie Dove, George K. Arthur, his wife and baby ; Bill Hart, Estelle Taylor, Ruth Roland, Tom Mix, Leatrice Joy, Charles Chaplin, Norma Shearer, Elinor Glyn, Paul Bern and Pauline Starke. — Chas. E. Hast, ings. 'Tathe Review 34'* (Pathe — One Reel) Y^IEWS OF Tulane University * at New Orleans in Pathecolor, another installment of the Roosevelt expedition into Chinese Turkestan and one of the best of the series taken by the "process camera" showing novel effects in recasting scrap book scenes and then hanging them from stills to moving pictures, make up this interesting number.—C. S. Sewell. "Her Actor Friend" ^*Rustler By Proxy*' (Pathe — Two Reels) In a vehicle of similar type and surrounded by the same supporting cast, Alice Day in this Mack Sennett Comedy is seen as a boarding school girl who, with her :hum and sweetheart slip away to see a former friend, now a successful and conceited stock ictor. Alice squanders her father's money in a cabaret, gets in bad, and, as usual, is chastized. There is good youthful psychology in this number and several amusing situations. It is up to the series standard. Danny O'Shea, pictured here, is cast as the actor.— C. S. Sewell. Screen Snapshots (C. B. C— One Reel) T ETTA GOUDAL, represent*-' ing the West Coast contingent in the studios, presents a play house to orphan kiddies, in this number of Screen Snapshots. Other players shown are Dorothy Devore, Bill Franey, Charlie Ray, Roy D'Arcy, Irene Rich, Colleen Moore, Virginia Southern, Dorothy Sebastian, Monte B'lue, Claire Windsor, Lew Cody and Lloyd Hamilton. — Chas. E. Hastings. "Tiddly Winks'' * J ane*s Predicament* (Universal — One Reel) Arthur Lake, Isobel Milestone and Billy Engle make this a fairly worth-while comedy. Arthur calls on his girl, who lives in the suburbs. He misses the last car home and returns to the house, entering at the same time as a burglar. Amusing complications result. — Peter Milne. (Universal — Two Reels) THE FAMILIAR idea of a chap who has to be happily married to receive money from a rich relative is used in this comedy featuring Wanda Wiley supported by Earl Mack. Earl hurriedly marries Jane and she discovers that the furniture was bought on credit when the van takes it away. Uncle, however, comes to their rescue. Familiar slapstick with quite a number of laughs.— C. S. Sewell. (Universal — Two Reels) An ordinary story which shows off the riding of Fred Humes. The girl rustles her own horses that she may buy the pretty clothes her father denies her. She gets into an intricate situation and is in danger of domination by the villain until Fred comes to the rescue. — Peter Milne. ''Kiss Papa** (Educational — Two Reels) Lige Conley is the star of this Mermaid Comedy, . produced by Jack White. Lige has excellent support in Estelle Bradley, Anita Garvin, shown in attached cut ; Clem Beauchamp, Lou Archer and Otto Fries. In order for Lige to inherit a large estate, he must be happily married, and the couple must have a child. The fact is, Lige and his wife are at odds. Each is aware of the administrator calling to check up on the facts, so they get others to play the role of husband and wife, and use clever dwarfs for the kiddie roles. A cigar-smoking "baby" almost wrecks the thing, but in the end all ends well. — Chas. E. Hastings. "Felix Misses His Swiss** (Educational — Cartoon) Pat Sullivan has put some interesting stuff in this reel. The Mouse Marauders are foiled in stealing cheese from a little store, so they decide to go to Switzerland, where Swiss cheese ought to be plentiful. Felix pursues them half way round the world, but the mice outwit the cat at odd moments. This is a fine example of the progressive sweep being made by cartoons. — Chas. E. Hastings. "Here Comes Charlie** (Educational — Two Reels) This is a laughable Lloyd Hamilton comedy, written and directed by Norman Taurog, with a cast including Virginia Vance, Glen Cavender, George Davis, who is pictured here ; Stanley Blystone and Florence Lee. The story has to do with a big department store, with Lloyd Hamilton doing a floorwalker role, and with many amusing scenes following upon an announcement of a special sale. Hamilton is devastated by the feminine onrush and fades out at the end in his usual "wreck" angle, with a floral "success" sign predominant. — Chas. E. Hastings. "Lady of Lyons, N. y:* (F. B. O.— Two Reels) This is the first of the "Bill Grimm's Progress" comedy series and is largely i n t r o d uctory in character. It features a flirtation between Bill and Barbara (Jack Luden and Margaret Morris) that promises to bud into romance in others in the series, and an amusing burlesque prize fight which winds up the two reels. Al Cooke, pictured here, and Kit Guard furnish the comedy. It is a fairly amusing offering, the Witwer titles being at all times funnier than the action itself — Peter Milne. It doesn't matter at all that the trade mark of Red Seal Pictures Is covering up part of this message. Red Seal pictures hive often covered up whole shows that otherwise might have gone )[6rflaB_-8o jjfejtop at a little me. that any company could boast. And bssides, 22 fast moving exchanges are all set to handle the distribution. It's going to be a great year, bojsl