Photoplay (Jan - Jun 1926)

Photoplay Magazini Advertising Se< noN «5 MANHATTAN MADNESS l<] Exhibit lack Dempsey and 1-t.11, rayloi revive the old Fairbanks success. Who ii going to bi enough to sa) anything against the champ? (f m \\n i ki GIRL, 1 mi Paramount Shi trii to be a gold-diggei i>nt true romance wins. Bene I in .1 pert comedy. (September.) MAN OF IKON. A Chadwiek I lone] B mon attempt! to prove that a man ma] business but .1 dub with women. He doer {Sept. m w ON Tin i!o\. 1 HE Warner Brothers.— Spend ■ good evening with S3 d Chaplin and gi 1 .1 lot 01 laughs. (D#< tmber.) MAN who 1 in \i> iiimsi 1 f, THE Thomas Meighan goes to Sing Sim; foi .1 crime in didn't commit. It's Meighan .it his most noble. (No*tmo«r.) M \kki u.i WHIRL, mi Firsl National. Another and rathei tedious expose of the evili ol society. Corinne Griffith is in it. (September.) m \krv MK Paramount. James Cruse docs his lust with .1 slendei stor\. Florence Vidor and Edward Everett Horton do good work. (September.) MEDDLER, THE— Universal William Desmond as a rich Wall Street Man who hits the open Bpaces and hits them hard. {July.) MERRY WIDOW, THE Metro-Goldwyn.— A brilliant and gorgeous screen version of the romantic light opera with Mae Murray, John Gilbert and Roy 1 contributing three ol the finest performances of tin year MIDSHIPMAN, THE — Metro Goldwyn — A rather juvenile story, hut it brings back Ramon Novarro, and that's enough foi most fans. (December.) MY LADY'S LIPS— I!. 1'. Schulbcrg.— A crook melodrama that is lively and often amusing. But we dare you to try to believe in the plot. (.October.) MYSTIC, THE — Metro-Goldwyn. — Aileen Pringle gives a good performance in this melodrama of a fake fortune-teller. (November.) NECESSARY EVIL, THE— First National.— Improbable and far-fetched with Viola Dana and Ben Lyon to save the day. (July.) NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET— MetroGoldwyn. — Anita Stewart gives a piquant performance el a South Sea Island queen who loves and loses — but wins in the end. A colorful and popular picture. (October.) NEVER WEAKEN— Associated Exhibitors.— A welcome revival of a Harold Lloyd comedy. (Sept.) NIGHT CLUB, THE — Paramount. — Which proves that Raymond Griffith is one of our foremost young comics. Great amusement. (. uly.) NIGHT LIFE OF NEW YORK— Paramount.— A rovnd of sight-seeing in New York's hotels and night clubs. You are accompanied by Rod La Rocquc. Dorothy Gish and Ernes' Torrence. It's lots 01 fun. (September.) NOT SO LONG AGO— Paramount.— Aside from the work of Betty Bronson and Ricardo Cortcz, this is a rather dull story of Manhattan in its Age of Innocence. (October.) OLD HOME WEEK— Paramount.— A Grade A Meighan picture — his best in a long time. George Ade wrote the story and Lila Lee is in it. (August.) ONE YEAR TO LIVE— First National.— Aileen Pringle hears the sentence of the doctor and then cuts loose in Paris. It all turns out all right. (September.) ON PROBATION— Steiner — The escapades of a rich flapper. It's fair enough if you are not tired of goings-on of the younger set. (August.) • OPEN TRAIL. THE— Universal.— Jack Hoxie dresses up like an Indian and gives the young boys a good time. (July.) PACE THAT THRILLS, THE— First National.— Very bad. with Ben Lyon. Beautiful Mary Astor is wasted in this silly story. (December.) PAINT AND POWDER— Chadwiek.— The good little chorus girl becomes a star and marries the producer. Fair entertainment if you aren't too fussy. (December.) PARISIAN LOVE — B. P. Schulberg. — Just another one of those things. In case anyone cares, it's the romance of an Apache girl. Not for the children. (October.) PASSIONATE YOUTH— Truart— Now. really, after all, what did you expect from the title? (September.) PATHS TO PARADISE — Paramount. — Raymond Griffith again proves that he is a real star in this riotous crook comedy. (September.) PEACOCK FEATHERS— Universal.— An intelligent story of a rich girl who marries a poor man; well directed by Sven Gade and capably acted by Jacqueline Logan and Cullen Landis. (Noiember.) PEAK OF FATE, TH1 1 snl< with an 11.. Idi iiiai love i . -i \ nil the Sn I'l \sl 11 M. I drama, " 1th 1 lara Bow and Don. ild Kl ith. ,/ ' cow 1 KPRI ss, nil Pai imo ton oi tin West, w on del 1 id acting bj w.iii.. Beery, Ricardo Cortes and Em ..) I'KI 1 1 i 1 \i>n S M I Idwyn \ human intei, • l jtorj pi US t hi Zlegfeld Follll .oi.l.in all-stai cast, A treat foi ii>. eye (September.) PRICE OF I'l I \M Kl . THE limn .1 In which 1 imi, n 11. stted by the Prim e'a family. Some good corned) bj Louise Fasenda and 1 . Roj Ban .ii.i Pirn vii affairs Producers Distribute \ 1 1. -i mil ■■ torj "i mil ill tow n in, . a, . mat, i\ presented -tt\<\ well acted, (September.) PROl'D HEART (title changed from HIS PEOPLE) Universal. One of the finest pictui Jewish emigrant life we've seen. Schlldkraut, contributes a great perfoi mance to the screen. Don't miss it. t/'e. ember.) RAFFLES Universal. — A good crook More marred by some slow direction. House Petert heads the east. Uuly.) RANGER OF THE BIG PINES— Vitagraph — The usual Western with the usual tight, and a good performance bv Eulalie Jensen to recommend it. (October.) RED HOT TIRES— Warner Brothers.— Just a mix-up of good, bad and indifferent comedy, played by Monte Blue and I'atsy Ruth Miller. (November.) REGULAR FELLOW, A— Paramount— (Reviewed under the original title, "He's a Prince"), A gay burlesque of royalty with Raymond Griffith as a prince with democratic ideas. (November.) RIDIN' THE WIND— F. B. O.— Fred Thomson disappoints. A trite story. He rescues his brother from bandits, returns the stolen money and wins tingirl. (December.) RIDIN' THUNDER— Jack Hoxie as the leader of another war between cattlemen and rustlers. (July.) RUGGED WATERS— Paramount.— Outside of a few good storms and some rousing sea stuff, it's just an old-fashioned melodrama. (October.) SALLY OF THE SAWDUST— United Artists. D. W. Griffith proves that he can make great comedy. It's his gayest and most light-hearted picture. Wonderful acting by W. C. Fields and Carol Dempster. Everyone should see it. (August.) SATAN IN SABLES— Warner Brothers.— Lowell Sherman is a bad Russian grand duke. Pauline Garon is a little rose from Montmartre. Pretty good. (December.) SCANDAL PROOF— Fox.— The story of one of those good but misunderstood girls. Sympathetically acted by Shirley Mason. (August.) SEVEN CHANCES— Metro-Goldwyn.— Another amusing one from Buster Keaton. (June.) SEVEN DAYS — Producers Distributing. — The famous farce is given splendid production and it is well acted. Eddie Gribbon is very amusing. (A'ovember.) SHE WOLVES— Fox.— Old Home Week in the Paris cafes as pictured by a movie mind. (July.) SHOCK PUNCH, THE— Fun on a skyscraper with Richard Dix romping about New York's skyline. A good show for everybody. (July.) SHORE LEAVE— First National— A genuinely funny comedy, a charming love story and Richard Barthelmess at his best as a tough gob. (September.) SIEGE — Universal. Mary Alden and Virginia Valli in a powerful drama of two generations. Highly recommended. (August.) SIEGFRIED— Ufa.— Perhaps the most ambitious undertaking of the screen. A spectacularly beautiful and slightly dull version of the Niebelungen legend. Made in Germany. (August.) SILENT SANDERSON— Producers Distributing. — A really first-class Western with our old friend Harry Carey giving zest to the plot. (August.) SLAVE OF FASHION, A— Metro-Goldwyn.— Wherein a guileless Cinderella gets her man. A silly but beautifully mounted story with the lovely Norma Shearer and the charming Lew. (October.) SMOOTH AS SATIN— F. B. 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