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THE CISCO KID— Fox
BECAUSE of the popularity of Warner Baxter and Edmund Lowe and the superb scenic shots, this picture, from the old O. Henry thriller, should make money. It's too bad that we've seen variations of it several times, as it detracts from the novelty. Edmund Lowe has been Sergeant Quirt before. He's the same women-all-fall-for-me sergeant here. But he does a swell job. Warner Baxter will make every woman's heart pitter-patter. He's never been more subtly fascinating than as the dashing Mexican buccaneer. Conchita Montenegro is alluring and shows promise. Nora Lane surprises. You think at times she is Alice Joyce, so definitely does she resemble her and so aptly does she handle a Joyce role. Al Cohn deserves a red apple for adroit adaptation of so well-known a story. See it.
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BAD COMPANY— RKO-Pathe
AND still they come — more gangster pictures. The big idea seems to be to take the same old machine-gunny goings-on and spread them over some new plot-angle.
The "different" angle in this one is that Helen Twelvetrees' brother and sweetheart are both gangsters, and she doesn't know it until the shooting begins. It starts when her sweetheart's gang-boss wants Helen for himself, so the jolly old gang custom of putting-on-the-spot starts.
"Bad Company" stands above the ruck of gang stories because of the fine acting, with Twelvetrees and Ricardo Cortez taking the honors. You may think that Cortez steals the picture — which is getting to be a Cortez habit. John Garrick and Arthur Stone deserve applause.
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GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD—M-G-M
WALLINGFORD, good on the stage, fair on the silent screen, at last finds his true medium in the talkies — and how the revamped old Wallingford tale does whiz now! And, too, it gives William Haines, the best chance he's ever had, for his special sort of ability. As Wallingford, he drops the usual smart-aleck, wisecracking stuff and becomes sincere, human and enjoyable.
Next to Haines, Jimmy Durante and Ernest Torrence take the honors — and there'll be many a one to say that Durante steals the show from the star. This boy, Durante, by the way, is knocking Hollywood for a row of dialogue writers and is going to be one of the big shots all over the country before many more feet of film have passed through the camera.
The story is about a young crook who "is putty in the hands of a girl." His two cronies try to keep him crooked, but when he falls in love, he talks them into going straight and making a lot of money thereby. Imagine their surprise! Even you who remember Wallingford in short stories won't be disappointed.
They said Bill Haines was slipping. This picture proves how wrong they were. Go see it and you will be convinced.