Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1925)

Brief Reviews of Current Pictures AFTER BUSINESS HOURS— Columbia.— Elaine Hammerstein and Lou Tellegcn enact one of those far-fetched domestic dramas. {Septembey.} AIR MAIL, THE— Paramount.— A high-flying story of thrilling adventures in the government air service. (May.) AMERICAN PLUCK— Chadwick.— She is a princess and he is only a poor American prize fighter if there is such a thing — but love finds the usual way! iSep/ember.) ANY WOMAN— Paramount.— A trite story of the perils of a refined working girl. Alice Terry heads the cast. (August.) ARE PARENTS PEOPLE '—Paramount — Daughter reunites her quarreling parents. The daughter is Betty Bron.son; the parents are Florence AWFUL TRUTH, THE— Producers Distributing. -It is awful, at that, and not what anyone would call {Seplember.) CAMILLE OF THE BARBARY COAST— Associated Exhibitors. — Owen Moore and Mae Busch in a new version of the old theme. Not for the children. (September.) CHICKIE— First National.— Dorothy Mackaill gives an appealing performance of a poor working girl. (June.) CIRCUS CYCLONE, THE— Universal.— A pleasant mixture of Western and circus stuff, with Art Acord proving he can ride. (October.) CODE OF THE WEST— Paramount —The city flapper and the noble Westerner are with us again. Attractively staged and well acted. (June.) CONTRABAND — Paramount. — Merry melo i north to bring the z BANDIT'S BABY, THE— F. B. O — Fred Thomson and Silver King make tins more amusing than the average Western. (August.) BAREE, SON OF KAZAN— Vitagraph.— Just one of those dog stories of the frozen north. Rather mediocre entertainment. (August.) BEAUTY AND THE BAD MAN— Producers Distributing.— .\ gambler in a mining town plays benefactor to a girl with operatic ambitions. The grateful HORSEBACK— Paramount. so well directed by James Cni most entertaining pictures of t BLACK CYCLONE— Pathe.— Rex, the King of Wild Horses, scores one of the hits of the year. The remarkable acting of the not-so-dumb animals makes BLOODHOUND, THE— F. B. C— What do you think the Royal Mounted boy does? He gets his man. The man is his brother. And— that's the plot. (September.) BOOMERANG. THE — Schulberg. — It might have been funnier than it is. Anita Stewart and Bert Lytell head the cast, (May.) BREED OF THE BORDER— F. B. O.— Just one of those Westerns with Lefty Flynn as the quickdrawin', hard-ridin" hero. (May.) ympathy, (Jun CAFE IN CAIRO, A— Producers Distributing.— Bang-up melodrama with Arabs and Priscilla Dean. AS a special service to its readers, Photoplay Magazine inaugurated this department of tabloid reviews, presenting in brief form critical comments upon all photoplays of the preceding six months. Photoplay readers find this department of tremendous help — for it is an authoritative and accurate summary, told in a few words, of all current film dramas. Photoplay has always been first and foremost in its film reviews. However, the fact that most photoplays do not reach the great majority of the country's screen theaters until months later, has been a manifest drawback. This department overcomes this — and shows you accurately and concisely how to save your motion picture time and money. You can determine at a glance whether or not your promised evening's entertainment is worth while. The month at the end of each tabloid indicates the issue of Photoplay in which the original review appeared. CRACKERJACK, THE— C. C. Burr.— John iines at his liveliest. There's no sense to it but it otsoffun. (July.) CYRANO DE BERGERAC— Atlas.— A commendable film version of Rostand's great play, made by a French company, and excellently acted by Pierre Magnier. (September.) DANGEROUS INNOCENCE — Universal.— Adapted from ".'Vnn's an Idiot." Nice light romance with Laura La Plante. (May.) DECLASSE— First National.— Corinne Griffith DENIAL, THE— Metro-Goldwyn.— Claire Windsor doubling as mother and daughter in a heav>-handed storv. But there's a good Spanish-American war sequence. (May.) DON O— United Artists.— Douglas Fairbanks stages another great show. It has beauty, adventure and thrills. It's one of the treau of the year. DRESSMAKER FROM PARIS. THE — Pata fourteen — beautiful models, Leatrice Joy is featured. DRUSILLA WITH A MILLION— F. B. O,— It's nkum but it's good hokum and splendidly acted by lary Carr. Be sure to take a handkerchief with DUPED— The t Helen Holmes anc (Jtily.) EVE'S SECRET— Paramount.— Wherein the Duke ducates a peasant girl and marries her. Another ^Pygmalion and Galatea played by Jack Holt and Betty Compson EVE'S LOVER— Warn Brothers. — The story of :an girl and her titled husband, a picture, but Irene Rich. Bert and WiUard Louis are in the cast. FAINT PERFUME— B. P. Schulberg.Faint is ght. A jumbled movie-ized version of Zona Gale's scellent novel. (September.) I and Hope Hampton i FIGHTING DEMON. THE— F. B. O.— Only the very gullible will like this one. Richard Talmadge dashing through impossible melodrama. (August.) FINE CLOTHES— First National.— A subtle and human story ably acted by Percy Marmont, Lewis Stone, Alma Rubens and Raymond Griffith, (Oc FOOL, THE — Fox. — Melodrama with a moraL A dull but impressive version of a stage success with Edmund Lowe in the leading role. (June.) FREE AND EQUALA. H. Woods.— Pulled out of its grave for no good reason. The film is ten years old and deals with racial problems. Not for anybody. (July.) FRESHMAN, THE — Associated Exhibitor.— Harold Lloyd's comedy of college life is so funny that it defies description. It's the liveliest and the most youthful comedy now on the screen. (September.) FRIENDLY ENEMIES— Producers Distributing, —Weber and Fields doing their stuff in a ready-made plot, (July.) GALLOPING VENGEANCE— F. B. O,— A Bob Custer Western. Not so good. (May.) [ CONTINTIED ON PAGE I4 ]