Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1929)

Brief Reviews of Current Pictures [ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 ] DON'T MARRY — Fox. — An amusing little romantic comedy iliat will please the gals. Gayly played by Lois Moran and Neil Hamilton. {July.) DO YOUR DUTY— First National.— Charlie Murrav plays his piece about the honest traffic cop and the crooks. Not so hot. {Dec.) *DRAG NET, THE — Paramount. — Vivid and swiftly mo\'ing underworld story with grade A acting bv George Bancroft, William Powell and Evelyn Brent. {July.) *DRY MARTINI— Fox.— Sophisticated comedy among tlic Anirrican dry law ex-patriots of the Ritz bar in Paris. Naughty but neat. {Novejnber.) DUGAN OF THE DUGOUTS— Anchor.— Gagging the Great War again. (September.) DUTV'S REWARD— Elbee.— More cops, crooked politics, etc. (Dec.) END OF ST. PETERSBURG, THE— Sovkinc— What the Soviet wants >-ou to believe. St. Petersburg destroyed by trick camera angles. {August.) EXCESS BAGGAGE— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.— Vivid and realistic picture of stage life. See it. (.August.) FAMILY PICNIC, THE — FoxMovietone.— Pioneer all-talking comedy. See it and write your own remedy. (September.) FANGS OF FATE— Pathe.— Klondike, the dog growls through an old story. (September.) FAZIL^Fox. — Proving the sheiks make bad husbands. Torrid necking in the desert. Not for the kindergarten class. (August.) FIFTY-FIFTY GIRL, THE— Paramount.— Bebe Daniels inherits half a gold mine. It turns out to be a gold mine of laughs. James Hall is her leading man. Recommended to your kind attention. (July.) FIGHTIN' REDHEAD, THE— FBO.— Buzz Barton eats up the Western scenery. (September.) FIRST KISS. THE— Paramount.— Young love, played by Fay Wray and Garj Cooper and set in a deep sea background. (November.) FLEET'S IN. THE— Paramount.— Clara Bow among the sailors. Of course, you won't miss it. {Noi'ember.) FLEETWING— Fox.— A story of Araby, a giri, a sheik and a horse. (September.) FLYING COWBOY, THE— Universal.— Fun— and lots of it — on a dude ranch. With Hoot Gibjon. (July.) FORBIDDEN HOUR. THE— Metro-GoldwynMayer. — Ramon Novarro is at his best as the princeat-play. Tlie story of a king who gave up his throne for love. .And Renee Adoree is in it. You'll like this one. (July.) FORBIDDEN LOVE— Pathe.— English film brought to this country merely because it stars Lily Damlta. (Dec.) ♦FORGOTTEN FACES— Paramount.-Underworld storj' of regeneration and sacrifice. Fine story, fine acting, and 100 per cent entertainment. {Sept.) •FOUR DEVILS— Fox.— Dramatic and beautifully presented story of Continental Circus life, with great performances by Janet Gaynor, Charles Morton and Barry Norton. You'll want to see it. (Dec.) *FOUR WALLS— Metro-Goldw\'n-Mayer.— Story of Jewish gangster, splendidly played by John Gilbert. Don't miss it. {September.) FREE LIPS — First Division. — Virtue triumphant in a night club. Just another one of those pictures. With June Marlowe. (July.) FURY OF THE WILD— FBO.— More real meat for Ranger. (November.) GANG WAR— FBO.— Yep, bootleggers and crooks again. (September.) GATE CRASHER, THE— Universal.— Glen Tryon in a hit-and-miss comedy. (September.) GEORGE BERNARD SHAW— Fox-Movietone.Mr. Shaw ontert;\ins liis public with an imitation of Mussolini. It's a wow. (September.) GIRL HE DIDN'T BUY, THE— Peerless.— Light story of a Broadway love affair with an original twist to the plot. (.August.) GIRL ON THE BARGE, THE— Universal.— A little slow but pleasant enough. Sally O'Neil wears her one expression. (Dec.) GIVE AND TAKE— Universal.— A silly story but made into good entertainment by the expert comedy offered by Jean Hersholt and George Sidney. (July.) ♦GLORIOUS BETSY— Warners.— The romantic story of Jerome Bonaparte and Betsy Patterson of Baltimore. Tricked up with a happy but unhistoric ending. Mildly charming, and decked out with Vitaphonic outbursts. Dolores Costello starred. (July.) ^GODLESS GIRL, THE— Pathe-De Mille— A vitally interesting and vivid story told with all the force and power Cecil B. De Mille could give it. Incidentally, it takes a poke at reform schools. -A real picture with splendid acting by Marie Prevost. George Duryea, Noah Beery and Lina Basquette. (July.) GOLDEN CLOWN, THE — Nordisk-Pathe. — Even Denmark has a clown who laughs to conceal a broken heart. Turgid foreign drama with a fine performance by Gosta Eckman. (July.) GOLDEN SHACKLES— Peerless.— You can't see the picture for the plot. (August.) GOLF WIDOWS — Columbia. — Comedy drama built on one of the terrible consequences of country club life. With Harrison Ford and Vera Reynolds. {July.) GRAIN OF DUST, THE— Tiffany-Stahl.— Interesting drama based on the David Graham Phillips novel, with the grief rather heavily stressed. {Nov.) • Universal. — Dumb GREASED LIGHTNING Western. (September. ) GREEN GRASS WIDOWS— Tiffany-Stahl. — Walter Hagen in a goofy golf story. He should know better. (September.) GUARDIANS OF THE WILD— Universal — Too bad that Rex, the wonder horse, can't write his own stories and put som,e horse-sense into them. (November.) GYPSY OF THE NORTH— Rayart,— A better than usual melodrama of the Northern mining camps. {August,) HALF A BRIDE— Paramount.— Wherein a bride is cast away on a desert island with the wrong man. (August.) HANGMAN'S HOUSE— Fox.— A good drama of Ireland, with some splendid backgrounds, a fine horse race and an excellent performance by Victor McLaglen. (.August.) HAPPINESS AHEAD— First National.— What might have been merely tawdry melodrama is turned into fine entertainment by the splendid acting of Colleen Moore, Edmund Lowe and Lilyan Tashman. {.August.) HAUNTED HOUSE. THE— First National — Too much Chester Conklin and not enough m^'stcry. {November.) HAWK'S NEST, THE— First National.— An interesting and colorful melodrama of Chinatown, excellently acted by Milton Sills and Doris Kenvon. (July.) HEADIN' FOR DANGER — FBO. —The best Western in months. New plot, new situations, new gags and Bob Steele. (July.) HEAD MAN, THE— First National.— What happened in a small town when the Ladies' Auxiliary drank too much lemonade. (August.) HEARTS OF MEN— Anchor.— And producers ain't got no heart. (Oct.) HEART TO HEART— First National.— Agreeable and original comedy of small town life. You'll like it. (September.) HEART TROUBLE— First National.— Harr>' Langdon writes liis own finish in pictures. (Sept.) HELLO. CHEYENNE— Fox.— That distinguished litterateur, Mr. Tom Mix, in a Western that is peppered with new stunts. (July.) HELL SHIP BRONSON— Gotham.— Noah Beery does some of his best acting as a rip-roaring old sea captain who is licked and frustrated by two women. You'll be sorry when virtue triumphs. Swell entertainment. (July.) HEY, RUBE— FBO.— Carnival life film that has the real stuff. (Dec.) HIS LAST HAUL— FBO.-Just a tear ierker. (Dec.) HIS PRIVATE LIFE— Paramount.— One of those French farces that is full of doors and bores. However, it has Adolphe Menjou. (Dec.) HIS RISE TO FAME— Excellent —Prize ring stuff with night club trimmings. (September.) HIT OF THE SHOW. THE— FBO.— A lot of grief about the hard life of a small-town actor. Just a tear-fest. (July.) HOLLYWOOD BOUND — Warners. — Talkie farce that sounds as though it had been written by someone who never had been nearer Ho!l>'\vood than Parsons, Kans. (November.) HOMESICK— Fox.— Sammy Cohen as a New York tourist in California. Fairly funny. (Dec.) *HOME TOWNERS, THE— Warners— Smoothest talkie so far. Good lines, by George M. Cohan, and a fine performance by Doris Kenyon. (Dec.) HOT NEWS— Paramount.— Bebe Daniels hunts for thrills in the news reel game. And finds 'em. (September.) HOUND OF SILVER CREEK, THE— Universal. — Dynamite, the new dog star, blasts an inferior story to success. (Aiigusl.) HOUSE OF SCANDAL, THE— Tiffany-Stahl — If you are not sick of cops, crooks and the inevitable girl who reforms. (July.) I FORBID — Fan-Maid Pictures. — An over-ripe Kosher film of breaking hearts. {November.) INSPIRATION— Excellent.— Too little of the title role. (Dec.) ♦INTERFERENCE — Paramount.— Drama and suspense in a Grade .A murder story. Well acted and well spoken — yes, it's a talkie. (Dec.) INTO NO MAN'S LAND— Excellent.— An unusually dull war picture. (Dec.) JUST MARRIED — Paramount. — Honeymoon farce on a transatlantic liner. Lots of laughs. (September.) Photoplays Reviewed in tke Shadow Stage This Issue Save this magazine — refer to the criticisms before you pic\ out your evenings entertainment. M.a\e this your reference list. Page Adoration — First National 54 A Man of Peace — Warners 93 Amazing \'agabond, The — FBO 93 Avalanche — Paramount 54 Avensing Rider, The— FBO 92 A Woman of Affairs— H.-G.-JI 53 Black Ace, The— Pathe 93 Cavalier, The — Tiffany-Stahl 93 City of Purple Dreams, The — Rayart. . 92 Driftwood — Columbia 92 Geraldine — Pathe 54 Harvest of Hate, The — Uni\-ersal 92 Head of the Family, The — Gotham.. . . 92 Page King Cowboy— FBO 92 King of the Rodeo — Universal 92 Legend of Gosta Barling, The — Swedish Biograph 92 Making the Varsity — Excellent 92 Napoleon's Barber — Fo.x-Movietone. . . 93 Naughty Baby — First National 54 On Trial — WarnersVitaphone 55 Outcast — First National 52 Power of the Press, The — Columbia. . . 92 Queen of Burlesque — Tiffany-Stahl. ... 92 Red Mark, The— Pathe 54 I'age Red Wine— Fo.x 53 Riley the Cop — Fox 55 Romance of the Underworld — Fox. ... 52 Scarlet Seas — First National 53 Shakedown, The — Universal 93 Silent Sheldon— Rayart 92 Sinners' Parade — Columbia 92 Sins of the Fathers — Paramount 52 Sioux Flood— M.-G.-M 92 Someone to Love — Paramount ! 54 South of Panama— Chesterfield 92 \'iking. 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