Photoplay (Sep 1928)

Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section 1 33 Brief Reviews of Current Pictures [ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 ] ♦SHOW PEOPLE — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. — Marion Davies and William Haines portray the funny side of the goof who would get into the movies. Recommended. (August.) SILK LEGS — Fox. — Madge Bellamy demonstrates how to sell silk stockings. Whipped cream. (March.) SIMBA — Martin Johnson Corp. — Those charming travellers, the Martin Johnsons, have made another one of their entertaining jungle pictures. Great studies of wild animals in their native haunts. (A pril.) SKINNER'S BIG IDEA— FBO.— After a long time-lapse, Bryant Washburn continues the adventures of your old friend. Skinner. (May.) SKY-SCRAPER — Pathe-De Mille. — Love among the riveters. The locations are thrilling, although the plot is hackneyed. With Sue Carol and William Boyd. (April.) SMART SET, THE — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. — William Haines takes up polo. Always the same, fresh kid. But good, if you go in for flippant youth. (A pril.) SOFT LIVING — Fox. — Adventures of a stenographer who finds that it is easier to get alimony than work for a living. But love saves all. With Madge Bellamy and Johnny Mack Brown. (April.) SOMETHING ALWAYS HAPPENS — Paramount.— Esoecially in a haunted house. Good comedy thrills and lots of action. With the eyesoothing Esther Ralston. (May.) SO THIS IS LOVE— Columbia.— Slightly goofy story of a dressmaker's assistant turned prize-fighter — all for love. With William Collier, Jr., and Shirley Mason. (July.) SOUTH SEA LOVE— FBO.— Just like any other brand of love — full of inconsistencies. With Patsy Ruth Miller. (June.) ♦SPEEDY — LloydParamount. — Harold Lloyd captures all the dash and excitement of Manhattan. An ingenious and high-powered comedy. For the whole family, of course. (May.) SPORTING AGE, THE— Columbia.— Good acting and fine direction lift this triangle story above the average. Special honors to Belle Bennett and Holmes Herbert. (June.) SPORTING GOODS— Paramount— Richard Dix plays an enterprising salesman in one of the very best current light comedies. (March.) SQUARE CROOKS — Fox. — Original variations of the usual crook business lift this comedy above the ordinary. Jackie Coombs, a three-year-old kid, runs away with the laughs. (A pril.) STATE STREET SADIE— Warners.— Can you believe it? Another underworld story. And not among the best. (July.) STOCKS AND BLONDES— FBO.— Romance among the chorus girls and brokers. Slightly hotsvtotsy for the family trade. With Jacqueline Logan and “ Sheets " Gallagher. (June.) STORMY WATERS— Tiffany-Stahl. — Eve Southern tries a Sadie Thompson but this story of love in the tropics doesn't quite come off. (August.) STRANGE CASE OF CAPTAIN RAMPER — Defu-First National. — German picture with original plot. J ust a bit heavy. (August.) ♦STREET ANGEL— Fox. — Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell continue to remain in Seventh Heaven. A human, appealing story, adorably acted. By all means see it. (A pril.) ♦STREET OF SIN, THE— Paramount.— Technically a fine picture but the story, a brutal tale of the London slums, is repellent. The least satisfactory of Emil Jannings’ American productions. (July.) STREETS OF SHANGHAI— Tiffany-Stahl.— Dirty work in China and slightly reminiscent of a lot of better nlays. Not so much. (May.) STRONGER WILL, THE— Excellent.— Just one long yawn. (August.) TELLING THE WORLD — Metro-GoldwynMayer. — That comical cuss. Bill Haines, goes to China. More darned fun. in a silly way. Anita Page, who makes her debut in this one, is all to the good. (July.) ♦TEMPEST — United Artists. — Interesting story of the Russian Revolution. While John Barrymore is starred, it is Camilla Horn’s picture. Here’s a real find. (June.) TEMPTATIONS OF A CHORUS GIRL— First Division. — Not naughty, just foolish. Betty Compson makes the most of a maudlin character. (June.) TENDERLOIN — Warners. — This time the dirty crooks blame the robbery on Dolores Costello, thereby giving her an excuse to register a lot of anguish. (March.) TENTH AVENUE— Pathe-De Mille.— Boarding house life on the wrong side of Manhattan. Heavy melodrama and vividly played by Phyllis Haver, Victor Varconi and Joseph Schildkraut. (July.) THEIR HOUR— Tiffany-Stahl.— Wherein the demure girl outsmarts the fast stepper. With Dorothy Sebastian, Johnnie Harron and June Marlowe. Not for the children. (June.) THIEF IN THE DARK, THE— Fox.— Supposed to scare you to death. But it merely puts you to sleep. (June.) THOROUGHBREDS— Universal.— Once again the innocent country lad falls in with a gang of wild women. Good direction and some race-track scenes help some. (May.) ♦THREE SINNERS — Paramount. — Pola Negri as a good girl gone wrong. Not so wonderful as the good girl, but oh, after she has gone wrong! Sophisticated amusement. (June.) TIGER LADY— Paramount. — Reviewed under title “Love Is Incurable.” Old-fashioned story, tricked out in fancy costumes and made palatable by the suave acting of Adolphe Menjou and Evelyn Brent. (June.) TILLIE’S PUNCTURED ROMANCE— ChristieParamount. — Rare antique that has been redone for no good reason. Even with the hard work of Louise Fazenda, it is mostly just plain silly. (May.) TRAGEDY OF YOUTH, THE— Tiffany-Stahl.— Patsy Ruth Miller and Buster Collier in an ultramodern comedy showing the folly of youthful marriages. Smooth and sophisticated. (May.) ♦TRAIL OF '98, THE — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. — A mighty panaroma of the Klondike rush, told with power and breath-taking realism. Congratulations to Clarence Brown for making a really thrilling film. (April.) TREE OF LIFE. THE— Zenith.— The story of the world’s creation, no less! L. H. Tolhurst, with the assistance of the University of California, prepared the scientific data. Educational and worth your while. (A pril.) TRICK OF HEARTS, A— Universal.— Hoot Gibson in a simple-minded story. Rather puerile. Algernon! (May.) TURN BACK THE HOURS— Gotham.— All right, turn back the hours and what does it get you? Just a quickie, with a lot of well-known players filling in between more important pictures. (May.) TWO FLAMING YOUTHS — Paramount. — Introducing a new co-starring team — W. C. Fields and Chester Conklin. Great fun for all but the chronic weepers. (March.) TWO LOVERS — United Artists. — Some direction, neat acting and fine settings cannot disguise the fact that this is the same old plot. But Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky are simply swell. (May.) UNDER THE BLACK FLAG— Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. — Flash, “the wonder dog,” shows that the doggies did their share in fighting the war. (March.) UNDER THE TONTO RIM— ParamountMore gold rush. Richard Arien and Mary Brian in a fairly exciting Zane Grey story. (April.) UNITED STATES SMITH — Gotham. — Eddie Gribbon and Mickey Bennett in a roughneck but funny comedy. (August.) UPLAND RIDER, THE— First National.— Ken Maynard rides the winning horse in the race that saves the old homestead. A routine plot but a grand hoss-race. (May.) VAMPING VENUS— First National.— A “Connecticut Yankee” comedy designed to get back some of t lie money spent on the “Helen of Troy” sets. Cock-eyed enough to be popular. Thelma Todd is beautiful and Charlie Murray is funny. What else do you want? (May.) VANISHING PIONEER, THE— Paramount.— The return of Jack Holt to the Paramount ranch. And the result is a Grade A Western. (A ugusl.) WALKING BACK— Pathe-De Mille.— Trivial story of the younger generation made interesting by the presence of the charming Sue Carol. (July.) WALLFLOWERS — -FBO. — One of those stories that is motivated by a trick will. Light but adequate. (April.) WARMING UP — Paramount. — Richard Dix in an original and really funny story of a bushleague pitcher. Family diversion. (July.) 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