Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1925)
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Pictures and Pichuretpver
AUGUST 1925
Dolores and Helen
Costello who are
returning to the
screen.
Fritzi Brunette, and Aggie Hering. Fair entertainment.
The Fatal Mistake (Wardour; August 31).
A " newspaper scoop " story with crook and jewel elements and plenty of humour played by Eva Novak, William Fairbanks, Wilfred Lucas, Dot Farlev, Bruce Gordon, Harry McCoy, Paul Weigel, and Frank Clark. Director, Scott Dunlop. The Folly of Vanity {Fox; August 24).
Domestic triangle drama with a fantasy interlude, this story of a vain, wealth-worshipping wife is colorfully treated and appealing to the eye if not the intellect. Betty Blythe stars, with Billie Dove, Jack Mulhall, John Sainpolis, Rogert Klein, Lola Droonar, and " Consuelo," Edna Gregory, and Jean La Motte in support. Directors, Maurice Elvey and Henry Otto. Frivolous Sal (Ass. Fir. Nat.; August 3).
Eugene O'Brien, Mae Busch, Ben Alexander, Tom Santschi, Mitchell Lewis, and Mildred Harris in a vivid and original Western melodrama about a stranded actor's regeneration. Director. Victor Schertzinger. Good entertainment.
The Garden of Weeds (Paramount; August 24).
Social drama, not too convincing, very slowly developed, but well acted by Betty Compson, Warner Baxter, RockclifTe Fellowes, Charles Ogle, King Zaney, William Austin, Toyo Fuzito, Lilyan Tashman, and Al St. John. Director, James Cruze. Fair entertainment. Her Love Story (Paramount; Aug. 10).
Ruritanian romance showing Gloria Swanson in a $100,000 bridal outfit and a very conventional story. Support includes Ian Keith, George Fawcett, Echlin Gayer, Mario Majeroni, Sidney Herbert, Donald Hall, Baroness de Hcdermann, Bert Wales, Jane Auburn and Director Allen Dwan. Fair entertainment.
He Who Gets Slapped (Metro-GoldzvynJury; August 10).
A Victor Seastrom production based on Andreyev's tragedy of the man whom
destroyed. Excellent acting by aney, John Gilbert, Xorma Tully Marshall, Marc McDermott, Ford Sterling, ClydeCook, Harvey Clark, Paulette Duval and Ruth King. Director, Victor Seastrom. This month's best, don't miss it. The House of Youth (F.B.O.; August 3). Jacqueline Logan, Vernon Steele, Malcolm Mc Gregor, Richard Travers, Edwin Booth Tilton and Lucila Mendez in a flapper drama about i great love and a great injury. Director, Ralph Ince. Fair entertainment. Let Women Alone (F.B.O.; August 17) An amiable sentimental comedy of coincidences starring Wanda Hawley and Pat O'Malley, supported by Wallace Beery, Ethel Wales, J. Farrell McDonald, Harries Gordon, Betty Jane Snowden, Lew Willard and Marjorie Morton. Pleasant screen fare. The Man Hunter (Fox; August 20).
William Farnum in a powerful and sensational tale of a duped man's vengeance. Louise Lovely, Leatrice Joy, Charles Clary, Marc Robbins and J. Edward Jobson also appear. This is a re-issue and quite good melodramatic fare. Director, Frank Lloyd. The Man in Blue (European; Aug. 10). Madge Bellamy and Herbert Rawlinson in a romantic Irish-American melodrama competently presented. Cast also includes Nick de Ruiz, Andre de Beranger, Cesare Gravina, Jackie Morgan, Dorothy Brock and D. J. Mitsoras. Director, Edward Laemmle. Fair entertainment. Marriage in Transit (Fox; August 17). A dual-role romantic drama about a secret service agent and some international crooks. Edmund Lowe stars, supported by Carole Lombard, Adolph Milar, Frank Beal, Harvey Clark, Fred Walton and Wade Boteler. Director, R. William Neill. Illogical, but entertaining.
A Man Must Live (Paramount; Aug. 31). Richard Dix, Jacqueline Logan, Edna Murphy, Arthur Housman and George Nash in a diverting drama of newspaper life. Director, Paul Sloane. The Mirage (F.B.O.; August 13). All about a country girl who came to New York and conquered the " Great White Way." Starring our own Give Brooke and Florence Yidor, supported by Alan Roscoc, Viola Vale, Myrtle Vane and Charlotte Stevens. Good entertainment.
The Mine With the Iron Door (Wardour; August 3).
Very strong melodrama taken in Arizona amid some beautiful scenery. All star cast includes Pat O'Malley, Robert Frazer, Charles Murray, Creighton Hale, Mitchell Lewis, Mary Carr and Dorothy Mackaill. Money Isn't Everything (Stoll; Aug. 3).
A British domestic drama very well directed, capably played by Olive Sloane, Lewis Gilbert, Gla~dys Crebin, John Hamilton and Gladys Hamer. Director, Thomas Bentley. Good entertainment. The Monster (Metro-Goldzcxn-Jurx; August 24).
On the lines of One Exciting Night this excellent comedy-hair-raiser concerns some lunatics at large and a grocer's clerk who becomes a "detective" hero. Capitally produced and played by Lon Chaney, Gertrude Olmsted, Hallam Cooley, Johnny Arthur, Knute Ericson, George Austin, Eric McWade and Ethel Wales. Director, Roland West. The Navigator (Metro-Goldwyn-Jury ; August 3).
Buster Keaton's best to date which is high praise. The under-water scenes are especially good. Directed by Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp. We heartily recommend it. On Thin Ice (Gaumont; August 17).
A familiar story but quite good drama of the San Franciscan underworld played by Tom Moore, Edith Roberts, William Russell, Theodore Yon Eltz, Wilfred North, Gertrude Robinson and Jimmie Quinn. Director, Mai St. Clair. (Continued on page 60.)
A Garden Party "snap." Left to right: Madge Stuart, Rex Ingram, and Josie P. Lederer.