Pictures and the Picturegoer (Jan-Dec 1925)

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Sackcloth and Scarlet (Metro'GoldwynMayer; Dec. 7). Threadbare plot of glaring coincidences, with Alice Terry as beautiful as ever in the role of a selfsacrificing sister. Technically polished and well acted by a good supporting cast, including Orville Caldwell, Dorothy Sebastian, Kathleen Kirkham, John Miljan, Clarissa Selwynne and Jack Huff. Director, Henry King. Fair entertainment with a strong feminine appeal. Scandal Proof (Fox; Dec. 21). Shirley Mason acts capitally in this unreal and melodramatic story of a girl hounded down for a crime she obviously hasn't committed. Supporting cast includes John Roche, Freeman Wood, Frances Raymond, Edward Martindel, Ruth King, Joseph Striker and Hazell Howell. Directed by Edmund Mortimer. Poor entertainment. The Sign of the Cactus (Universal; Dec. 7). Western melodrama, unusually original, featuring Jack Hoxie' as a sort of Western Claude Duval. Competent cast includes Bobby Gordon, Muriel Frances Dana, Helen Holmes, Josef Swickard, Francis Ford and J. Gordon Russell. Good entertainment for all lovers of Westerns. Stop Flirting (Gaumont; Dec. 21). Film version of the recent musical DECEMBER 1925 comedy of that name. Typical Al Christie production, with well-produced farce and slapstick interludes, directed by Scott Sidney. Wanda Hawley, John T. Murray, Hallam Cooley, Vera Steadman, Ethel Shannon, Jimmie Adams, Jack Duffy and Jimmie Harrison, form a capable cast. Good entertainment. Too Many Kisses (Paramount ;, Dec. 21). Excellent romantic comedy in a charming" Spanish setting, with Richard Dix as an amusing and agreeable hero, ably supported by Frances Howard, Joe Burke, William Powell, Frank Currier, Albert Tavernier, Arthur Ludwig, Alyce Mills, Paul Panzer and " Harpo " Marx. Director, Paul Sloane. Excellent light entertainment. The Unknown Lover (Vitagraph; Dec. 14.) Elsie Ferguson and Frank Mayo star in this rather artificial, but quite entertaining story of after marriage complications, intermingled with jazz party and bathing-suit scenes. Cast includes Mildred Harris, Leslie Austin and Arthur Donaldson. Director, Victor Hugo Halperin. Should appeal to women. Welcome Stranger (Wardour; Dec. 28). Excellent adaptation of Aaron Hoffman's famous comedy, with Dore Davidson, William V. Mong, and Florence Vidor all good in leading roles. Virginia Browne Faire, Noah Beery, Lloyd Hughes, Robert Edeson, Otis Harlan, Fred J. Butler and Pat Hartigan form a cast above the average. Directed by James Young. First class entertainment. Who Cares? (Pathe; Dec. 28). A matrimonial and social picture with a conventional plot, competently directed by David Kirkland. Dorothy Devore is good as the butterfly heroine, while William Haines, Wanda Hawley, Lloyd Whitlock, Beverly Bayne, Vola Vale, Charles Murray, Vera Lewis, Ralph Lewis, William Austin and Carrie Clark Ward form a capable cast. Tom Mix, Kathleen ^f\■^•rs. and Philo McCullough in ' Dick Turfin."