Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1920)

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Slightly out of date and not strong as to story, even though George Barr McCutcheon's name is down as author. "Romance" — A screen version of the play that has become perennial I in England, and which is still remembered here for its success and popularity during a long New York run. Doris Keane has her original role of I the Italian opera singer, and Basil Sydney appears as the minister. The picture is solely the romance of this pair, and as such it was an extremely difficult picture to make. But if you like pure, unadulterated romance, you will like this. It is so well pictured that some censors might object to the kisses. "Nothing But Lies" — Taylor Holmes in a screen version of a stage farce which at best was only passable, and which has been ravished beyond recognition by the producers. A picture comedy with the comedy missing. "Jes' Call Me Jim"— Will Rogers in another just as good as "Jubilo." If it were possible for them to get such a story for Rogers every time ■ — and it oughtn't to be so hard — TABLETS Headaches Neuralgias Colds and La Grippe Women's Aches and Ills Rheumatic and Sciatic Pains Ask Your Druggist for A~K Tablets (If he cannot supply you, write us) Small Size lOc Dozen Size 25c See Monogram Jjf^ on the Genuine The Antikamnia Remedy Company, St. Louis, Mo. Write for Free Samples Will Rogers would be, perhaps, the best-liked and best-known eccentric player on the screen. "The Return of Tarzan" — Further adventures in the career of Tarzan of the Apes, the principal features of which are two scenes in which Tarzan grapples with lions that are realistically wild. "Wits Versus Wits"— Which takes the prize as the worst picture of the year. I will award a brown derby to the person who discovers what it is all about. All I made out was Marguerite Marsh. "The Courage of Marge O'Doone" — I sat through this picturization of James Oliver Curwood's story, which contains a bear fight toward the end and a man and dog fight, too, without ever discovering just what made Marge so courageous. However, there is plenty of good snow stuff and reference to the "great outdoors." "The Iron Heart"— Madlaine Traverse in a story of big business. The only picture of the sort I have seen which doesn't paint the workers as a group of lazy and hopelessly insane characters, in an effort to be antibolshevist. Some Pre-Release Impressions Continued from page 69 erence has withdrawn an actor with ability and appeal comparable to that of Charles Ray. No other player, with the exception of Mr. Ray, can so trick the sympathy when performing unsympathetic acts. The major honors of "The Round-Up" go to Mr. Forman, because he performs a double service, that of writing the continuity as well as playing a principal role. Director George Mel ford has encompassed the story with scenic grandeur and endowed it with vigorous action that never wearies in its climactic sweep. It is unfortunate that the term "all-star" has been perverted. "The Round-Up" deserves it. Wallace Beery gives an oily, sinister filmscription of the half-breed. '"Irving Cummings infuses with emotional strength a role which might easily have been overbalanced by sentimentalism. Edward Sutherland has the metal of which the best character actors are made, and in "The Round-Up" he qualifies for a place among the few young players of that genre. His sullen presence is portentous even when in the background. "The Round-Up" is almost entirely masculine. Mabel Julienne Scott is realistic in her emotional climax. At other times she lacks distinction. "Homer Comes Home" gives Charles Ray a chance to manifest some Cohanesque snap and initiative. He delivers an impassioned speech to the citizens of his home town on the occasion of the laying of a corner stone. Aside from Charles' spunk, there is little new in the picture. The idea of a young man returning to his home town to make a splurge with three hundred dollars is amusing, and.. Director Jerome Storm has developed its comic possibilities to the maximum. Mr. Storm is an authority on small towns. I wouldn't advise him tbreturn to his natal burg. He probably would be run out of it for revisionins? its inhabitants in Ray pictures. The continuity of "Homer Comes Home" is not well oiled. There are several interrogatory jolts. One marvels that the inhabitants of Mainesville fall for Charlies' line to the extent that they intrust him with their money. These flaws are minute and well glossed by comedy. It is refreshing to see Mr. Ray showing assertion and pep as the boy who always has "a