Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1926)

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The Screen in Review he learns that Mollie is on her way West to join him out there where life is raw in the rough. He sets to work to stage an entire Western show for her. At this point the picture becomes hilariously funny, and a large and delighted audience thought so, too. Mr. la Cava uses slight O. Henry touches every now and then throughout the picture. He wasn't satisfied to shut off his camera when the hero and heroine cling together in that parting embrace. He carried his action on to a little bit, exceedingly well done, of two hobos reading the society columns of the daily newspaper, which some one has left on a park bench. Little things like these make a picture. Mr. Dix actually grows better looking every day, and he plays with such unaffected humor that I don' I wonder he is running away with most of the popularity contests throughout the country. Still More Royalty America has never seen such an influx of visiting royalty as it has seen in the past year in pictures. Almost every movie theater in town can boast of having had one visiting king, or at least a crown prince. And now young Richard Barthelmess dons the uniforms of a prince of "Karonia," or possibly it is "Moronia" — these small principalities are so numerous and so nearly alike that it is hard to keep them in mind. He, too, visits this country and falls in love with a lovely American girl. Lately, the young people have been getting married to one another in spite of tradition. As I recall it, Raymond Griffith wed the lady of his choice in "A Regular Fellow," and in "Just Suppose" Mr. Barthelmess does also. This picture was adapted from the play by A. E. Thomas, which was written shortly after the Prince of Wales visited this country. In the play, the Prince goes back to honor and duty and the beastly bore of princing it, but in the picture a slight change has been made, for the sake of a romantic ending. Richard Barthelmess wears his uniforms easily and naturally, and makes the most of the little acting required of him. Lois Moran, Mr. Goldwyn's lovely discovery, who played in "Stella Dallas," is the debutante responsible for the royal heartbeats. There is nothing for her to do but to look very pretty, but she does that well, and puts atmosphere into her prettiness besides. Geoffrey Kerr, a young Englishman, is Count Anton< Teschy, friend and adviser to the prince. He took the leading part in the play when it was produced in New York. The most enjoyable part of the picture is furnished by the beautiful interiors of an American estate. To those of you who may be interested in old houses and how to furnish them, "Just Suppose" will give more valuable information than most interior decorators could. There are some lovely reproductions of old wall papers, paneled walls, chintzes, and rugs. In fact, some one's good taste is very much in evidence. The Mason and Dixon Line "Hands Up," starring Raymond Griffith, that versatile comedian of the painless falls, is a comedy romance of the Civil War. Mr. Griffith is pictured as a Confederate spy on his way to Utah, at the command of General Lee, to spy on the Northerners. The Northerners are about to move a supply of gold from a mining town. As the Northern general drives his carriage away, loaded down with ore, Mr. Griffith starts in pursuit. With amazing agility he changes place with the Union driver, while the action races along with him. In the end, he is about to be hanged when peace is declared, thereby saving Mr. Griffith for another picture. There is a small slice of Mormon burlesque sandwiched in when Mr. Griffith, torn between the charms of two young ladies, makes the beautiful discovery that he might as well have them both. This picture is not quite so funny as some of Mr. Griffith's former ones, but it is funny enough. The two young girls are Marian Nixon and Virginia Lee Corbin. Mack Swain is a mine owner, and Montague Love a Union general. Some Wild Young Folk "California Straight Ahead" is a fast-moving comedy with a tmique episode near the end that borders on the improbable. Continued on page 95