Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1926 - Feb 1927)

Advertising Section 117 dom type of film. Chester Conklin amusing in regal robes, and Alyce Mills makes a ladylike heroine. "Senor Daredevil"— First National. A Western with Mexican trimmings. Ken Maynard, in silks and sashes, does all that is expected of a Western daredevil. Dorothy Devore is the girl in ginghams. "Show Off, The"— Paramount. Not as funny as the play, but quite amusing. Ford Sterling somewhat too mature for the famous role of the show off. Lois Wilson is the girl. "Silence" — Producers Distributing. Strong, moving performance by H. B. Warner in interesting film version of this well-known crook melodrama. Vera Reynolds is the girl — both mother and daughter. "Silken Shackles"— Warner. Well directed. The flirtatious wife of an American in Budapest pursues a cafe violinist, but eventually comes to her senses. Irene Rich, Huntly Gordon, and Victor Varconi. "Social Celebrity, A" — Paramount. Adolphe Menjou in another amusing light comedy, revealing the adventures of a small-town barber and his manicurist, who break into New York night life. "Son of the Sheik, The"— United Artists. Valentino's last film. Sequel to "The Sheik," with the star in the dual role of father and son. Action, romance, and Vilma Banky. "So This Is Paris" — Warner. Lubitsch offers another masterpiece of light marital comedy. Monte Blue and Patsy Ruth Miller, Lilyan Tashman and Andre Beranger, are the two involved couples. "Speeding Venus, The" — Producers Distributing. Priscilla Dean, in a newly invented gearless automobile, races a train across the continent in order to foil the villain. Robert Frazer is the hero. "Strong Man, The"— First National. Harry Langdon surpasses himself in the most human comedy he has made. Both pathetic and amusing as the shambling assistant of a professional strong man. "Subway Sadie" — First National. Unique and entertaining film of the romance between a New York working girl and a subway guard. Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall. "Up in Mabel's Room" — Producers Distributing. Vigorous domestic farce, good for many laughs. Marie Prevost, Phyllis Haver, and Harrison Ford are the entangled trio. "Volcano" — Paramount. Bebe Daniels in the emotional role of a girl in the West Indies who doesn't know whether she is white or not. Lovely settings and picturesque costumes. Also Ricardo Cortez. "Volga Boatman, The" — Producers Distributing. A slow-moving De Mille film, built around the early events of the Russian Revolution, and featuring the love affair between a boatr-.an and a princess. William Boyd and Elinor Fair in the leads. "Waltz Dream, The"— Metro-Goldwyn. A charming light comedy from the German Ufa studios. Typically Continental. Excellent cast, though all strangers to American audiences. "Wet Paint"— Paramount. Raymond Griffith turns into a slapstick comedian in a film which you enjoy in spite of yourself. Helene Costello is the heroine. "Why Girls Go Back Home"— Warner. Patsy Ruth Miller and Clive Brook in film of a small-town girl who becomes a Broadway star and brings her husband home . to meet the folks. "Wilderness Woman, The" — First National. Aileen Pringle bursts into comedy, with highly entertaining results. Chester Conklin adds to the fun, and Lowell Sherman makes the film complete. "You Never Know Women" — Paramount. Florence Vidor's initial starring film. Novel tale of a Russian vaudeville troupe touring America. Clive Brook is the knife-throwing hero. RECOMMENDED— WITH RESERVATIONS. "Amateur Gentleman, The" — First National. Richard Barthelmess in a dull, spiritless picture adapted from Jeffery Farnol's novel and laid in the time of the regency. Tale of a pugilist's son who aspires to be a gentleman. "Clinging Vine, The" — Producers Distributing. Another poor story for Leatrice Joy. Silly film, that might have been amusing, of mannish business girl who blossoms into cooing dove. Tom Moore also wasted. "Devil's Island" — Chadwick. Pauline Frederick and a good idea wasted. Turgid melodrama involving the prisoners on the small penal island off the coast of South America, whfther certain French criminals are sent for life. "Diplomacy" — Paramount. Only mildly interesting. Adapted from the well-known play dealing with international intrigue. Blanche Sweet and Neil Hamilton. "Ella Cinders" — First National. Adapted from the newspaper comic strip. Superficial but not unpleasant. Colleen Moore amusing in role of domestic drudge who rises to movie fame. Lloyd Hughes wins her. "Fig Leaves" — Fox. Mildly amusing tale, with ancient and modern sequences, of what happens to a wife who cares too much for clothes. George O'Brien and Olive Borden. "Great Deception, The" — First National. A feeble melodrama of the late war, with Ben Lyon as a supposed spy and Aileen Pringle as the girl. "Her Big Night" — Universal. Laura La Plante in a long-drawn-out film of a shopgirl whose resemblance to a movie star puts her in the way of a thousand dollars. "Her Honor the Governor"— F. B. O. Again Pauline Frederick ably plays a tense, emotional mother role. A melodrama of political intrigue, somewhat too theatrical and heavy handed. "Into Her Kingdom" — First National. Corinne Griffith in a far-fetched film based on the theory that a daughter of the late czar of Russia marries a Bolshevist and comes to America to keep shop. The Swedish Einar Hansen is the bolshevist. "It's the Old Army Game"— Paramount. Starring W. C. Fields. Amusing only up to a point. Louise Brooks Make Amazing Gray Hair Test In 10 minutes natural shade begins to return. This test is free. New, colorless, water -like liquid makes this way safe and simple. GRAY hair is proved unnecessary. 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