Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Aug 1927)

Advertising Section 117 teacher who has spent his life seeking his long-lost wife and daughter. Lois Moran and Neil Hamilton are the young people. "Night of Love, The"— United Artists. Beauty and romance. Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky in a stormy tale of a kidnaped princess who falls in love with her gypsy abductor. "Nobody's Widow" — Producers Distributing. Leatrice Joy and Charles Ray in a vivacious farce of a bride who deserts her faithless new husband, forcing him to pursue her and woo her back. "Paradise for Two" — Paramount. Richard Dix and Betty Bronson in film of man who, to inherit his uncle's fortune, emplo3rs an actress to pretend to be his wife, and of course falls in love with her. "Perfect Sap, The" — First National. Mystery melodrama, with a boy detective. Ben Lyon is the boy, and Pauline Starke a beautiful lady crook who turns out to be a girl reporter. "Potters, The"— Paramount. W. C. Fields and Mary Alden ia a mildly amusing comedy of a typical middleclass family, in which Pa doesn't count until he accidentally becomes rich. "Prince of Tempters, The"— First National. Interesting, though heavy, drama of young English duke whose soul is torn between a good and a bad woman. Ben Lyon, Lya de Putti, and Lois Moran. "Private Izzy Murphy" — Warner. Screen debut of the stage comedian, George Jessel. Another mixture of Irish and Jewish characters, with Patsy Ruth Miller as the Irish heroine. "Quarterback, The"— Paramount. A wholesome college film, brightly and intelligently done, with the usual football scenes. Richard Dix and Esther Ralston. "Red Mill, The"— Metro-Goldwyn. Marion Davies delightful as a rollicking Dutch girl who, after many and devious complications, ends in the arms of a visiting American, Owen Moore. "Return of Peter Grimm, The"— Fox. Charming transcription of the play, full of emotional appeal. Alec Francis in role of Peter, whose spirit revisits the living. Janet Gaynor and Richard Walling. "Silent Lover, The"— First National. Milton Sills exceptionally good as an irresponsible count who gets into trouble and seeks oblivion in the French Forei gn Legion. Natalie Kingston is the girl. "Sorrows of Satan, The"— Paramount. D. W. Griffith's latest. Disappointing. Adolphe Alenjou is Satan in modern clothes, Ricardo Cortez the youth he tempts, Carol Dempster the distraught sweetheart, and Lya de Putti. the siren. "So's Your Old Man"— Paramount. W. C. Fields in an entertaining comedy of a small-town goof scorned by his fellow townsmen until a bona-fide princess, Alice Joyce, unexpectedly drops in on him. "Stepping Along"— First National. Johnny Hines in a dashing comedy of an energetic newsboy who rises to be an assemblyman, with Mary Brian thrown in. "Stranded in Paris" — Paramount. Bebe Daniels in gay, sophisticated, hilarious comedy of shopgirl who goes to Paris and is mistaken for a countess. "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. "Summer Bachelors" — Fox. Trashy but amusing. Madge Bellamy as a naughty young lady who brightens the lives of husbands whose wives are away for the summer. "Syncopating Sue" — First National. Corinne Griffith in a sprightly characterization of a gum-chewing jazz player. Lively comedy with laughs galore. Tom Moore as a trap drummer. "Tell It to the Marines"— MetroGoldwyn. Lon Chaney, William Haines, and Eleanor Boardman in entertaining picture of flippant youth who joins the marines just to play the races and gets put in his place by a hardboiled sergeant. "Temptress, The" — Metro-Goldwyn. A triumph for Greta Garbo. Ibaiiez's tale of a beautiful woman whose tragedy is that all men who love her come to ruin. Antonio Moreno and Lionel Barrymore. "Tin Hats" — Metro-Goldwyn. The farcical adventures of three buddies overseas. Romance of a gum-chewing doughboy and a haughty German baroness. Conrad Nagel and Claire Windsor. "Twinkletoes" — First National. Colleen Moore appealing as a Limehouse girl who suffers all kinds of villainy before she and her prize fighter, Kenneth Harlan, fade out in a cabbage patch. "Upstage" — Metro-Goldwyn. Norma Shearer in a deft, humorous picture of vaudeville life, with a thrilling climax. Tale of a pretty dancer whose head gets turned. RECOMMENDED— WITH RESERVATIONS. "Ace of Cads, The" — Paramount. None-too-successful transference of Michael Arlen story to screen. Adolphe Menjou is the self-sacrificing hero, Alice Joyce the lady. "Bertha the Sewing=Machine Girl" — Fox. Madge Bellamy in old-fashioned melodrama of girl model who is decoyed to a gentleman's yacht, but saved in time by a young shipping clerk. "Butterflies in the Rain" — Universal. Long-drawn-out film of modern miss who marries a staid middle-aged man and leads him a merry dance. Laura La Plante and James Kirkwood. "Cheerful Fraud, The" — Universal. Reginald Denny in a strenuous but not particularly funny comedy about a British nobleman in disguise. Gertrude Olmsted is the girl. "City, The" — Fox. Dull film of a once daring and successful play. All about a blackmailing dope fiend. Robert Frazer, May Allison, Richard Walling, and Walter McGrail. "For Alimony Only" — Producers Distributing. Unrealistic attempt to show the evils of alimony. 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