Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1927 - Feb 1928)

"Blood Ship, The"— Columbia. Sinister sea story full of bloodshed and revenge. Not very skillfully done. Hobart Bosworth, Jacqueline Logan, and Richard Arlen. "Broadway Nights" — First National. Lois Wilson miscast as gawky, ignorant girl who marries a vaudeville actor, becomes a big success, and is tempted by a rich producer, with husband rushing to the rescue. "Brute, The"— Warner. Monte Blue in implausible picture of genial, simple-souled cowboy who kisses a girl, then makes the horrible discovery that she works in a dance hall ! "Climbers, The" — Warner. Irene Rich in dull, meandering tale of innocent Spanish duchess who is maliciously compromised, then banished to Porto Rico, where she falls in love with a sneering bandit. "Dance Magic" — First National. Obscure, archaic film of country girl who comes to the big city to be an actress, with the usual dire results. Pauline Starke and Ben Lyon. "Demi=Bride, The" — Metro-Goldwyn. Norma Shearer miscast in role of a mincing young French girl who steals her stepmother's beau. Lew Cody and Carmel Myers. "Don't Tell the Wife"— Warner. Another sophisticated comedy of entangled husbands and wives. Not particularly good. Irene Rich, Lilyan Tashman, and Huntly Gordon. "Fast and Furious" — Universal. Typical Reginald Denny film, but not up to his usual mark. Story of a young man afraid of automobiles who is forced into a race in order to win his girl. "Fighting Love" — Producers Distributing. Slow-moving film involving the amorous mix-up in the middle of the desert of an Italian princess and three men. Jetta Goudal, Victor Varconi, and Henry B. Walthall. "Gay Old Bird, The"— Warner. Louise Fazenda in dull, dreary comedy of a cook who is persuaded to pose temporarily as her employer's wife, that he may receive a large sum of money. "Gingharrt Girl, The"— F. B. O. Lois Wilson in innocuous film of sweet country lass who sells homemade cookies in the city and attracts the eye of a villain in spats. "Heart of Salome, The"— Fox. Gaudy, heavily dramatic film of an alluring European adventuress who helps a wicked baron in his nefarious operations, until reformed at last by an athletic young American. Alma Rubens and Walter Pidgeon. "Heart Thief, The"— Producers Distributing. Dull film of a Hungarian peasant girl who marries a rich old landowner, is almost compromised by his scheming relatives, but is saved in time_ by the handsome hero. Lya de Putti and Joseph Schildkraut. "High Hat"— First National. Foolish satire on the motion-picture world, with Ben Lyon and Mary Brian cast to disadvantage in a silly plot. "Lovers"— Metro-Goldwyn. Ramon Novarro and Alice Terry in disappointing picture showing the damage done by malicious gossip. "Love's Greatest Mistake"— Paramount. Old story of country girl who comes to the city, is pursued by a wealthy villain, and saved by the noble hero. Evelyn Brent and James Hall. "Matinee Ladies"— Warner. May McAvoy and Malcolm McGregor in Advertising Section slow, dull film about a cigarette girl and a law student who hires himself out as a professional dancing partner. "Michael Strogoff" — Universal. An importation from France, being a melodramatic story of Russia. At times very dramatic, but inclined to be slow. "Moon of Israel"— F. B. O. Heavy, spectacular German film, laid in biblical times and based on the love story of an Egyptian Pharaoh's son. Cast includes Maria Corda and Arlette Marchal. "Mother"— F. B. O. Belle Bennett in another tale of a suffering mother, who, after she has raised her husband and son from poverty to luxury, is betrayed by both. "Night Bride, The" — Producers Distributing. Marie Prevost and Harrison Ford in mediocre farce of a society tomboy and a young author, who start off by hating each other. "Notorious Lady, The"— First National. Conventional society melodrama beginning in London and ending in South Africa. Lewis Stone and Barbara Bedford are the husband and wife eventually reconciled. "Orchids and Ermine" — First National. Colleen Moore wasted in thin, unamusing tale of a switchboard operator who marries a rich young man posing as a valet. Jack Mulhall is the young man. "Rubber Tires"— Producers Distributing. Boring picture of the frantic efforts of a family to recover a discarded car whose value has suddenly risen to ten thousand dollars. Bessie Love and Harrison Ford. "Sea Tiger, The" — First National. Silly film, laid in the Canary Islands, of two brothers, a girl they both love, and a trouble-making vamp from Broadway. Milton Sills, Mary Aster, and Larry Kent. "Secret Studio, The"— Fox. Crude, old-fashioned attempt at the risque. An innocent country girl comes to the city and is duped by a wicked artist. Olive Borden, Ben Bard, and Clifford Holland. "Taxi, Taxi" — Universal. Edward Everett Horton miscast in comedy of young draftsman who takes his employer's niece, Marian Nixon, out for the evening and gets mixed up with a crook. "Tender Hour, The" — First National. Silly film of American girl who is tricked into marriage to a dissolute Russian prince, though in love with a young American. Billie Dove, Ben Lyon, and Montagu Love. "Vanity" — ■ Producers Distributing. Leatrice Joy in absurd film of high-hat society girl who snulis a sailor and suffers for it by being kidnaped by him on the eve of her marriage. Charles Ray and Alan Hale. "When a Man Loves" — Warner. John Barrymore in stagy artificial screen version of "Manon Lescaut," the tale of the troubles of a French cavalier and his flirtatious mistress. Dolores Costello miscast as Manon. "Whirlwind of Youth, The"— Paramount. 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