Screenland (Oct 1924–Apr 1925)

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01 "The Fast Worker , " with Regi n a I d Denny and Laura La P* I a ri f e. You will enjoy it immensely. Q "The Measure of a Man," tvita W i I I tain D e smond. It moves along with a swinging stride. Prohibition ticket. Whenever a hunkie trys to bolt the party, Fairmeadow stands ready to beat him up and preach the grapejuice gospel to him afterwards. Measure of a Man should be the year's most perfect picture from the standpoint of the censors. It's thoroughly wholesome and in spots we weren't sure that we didn't see a' halo over Jack Fairmeadow's well-shaped head. There isn't even the usual love interest. For that Arthur Rosson ought to lead the Grand March at the next annual Directors' Ball. We rather liked this picture. It moves along in swinging stride unhampered by the swish of petticoats. THE CYCLONE RIDER — Fox — Jimmy Armstrong was doing construction work on a skyscraper thousands of feet up from the pavements— when he fell! He didn't hurtle through the air to certain death as you're probably seeing it in your mind's eye. It wasn't that kind of a fall. Rather he fell for the feminine wiles of one Doris Steele (they do pick out such appropriate names for -steel magnates' daughters) and thereafter the film resolves itself into a mad chase for the lady's favor. There are more thrills 'to the foot of film in The Cyclone Rider than titles in a Cecil De MiUe swimming tank. Men struggle on structural framework eighteen stories above the noonday traffic; the hero races his car off a dock and lands it squarely on the deck of a ferry boat already ten or fifteen feet out in the stream; an automobile turns turtle to avoid hitting a child playing in the street, and there is a corking hand-to-hand fight in the water mains way down in the bowels of the city. Reed Howes, in the role of Armstrong, proves himself a splendid stunt man as well as an emotional actor of sorts. Alma Bennett is pretty enough as Doris Steele but it will take more than soft focus close-ups to convince us that this player wouldn't benefit by some seasoning in less important roles. However, if it's thrilled you'd like to be, don't miss The Cyclone Rider. THE CLEAN HEART — Vitagraph — This is one picture J. Stuart Blackton can point to in his old age and say: "That is my gift to a once sexcrazed picture world. It is as clean as its very own title. It is my best work and I'm proud of it." And whatever the director of The Clean Heart will have to say about it in years to come, we'll back his every word if we have to get a leave from the Old Folks' Home to do it. Blackton has taken A. S. M. Hutchinson's powerful novel and dramatized it in a way •would be a credit to a Marshall Neilan or an Ernst Lubitsch. Percy Marmont again scores in the typical Hutchinson character of Philip Wriford as he did by his memorable portrayal of Mark Sabre in // Winter Comes. Marguerite de la Motte plays Essie Bickers so much better than other roles she has had that it was hard to believe it was the same player. And Otis Harlan— we'll never forget his splendid characterization of Puddlebox, the lovable old tramp who gave his life to save Wriford from dying a wretched death at the bottom of the sea. This is a film we have no hesitancy in recommending. It is remarkably well acted, superbly directed, and it is a sensible picture faithfully adapted from a sensible book. THE FAST WORKER — Universal — The exhibitors asked for more Reginald Denny pictures, and Universal had to \ Ol"The Measure of a Man]' — we rather like this picture. that Q There are more thrills in a foot of film in "The Cyclone Rider" than there are in a load of dynamite. let this one go in spite of the fact that its release was originally set for the Spring of next year. But, as we see it, The Fast Worker is much too tantalizing a morsel to dangle before the eyes of a waiting 01 John Gilbert, Aileen public without permitting the w.p. Pringle and Elinor Glyn collaborate to make "His Hour" entertaining. just one tiny, little nibble at it. The picture is probably Denny's best since Sporting Youth and, with Laura La Plante on the receiving end, the famous battery from the sand lots of Universal City will probably hold the critics down to a few scattered hits. The story is a rather uproarious adaptation of George Barr McCutcheon's The Husbands of Edith in which Denny is called upon to play the husband of another man's wife. The plot is too good to give away here but be assured that you will enjoy it immensely. As we did. Lee Moran plays a "straight" role in this production but the more serious Lee takes himself, the more you'll laugh your head off. And the more you laugh your— well, keep the date open when The Fast Worker comes to your town. 40