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(( "There's always a boy that's lonely for a girl that's lonely too."
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Q Who's Afraid?
1 DECLARE we might just as well postpone that European jaunt another year. Here's Florence Vidor and company, to show us London and Paris via the honeymoon route. That leaves us practically nothing to look forward to. But I can't hold it against Miss Vidor. I'd like to see anyone grudge her anything. I know; I never used to appreciate Florence. But Fm making up for lost time now. She can play the most ridiculous parts — such as this young, reduced English gentlewoman who lets her family lawyer persuade her to marry a perfect stranger — Clive Brook, and isn't he! — to save his fortune from an adventuress; and she can make you believe it's being done every day by the best people. That patrician calm is the first requirement for the heroine of a slightly snappy farce. So farce, so good. But after the honeymooners get to Paris — accompanied by the siren, Jocelyn Lee — and participate in some rather amusing moments, it ceases to be quaint and becomes just silly. "Afraid to Love" is in something over seven reels, and you know darned well that even well-behaved heroines can't register the hesitation blues that long.
Florence Vidor shows her sporting blood by marrying a perfect stranger — Clive Broo\.
fi[ Glorious Gloria.
C[ Miss Swanson demon' strates that she is an actress, first, last and always.
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UNYA
(\Let Us Look Into Our Crystal Ball
I SEE — I see — what is it I see? Oh, yes — I see a great star, all alone in the cold, cruel world; no bosses to guide her; standing or falling by her own merit. The crystal clears. What does it show? Does she succeed, or does she fail? In plain language, friends, the crystal seems to tell me that Gloria is going to put it over. "The Love of Sunya" isn't a great picture, not even a very good picture; but for a first independent attempt, it's praiseworthy in that it tries honestly to tell a story instead of stringing together a series of close-ups of the Star-Boss. The story isn't striking but it does afford Miss Swanson a chance to demonstrate that she's a real actress, first, last, and always. Though her original act of five, count 'em, five distinct characterizations has been cut down to three, these serve to accentuate her versatility. She's the charming modern girl, the temperamental prima donna, and the neglected wife in turn, in this tale of reincarnation and prophecy. It isn't a one-star show, though, by any means. All of the supporting players have their chance to show what they can do: John Boles, the new leading man; Flobelle Fairbanks, Doug's niece, making her debut; Pauline Garon, Ian Keith, Hugh Miller, Anders Randolf, John Miltern, and Andre de Segurola, the opera singer — all "names", But Gloria's leads all the rest.
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