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Why Leave Home?
When husbands go out in search of chorus girls, what is the remedy? Why, wives should seek distraction with college boys. But, we want you distinctly to understand that the wives are nice ladies — and the chorus girls, too. In this Sue Carol-Nick Stuart all-talkie we have the stage play, "Cradle Snatchers," made over, with a few of the hotter features omitted. The hit of this movie is David Rollins. As a bashful college boy studying architecture, he is a riot. Pretty little Jean Barry sets the speed for the film. Sue Carol is cute and vivacious as one of the peppy chorus girls and pert Dixie Lee gives a nice performance, too. A harmless little spectacle with the younger generation whooping it up and the older ones wishing they could.
The Careless Age
Loretta Young and young Doug Fairbanks who made such a tremendous hit in "Fast Life" again warm up the screen. But this time, despite their excellent team-work, owing to a certain sophomoric quality in the story, the film falls short of its predecessor. Pretty theme song, Melody Divine, and excellent direction make it worth seeing.
St. Louis Blues
That old song favorite, St. Louis Blues, dramatized by ;.n entirely colored cast, into a picture full of color, speed, tragedy and song. Bessie Smith, the dusky contralto, sings in a way to wring your heart. A treat all around, for when those negroes tune up and sing in the speak-easy sequence, it's a dramatic choral which no Russian art choir can surpass.
The Hottentot
Eddie Horton in an all-talkie taken from the popular yarn. Eddie is good in this horsey story, including the steeplechase and everything. The top notch of humor is reached when Hottentot, the horse, gulps a meal of apples and water, and provides much merriment. Patsy Ruth Miller and Douglas Gerrard, playing a butler, do good work.
The Argyle Case
Thomas Meighan's debut as a talkie star in a mystery melodrama full of secret service agents, counterfeiters, sliding panels and dictagraphs. Tommy is assisted by Lila Lee, looking remarkably pretty and speaking well; H. B. Warner, and Bert Roach and Zazu Pitts, a comedy team. Meighan's voice is excellent and his work lends conviction to an unconvincing plot.