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Reviews
Dennis King and Jeanette MacDonald in the gorgeous musical, "The Vagabond King."
A scene from "Lummox," directed by Brenon, with Ben Lyon and Winifred Westover.
The Vagabond King
COMPULSORY! It may be that I have let myself be carried away by the sheer beauty of some of the scenes in this all-Technicolor screen version of the stage musical success. Or it may be Dennis King's voice. At any rate, I am the best little press agent for "The Vagabond King" that you could hope to find. I really enjoyed myself. It is a gorgeous affair, and I want to take off my new spring chapeau right now — it's a little copy of a perfectly sweet Reboux model, my dears, with one of those brand-new scoop brims, and — but as I was trying to tell you, I'd take it off and make a long, low, sweeping bow, right in tune with the times of Louis XI., to the director responsible for much of the grandeur: M. Ludwig Berger. He rates next to Lubitsch in swank and spirit, and I can't pay him any higher compliment. Francois Villon as the hero makes any picture practically sure-fire for me, anyway; and I never met a nicer Francois than Dennis King. What a voice! Jeanette MacDonald is sweet. O. P. Heggie is perfect.
Lummox
DEDICATED in all sincerity to the inarticulate souls of the world, this picture directed by Herbert Brenon from Fannie Hurst's novel is a significant drama. I do not recommend it to one in search of light and frothy entertainment. It is as slow, heavy and yearning as its heroine, the lumbering servant girl called the Lummox. But it is also a picture well worth seeing. "Lummox" is the saga of a peasant soul, striving for expression, hungry for love, who finds solace in service. The rise and fall of Lummox — from slavey in a sailors' boarding house to cook in a mansion, where she becomes at once the victim and the inspiration of the young master of the house, through a series of domestic jobs until, in her old age, she finds a little rest — is a moving and a sincere story. Winifred Westover gives a performance so real as to be almost painful; yet there is beauty in it, too, Dorothy Janis is the other outstanding member of the cast, very, very good.
Happy Days
Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in their number from the Movietone revue, "Happy Days."
WELL, "Happy Days!" Happy days to you. This Fox Movietone extravaganza produced on the new Grandeur, or wider film, has no drinking songs to illustrate its title. But it has a cast to make you gasp. In other words, it is Movietone's "Hollywood Revue" or "Show of Shows." Marjorie White and Richard Keene, the young lovers of the story, can boast the most expensive supporting cast in existence; one member of it alone justifies that assertion — Mr. Will Rogers. Will chews gum and a few words and then strolls away. But his place is quickly filled by those excellent comedians, Walter Catlett, William Collier — yes, Buster's dad — George Jessel, James Corbett, and Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen. There is a song number by Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in which these poetic young people are called upon to impersonate a couple of babies. I suppose it was cute; the woman sitting next to me said so. Marjorie White is a preposterous and engaging young cyclone who sings, dances, and wise-cracks in the Broadway manner.