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Six Best Films of the Month:
THE FINGER POINTS THE FRONT PAGE
A TAILOR-MADE MAN STRANGERS MAY KISS TABU A CONNECTICUT YANKEE
Turn to page 110 for casts of current films
Richard Barthelmess is excellent in a stirring story of gangland, "The Finger Points."
Dorothy Jordan is an appealing heroine in "A TailorMade Man," opposite Bill Haines.
The Finger Points
First National
IF YOU are up on your crime news you've read the sensational newspaper story of the shooting of a certain reporter who played the game two ways. Here's that reporter in film fiction — played by Richard Barthelmess, of all people. I like Barthelmess. He isn't afraid of what "his public" will think if he plays a wise guy. He prefers the hazards of an interestingly tricky part like this to the tame safety of sure-fire romantic "heroes." You see him as a reporter covering the activities of the racketeers; then allying himself with the bad boys and enjoying the spoils — until the tragic end. An exciting picture. Dick is splendid. Fay Wray and Regis Toomey are excellent support.
A Tailor-Made Man
Metro-Goldtvyn-Mayer
THE William Haines addicts will be cheering. Here's the best picture their idol has made in a long, long time. I think that Bill was one of the screen stars hardest hit by the microphone. His is the gift of pantomime, and the demands of dialogue robbed him of some of his spontaneous charm. But he is gradually absorbing the new technique, and in this picture he proves he can still be counted among the sure-fire comedians. The story is the old stage success, and it is hokum all the way. However, Haines gains some guffaws as the brash pants-presser who masquerades in another man's evening clothes and crashes the gate to fame and fortune. Joseph Cawthorn and the lovely little Dorothy Jordan help a lot.
Tabu
Paramount
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filmed in the South Seas, is a charming picture with an all-native cast.
FOR sheer photographic beauty, "Tabu" is the film of the month — incomparably lovely. You'll come away from the theatre moaning those South Sea blues. The tale is simple and romantic, enacted by an all-native cast. A brave pearl diver is in love with a charming maiden chosen by the native tribal chief as a sacred goddess — which makes the girl tabu to the ordinary mortal. The direction by the late F. W. Murnau is remarkably effective. If the picture seems to drag it may be due to the fact that it is a silent film — although it has a nice musical score by Hugo Riesenfeld. You will like the sweet little native girl and the stalwart lad who play the leads — they are natural and appealing, with no kleig-and-camera inhibitions.