Variety (August 1925)

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VARIETY PICTURES WednMday, Aue:ust 6, 182| melodrama, whloli provldea a telling •omady w&Uoik It falla ahort, how- •rar. throush obvious padding and H dracglnan In the earljr reels. Mias Danlela has a ooriclng role lUid plays it well. Rod La Kocque la conTinclng aa Tod Browning. Other m«mt>era of the cast gave •dequata portrayal of their reapec- tim rolaa. UtUaaa the ■tar'a name can sell this one to the big feature houses t looka aa though it's doomed as a roatlaa program picture. JStfto. k h i ' r Jhe Trouble with WivM rt iSM H i kr rumkomm PtayMS-LMkr 0t«iT *f asds OowsB aa« Howard Hints. IMrMM btr lUI at. Olttlr. rMturinf Flor- •■M VMsr. Tost Moor*, ■•thar Ralston and rvi* Startlaa. At th* RItoII, New York. WMk Asc & Bss^isa tISMk at iBlStltM. Orsea Hratt .....PIonBca VIdor WIIHs« Brsit Tom Moore Pasmar. ^■ether RaUton Al HvMBSSSir. ..••••••••••••,. .^Dra Sterling Orsoe'a MotMr... I<«or Baaamont Prar. dataotl«s............Bdward Kennedy BlaM mu L«e Bstlar William OouKrictit 'Well directed and because the ftorlpt has much comedy relief and capably played by the quartet of featured artists gets over in gretft •hape. The story is not particularly «|rong as to them, but the detail and manner of presentation make it •tand out as a worth-while feature. "The Trouble With Wives" is Just What the title indicates. In a word, tha ayerage wife may start out with tha beat Intentions in the world re- garding her husband and the abso- lute trust she hss in him, but before she goes around the comer she is ^ing to be suspicious of him and, (ilthougfa he la innocent of any wrong-doing, anything that loolca the least bit off is going to flnd«hubby In a kattla of hot water that |l pre- pared by wifle's lira. That's the story of this pltoura la a nutshell. Tha manner. In which It is exploit- M oa tha acreen makes it a well- worth-whlla' bit of film entertain- ment InoMaatally It talcea Bather Ralston, who, although on the screen soma tima. and givea her an oppor- tunity that make her for the future. Bha looka mora like a real "comei" now tbaa aha ever did; and as for Ford Starling—well, he's there 1,000 ways firom tha aoa when it comes to putttaig over a comedy role, and Without tha aid of slapstick. Hal St. Clair deserves a great maasura of credit for this one. *Ved. 'IClvaUaa o( tha Ice ^nds," the Roaamaa picture which Paths ■•■ «»kaa over for dIatrlbuUoa. wlU ba ralaaaed Aug. ». HOUSE REVIEWS (Continued from Pag«. 16) entertainment for a Broadway au- dience from the standpoint of music. In presenting "In Spain" li^rnie gets a chance to burlesque Doug Pair- banks for a brief moment, and he lands it for a laugh wallop with the audience, eui he also does his seem- ing ad lib remarks as the perform- ance goes along. In addition to the band Bernia Is utilising six girls for a Spanish dance and two specialty dancers as well as a couple of vooallsta aarllar in the scene. Otherwise there Is but tha naw weekly and the feature plotura. which for the current w6ek la "Tha Trouble with Wives," with four meml>er8 of the caat deservedly fea- tured. Thpy are , Florence Vidor, Tom Moore, Ford Sterling and Ba- ther Ralston. The show runs Just about a mla* ute short of two hours. ^rwl. METROPOLITAN Ijos Angeles, Aug. 1. With Paramount's "Night Ufa of New York" featuring at thia house, Frank Newman gave his presentit- tlon today a real Qottiam setting. the Brooklyn Bridge figuring. As the curtain rises several water- front characters are shown In con- versation. BSdith Torke plays a violin solo, after which Bill Prultt puts new life into an old ballad. Taylor, Parsons and Hawks fol- lowed with two popular songs, and for harmony this trio make a de- cided impression, but on the comedy end miss by miles. It remained for six-year-old Nina Russyka to capture the honors whan she did a Russian folk danoe. Ordinarily the Met audience Is partial to a phlld act, and even tha mediocre register. However, little Nina established a gaauine hit on the merit of her offering. She dances very gracefully, but her sUge deportment is something that entara the excei»tional stag^Blyery gesture bespeaks talent and^er tv- tura aeama assured. David Murray tuid Hilda Liee are capable dancers,, and on their two appearances went over to worthy returns, though Miss Lee's singing leaves much to be desired and could ba omitted from the act to good adyuitaga A versatile buck and wing team. Mack and I«>ng, next took the spot- light and strutted their Whisk Broom diuice. The boys do all the buck and wing tricks and scored henvily. For tte overture MarcelU and his ok-chestra played "Melodies of Old New Tork.*^. AH of tha old stand- bys were given, including "The Bowery," "Tha Sidewalks of New York." "Little Annie Roponay," and tha ever-popular. ■'After the BalL" Marcelli Is a flavorlta and always arranges a aultabia acora for his pictures. ' • The "olaa^ of tha presentation followad tha ovartura wbaa Helen Torks, who la a coloratura so- prano, sang. " A Fore B NuL" Miss Torka'a upper register was axoal- lanti and her voice po a aeaae a un- usual volume on tha high notes. This Is her second weak at this houaa and Judging by tha way aha was reoalved bar stay hara Should ba Indefinite Of looal Intaraat was tha re«l showing tha Orsatar Movla Season parade, which took plaoa Just 14 hours bafora tha aeraenlng. Tha Patha News praoedM New- man's atmospharlo prologue and contained its average quota of in- teresting evtota. NEWMAN Kansas CiCy. Juy M. Qirl shows may- be on the wane, but when you give 'em enough girl ahow coupled wifh a faat moving picture they fall for It here. Th# girl ahow was announced as a bathing beauty revue, and it was all of that, but there were several other acts thrown in, and the cus- tomers liked It. as was evidenced by the many capacity houses during thia week. "Night Life In New Toric" on the acreen, and It was a certain money draw. Selections from "June Love" was the overture selected by John*Ar- callo, who Is directing the Newman concert orchestra, while Director Lao F. Forbstein Is vacationing in California. This organisation Is strongly featurad. "The Mirror of the World's Bvents" next, showing scenes from both Unfrarsat and kinograms, as wall as a number of locals. ' ^ Than tha Bathing Baauty Revue. The girls, !• of thtm. all young and full .of pep, paraded out over *he run and In front oC the orohestra pit. giving the patrons full value for their 60 cents. Next was Rita Payne In a fc(^ snappy Jass steps, and then Freddy Brothers did strength and hand balancing. Shal- ton and Toledo, danoan^ followad— quite entertaining. The bathing glrla, who had been posing In front of tha sea beach drop to lend atmosphere to the scans, exited here, and tha three Kelley Dancers were on far a clas- sic bit; with Ruth RaoattC |ntro- TAZE8 son FOBEIOH CO. Washington. AuA. 4. The daolslon of tha Bascha Film A. O. to suspend operations In Austria Is said to be oansad by the exoeaalva luxury taxaa levied by the Austrian Oovernmeat, according to recent reports reaching the Depart- ment of Oosnmeroe. » In traasfen^ng their producing to Oermany the Sascha company Is said to have faced a situation where the explolUtion of films In Austria was even less possible than la the Balkan Slates. BreotloB of modem theatres Is not undertaken In Austria because of these same burdensome taxes. SEIZHICK'B HEW BERTH PltUburgh. Aug. 4. David Selsnlck has been selected by Harry Davis to act as his as- sistant and to be a general super- visor of the Harry Davis enter- prises. He will look after the many details necessary in the operation of the chain of Davis theatres and will also do the buying for prac- tically all of the Davis houses. MaoArthur's Comedy-Dramas Los Angeles, Aug. 4. A. Ma4>Arthur Is about to re-enter the ranks of moving picture pro- dutfsra He will soon make a series of comedy-dramas In which Mal- colm MaoOrecor will be starred. Olive Borden, former Follies girl. Is^to appear with MaoQregor. duclng a voca^ number which got over nicely. Qeorgette followed the dancers with hsr dance Interpreta- tions, playing her own accompani- ment on the violin. She gave a oouirie of numbers, both rather vamplsb affairs wltb Jass move- ments to classical music. . « The bathing glry^ were sent out on the run again aWI sMbg the cho- rus to 'Tm From Missouri." which the audience ^liked. The finale brought chorus and principals on for the finish of the "Missouri" number, with the scene a lively one of motion and color. The revue ran exgctly twenty minutes, with good entertainment all the tima Feature followed, and the pro- gram eloae^ with a comedy. "Below Zero." which sent 'em oat<«aughlng. COAST STUDIOS R. William "MeUI Is compleUnc «A Man .Four-Squara." starring gnak Jonas, for Fox. In the cast are VLmJ enoe Qilbert WUllam Lawn^ Harry Woods. Jay Hunt. BidgS Br«cey, Marloa Harlan and Frs3 BeaL ^^ William Blaveas McNutt has Joined the Metro-Ooldwya sotnartl staff In Oulvsr Olty. Ha wroU ssvT i^ eral orl«laal storlaa which are tehs ' adapted to the screen. ^ Mae Murray has begun work la "The Masked Bride" at the Metm. Qoldwyn studio. The story ia by Leon Abranas. ; adapted by Cam Wllsln. Joa« yon Sternberg u dl. rooting the cast) which also includes Francis X. Biuftiman. Roy lyAray Lawford Davldsbn and Pauline N«ft Wilfred Lucas, former vaudeville and "iig" setor, who has for a time been screen acting, has turned d|. rector and.ls making "The Post" for Sanford Productions at the F. B. O. atudloa. (Madya Brockwell la play, ing a leading rolcw John M. Stahl Is completteg "Memory Lane" at the Metro-Oold> ^ wyn studios for First National r«. lease. The cast includes Eleanor Boardman. Conrad Nagel, Willism Haines, Dot Farley. Joan Standiac. MyrUe Rlshell. Kate Price and leil Metcalf. ■■■•■/^? Renaud Hoffman Is making ■"The Shadow on the Wall," a serosa adaptation of J. B. Bills' novel. "Tha Picture on the Wall." for Lumas Film Corporation. Reaves Baaoa Is directing the cast, which incloOas Eileen Percy. Crelghton Hale. Wll< I lam V. Mong. Dale Fuller, Jack Curits, Chariotte Stevetfs. Haidee KIrkland and WlUlam Marks. ■ Tom Buckingham has been plaeed under contrao^by Harry Coha of Columbia Plo^^es to make "Ladtas of Leisure.** ooniedy drama. starriDg Blaine Hammijratein. Production begina >iezt week. Charles Logue is maklag a soreoa adapUUoa of Beatrice Burton's ss< rial. "The Jaaa Bride." which War- nar Brothera win pat Into prodae- tion this wtmt, featuring Marie Pre* vest HersM* Raymaker will direit An elaborate fire prevention sprit ' kler system has been Installed at im. Metro-Ctoldwya studio In Culver City. «■» BPCHTm CbfpoTatlanu /'■■'A':-- ,'•»■.: '• .