Variety (December 1925)

(iday, Decmibpt 9t 1923 FILM REVIEWS 43 . nut Afl b« aUrta out of the .h« U back on the Job •.nd hlin with her gun. takea the ^vay and lodn bim In a *»f^ la turn, la trapped by two ,EL erooka who poao aa friends J\Ihl owner, there on a visit while Pi^broad. Tha twiat cornea when TounK woman crook announces ".Mm that ahe la the new houae- * -who arrived that day with butler, releaalng Brook from ler to pose In the role ahe as- ^ that point the- complications ■ua with the introduction of a I of rough working crooks, the of Mlaa Prevoat'a original ■ who then poaes aa the oook. Thay are all locked in the home through the policeman arriving and setting the alarm ao that no one can leave. In the finish when the youngsters are caught aa thoy are escaping, the older erooka decide to turn square and give themselves up If the D. A. will be lenient to the youngsters. Charles Conklin has a wow of a comedy role as a hick crook, while Claude Glllingwater. as the smooth old-timer, stands out like a dia- mond. The direction la working, which may bo accounted for through Milestone being: co-euthor of the story and knowing what It waa all about From a cost standpoint the plc- 3:5= iTURES AND STAGE ACTS IN PICTURE THEATRES THIS WEEK (DEC. 7) Ttitatrea are liatad balow virtth attractions for tha currant week N not otherwise indicated. A ttalionary house orchestra, or its leader, or a permanent vocal- yt will not be listed. TOKK CITT }gumn (•) liHpli Turin DM Roluid ' Stnaeri" HtcU (•) Rlvolettaj jlotte Woodruff A Tamara ■t Wern»r B»ir« ra" BiiUto (<) Giariaa B«role ft Lyons HI Clough Peopla" Ittnnd <•) «T> Si Bolser Hua«ara ' Carlton lie Bourman ■oderns" CNrftol (4) Deiha Wjrnns Mackenzie Sammy l,ewia Thelma L,ee Hank & LII "Woman of World" Senate (7> Art Kahn Orch Wella * Wlnthrop Willie Stanton "Royle Olrl" Tlvell (7) Sybil S Pagan '•Dark Angpel" tlpt«WB (7) Tareeda A Bw'b'da Ruth Brewer "Dark Angel" COLVMBU8, O. MaJeaUo <7) Ballad Interp'tions Bill Dalton "Time Comedian" JanKra-Grand (6) Betty Terry "The Fool" temea («) Billy Turner Co ItTHUR SPIZZI khifl the Better Picture Theatres (York Office: 1587 BROADWAY (Ua» Andrew! lb Nilea Hi ft Reaova a Turrlll dlr Irene * M" C*V <«) B Oaletlea Opera" tern RAJirA, OA. ■o»«rt <7) bk PAUvck Bd I. McO«M!a I- B«btni IH Main St" LnHORB. UV. CMrtv7 (7) kablneft Hew (7) i»on'i Band •Men Princeaa" ^•ritm (7) ' Mode la !' Kimball •land ft Dowry Sioux Indian Band "Woman Hater" Br«adw«r (6) Billy Lehr'a Revuo •Stupid But Br're" DETROIT, MICH. lA SiUle <•-») Mae Swift Muriel Olbaon ••Tr'ked Snow Cy" (10-12) Moonlight Kill'rn'y "lAve Wire" B«g«Bt <7) Carnival Venice Travera ft Douglaa "Tower of L,tea" Cinderella (6-») B Brln Co ••Dark Angel" (10-12) T Collegiana "blghtnln' " RoOMCvelt (7-»> 7 Collegiana ••Man Pound SelT' * (Sraneae htley, '■">«r Wolf |MACY and SCOTT THE RADIO ACES Alwaya Working AM), N. T. ^•'^ette (7) l»" To Me. J T»l Co *»''<1 * Oden S WM.,'*."" * ^ C" W'Mn't Wk" rorae (•) fc^- Morel lo *«CAOO. ILL. J^^o (7> * Thoraen •"r Cort ■••kipraan" ''•••tol (7) •jHart ^ * MrCab« ■a* Lucij.. ••Wing (,) ** Hughea ,• I>« Prane F-l« Olrl" '•»ker. (7> f Olvot ..... 1.1 {I J A I' <i, (10-12) B Brin Co "Wild Horae Meaa" MItea (7) Stepa ft Songa Billy Dunn S Lorraine Llla Campoa Royal Pekin Revue "Tron Horae'^ B'way.Btrand (7) Aldrlch Slngera "Coming of Amoa" OoWaial (7) In China Shuffle Along 4 William Slato ••7 Einnera" traahlnstoB (7) Pltier'a Band Babe Morrla •The Pool" Riviera <«) Marie Sabbott Co Natalie ft Darned Tony Lopex Prad Soaman Howard'a Spectacle Klandera & Butler "Claealflcd" Capitol <1) R O Clark D E Brewster B Werner B Van Alatyne Dacey ft Boland "Clothea M. Pirate" State (7) Ingenues Henry Burr Hilly Murray •Tiie Pool"' Fay'a (7) B A Rolfe Pearl Morria Jungleland PHIL TYRRELL ATTRACTIONS Salte 70S. Woods Building, Chicago Bookmg more larger picture theatres than any other omce in the Middle West Beth Vance Helen Dobbin Johnnie Loose "Best People'" IMS ANGELES M'>rton Downey Metropolitan (6) "Rain Prayer'" Somoan Pantasy Trcmaln Dancers ••Stage Struck^" Million Dollar (Indefinite) Taylor P ft H Mack ft Long Nora Schiller - Bill Pru«t Kuaeli ft Gannon Paul Howard "'Annie Rooney"' State (5) Johnny Perkins Suzette Jean Wlnsiow Hclene Hughea Sunklat Beauties "Hie Secretary" Rlalto (IndeAnlte) Sam Qarrett Tom Boatman Pour Cowboys "Pony Express" Criterion <S) Rose Orch "Bright Llghta" Forum (6) KFAVB B"dcasting" Henkcl ft Artists ••Below Llne^" Boulevard <6) Rose Act Cushing ft Hutton P Chamberlain Lord Sisters M'g'te ft LeClaIre Peggy Clarke Toe Ballet (6-8) "Exchange Wives" (8-11) "P'ce That Thrills' MILW'KEK, WIS. Alhambra Ladder of Rosea Lilac Time Orville Kennle "Sporting Life" WUconnin In the Twilight "Tower of Lies" Btrand In Ocrmany Blllie Willlama "Ancient Highway' NEWARK, N. /. Branford (S) Glcr^dorf Sla Clbella D Freeman H Holbrook ••Flower Night" Moeqne (7) Gulran ft Mrgte Dnganove 3 "Llghta B'way" Terminal <R) Dodge Twins Joe Oormlnl "Off Highway" PHI LA., PA. Htnnlry (7) Pcnn Glee Club Rita Owen Dr H A Matthews "King Main St" Fox (7) Victor Artlsti Morley ft Anger Alton ft Allen "Winding Stalr^' Pittsburgli Grand <7) W Kaufman's Or "Unguarded Hour' Aldine (7) Adlphs A Estmn Fklyn Record "Merry Widow" PROVID'NCE. B. I. Fay's <7) Count BernlVI«t Lillian Ahera Edwards ft Singer Ward ft Mowatt Wanda Wiley Archer ft Belford The Hawkings "Lor'aine of Lions'" ROCHESTER. N.T. Eastman <•) Robert Berenteen Helen Oelheim Spanish Danoors "Claasined" ST. LOUIS MlsM>urt <S) Evan B'r'ws F'nt'e Arthur Nealy IS Mo Rockets "Royle Olrl" State (S) Cliff JBdwards "•Bright Lights" W. E. Lyric (8) Wyile's Orch Dorcas Cochran Henry Klots Burns Twins Uke Edwards "Joanna" Grand Central (S) Conley-Silv'm'n Bd Mack ft BagwlU Anna Chadkova Kings (5) Peggy Nnsh "Morals for Men" Delmonte (6) MclvlBto Revue "Welcome Home" BAN FRANCISCO Granada Milton Watson Eddia Mathews Morton ft Mayo "All Star Kevue" Wnrfleld Aerial Bartlettn "Carnival Ideas'" CaJitomla Geo ft Rae Perry Harold Stanton Zllla Simpson Al SathcT "S'thern Memories" TOPKKA, KAN. Novelty (7) Sidney Co Petrle A Gregory Mlnlaturn Revue Walter Weems Co P ft J Rcvolo (10-12) Murray ft Qerrlsh Horde ft Robinson C Redrteld Co Joe Melvin WASII'GTON. D.C. Rlalto («) "Fla Frolicd'^ •Storm Ureakcr" ture does not appear a whole lot. but It should on the atreneth of Its laugha be one o( the big money- makers of tha year for the War- ners. Fred. PRIMROSE PATH Independent picture, prodliced by Arthur F. Beck from original story by Leah Ualrd. Released by Arrow. Clara Bow and Wal- lace McDonald featured. At Loews New York, with MIsa liow atarred on picturc'a I>aper. One-half double bill, one day, Dec. 4, at Loew a New York. Running time, about 60 minutes. Too good a picture to have been split up on a Loew'a New Yorlt's double bill, although the other half of the program certainly did need assistance. Written and looking like an original story by Leah Baird, Miss Baird. a former picture star, seemed to put, besides ingenuity, much of the maternal Instinct into the plot, » It's a sympathetic picture, even tor the boy who went wrong. Also there is a silent grieving motlier who instills good feeling into both of her sons, with the older having been the cause of the younger's crippled leg. obliging the smaller boy to wear a brace. That accident, not shown (and unQeoestiary to show, chopping out "detail") was caused through the older boy drink- ing. All of the older boy's Jams came through drinking primarily. One of them brought him to court on the charge of murder. The entire show business should thank Miss Baird for making Miss Bow a clean, good, lovable girl of a cat>aret. who stuck to her boy to the finish. Thatt^ seemed so nice and different from the usual scenarist who wants to give another brancli of the show business, whether mus- ical comedy or cabaret or circus, a wallop whenever tliat can be done, to make it a little stronger for the box ofllce. Good names in this cast, some corkers, besides those featured, but on a double picture day at the New York it's get 'em In and out. You're lucky to be able to read captions, let alone a string of aiames. Good continuity in this story, too, of a story without mush, plenty of action, and some nice working out of secret service methods in the at- tempt to catch a smuggler, the tool of a gambler who Is the cabaret's proprietor. Miss Baird worked a shift of de- tachable canes very neatly. It was on the dock. The drinking youth, to prevent his arrest for bad checks given at gambling with the pro- prietor, waa obliged to go to the dock, exchanging walking sticks aa the smuggler came oft of the boat. This was safely accomplished but led up to the murder charge through one of the mob killing the chief gambler. It may have been the author's thought that the cane switching was a good way, and It was—it has been done, 'Tvith drugs as well as diamonds. There are a couple of laughs, but it'a not a comedy drama, more Uke a velvety melodrama, and as such can stand up. Great picture for the drya but won't be resented by the wets. No propagranda in it. Miss Bow looked cute and Mr. McDonald did very well as the Juvenile. Besides intelllgejit dlxec- tion all through, there is a trial scene In court here as well han- dled in a straightforward way as anything similar seen on the screen. Stuart Holmes was the villain- gambler who fi*-3t got bumped off and he did his death scene with much llnesse. And now, if Stuart ever will consent to stop parting his hair in the middle, he can gfo into the heaviest of the heavy classes, for he can look any glossy, villain- our rolo, besides acting it. Too bad other names were allowed to escape. That KngUsh made-up smuggler did some excellent work, also the crippled boy, the latter e.specially, if not actually lame, and the mother was a peach. This is a very interesting picture, just th.Tt, which may be more for those who prefer a reliable. Sime. SPEED MAD Perfection Pictures production releasing throuKli Apollo Exchange. Features Edith Roberts, with William Fairbanks included In cast. Story by Dorothy Howell. Direct- ed by Jay Marchant. At the Stanley, New York, one day (Dec. 4>. Running time, 49 minutes. Ostensibly an independent follow up on the program automobile race pictures in evidence early last fall. The late Wallace Reid and Theo- dore Roberts made corking comedy films out of the same material, hence the terra flrma which thl.-! script covers la a much cultivated area. William Fairbanks is the reckless, shiftless and speed-crazed eon to whom the father Anally gives "air." On his own until college opens, a month hence, the boy "hocks" his car for the entrance fee of a road race, is abducted by the villain but gets bark to the track in time to win and save tha girl's homestead from folding up. The picture is light on proiluction while the race stuff might be termed pot shots at a road race with track "lifts" from a weekly or somo such film. The continuity Is not too bad, although the motive power Is in- clined to be jumpy. A freckled face youth is the come-Jy sidelight, while the cuteneaa and reasoning powers of a dog appear to have been too much emphasized for the good of the picture. Miss Roberts Is called upon for no marked acting, while Fairbanks simply drives a car as his principal eontribuXlon. Can't be classed much higher than a filler for the smaller houses. BMg. Fighting the Flames Independent production released through Commonwealth. Directed by Heevea Hea- coB. At Loew's New York, one day, Dec -. Running time, 92 minutes. Hoak flre-flghting melodrama that appears to have coroo out of Joe Miller's joke book. For the small time neighborhood houses It may get by, but It isn't strcvig enougli even for the bigger daily change houses. The New York Roof audi- ence on Wednesday; practically laughed it oft the screen. That's a pretty wise Broadway audience that slips up there of an evening, and they should know better than to try to slip them this kind of Junk. Why they even go so far as to pull llio oldest of Joe Miller's on the screen In this one. It's the apple- sauce gag: "How Ciin you divide two apples equally among five chil- dren?" That's a sample. The story concerns tha wild son of a wealthy man who is turned out by the latter. 'I'hc buy luueLs up with a kiddie in the julUiouHC where he is lodged as a souse. When the- two get out he t.ikes caro of the kid and the youngster brings about his regeneration. The young man immedlutcly goes '■ Into the Fire Departmejit training school and right after he is a full- fledged tire fighter on the Job. He rescues the girl he loves from a burning building which gives an excuse for the final clinch. William Haines does the best he can in an impossible role, and the same might be aald for Dorothy DeVore. Frrd. KE3a«aMM mm '^bearin^ 411 the money' maker comes the FOX BETTY C0MP30I^ EDMUND LOWS HENRyKPLKER, EMME TT FLYNK producti on THE I.OVE aroRy OF THE -WOi^U FAMOUiS rANCBIt COLA MOKTEZ flfpM THE STACe PLAYi ADAPriD BY ■ MtA BSKJAMIN GIAZB^ £ play FOX "fe.&ts Fox Film (joiparatiacu ■.•I'i bl".en* »•<«• S' * !■ I I ''.I - ■ .It