Variety (Aug 1927)

VARIETY Hard BoOmI Haggorly (Continued from pace ZD those Barth<'lmpiis "stills" in the Globe's lobby bluxh. And It's a fair picture for Sills. Kough and ready cliaracterlzatlon boMins situations where strong men attll* their man-to-man emotions, but not so much that the camera can't catch it. Sills gets a D. S. C. ;et the ring around his neolc where the makeup ends offsets the embar- rassmrnt. Nothinu doll-faced about Sl!!s. Pr,ilinlj)y why tlie men lUce him. Here Ik'h an aviator In the midst of llie war, sliot down and in turn .shooting down his opposing "stick" wielder. Air stud, and for FILM *E VI'E'WS WcdnMday. Aueutt M. 1M7. ABE LYMAN and His Brunswick RECORDING ORCHESTRA All Summer at THE DELLS, CHICAGO those who haven't viewed "Wings" oltay. H.iKgerty has a habit of popping off (.'itTMiaTi planes, watching them fall anil thpn flying on to Paris to dodge M. P.a. Dodging himself Into Oermaine'a (Miss O'Day) apartment the love interest is on. only to be- come complicated when the Irish boy's major tips him oft that.the girl Isn't all she should be. Bock, and into the conference which will lead to a court-martial unless one of tlie men speaits. The major finally givefi in and the girl admits evtrytliing. Haggj^rty disillusioned. It all comes out in the Armistice when the major learns that his well- meaning tip concerned the twin sis- ter of Germaine. Bringing both girls before Haggerty squares every- body concerned so that it looks as if CSermalne will see tb« Atlantic. Arthur Stone supplies comedy as Haggerty's mechanic with a true weakness for going a. w. o. 1 on the assignment. " .ves for MIsa O'Day on her Globe performance, but nothinp to cause hysterics here. However, nice and may be too much of her because of Brabin. Sills convinces. He seldom does anything else. At Wast this boy is always trying. The scene where he renounces his uniform before the board of inquiry carries a kick and marks the high spot of the direc- tor's effort. Strictly an all male af- fair with the inclusion of Miss O'Day suddenly turning town scamp to save lier lover, too theatrical and taking the edge oft of an interesting sequence. "Haptcorty" has some laughs and one good touch of drama. How m.'iny profcram pictures have more? It should do business for the boys and th*'ir Ilieatre«. Especially as these same boys can undo a few things Brabin has done with an or- dina!y i);tir ff s' i^sm-s. BitU EDDIE MORAN All rlshl. M rm here—In Newark at the Branford, I'm In—nurcpuBes, I am —held over for 4 weeke—with my pal ssaln—Charlie Ifeleon, he la—nice msnaser, tbla Harry CniU—I ilk* him —Juki* OslcnuiB Is Mr* alraadr—I ■Mttoa Ms Baas—marks Vm OMrcl* JmssL Ah Tew. KEW.4RK 18 OOINO MELSONIC Aastin, "VWRIBTT," July 17, aaya: BB.\NFOBD Newark, N. J., July n. "A new master of ss f m — las la th* peraon of Charlie Italaoa takes over the rains this week and la apparently a wtaaar. With life,, aenee o( humor, clean-cut and Insratiatins personallty and ability to put over a Bong and act a bit, he looks sure. Further, he can be heard clearly—a merit that few of thoa* that try ths BraafsM yaaaas. Not a wonderfsl sincer^ bat ssTsrs this up by a alaeen and sCsetlTe nadtUoB that carries him across »s(lestlr Item be(lnnin( to end." r. or weeks.' star wMk as isr tow For the Love of Mike rirat NaUonal releaae of Frank rapra produettsa. AtlksJUvPOdromc, New fork, week of Aag. 1^ Mary Claudette Culbtrt Hike l'**" I'>"n Abrahura Kata George SMney Herman Schulta Ford Klirllnit Patrick O'Malley Hugh Camiron •Coaej" Pendletoa RlehMPi iSkeeUf) WallaghiT Henry Sharp Itudolph l amerun ETelya Joyco Mabel s^wor L«ek of expert directorial contin- uity and allied creative skill counU against "Mike' which, as a basic idea, had possihllltjes. The George Sidney-Hugh Cameron Jewish-Irish alliance goes one better with Ford Sterling ringing in the Dutch. Title is derived from Michael Otto Abraham O'Malley, a doorstep foup- dling reared by his three dialect "dads." The old boys go the limit for the love of their Milie (Ben Lyon) and the yarn winds up In Tale with Michael, etc., captain and ■tralta of the varsity crew. 'With no author or ■cenarist credited. It may b« OM •( thoM <iW|»<m-|b«*lot productlona. The usual gambling complications are again reeurrected and our hero is faced with throwing the race to Harvard as a settlement for $1,500 in I. O. U. B. Mr. Capra does not bother to explain how gamblers are permitted to drift In and out of the New Haven oarsmen's quarters, or how the Yale coach would permit letters of disturbing import to reach the crew. Th* Hipp singled out Sidney, Sterling and Lyon for triple featur- ing, although Hugh Cameron, as the Irish third of the trio of "fathers," does some effective work. Claudette Colbert (memorable for her work in "The Barker") makes her screen debut here but is given limited op- portunities. Hhe registers in what she does. Mabel Swor. another legit (musical comedy) alumnus, makes an impression as the blonde campus vamp who "steers" for a Park Ave- nue "Joint." Skeets Gallagher Is un- usually effective as the coxswain who suspects Ben Ljfqn'a obligation to the gambler. Rudolph Cameron as Henry Sharpb tile roulette operator, has a Lowellahermanesque personality and augers well for future flickers in sleek light-heavy roles. Intelligent- ly handled Cameron will develop Into a convincing personality. The picture has a couple of news shots Interwoven. The first is the 20 years ago melting pot scene and an air- plane shot of the regatta may or may not be a cut from the news reels. The HIpp's urgent need of film accounts for the week stand at this K-A house; •therwtse it rates a three-day booUaf. Mot particularly dlsttnetlv* la any mdm, "Mike" has thKM COM aamoa to play up, and tho Jeiwloh-Dutch-Irish Idea, with the collegiate evolution, recommends It for general box office appeal in any aeighlKirhood. Abel. Love Makes Us Blind Booked and billed In "support" of a Ufa, this reporter still thinks the far-north scenic, "Alaskan Ad- ventures," is the topUner at the Fifth Avenue Playhouse. The foreign baby Is a manifesta- tion of heavy-footed and thick- spectacled Germans in a festive mood. The result Is epitomized In that classic vaudeville nifty, "Look —he wants to play!" Even the redoubtable Emil Jan- nlngs clowns it; Conrad 'Veldt sports a Keystone mustache, and the rather sexy LlUtan Dagover (the spirit of It la tipped off In Mlndlln's satirical program, where- in he calls her "Lll") wigs up and makes a monkey of her stolid young husband; George Alexander, not of the Ufa stock outfit, plays a minor but excellent sliare. It isn't much of a picture, any way you take it But Art Young, champion bow- and-arrow shooter, and a oom- panloa and a comical dog, making a tour of Alaska and Into Russian Slbera across the Bering Sea, la a thriller—a full-size feature, with all the cut-outs restored. Roxy showed a miniature release of this, deleted down to the "important" chunks. There Is more to dims than im- portance. Anybody who loves the outdoors, and city people are far from Immune, will feel the pulses pounding faster over this one. Through it all for comedy (and much funnier than "Love Makes Us Blin-'") runs a dog of question- able ancestry, aptly named "Wrong- start." Restored to its original size and shape, and shown here that way "An Alaskan Adventure" is a can- didate for program use aiiywlure and everywliere. It runs full, length, about 50 or a few more min- ut«s. And it hasn't a dull or stalo foot In It. Business Sunday night was over capacity, with tho 'Villagers and long-distance Fifth Avenue Play, house fans standing out. This is a rather remarkable tribute to the current program and the house fyiEofthe246Ef^ ^TlFFAMV. C'C'D' NEWYORK TREMENDOUS SUCCESS at Loew't Sheridan, New York, 7th week, playing both the ahow and the preaentathm AL LYNN And His Music Masters Direction—LYONS A LYONS, Inc. Paramount BIdg., New York EDISON RECORDING ORCHESTRA IT RAILER S S ELL SE^nrS lYDUR MOST SAltVli^ ED LOWRY MISSOURI THEATRE, ST. LOUIS September lltH AUTOCRATS OF SONG THE THREE NEW YORKERS JOE SARGENT JOHN BARNEY STUART ROSS NOW PLAYING 3D WEEK PARAMOUNT, NEW YORK (HELD OVER FOR 4th WFEK} ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO NATHANIEL FINSTON, BEN BLACK. JACK PARTINGTON, JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON, MAX TERR Direction BENJAMIN DAVID