Judge — April 19, 1924 — page 22: what you’re looking at

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SCREENING A LITTLE DIRT by George Mitchell E propuction of “Beau Brummel” | is particularly interesting, coming as it does at a time when the present Prince of Wales is provoking so much attention because of his ability to take or leave a horse alone. It will be remem- bered in “Beau Brummel™ that the Beau set the Prince a pretty fast pace and had him beaten a mile until that memorable day on the Mall when the Beau cut him dead and the Prince having the whip- hand ran away with the race. There is little clse to this early play of Clyde Fitch, made famous a couple of decades ago by Richard Mans- field; little but the profoundly — interest- ing characterization of the Beau and his adherence to the pride that brought him to poverty and death. But that little is beautifully done. Harry Beaumont has used intelligent. dis- cretion in the direc- tion of a very good scenario. The end of the picture has been done with as fine a bit of double expos- ure as ever drew a compromise between a naturally uuhappy ending and the uplift demanded by a happy- ending-loving public. John Barrymore has never shown to better pictorial advantage. His is a handsome figure. “Beau Brum- mel” gives him ample latitude to show his pulchritude. The casting is excellent. Carmel Myers, Mary Astor and Irene Rich, lovely ladies all, give splendid account of themselves, and Willard Louis is a fine Prince. “Beau Brummel” is one of the most satisfying pictures we've ever seen. We are indebted to the Warner Brothers for its intelligent production and we raise our lid every time we pass the Mark Strand Theater while it is there. We recommend it to you as one of the pictures you will thoroughly d, with con- in the films, we beg you to place it on your shopping list, which by the way must. include among current attractions “The Thief of Bagdad,” “America,” ‘Ten Command- > “Thy Name is Woman,” “The Covered Wagon,” and “Secrets.” nj siderable pride in our inte: ts” on your shopping you can’t afford to miss anything that Norma Talmad, In addition, Miss Talmadge h. beautiful character study in a beautiful production. Nothing that she does is unworthy of your att: in a marked degre compelling personality tha your interest and devotion. For years she has done more for the sercen, in’ her high purposeful and indivi V E PLACE “Sec list because does. made a ition. She possesses a very certain and commands ial manner, than any other screen actress with the Englishman (who has wandered into movie studio)—By jove, evening clothes at noon! How absurd! sole exception of Mary Pickford and has earned for herself the esteem of everybody both on and off location. When we heard that Miss Talmadge was going to do “Secrets” we felt rather out it. We had seen Margaret ce in the play last year and we thought, much as we love her, that Norma was going to fall far short of Miss Law. rence’s perfect. performance. And we didn’t want rma to fall short of any- thing. We are glad to say, however, that Norma still remains upon the ped- estal which rises in the foreground of our memory. [208 feel that you would like to see “The Dawn of a To-morrow” and it is raining too hard to venture out, take down the sweetest jar of jam from the sad Law 20 cupboard, put “I’m Sorry I Made You Cry” on the Vietrola and. sit- yourself in a rocking-chair with “Pollyanna” to read and a foottub to catch the tears that must inevitably fall and let it t that. If vou like that kind of thing and must see it, brave the night and its storm for it’s well done. We just don’t like this kind of story. But if you do, go to it. You'll like it. T Was only a year or two ago when the broad highway of broad comed stretched no longer than 2,000 feet. Two reels—out and back —in half an hour and the feeling you had was half y too far. out was You didn't dare sit down front in a new suit for fear of getting it all messed up with tomatoes, custards and other flying food - stuffs. Since then much gray matter has been ex. er {in the kind of vy that) should be served you. Chap- lin threw custard pie and sub- stituted intelligent, come way the humorous philosophy. Buster Keaton fol- lowed suit. Harold Lloyd cut the bath- ing girl chase to cherche: la femme. Two reels under the new order of things weren't enough and the full length comedy was And now comes another low comedian to bid for higher stakes. Lloyd Hamilton, familiarly known as “Ham,” makes his first bid for a full evening's entertain- ment. The new comedy is called “His Darker Self” and has a real plot and all the trimmings. Mr. Hamilton (we have to call him that in his new environment) does very well in his good, if not perfect, first offering. He's funny. His play is amusing and the titles clever. He is on the right road and we wish him a long and pleasant journey. orn, ” comedian has ving up!” and HE ERSTWHILE heard the voice say “g has taken the tip, while some of our well-known “high” lights of the screen are taking the express to the “ground floor.” comicbooks.com