Judge — August 30, 1924 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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By Herriman . Rudolph Valentino in “Monsieur | Beaucaire” | Bur_| WENT)/SURE, AND waar Good) (tT MaKe S i , | Day Cook AT THe} OUT aes A Review by George Mitchell Is is Mark Strand Weck in the motion picture world. Broudway and Forty- sixth is parked off with red tape. It's hard to h through. ‘Monsieur Beaucaire” and Valentino is a combination stronger than your curiosity. You'll see the picture. The little group to which you belong are all talking about it. It will be impolite of you to yawn in the face of its discussion. ‘Also you would appear ignorant on matters of national importance did you not enter | into the controversy. Coolidge, Davis and Valentino. And the greatest of these is | Valentino! | Valentino is the logical celluloid candi- | date for popularity in the old U. S.A. Go then to the Strand. If you do not register, you cannot vote. In this picture, Valentino again makes his bow to the American picture-going public. As a matter of cinematic history he does little else in the picture. Just one bow after another. In Beaucaire he is the bowingest actor in the fillumns. | The By, adine . Te . , Willies You are going to like The Events Leading up to the Tragedy By Webster 0" Nothing flak T have exy anid AS YOUR PHYSICIAN, GEOREE, it will influence you to the contrary. But ( now, Geonse, PLEASE Gen i i Dori EAT THOSE PANCAKE leone Renee eure Cor I must say that I got little out of it but Valentino and that isn’t enough for me. van take my Valentino and I can let it alone. In my judgment, Valentino is miscast. He isn’t the Duke de Chartres. Never is. He's just Valentino. Not for a moment does he convey to my limited intelligence that he is anything but the barber mas- querading as a prince of the blood, which is not as Mr. Booth Tarkington planned the story. On the contrary. Why Famous Play overlooked the Prince of Wales for the part is beyond my ‘ comprehension. He is not only a prince — % of the blood, in person, but one of the best screen stars of the day and certainly as popular as Valentino with the distinct advantage of looking more distinguished. However, if the motion picture public is half as pleased with Valentino as he is with himself in this picture, I poor fish, should carp. It does seem a pity, though, that Tarking- Rae LL AER] ton’s fine romance should have been a en | aria" |{ neuter an'#2eqee” | smothered under a heap of star dust to the ) Vireriee “To 9Ay ? HE 5 6.) Eninie Mena Bes : z a 7 | 35 Commun vee ae Se 7 / exclusion of not only the story itself but the Fo te ure! -cut characterizations of such fine rlists as Lowell Sherman, Lois Wilson. - | Bebe Daniels and Doris Kenyon. And now before I put away my hammer __ | for the day, let me say a few unkind words about “Janice Meredith.” Much as I dislike to do so, I must say that the pice ture is too loose, too discomected in its continuity and too almost amusingly im- fore ech BOT WHAT Good NIGHT SOH00C INou TAU Dome ? ice BUT Worl You SHOULD “TALK IA) Sour, SEGEP = > UH ‘ee EAU J 5 a = wo oF CHOCOLATE, xowss|( acer’ You PuEAsE 7) Ke@Aro oF GEM — FAT? ree cream 300A | | “vac A Lemon | PHosPHare, sik 7 a x { crecouate AWFUL FAT IENING 1( Acrecotare ) ( Haonr yeu perter) ( (Continued on page 3:2) XUM comicbooks.com