Judge — December 27, 1924 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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Tue Boss—Mr. Suyarkane, I engaged you as billing clerk. include cooing! The Wages of Cinema (Continued from page 19) other part of it and more dramatic but it doesn’t smell. pointed in heim. I am disap- Greed” and Von Stro- * * * I THE “Covered Wagon” hadn't so completely put the great open spaces all over the map, “North of 36” would have been a bigger pic- ture. It’s a little brother of “The Covered Wagon,” a covered go-cart, as ‘twere, but it's a perfect 36 for all that. Lighter in treatment, less gripping or melodramatic, gentler in character. Ernest Torrence has stepped out of the wagon into the go-cart with- out so much as changing his shirt or washing his hands. He’s the same old jack rabbit and if you didn’t know which picture you were look- ing at you'd swear that Jim Nabours is Bill Jackson. Lois Wilson is again the heroine. A few more “Westerns” ought to im- prove her horsewomanship. — She’s riding much better in each picture. Noah Beery is the villain this time and is his usual hard-boiled shirt- fronted self. * + “Rowoua, after gishing about Florence, Italy ,formany moons, unveiled itself the other night to a carefully washed-and-ironed — eve- ning-dressed audience which sat in a That did not —Passinc SHow (London fever of 106° Farenheitof expectancy. The picture is a faithful reproduc- tion of George Eliot’s famous novel which is old enough now to be known as a bit of belles-lett The star of the production I should say is Florence. I've never seen her looking better and so much of her was shot that one missed the voice of Burton Holmes. On the whole “Romola” is of that type of poetically romantic story that might have been written to popularize a home town. Hall The toe dancer directs a stranger. IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FLATTERY The above appeared in the October 18 issue of Jupce. The one at the right in the New York American of December 4. Caine built up Rome in a day with his “The Eternal City.” I don't Rome wouldn't have been heard of without it but it was a subtle bit of log-rolling just the same. Sinclair Lewis did it for the United States with Main Street.” Outside of what may accrue to Florence by way of publicity I don't think “Romola” will reflect’ much credit on anybody. mean to say The Gishes are good. They're always good but they add nothing to their several reps by their ork in this classic. oO: THE “Roughneck” the less said the better. Its the type of picture that falls into that category that is principally gory. It is put together presumably for no better purpose than to exhibit the athletic talents of one O'Brien. There are many such pictures and let me say for the dear public that there are many too many. George Tom—Gladys, on what grounds does your father object to me?' Gladys—On any grounds within a mile of the house. —Answers Experiments are being made to stop tramways swaying. A con- vivial Londoner suggests that some- thing should be done, too, about the revolving lamp posts. —London Opinion