Judge — January 17, 1925 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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foe on “What's the trouble, officer?” “Riot in a motion picture theater because a news reel was presented without any battleships.” Moying, Not to Say, Stirring Pictures by George Mitchell motion picture reviewer can’t find it in his heart to say an ugly word about fillums. Within the past couple of moons pictures have im- proved so there’s nothing much to say except words of praise and along comes ‘Peter Pan" to make you sit up and wonder where the darned industry, or art or whatever it is, is going to finish. “Peter Pan,” with one exception, is faultless, Betty Bronson, the little novice in the movies, is the embodi- mentof Peter. She is Peter. Noth- ing more charmingly boyish could be imagined. As if that wasn’t enough we have another newcomer, the litUe Mary Brian, who plays Wendy. If she and Miss Bronson don’t win the pearl derby for fitness of character, I'll eat the pearl derby. Then there’s George Ali, who, to me, at least, is unknown. He plays Nana the dog nurse in a manner that leaves nothing to the imagina- tion. Then there's Esther Ralston as Mrs. Darling and if the name doesn’t fit her, I'll eat another pearl I: GETTING so a self-respecting derby. And to cap it all off our own Emest Torrence as Captain Hook is the captain to the life. You may be all glanded up to a million years old but you're young enough to see “Peter Pan” and if you don’t see it youth is something to which you are and ever will be a dead issue. Oh, yes, the one flaw—the raising of the American flag—when the youngsters have overpowered the pirates and strike the “Jolly Rogers.” I felt it sadly out of the picture and a trifle too proper a gander (propa- ganda). 150 to keep you out of the office when you should be there is a picture called “Classmates” done by Richard Barthelmess and John Robertson, the klieg twins. “Class- mates” is a story of West Point, our national peace school, where boys are taught to be the men who are men in later life. It’s a thrilling story of a young man who falls in love with a girl. He doesn’t learn that in West (Continued on page 23) Coming Movie Attractions . Ike It on Lump It.” Starring a coal dealer. “Lost Souls”; or, “The Shoe- maker's Revenge.” “The Dandruff Destroyers.” A hair-raising episode. “The Great Pickle Robbery.” Fifty-seven reels. “Delicatessen — Dora.” The “wurst” picture ever made. “The NakedEye Passed by the Board of Censors. “The Fruit Dealers’ Conspiracy.” By their fruits ye shall know them. fhe Spoilers.” The scenes are laid in a laundry. “The Undertow.” A chiropodist’s life story. “Ten Nights in a Barroom.” It staggers the imagination. “The Grade Crossing.” You'll never get over it. Jack Mahoney Pao Reflection on sitting through the credit titles in a feature film—the first hundred feet are the hardest. sae On the Florida beaches you will find many beautiful breakers—blonds and dark. So carry a big roll. sae Those who wish to escape matri- mony should not play with matches. oy So long, old top, said the married man when his hat blew off into the river. Herr Noddings and Herr Somedings are not enjoying the play a little bit. but you'd never suspect it by the back of their necks. comicbooks.com