Judge — February 21, 1925 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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Seconding the Motion Pictures by George Mitchell cu heralded as the picture M of the day: “The Salvation Hunters” (made on a shoe- string—something like $5,000, which is usually spent on a bed alone) is only a good cigar. I like the picture. It's different but it could have been much more effectively made with another hand- ful of long green or another brainful of long gray. Maybe both. In its favor is the manner of its direction. It is thoughtful and avoids the arti- ficial excitement on which most films are constructed. For that reason it carries a sense of sincerity that makes it appear real; that you are looking upon the sufferings of humans. But it doesn’t hit hard enough. And it’s dull, too gray in The queen of the drama. the color of its action and the pace is so slow; it grows monotonous. Also it should have been made without sub-titles or at least, since titles were used, they should have been written in the characters of the people using them. The girl was a little too literary. But I harp and carp. It's a very interesting study of humanity and should be used indis- criminately by most directors as a pattern if not a model. O- day recently I was invited to Sing Sing to meet the old crowd; to sit in with the old alumni to see a picture called “Capital Punishment,” a propaganda picture advocating the abolition of the elec- tric chair; substituting, I suppose, a rocking-chair for the men who lose their sense of humor long enough to kill the man or woman who seemed, (Continued on page 25) The Title’s the Thing! HE novelist, seeing great possi- bilities in the story of Adam and Eve's eviction from the Garden of Eden, wrote a book about it. After deep meditation he named it: “Mrs. Adam of Eden.” It had a tremen- dous sale. The dramatist, observing — the dramatic potentialities of the book, adapted it to the theater. After deep meditation he named his play: “Outcasts from Paradise.” It had a record run. The moving picture producer, not- ing the success of the play, adapted it to the screen. After deep medi- i he named his movie: “Sinning It packed ‘em in every- Horace Woodmansee sas “You can’t pay the rent on love,” a song in many flats. The chorus of the 1925 “Frenzied Frolics” have made the show the hit of the season. the orchestra! They sit in comicbooks.com