Judge — February 28, 1925 — page 29: what you’re looking at

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tTuRE I liked very muc! ‘The Thief of Paradise,” a pic- ture saturated with every known hitherto unthought of antics offered by the fillums— Aileen Pringle, Doris Kenyon and Ronald Colman are a trio of well- liked screeners about whom are twisted a scenario that includes everything but the parlor stove. Mex Francis and Claude Gilling- water in the background play two old sentimental fathers of the young love-stricken and furnish a mellow love interest that warms up the xeneral inprobability of the story. : whole thing doesn’t seem to hold any more water than a sieve but it's good hokum, well made and vou'll enjoy it. One of the most extraordinary moments in the pic- curs When Colman finds an oyster and opening it draws out a Why he didn’t find Klace is beyond me—and yet and some polished pearl! a ne they say things are overdone on the sereen! Tension [*s and wife faced each other * with set faces but not a word passed between them. The woman's hands moved as if her pent-up feel- ings must find expression somehow, but apart from a slight swaying of his body the man was still as death. He realized well enough that his hands were effectually tied and though the interview was none of his seeking, he had done his best to avoid a ris-d-vis all day, he was de- termined that he would do his best to unravel the tangle. This thing had come between them before and he had little doubt but what it would again. There seemed no end to it and though he was doing his very best to keep his temper, he felt it would not be very long before he “lost his wool entirely.” His wife was obviously dissatisfied with the way the thing was shaping, but then on every previous occasion when she had set the ball rolling, the same thing had occurred. At last the woman could bear it no longer and burst into bitter speech. “John, you're absolutely hopeless; the next time I wind my wool, I'll use a couple of chairs.” —Passing Show PID A super-sousaphone, the largest brass instrument in the world, has been made in America. It is under- stood that if we are dilatory regarding our debt, they are going to broadcast the thing. —Humorist © What a whale of a difference Justa few cents make