Judge — December 12, 1925 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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Lorta Swanson makes an attractive comedienne in “Stage Struck.” It is re- assuring to know that the consort of a ‘marquis can still go through the motions of a humble and droll, if decidedly pretty, hash linger. And it is interesting and important to know also that a hash slinger can be a marquise in disguise. I have been high-hatted so often by ladies bearing trays that I had sus- pected something of the sort. Now my suspicions are confirmed. People with delicate stomachs who prefer their “love interest” in a humorous setting will enjoy “Stage Struck.” But be prepared for a very light meal emotionally and in- tellectually. Lawrence Gray, as the wheat cake tosser, and Ford Sterling, as the manager of a floating theater, are both good. But the show was marred for me by a prologue of colored tableaux showing Gloria in all her best dresses, as if to forestall the illusion that she was an honest- to-God scullion. Is that necessary? “The Knock-out"—See the big fight scene! As a prize fighter Milton Sills is @ very good actor. “Go Weat"—Buster Keaton gets only about ae an to the gallon, He needs a better vehicle, “Compromise”—Irene Rich in 6,000 feet bunk. “The Vanishing American"—One hundred per cent. American! “Little Annie Rooney”—America’s sweet- beart—none other than Mary K. Pickford. “A ular Fellow"—Raymond Griffith in ‘one wo! ful comedy. “The Dark Angel”—A really fine picture. “The Freshman"—Harold Lloyd in football togs. “Souls for Satan”—Damned clever these movie people! "The Midehipnan"—Yes, sit! The U. 8. Navy's in itt *Secen Keys to Baldpate”—Douglas Mac- Laan dota thls famous comedy wary well “Ligh of Olt Broaduay"—Mation, Davies x ap all-star cast incluc homas Edison, Roosevelt, Weber and Fields and Tony Pastor. “Bolbed Hair"—Pretty poor. “Classified” — Corinne Grifith — that's ‘enough! in “The Eagle”—Valentino with Russian dress- 8. “The Big Parade”—We haven't seen it yet but the posters say it’s—great! “Stella Dallas”—To be reviewed. “The Beautiful City”—To be reviewed. HOSE who have never read Conrad's “Lord Jim” will find the movie of that name a stirring thing. Those who have read the book will find the movie a pretty cheap thing. And yet as movies go it is way above the average. For one thing it goes bravely through with the tragedy of the story. There is no “happy ending.” Other crimes are com- mitted—assault and battery on the plot, mayhem on most of the char- acters and a touch of rape here and there in the introduction of melo- dramatic titles—but the authors have stopped short of literary murder. For this let us not be ungrateful. Perhaps the task of reducing to motion picture terms one of the most elusive dramas ever written is an impossible one. At all events, to have made an adequate movie of “Lord Jim” would have been an artistic triumph of the first magni- tude. This picture is not that. In one instance, at least, it does such (Continued on page 24) Mororinc Guests—FYes, Mr. Jones, it's a very easy riding car. comicbooks.com