Judge — October 30, 1926 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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UDGE dUDGING the MOVIES” a He title of the pieture. “Tin T ds. is meant to describe. and condemn, the political am- bition of one. Janet Stone. wife and mother. and obviously a) charter member of the Lucy Stone League ambitions which indirectly cause two tragic deaths. thus would Holly- wood drive home a tl, new moral lesson, namely, that “woman's place is in the home.” But, enough Janet Stone, wife and mother, curiously and obviously a charter member of the Lucy Stone League, has a dis- tinctly minor rdle in the picture. The center of the stage is occupied by a young person who tries to seduce Janet's hushand-—a very seductive young person indeed, whose ardent coquetry and equally ardent: suicide are vividly enacted by Renee Ado The great new moral lesson, in other words, becomes a modest kimona or robe de chambre to cover, without hiding, the allurements of an extra- marital romance. Mile. Adorée gives a memorable performance as Cari American music hall siren, ¢ formance as potent with sex as a star cocktail with applejack. Hers is the positive. Tommy Meighan’s the negative. role in this uplifting. educationaldramia. Meighan is good. but he'd have to he a great deal hetter to disguise the moss - grown hokum that en- velopes his part. For example, Tam not at all per- suaded that “na tive” girls are in the habit of con- ceiving such sud- den and uncon querable infatua lon illiom Houghton. Parade” —Still marching. Hur? Still racing. th Seas" — Eden Gish and pathos Doug. and Horold Gilda G De Mille melodrani The active Be eel thing! Road to M Lon Chaney Emil Jannings, that’s all! North Woods romance Bartheln ter Keaton in i and unreality Gallic jazz toe Lillian Gish at her best Harry Langdon ditto. Our Mary mothers ten. Play —Red Grange err Le The champion Charleston dancer of the football squad kicks goal. tions for handsome young men from the States as Carita does for Roger Drake. To be sure, we have the “Aloma of the South “Across the But notwithstanding all ht of evidence, T remain un- sume thing in “and again in convinced, And [am even more skeptical of the noble resistance to the beautiful “native” girl's advances which the handsome young man from the States always makes. You may remember that E put both of these doubts into the form of questions in a review of “Aloma.” and a corre- spondent in’ Pago Pago answered, “Hell, no!” Nevertheless, you should see Roger (Tommy Meighan) stagger from Carita’s bedroom with — the sweat of his great moral strug glistening on his pale, drawn features St. Anthony himself! Talmost forgot to add that Aileen Pringle takes the part of Janet Stone. Let's see, who was Janet? Te Film Arts Guild has imported for our delectation, “The Treas- German tragedy dripping with pictorial values. The plot. is a simple one, evi dently an ancient legend, with a well- defined and naive moral. To this ex- tent the may disappoint picture you. But no one in this country has seen more artful settings or richer, more beantiful photography. ‘The settings were de signed by Rohrig. who performed the same service for “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.” so you may believe Continued on page 25 comicbooks.com